Armenia, Azerbaijan to abandon extreme views?January 23, 2012 - 16:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During a trilateral meeting in Sochi, Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan stressed the need to continue efforts on approximating their positions, Russian Foreign Minister said. “The sides stressed the need to abandon extreme views to achieve further progress,” RIA Novosti quoted Sergei Lavrov as saying. “The presidents voiced readiness to speed up development of common principles to further shift to working out of law-binding peace agreement,” Russian FM said, adding that “Russia will further efforts on approximating positions of the conflicting parties in the capacity of OSCE Minsk Group mediator.” Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |