Armenia and Karabakh Striving for Maximal IntegrationFebruary 8, 2006 - 17:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh are striving for maximal integration, Armenian President Robert Kocharian during the meeting with the Armenian community of Sweden. The Armenian leader reminded that several months ago he said the relations between Armenia and Karabakh may be called "asymmetric confederation." When responding to the questions of the meeting participants, Robert Kocharian stated that Yerevan and Stepanakert do not pursue the policy of settling the territories forming the security belt around Karabakh. In his words, such policy would create "political difficulties" for Armenia. The President underscored that the absence of such policy was proved by the OSCE fact-finding mission that visited the region a year ago, reported Mediamax. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |