RA President Met with OSCE MG Russian and French Co-ChairsNovember 21, 2006 - 19:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian met with OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and Bernard Fassier (France), reported the RA leader's press office. OSCE CiO's personal representative Andrzej Kasprzyk was also present at the meeting. The parties discussed the current stage of the Karabakh conflict settlement and the possible meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents within the CIS summit in Minsk. 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. |