Change of OSCE MG format out of questionJune 20, 2007 - 18:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Some change in the position of Azerbaijan was noticed at the meeting between Armenian and Azeri presidents in St. Petersburg. It is early to say something concrete yet, but the tendency exists," Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated to a press conference in Yerevan. He said, the issue of changing the OSCE Minsk Group format on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement is not under discussion."However, the issue of including representatives of Nagorno Karabakh in negotiations has always been present in the agenda of talks. Karabakh's participation will not mean change or enlargement of negotiation format. Just the opposite, it means to return the major format of talks, since during the initial stage -till March of 1997, NKR participated in the OSCE Minsk Group process," Oskanian said. Commenting on the recent meeting between representatives of CIS self-declared republics in Tiraspol, Vartan Oskanian underlined that NKR representative Arman Meliqyan participated in the meeting as an observer. "The Nagorno Karabakh problem differs from other conflicts, and it must not be viewed together with other conflicts," the RA Foreign Minister stressed. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |