Azerbaijan endangers Karabakh peace processJune 23, 2008 - 20:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Attacks against the civilian population, killings of innocent people and the recent steps of Azerbaijani side, in general, are directed towards the deterioration of the situation, Armenia's Foreign Minister said. "I believe that all these attempts, which include the incident in the Martakert region of Nagorno Karabakh in the first days of March; persistent refusal, since April, to return four Armenian citizens; killing of an Armenian serviceman in Tavush region and now the killing of two civilian residents of Chinari village, must be strongly condemned," Edward Nalbandian said. "Such steps endanger the peace process. One wonders whether the real goal of the Azerbaijani side is to create additional obstacles to the continuation of the peace talks. The demands of a number of Azerbaijani NGOs to stop the negotiations can only be seen as an evidence of this. It is obvious from where those NGOs are directed. These steps raise serious concern and have to be denounced," he said, the RA MFA press office reported. Two residents of Chinari village - Levon Petrosyan and Rafik Soghoyan - were killed by the Azeri side on June 18. 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |