OSCE chairperson-in-office to familiarize with South Caucasus problemsJuly 3, 2009 - 00:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 2 Hovik Abrahamyan, RA NA speaker received OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. Greeting the guest, RA NA speaker emphasized the significance of the visit of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to South Caucasus and expressed hope, that Dora Bakoyannis will get familiar with problems from original sources. Hovik Abrahamyan highly estimated the role of OSCE in establishing peace and stability in the South Caucasus and OSCE space. The officials also discussed the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and issues of security in the South Caucasus, press office of the RA NA reports. 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. |