NKR FM Positively Assessed Dartmouth Group Effort for Karabakh SettlementApril 3, 2006 - 17:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosian received the delegation of the American-Russian working group of the Dartmouth Conference on regional conflicts lead by Harold Saunders and Vitaly Naumkin, who arrived to the NKR within the regional visit framework. The meeting participants discussed the draft framework peaceful agreement compiled upon the outcomes of 9 rounds of the dialogue between the societies of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh by the Dartmouth Conference initiative. During the meeting the parties presented the principal ideas and principles that lay in the basis of the document. In their opinion, the draft framework does not offer decisions. It is targeted at the establishment of a settled dialogue between the conflicting parties. For his part, the NKR FM positively assessed the effort of the working group for the conflict settlement. He specifically noted the participation of Karabakh in the negotiation process. Georgy Petrosian underscored that the mediators and the international organizations concerned should realize the moral responsibility for the maintenance of armistice in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict region. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". 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. |