(Updates text to include OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s phone conversation with the President of Azerbaijan) BAKU, 30 June 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, met with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov during his visit to Baku today as part of his official trip to the South Caucasus and had a phone conversation with Azerbaijan’s …
Monthly Archives: June 2016
“David Cameron lost his last battle” German historian, author Michael Hesemann believes that it is not a good decision for Great Britain to exit European Union. In the interview with Aravot.am Hesemann said that the United Kingdom or at least part of its population always believed in something called splendid isolation: “They always found themselves …
BAKU, 30 June 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, met with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov during his visit to Baku today as part of his official trip to the South Caucasus. During their talks Steinmeier underlined the OSCE Chairmanship’s resolve to contribute to moving the settlement process forward. “Germany and Azerbaijan …
Azerbaijani President’s statements, according to political analyst Tigran Abrahamyan, are a heavy challenge for the mediators. – Mr. Abrahamyan, Azerbaijan had a pronounced positive attitude during the tripartite meeting of the Presidents Serzh Sargsyan-Vladimir Putin-Ilham Aliyev in St. Petersburg. What was it driven by? Moreover, Azerbaijani side “decrypted” details of the meeting. – By a …
The Azerbaijani authorities have announced a plan to blacklist a former US ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, for a recent visit to Nagorno-Karabakh. Speaking to Contact.az, a Foreign Ministry representative, Hikmet Hajiyev, said they consider the move as an attempt to exacerbate the situation, reports Artsakhpress.am. Mr Evans has also been criticized for maintaining close …
“Let us not associate this issue with ID cards, they are in this process for a long time, and bringing several thousand signatures, they say that people are against, it is a problem to find a solution,” – said Chairman of the NA Committee on State and Legal Affairs, Hovhannes Sahakyan, in an interview with …
In 2013 World Bank provided Armenia’s government with around 30 million USD on preferential terms for improving its irrigation systems. The loan is to be repaid within 25 years. Within this loan the government decided to implement “Kaghtsrashen gravity irrigation system” project for 10,4 million USD. The project planned to transfer certain amount of water …
As estimated by theologist Vardan Khachatryan, the Pope’s visit to Armenia is not accidental, especially since it was followed by the meeting with the archpastor of the Russian Orthodox Church. “A meeting was held in Cuba between the Pope and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, and to the surprise of the whole world, …
On 30 June Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory letter to President Serzh Sargsyan of the Republic of Armenia in connection with his birthday. The letter runs as follows: “Your excellency, Mr. President, I cordially congratulate You on Your birthday anniversary. Standing at the origins of the formation of the two Armenian states …
The full US Senate Appropriations Committee has – following the lead of Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) – voiced their continued support for direct US aid to Nagorno-Karabakh, a program that has, with bipartisan backing, provided humanitarian aid to the citizens of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) since 1998, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). …
