“Russia has never fought and will never fight in Karabakh instead of us,” Babayan said, stressing that Russia will always strive to develop good relations with both Armenia and Azerbaijan.
“It’s clear for everyone that it refers EEU. It’s less probable that such a criterion will be adopted by the EU. Even if adopted, it means, the document won’t be serious, as it refers frame and legally binding agreement, and any indefiniteness linked to any criterion can’t exist,” he said.
“You and Serzh Sargsyan stated that in case of military operations NK independence will be recognized. We faced the April four-day war and lost 800 hectares, what should be considered a wide-scale operation so that we took steps?” Pashinyan asked.
“The EU has been one of crucial partners for Armenia,” Karen Nazaryan, RA Deputy Foreign Minister, told at today’s NA joint session of Standing Committees European Integration and Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs.
Nalbandian noted that the arrangements of the Karabakh conflict parties are those publicized in the trilateral statement. He said this statement did not become five-sided, since Azerbaijan refused to join it.
Warlick also said Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will meet the OSCE MG co-chairs on June 2 in Paris.
Average salary of Russian Government staff is USD 2307. In fact, salary of RF Government staff is higher than that of the legislative body. The elite of Russian state structure (regarding salary volume) is considered RF presidential staff, where average salary comprises USD 3085.
The latest escalation in April showed the central role that Russia plays in the Nagorno Karabakh dispute, as can be seen in Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan shortly after the escalation, and Moscow’s substantial security ties with both countries. Russia is likely to remain a primary player in the Karabakh conflict, both in political and military terms.
A Turkish nationalist politician has been sentenced to jail over controversial remarks suggesting “hunting for Armenians” after a concert last year by a renowned Armenian pianist in the ancient city of Ani in the eastern province of Kars.
Like almost in all cases both the authorities and the opposition are far from the reality. As even by the best electoral code of the world it’s impossible to hold free and fair elections, if that much discussed political will lacks.
