The Armenian government will take consistent steps to ensure the involvement of Artsakh in the negotiation process for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement as the main party to the conflict, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said during the joint session of the Security Councils of Armenia and Artsakh in Stepanakert.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan says an important goal of the upcoming NK conflict resolution negotiations process must be the clarification of the 3 principles and 6 elements brought forward by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
Allow me to welcome the joint session of the security councils of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh, which is an unprecedented event during the entire period of existence of our republics.
The President will not attend the session for technical reasons.
There are a number of key provisions in Nagorno-Karabakh’s negotiations for which authorities must have a predefined position before the negotiations start. It is clear that Aliyev easily gained a stronger position over Pashinyan.
A 19 year old on-duty soldier of the Artsakh military has died after sustaining a gunshot wound in circumstances that are yet to be determined, the Ministry of Defense of the country reported.
The Republic of Artsakh has put a task to ensure 20-25% tourism growth for 2019 compared to 2018.
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan has had a working meeting in Geneva with Patrick Vial, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
On March 11, Karapetyan has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, according to the embassy. Armenia’s Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toghanyan also took part in the meeting.
The interlocutors exchanged views on the domestic and foreign policies of the two Armenian states, security issues and cooperation in these areas.