Only Armenia is interested in termination of escalation, as for Azerbaijan, it’s a means of attaching the attention of international community and directing the issue on its preferred way. Frozen conflict is beneficiary for other parties, issue of settlement may be passed on to next generations, OSCE will imitate some development, however, in fact, nothing will change. I consider, especially when manat was collapsed together with oil prices, although they’ve gone up a bit now, however, in general, they are low, and Azerbaijan faces serious economic problems, and from domestic policy perspective foreign policy success is more crucial for Aliyev, i.e. positive dynamics in conflict settlement should be shown to Aliyev more than ever. And instead of bread, he should offer sights.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the Stepanakert municipality on March 22 and participated in the meeting of the architectural board, during which number of issues related to implementations of projects were discussed.
“I repeat once again that the claim by the opposition to publish election lists is only a pretext. If we repeatedly say what mechanism are offered by us, what’s the problem in this regard? We have 2014 decision by the Constitutional court on this. Do you know why they claim publication of voter lists? They consider, we may agree, and after elections they’ll say that authorities have taken an anti-Constitutional step. By that they intend to cast doubt upon stability of the Constitutional court,” V.Baghdasaryan said.
Neither Armenian diplomats nor the National Assembly delegation members in Brussels were injured by the explosions. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan informed about this. Earlier, he had informed that the Ambassador of Armenia to Belgium follows the developments.
Representatives of the Armenian community in Belgium try to find out if there were Armenians in the zones of explosions, Peto Demirchian, a media relations officer for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s Hay Dat Committee of Europe informed “Armenpress”.
Donald Trump outlined an unabashedly noninterventionist approach to world affairs on March 21, telling The Washington Post’s editorial board that he questions the need for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which has formed the backbone of Western security policies since the Cold War.
There are reports of an explosion at the “Maalbek” subway station in Brussels, following the airport blasts. reports The Guardian, the subway station is close to the EU buildings.
In the wake of last week’s grassroots Fly-In to Washington, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian has submitted testimony to key U.S. House and Senate panels supporting the foreign aid priorities of the Congressional Armenian Caucus and outlining the Armenian American community’s specific appropriations requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, reports ANCA.
Developments following the Brussels airport blasts on March 22, are in the spotlight of the Armenian Embassy in Brussels. This was tweeted by the Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan. “The Armenian Embassy in Brussels is following the developments. We will inform about any news, “he wrote.
Brussels police have told Sputnik that Zaventem’s great hall was targeted in the blast, but they couldn’t confirm the number of the victims in the attack.