During the plenary session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly a report on energy sector entitled “Strengthening cooperation in the field of energy ahead the implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement” was adopted.
The situation on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line was relatively calm during the period of October 29-November 4.
Due to the Soviet Union’s policy of divide and rule, the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. unleashed devastating wars over disputed territories. The longest running territorial dispute in the post-Soviet space has been over Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR or Artsakh) between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This conflict is unique because it is not a proxy war between Russia and the West, and it’s fascinating considering America’s posture during its early stages, experts on Caucasus Movses Ter-Oganesyan and Suren Sargsyan wrote in an article in Forbes magazine.
The ministry of foreign affairs of Artsakh released a statement on the Declaration of Independence of Catalonia, the ministry reported.
Azerbaijan was outraged by the fact that a very simple thing was announced – any settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict supposes the following: Artsakh cannot be a part of Azerbaijan, Armenian deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said commenting on the reaction of the Azerbaijani side to the Armenian President’s statement after the Geneva meeting.
Russia welcomes the willingness of Armenia and Azerbaijan to boost the negotiations process of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said during a press briefing on October 26 in Moscow, commenting on the results of the Geneva meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents.
Azerbaijan has pushed itself into a deadlock with perspectiveless steps. This relates not only to the NK talks, but also to the domestic and foreign policy – thus also closing the way out of this deadlock, Armenian deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan said after today’s Cabinet meeting.
Defense minister of the Artsakh Republic, Defense Army commander, Lieutenant-General Levon Mnatsakanyan on October 24 received Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk – Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, press service of the Artsakh defense ministry reported.
On October 24 afternoon the Azerbaijani side demonstrated an activeness in certain parts of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact by firing various caliber weapons, as well as mortars, the defense ministry of the Artsakh Republic reported.
Armenia is following the serious military-political processes which are happening not far from its borders, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in his speech at the National Defense Research University’s session on October 24.
