It had taken a long time before Alan visited Armenia for the first time in 2005. Since Alan was the grandson of a genocide survivor and involved in genocide studies, he had made multiple attempts to visit Armenia. After four unsuccessful attempts from the early 1960s to early 2000s, he finally visited Armenia for the first time in 2005. “That was a remarkable trip in terms of my expectations and experience,” says Alan about his first visit. It was the beginning of a decade of annual visits to Armenia. “Following that initial trip, I visited Armenia each year for five weeks. Each visit was like a new chapter of an epic book, as I got to know more people and I increasingly understood the great complexity and fascinating aspects of Armenian history and society”.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has weighed in on the comments around the criminal charge pressed against former President Serzh Sargsyan.
On the occasion of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Bratislava, we, the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Secretary of State to the Minister for European and Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Reeker) remain strongly committed to mediating a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The meeting of foreign minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and foreign minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov was held in Bratislava on December 4 on the sidelines of the 26th OSCE ministerial conference. The meeting was held under the mediation and with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, as well as Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.
Serzh Sargsyan does not consider himself guilty under charge brought against him In response to the inquiry of 168.am, the Office of the third President of the Republic of Armenia reported the following: “Third President of the Republic of Armenia, President of the Republican Party of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan does not consider himself guilty under the phony and nonsensical charge brought against him by the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia, considering it political persecution.”
The Executive Body of the Republican Party of Armenia has issued a statement on the charge brought up against President of the Republican Party of Armenia, third President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. The statement reads as follows:
Russia and Azerbaijan believe that an opportunity for finding compromise exists in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement issue, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said on December 3 in Baku during a joint press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, according to TASS.
The Armenian side is going to work over its priorities at the upcoming meeting of foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov in Bratislava, FM Mnatsakanyan told reporters today in Yerevan, asked what issues are going to the discussed at the expected meeting.
One soldier has died and another one was wounded after sustaining gunshot wounds in “circumstances that are still unknown”, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said in a news release.
