“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.
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.
“Because of that violence at the beginning of April, Secretary Kerry together with Foreign Minister Lavrov and French Foreign Minister Ayrault decided it was time to bring the presidents together again to talk seriously about the peace process. So tonight there are a number of issues that Secretary Kerry hopes to take up with the presidents. The first is the violence that took place early April and continues to take place on a daily basis along the line of contact. “
A decade ago, two Turkish Islamist leaders — Recep Erdogan (now President) and prominent Sunni cleric Fethullah Gulen — were the best of friends. Their common enemy was the Turkish military. But as Erdogan solidified his dictatorial rule by castrating the generals, he turned against his old ally, Gulen, to monopolize his grip on power. Erdogan purged and jailed hundreds of Gulen followers: journalists, judges, police, and state officials.
