“It is necessary to show the international community the possible consequences of Aliyev’s decisions for all the remaining countries. Works must be done on this path, it is necessary to do so that Azerbaijan’s such demands are not satisfied at all. MEPs are in the wanted list, I think this issue will be discussed in the agenda of the European Parliament. I am more than convinced that they will criticize Azerbaijan,” he said.
“The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan supported this in the documents signed by them. OSCE all members also supported this cochairmanship format,” Lavrov said.
“We always assist the principle, according to which offices are opened in different countries – based on the desire of the given OSCE member state. In this case we aren’t indifferent especially because the Armenian office is headed by a Russia citizen,” Lavrov said.
“The function and parameters of this weapon enable to inflict irreversible damage to infrastructures of a country, which it can be used against. Respectively, the decision on using Iskanders will closely depend on developments of the situation.”
“Currently we have discussed two energy corridors with Iran’s Energy Minister—one of them is Russia-Georgia-Armenia-Iran. Currently feasibility study is being developed, which will be ready in the second half of ongoing year,” Novak said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on appointing his wife, Mehriban Aliyeva, to the post of rst Vice President of the country, the Azerbaijani APA reported.
“Of course, we can’t like the fact that Azerbaijan purchases armaments from our ally, who exerts many efforts, from which: mutual cooperation with Armenia, as OSCE MG Co-Chair, to maintain peace and stability on our region,” the Minister said.
“It’s clear that Armenia’s presence in CSTO provides the opportunity to institutionalize relations with Russia, i.e. CSTO interests Armenia, firstly, out of Russian factor, and this is creation of another “single flag”, under which Armenia can have support from Russia in various issues. Everybody knows which issues are meant, from which—Azerbaijani aggression, Turkish factor, which undoubtedly is considered important.”
The prosecutor’s office said the reason for the raids was related to a September order from Diyanet, a religious body tied to the Turkish prime ministry, for imams to pass information to diplomatic missions on Gulen supporters.
“We do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state,” the Ministry’s information and press department said. “We consider that its status should be determined through political talks in the framework of the Minsk process.”
