Armenia will soon, until spring, declare the Armenian-Turkish protocols, which were signed in Switzerland, as null and void, President Sargsyan said at PACE in response to a question from Turkey’s representative Yildirimn Tughrul Turkesh.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said Armenia’s relations with Iran with the history of 2 thousand years are vital for our country.
Lt. General Levon Mnatsakanyan, the defense minister and commander of the military of Artsakh held a press conference on January 24 in the country’s Army Information Center. The press conference was dedicated to the year results of the military for 2017.
During the period from January 14 to 20 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime about 150 times by firing more than 1800 shots at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs released a statement after the meeting with the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Krakow, Poland, OSCE reported on its official website.
On January 16, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the border of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, on the Akna-Hindarkh road section.
By the initiative of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the meeting of the foreign minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov will be held in the Polish city of Kraków on January 18.
The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is on the hands of the sides, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said during an annual press conference, stating that positive signals are expected from the sides regarding the proposals of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
Italy is supporting the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement issue, foreign minister Angelino Alfano, the new OSCE chairperson in office said in the OSCE Permanent Council, presenting the priorities and program of his chairmanship.
The new meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is scheduled in mid-January, Armenian deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters in the parliament, adding that at the moment he cannot provide information on the meeting dates and place.
