In terms of being ready for negotiations, Kocharyan said: “It is enough to mention the Azerbaijani President’s latest speech, which definitely shows who is ready for what, who isn’t ready to move forward in the negotiations process”.
Armenia’s deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan considers a turning event the voice of the Artsakh people raised 30 years ago for the defense of their own rights and freedoms.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan participated in the mass gathering dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the Artsakh National-Liberation Movement in Stepanakert’s Revival Square, the president’s office said.
Defense minister of Artsakh, Defense Army commander, Lieutenant-General Levon Mnatsakanyan on February 10 received OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russian Federation), Stephane Visconti (France) and Andrew Schofer (USA), as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk who arrived in Stepanakert on the sidelines of the regional visit
The final settlement of the Artsakh conflict should be reached only through negotiations, Armen Sarkissian, candidate for the President of Armenia nominated by the ruling party, told reporters in Stepanakert after the meeting with President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan on February 10 received OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russian Federation), Stephane Visconti (France) and Andrew Schofer (USA), as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk and officials accompanying them.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on February 7 received OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Stephane Visconti (France) and Andrew Schofer (USA), as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, APA reports.
Armenia hasn’t allowed CSTO-member Belarus to sell Polonez multiple rocket launchers to Azerbaijan, Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported. Armenia and Belarus are both members of the CSTO – the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Stephane Visconti (France) and Andrew Schofer (USA) will visit Armenia on February 8-9, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Tigran Balayan said.
France will continue its mediation mission for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said during the annual gala dinner of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France.