The latest incident on the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops once again underscores the urgent need for the parties to immediately resume negotiations on establishing lasting security and peace in the South Caucasus region, Richard Hoagland, the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, told Trend.
Sanctions against Syria would hinder ongoing peace negotiations and undermine confidence, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday, signaling that Moscow would not support new UN Security Council measures against the Syrian government.
“Armenians, our guys showed last year that they are able to show rather mighty, string opposition, and Russians have to take this factor into consideration. Russia’s history shows that they always respect power, powerful speech, powerful forces.”
In accordance to agreements reached with the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) authorities, the OSCE mission will carry out a monitoring in the line of contact of Nagorno KarabakhAzerbaijan on March 1 in the direction of Askeran region, in the vicinity of Shkhlyar settlement.
Azerbaijani APA agency, making reference to Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, informed that during “another provocation of the Armenian army,” a soldier died of wounds despite the efforts of doctors on February 28.
“We also discussed the peaceful resolution of the NagornoKarabakh conflict. The status quo is unsustainable. The conflict needs an early political settlement in accordance with international law. It does not have a military solution,” Tusk said.
The announcement came after Novak visited Tehran last week, where Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said Iran was ready to reach a deal on supplies of 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day to Russia within the next 10-15 days.
“Note that the evacuation was carried out in accordance with the agreement reached on February 25, something that the Artsakh side insisted on in the initial period,” reads the press release.
Just days before Aliyev announced the appointment of his wife, activists from the opposition party were detained and jailed.”
The European Council adopted a regulation on February 27 on visa liberalization for Georgians travelling to the European Union. EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos released a statement.
