Politics

OSCE hopes for soonest resolution of the Nagonro Karabakh conflict. “Intensification of talks inspires hope for resolution of the conflict in the shortest terms,” said Goran Lennmarker, PACE rapporteur on Karabakh. He is planning to discuss the prospects of the NKR conflict resolution with the foreign affairs ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the framework …

The chairman of Politics foundation, Russian citizen Vyacheslav Nikonov says that he thinks that the resolution signed by the three presidents in Moscow on November 2 gives an opportunity but does not guarantee the settlement of Karabakh conflict. “The problem is that the conflict of Karabakh is a very difficult conflict and even it is …

On November 10-14 the NA MP group on Armenia-Germany parliamentarian friendship group visited Germany. During the press conference, which followed the visit, the new member of the Prosperous Armenia faction Armen Melikyan said during the meeting with the representatives of the Friedrich Ebert and Friedrich Naumann foundations he blamed them of fragmenting the government and …

Already there are rumors that some people have “earmarked” Bjni company. “I am warning that all illegal actions will be punished to the strictest extent of the law. Don’t think that anyone can say that they did not know or are not guilty because they were doing orders only. You will be responsible with your …

Recently a film was circulated, which contradicts the film made by the opposition’s public committee on the events of March 1-2. This film, which lasts 20 minutes, contains the speeches and interviews of Alexander Arzumanyan, Nycol Pashinyan, Suren Surenyants, Levon Ter-Petrosyan and other opposition activists during February and the events of March 1. By the …

Yesterday the former deputy prosecutor-general Gagik Jhangiryan answered the questions of the journalists at the court building of Kentron and Nork-Marash. According to the A1+, he as a lawyer evaluated whether the March 1 case is a political persecution, political vendetta or serious law-enforcement. “I have never thought off the word vendetta but political persecution …

“I believe that what I testify to them would have some importance for their conclusion when it comes to the possible sanction, which would mean that the parliamentary delegation from Armenia would be deprived of their right to vote,” said CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg in a press conference. And as a summary …

EU human rights commissioner Thomas Hammerberg visited Armenia on November 20-22 to evaluate the situation with the people arrested as a result of the events of March 1 and the corresponding legal proceedings. On Saturday Hammerberg shared his impressions of the visit with the journalists. His words and answers to journalists’ questions contained sharp critics …

– OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-chair Matthew Bryza considers “quite likely” that by the end of the year or early next year the sides will manage to coordinate the basic principles of the conflict settlement. Are the sides really close to that? – I would like to hope for such “likelihood” and, taking into account …

Yesterday the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group Mathew Bryza, Bernard Fassier and Yuri Merzlyakov met journalists at the US Embassy. Prior to that they visited Baku and then Stepanakert. Right before the press conference they met with the RA President Serzh Sargsyan. It is hard to say what the Armenian president and the co-chairmen …