Politics

President of Nagorno Karabgh Arkadi Ghukasyan presided the Karabagh Constitution committee a month ago, during which Ghukasyan said that he was happy to see progress and to hear positive remarks from experts. On the same day, Ghukasyan decided that it was time to present the Constitution draft to the National Assembly of Karabagh. According to …

– In your opinion, what did the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen mean when they revealed the secret principles of the Karabagh conflict? Was this pressure on both sides, a final draft, or did they simply want to know the public opinion on the conflict negotiation principles? – You can call it whatever you want-pressure, a …

According to the Karabagh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the OSCE president’s personal representative’s office has observed the armed forces on the Karabagh-Azerbaijan borderline near the Marzili residential area and northwest from the Kuropatkino residency. The OSCE president’s personal representative Anjey Kasprchik observed the Karabagh army. The group included OSCE Defense field assistants Peter Kein (Great …

On July 3, Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili left for the US and he will meet with President George Bush and Condoleza Rice on July 5. According to the Georgian press, the main topics will be the peaceful solutions of the current conflicts. During his recent visit to Georgia, Matthew Bryza said, “One of the issues …

According to “Azadutyun” radio station, RA president’s press secretary, Viktor Soghomonyan has said the following concerning the recent announcement of Araz Azimov, “The upcoming meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on July 17 may have positive results and help the negotiations process”. He also said that the president didn’t have any arrangements or …

According to “Trend”, deputy foreign affairs minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov has said the following: “Both sides have agreed that it is impossible to determine that status of Karabakh right now.” “There isn’t any “circle agreement” draft on the negotiations table ready to be signed”, he said. In regard to the announcement of the OSCE …

On July 5, an Armenian delegation headed by RA president Robert Kocharyan will leave for Iran. We wonder why the president is going to leave for Iran on July 5, Armenian Constitution day. He refused to leave for Paris in late May to take part in the NATO board meeting, claiming that he was very …

On Saturday, July 1, chief editor of “Time Yerevan” newspaper, Arman Babajanyan was taken to the newly built building of the Nubarashen prison. According to official information, the purpose of taking him to that building was to secure him.

Recently head of the “Millennium Challenges” corporation, John Danilovich has presented a final report of their corporation to president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan stating the following: “The Armenian mark of freedom of speech and accountability went down from 0,27 to 0 in 2006”. “The mark of Armenian citizens’ freedoms was 4 (there are 7 marks, …

The announcements of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen in Vienna on June 22 and the interview given by the OSCE Minsk group American co-chairman, Matthew Bryza revealed the main principles of the Karabagh conflict negotiations being discussed. I can’t say anything about why they made such announcements and why now, but I wonder whether Armenia …