Politics
Bako Sahakyan met OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
By Times.am at 8 September, 2010, 6:28 pm
On September 8 President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs of the Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russian Federation) and Bernard Fassier (France).
A wide range of issues related to the current stage and prospects of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed during the meeting.
It was mutually noted that any [...]
Top Three Armenian Church Leaders Boycott Turkish Show in Akhtamar
By Times.am at 8 September, 2010, 1:01 pm
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
The Turkish scheme of luring Armenian Church leaders to participate in a religious show at Holy Cross (Sourp Khach) Church on Akhtamar Island, Lake Van, backfired last week.
The heads of three Hierarchical Sees of the Armenian Church — in Armenia, Lebanon, and Jerusalem — will neither attend nor [...]
Grigol Vashadze danced under Azerbaijan’s music
By Times.am at 8 September, 2010, 12:16 pm
“The increase of the number of Russian military bases in the South Caucasus poses a great threat to Georgia, Azerbaijan and more to Armenia’s independence,” Georgia’s Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told APA’s Georgia bureau.
Commenting on the extension of the term of deployment of the Russian military base in Gyumri, Armenia, Grigol Vashadze said reinforcement of [...]
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs will visit Stepanakert and Yerevan
By Times.am at 8 September, 2010, 11:23 am
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke (USA), Bernard Fassier (France), Igor Popov (Russia) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk (Poland) visited the frontline.
The diplomats arrived in Barda region this morning and after the meeting with the local authorities they will leave for Terter region. Following the meeting with Terter officials they [...]
Western troops can be put at risk
By Times.am at 8 September, 2010, 10:57 am
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended on Tuesday a Florida pastor’s right to burn copies of the Quran during a public demonstration on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“In a strange way I’m here to defend his right to do that. I happen to think that it is distasteful. I don’t [...]
U.N. report faults peacekeepers
By Times.am at 8 September, 2010, 10:32 am
Mass rapes take place in Eastern Congo for already some time, Times.am reported earlier. And all these actions take place not far from UN peacekeepers’ camp.
UN accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens, The Associated Press informs.
U .N. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Atul Khare told the U.N. Security Council that at least 267 more [...]
D. Babayan: A democratic state cannot be annexed with a totalitarian country in modern world
By Times.am at 7 September, 2010, 6:01 pm
“We draw several conclusions from the report; it is the first-ever unbiased document on the situation in Azerbaijan mentioning that Azerbaijan is an oligarch-clan state, a country peculiar to east monarchy. And it is praiseworthy,” spokesman for Artsakh Republic President David Babayan told a panorama.am correspondent commenting upon the International Crisis Group (ICG) Report on [...]
Read More >>Irakli Kavtaradze can be appointed to another post
By Times.am at 7 September, 2010, 5:33 pm
Irakli Kavtaradze, who has been appointed as ambassador to Azerbaijan, but has not taken the office, can be appointed to another post, Apa.az reported.
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze says the Georgian parliament does not want Kavtaradze to leave.
“There is no need to seek for another cause here. I have repeated it twice. Everything is normal,” [...]
The CE plans to organize trainings in Azerbaijan
By Times.am at 7 September, 2010, 5:21 pm
The Council of Europe is planning to organize trainings and workshops for court officials within parliamentary election preparations in Azerbaijan.
Special Representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General in Azerbaijan Veronika Kotek said the workshops and trainings would cover submission and reviewing the appeals.
The Council of Europe is also planning to organize trainings for the [...]
Peter Semneby: “The problem of the refugees must be considered”
By Times.am at 7 September, 2010, 5:10 pm
The representative of EU for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby had a meeting with the azerbaijani politician and among other issues spoke also about refugees, who had to leave their homes.
“We told Semneby, that this problem can’t be solved until the territorial comleteness won’t be provided”, said the politician.
He also added, that Semneby noted [...]
Loading ...
