Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Artsakh Artak Nersisyan commented for ARMENPRESS on the recent statements regarding the restoration of the full format of negotiations. -On 9 March, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group issued a statement urging the sides to refrain from demanding unilateral changes to the format of negotiations without consent of the other party. Earlier, on 6 March, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry made a comment on the impossibility of changing the negotiation format approved by the 1992 Helsinki decision of ..read more

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Artsakh on a working visit, met with President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan. During the conversation various issues referring to the partnership between Armenia and Artsakh, referred to the measures for implementing joint strategic projects in social-economic sphere. Afterwards, the meeting continued in an expanded format. The interlocutors exchanged views on the domestic and foreign policies of the two Armenian states, security issues and cooperation in these areas ..read more

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian on March 18 sent a congratulatory letter to President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili on her birthday, the Presidential Office told. “Your official visit to Armenia and our meetings on its sidelines were quite productive and provided one more chance to highlight the traditional friendly ties between the Armenian and Georgian peoples and touch upon the cooperation prospects of our countries”, the President said in the letter.Armen Sarkissian expressed confidence that the mutual partnership of Armenia and Georgia, which is based on mutual respect and trust ..read more

The NATO clearly understands the political and humanitarian incentives of Armenia for sending a humanitarian group to Syria, reports James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia said in a press conference on March 11. “The NATO has no official position on this issue. We discussed that issue the Foreign and Defense Ministers of Armenia. I listened to their argumentation over the situation. We clearly understand the political and humanitarian incentives of Armenia to lend a helping hand to that community”, James Appathurai said. A group cons ..read more

The Armenian government will take consistent steps to ensure the involvement of Artsakh in the negotiation process for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement as the main party to the conflict, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said during the joint session of the Security Councils of Armenia and Artsakh in Stepanakert, reports Armenpress. “After the December 9, 2018, parliamentary elections of Armenia, this is my first visit to the Republic of Artsakh and I want to state that based on the election results the My Step bloc has received a strong mandate from the people of Armenia to ra ..read more

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan says an important goal of the upcoming NK conflict resolution negotiations process must be the clarification of the 3 principles and 6 elements brought forward by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. Important question that requires an answer is the following – does the Government of Armenia accept the 3 principles and 6 elements of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs as a basis for negotiations process? This is truly a highly important question, but in response to this question we need important clarifications. And what might these principles mean practically ..read more

Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will participate in the upcoming March 12 Security Council meeting of Armenia that will take place in Stepanakert, Artsakh. “The regular session of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia will take place on March 12 in Stepanakert. As a member of the Security Council, FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will also participate in the session,” the foreign ministry said on Facebook. PM Nikol Pashinyan is also visiting Artsakh and will attend the meeting ..read more

Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan held a meeting in Stepanakert with Premier of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on March 11. A wide range of issues concerning the cooperation between the two Armenian republics were on the discussion agenda. The meeting subsequently continued in an enlarged format with participation of the secretaries of the Security Councils and foreign ministers. Various issues related to the security sphere and foreign policy were touched upon during the meeting. Both sides emphasized the importance of cementing and expanding closer cooperation between Armenia ..read more

The position of the NATO is that Nagorno Karabakh conflict can have no military solution, as reports James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia said in a press conference on March 11. “It’s undeniable that the NATO is directly interested in peace and security. We are encouraged by the fact that the new Government of Armenia makes new efforts for the peace process. We are also encouraged by the significant decline of tension on the contact line. The assessment of the NATO is that this conflict can be settled through exclusively peaceful m ..read more

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spokesperson Vladimir Karapetyan is in Moscow on a working visit, the Armenian Embassy in Russia said on Facebook. On March 11, Karapetyan has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, according to the embassy. Armenia’s Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toghanyan also took part in the meeting. During the meeting various issues regarding cooperation between the press services of the two sides were discussed. Particularly, the sides addressed the partnership between the press services of the Armenian PM’s office, the Kremlin and ..read more