In Basel, Switzerland, December 4 opened a two-day meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the OSCE.
Participants representing 57 member countries and states partners were welcomed by the OSCE Chairman, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Didier Burkhalter.
The Ministerial Council will assess the progress of the previous steps and take decisions on new commitments to ensure the political, military, economic, environmental and human security.
One of the important topics of the meeting will be a crisis that has developed in the European security architecture in connection with the situation in Ukraine.
The central event of the summit is talks between the foreign ministers of Russia and the United States, John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov.
In the press center of the summit the Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists pay more attention to the planned meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbandian in the framework of the Minsk peace format. -0-
Politics
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An appeal has been filed against the arrest of journalist Shahnaz Beylergizi, her lawyer Bakhtiyar Hajiyev told the Turan agency on Friday.
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On February 6, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with U.S. Vice President James Vance in Washington. "Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with U.S. Vice President James Vance at the White House in Washington. During the meeting, issues related to bilateral relations as well as regional affairs were discussed," reported Pashinyan's press service.
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By a decree of the head of state dated February 7, Anar Aliyev was appointed as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection. Prior to this, he held the position of Deputy Minister.
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Afghan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who was arrested in Georgia at the request of Baku, ended his dry hunger strike on February 6, which he had started on February 2. However, he is still refusing food and is only drinking water. His hunger strike has now lasted 142 days, said his wife, Sevinc Sadygova, in an interview with the Turan agency on February 7. The Georgian Center for Social Justice (CSJ), which defends Afghan Sadygov's rights, issued a statement expressing concern about his condition.
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