In the meantime, the opposition Armenian press reports of backstage details of Lavrov's visit. "According to information received in government circles, Russia is trying to persuade Armenia to pass Azerbaijan several districts around Nagorno-Karabakh," the newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak said.
This paper argues that in this way Moscow hopes to obtain the consent of Baku to join the Eurasian Economic Union. "According to the same sources, the main topic of discussion during the visit of Sergei Lavrov to Armenia on November 9 was exactly this issue," the newspaper said, adding that the secret negotiations on the Karabakh settlement were initiated by Russia. -02D-
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Yerevan / 10.10.15 / Turan-ArmInfo: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks in Yerevan with Armenian President on the subject of the Karabakh settlement. In particular, Lavrov said that there are no alternatives to a peaceful settlement there.
During the press conference after the meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Lavrov he was more frank.
Touching upon the Karabakh issue, Lavrov said that Moscow will continue to provide assistance to develop a mutually acceptable basis for a settlement. "This is one of the priorities of our foreign policy controlled by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Russia will continue to play an active role in order to achieve a positive outcome," he said.
"Any abrupt, radical actions, whoever they are made by, only harm the activity of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group," Lavrov said, commenting on the report of the PACE British MP Robert Walter on Nagorno-Karabakh.
"We - Russia, France and the United States stand firmly opposed to any attempts in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, instead of a serial, business, patient dialogue, to make the topic at various international platforms, which are not engaged in the settlement. At least nobody ordered them to do so on behalf of the international community," said Lavrov. -02D-
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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