During his visit to Yerevan April 21-22 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will offer some developments over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova. "Sergei Lavrov nenver comes to meetings empty-handed," she said at a news briefing when being asked to comment on media reports that the Russian Foreign Minister travels to Yerevan with the plan for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"I think it would be wrong to say if it a plan, program, project, document. We are talking about certain operating time, the discussion of different ideas in line with the settlement. This is the intermediary role, our mediation role, in order to talk with the parties, to discuss the opportunities to hear their concerns, offer options for interchanges," RIA agency quoted Zakharova.-06D-
2016 April 21 (Thursday) 16:33:19
Russia is convinced that the parties to the Karabakh conflict need to exercise restraint, to resume the negotiation process, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova. "Now we need to exercise restraint, to work towards the restoration of stability. We are firmly convinced that the parties must resume the negotiating process, which will be aimed at achieving a sustainable peace settlement," she said at a briefing on Thursday, according to RIA Novosti. According to Zakharov, the parties need to step up efforts to reduce the risks of war. She confirmed that the Russian side is ready to provide all kind of assistance as a mediator.—06D-
Politics
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Voting in the early elections to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan began at 8:00. Voting is taking place at 6,478 polling stations throughout Azerbaijan, including the lands liberated from occupation. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in the unicameral parliament.
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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