The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is ready to expand the participation of OSCE representatives in its activities, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said after his visit to OSCE Secretariat with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid, TASS reported. “We intend to hold such high-level meetings in the future. It is necessary to expand the participation …

As a result of the search operation carried out by a rescue detachment in Varanda (Fizuli) region, a body was found and evacuated today, Artsakh State Emergency Situations Ministry reported. It is believed to be of a soldier involved in combat actions, whose identity will be confirmed after a forensic examination. So far, 1,584 bodies …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkey and the United States are entering a “new era” in ties, after the NATO allies’ relationship deteriorated in recent years over an array of issues. Speaking after a Cabinet meeting, Erdogan however, called for U.S. respect for Turkey’s sovereign rights — in an apparent reference to …

A court of aggravated crimes in Baku began the trial on fabricated criminal cases of another 13 prisoners of war from Shirak Province. They have been charged with terrorism, sabotage and other crimes. According to local media, the session is chaired by Judge Eldar Ismayilov. The personal data of the Armenian prisoners of war are …

The United States congratulates the people of Armenia on their June 20 parliamentary elections. We welcome the overall positive assessment by the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission. We are pleased that ODIHR’s preliminary conclusions noted voters’ human rights and fundamental freedoms were generally respected, contestants were able to campaign freely, and that ODIHR assessed election-day vote counting as positive. We share ODIHR’s concern regarding …

Early parliamentary elections took place in Armenia on 20 June. According to the preliminary assessment of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Election Observation Mission, the elections were competitive and generally well-managed within a short timeframe. Voters were provided with a broad range of …

Daniel Ioannisyan, the coordinator of the Union of Informed Citizens, NGO, said in a Facebook post that the Independent Observer had discovered a number of problems. “After studying the spreadsheets, the Independent Observer found a number of obvious mistakes in polling stations 4/2, 4/3, 4/9, 4/16, 4/44, 9/55, 10/43, 14/8, 23/42, 23 /47, 24/4, 25/34, …

The foreign ministers of Romania, Austria and Lithuania are set to visit Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia June 24-26, Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu wrote on Twitter. “EU support for the Eastern Partnership also means greater EU involvement, including in protracted conflicts. Under the mandate of EU High Representative Josep Borrell, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg …

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told a briefing following a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Mukhtar Tleuberdi today that some provisions of the November 9 trilateral ceasefire statement in Nagorno Karabakh are being implemented and some of them are being delayed, Azerbaijani media reported. “I have informed my Kazakh counterpart about the need for hundreds …

The Armenia bloc has issued a statement, which reads: The Armenia bloc expresses its gratitude to those citizens of the Republic of Armenia who supported the bloc in the June 20, 2010 National Assembly elections and voted for it. It inspires confidence that hundreds of thousands of our citizens concerned about the country not only …