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Armenia does not have any disputes with Georgia that cannot be solvedthrough negotiations, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister ShavarshKocharyan said at parliamentary hearings on the 2009 budget, NewsArmenia reports.
A common set of technical regulations will be formed by Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan within the Customs Union, RIA Novosti reports, citing first deputy of the Belarus state committee on standardizing Victor Nazarenko at a parliamentary commission in Minsk.Nazarenko pointed out that the orders will not be applied in the countries of EurAzEC, where new technical regulations are being developed.
The first visiting session of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) will take place in Yerevan on Monday in the building of the National Assembly of Armenia, News Armenia reports, citing the parliamentary press-service.The session will be headed by the chairman of the Russian State Duma, chairman of the PA of the CSTO Boris Gryzlov. Parliamentary delegations from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan will participate in the assembly.
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has embarked on a South Americantour, visiting Brazil, Argentina and Chili, TRT reports.Before arriving in Brazil, Erdogan announced at Esenbog airport inAnkara that the policy is aimed at broadening relations with thecountries of Latin America and the Caribbean Sea, and has producedresults.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry declared five Russian State Dumadeputies persona non gratae for monitoring the elections in thebreakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, RIA Novosti reports, citing thepress-secretary of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Elkhan Pulukhov.According to Pulkhov, the deputies are: Constantine Zatulin, IgorChernyshov, Kiril Cherkasov, Tatyana Volozhinskaya and MaksimMishetsko.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili did not confirm that IranianPresident Mahmud Ahmadinejad's visit to Georgia had been decided,though he noted that Premier Nika Gilauri plans to visit Tehran todiscuss economic issues, Iran News reports.“The Iranian leader received the invitation 4 or 5 years ago. A lothas changed since then”, Saakashvili told TV journalists on May 25th.He noted that Georgia and Iran had agreed on lifting their visaarrangements, which had attracted more Iranian tourists to Georgia.
The first session of an Azerbaijani-Lithuanian intergovernmentalcommission in Vilnius took place today, Trend reports, citing theLithuanian embassy in Azerbaijan.The sides discussed the issues of economic cooperation and other topical issues.The Azerbaijani side of the commission was headed by Minister of TaxesFazil Mamedov, and the Lithuanian side by Foreign Minister AudroniusAzubalis.
Russia calls for a dialogue of the ‘Six’ international mediators(Russia, the USA, China, France, UK and Germany) on the Iraniannuclear program settlement with Tehran, the official spokesman ofRussian Foreign Ministry Andrey Nesterenko said in his commentspublished on the ministry’s website on Tuesday.
"We are waiting for Armenia to respond but we have not yet received any answer" - foreign minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov announced commenting on the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the Karabakh settlement, Armenia today reports.
South Ossetian Interior Minister Valeriy Valiyev and Russia's deputyhead of the Federal Migration Service, Sergey Kaliuzhniy, have signedan agreement on joint efforts against illegal migrants in Tskhinvali.The document is the extension of a Russian-South Ossetian agreement onbilateral visa-free travel signed in Moscow on February 1.
Possible sanctions against Iran "would not affect existingRussian-Iranian economic contacts", the chairman of the Russian upperhouse's committee on international affairs said.The UN SC resolution project for Iran is well-balanced and wasconcerned by Russia, the USA and China, Mikhail Margelov said.
Unresolved conflicts are an obstacle to stability in the SouthCaucasian region, a member of European Commission delegation toArmenia said at the international 'Caucasus-2009' conference inYerevan on Friday. Onno Simons said he believes that there is a riskof conflict renewal, Georgia Online reports. He also noted that Georgia is an example of the negative effect ofunresolved conflicts, resulting in disrupted energy supplies.
Russia plays a constructive role in the process of Nagorno-Karabakhsettlement within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, ArmenianForeign Minister Edward Nalbandian said, Madiamax reports.Nalbandian noted that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had made greatpersonal contribution to the peace process by initiating meetingsbetween Azerbaijan and Armenia leaders.
A new road-map in normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations will not bedeveloped, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said on Friday,RIA Novosti reports.Deputy of the minister from the Turkish Justice and Development PartySuat Kinikoglu said on Thursday in Washington that the two countrieswill freeze negotiations until a new document is developed.
The head of the UN's General Assembly Ali Abdussalam Treki will visitIran in June, Trend reports, citing Iranian media.Treki will also visit Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey and other countries in the region.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey and Greecehave overcome obstacle in their relations and may start cooperating,TRT International reports.In an interview with the Elefterotipia newspaper, Davutoglu said thatthe new period of relations started after Premier Erdogan's visit toAthens.
The EUis implementing the strategy of promoting stability andprosperity in the South Caucasus and settlement of conflicts in theregion. According to APA, citing the parliament’s press-service, thiswas stated in the resolution approved by the EU parliament today.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry published a declaration on parliamentaryelections in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. According tothe information on the ministry’s website, the authorities in Ankarado not recognize the elections, which will be held by separatists onMay 23rd.“The norms of international law are violated on the occupiedterritories of Azerbaijan”, the declaration says. The document alsonotes that the separatists’ actions violate UN Security Councilresolutions and the principles of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Azerbaijan is still open for dialogue with Armenia, despite thecomplicated situation in the South Caucasus, the head of thedepartment of political analysis and information of the Azerbaijanipresidential administration, Elnur Aslanov, told an internationalpractical science conference, ITAR-TASS reports.
The European Parliament approves the basic arguments of the reportmade by the independent international commission of the EU headed byHeidi Tagliavini, investigating the circumstances of the SouthOssetian conflict. The report shows that Georgia was the initiator ofthe war in South Ossetia, the resolution made at a plenary session ofthe Supreme Legislative Body of the EU in Strasbourg said, ITAR-TASSreports.
