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UN to discuss CIS ‘frozen conflicts’ in September
Frozen conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development will be discussed at the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly.
The Secretary General of GUAM, Valery Chachashvili, said the issue of presenting the draft resolution on protracted conflicts in the GUAM area to the consideration of the UN General Assembly may be discussed early in September. Read the rest of this entry »
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Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met Friday with Karen Mikaelian, a member of the committee for organization of congress of heirs of the Armenian Genocide survivors. Two previous forums were held in Yerevan in 1917 and 1918. 
Armenia’s main priority in foreign agenda is establishment of good-neighbor relations with all countries of the region, as well as strengthening and deepening country’s active role in the region and the world,” Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated. 
“If someone wants Kosovo to become a precedent, it will become a precedent for him, for that person. I think many people in Russia, including President Putin best of all understand Caucasus and they do not want Kosovo to become a precedent for Caucasus. It would be awful and for North Caucasus too,” OSCE Minsk Group American Co-Chair, US Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza stated. 
Activities of the Armenian community of the United States do not contradict RA’s foreign policy, this opinion does not have anything in common with the reality, head of “Hay Dat” Office Giro Manoyan stated to journalists in Yerevan. He said official Yerevan has never exerted pressure on Armenian communities abroad. 
The Serbian government on Friday sent countries involved in negotiations over Kosovo a list of proposed rules for the talks, amid reports it was ready to cede some elements of sovereignty to the breakaway province.
Following a year of Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) led Armenian American community opposition to the controversial appointment of an Armenian Genocide denier as U.S. envoy to Yerevan, the White House, today, announced the withdrawal of the nomination of Richard Hoagland as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, reported the ANCA. 
The next meeting between Armenian and Azeri presidents in the framework of the Prague negotiation peace process on the Nagorno Karabakh conflicts may take place in October-November, OSCE MG American Co-Chair Matthew Bryza stated in Baku. 
Conditionally speaking, Russia’s stance in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict may be viewed in 60-40 correlation, which means that Moscow supports Yerevan more, Russian politician and member of the RF Public Chamber Sergey Markov stated. Simultaneously Russia tries to keep the status quo –not to break the reached positives. “If we plunge this region into a full-scale war, everybody will suffer from it. The Russian Federation realizes this danger. 
Granting independence to Kosovo cannot become a precedent for other conflicts in various countries of the world, including the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, EU’s Foreign and Security Policy Chief Javier Solana stated. “The Kosovo problem is an issue, which cannot be compared with situations in any other regions,” Solana stated.