Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan is sending his aide Gagik Isakhanyan to the part of Azerbaijani territory in Nagorno-Karabakh controlled by Russian peacekeepers.
Author: Newtimes.az
Only late at night did the alarming information come to the editorial office of Azeri Daily among the ambassadors of 46 states who had visited the cultural capital of our country -- the city of Shusha -- the day before at the invitation of the Azerbaijani government, there were no ambassadors of the three powers: the United States, France and Russia. The ambassadors of these countries did not accept the invitation of the Azerbaijani government and refused to go to Shusha.
European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi's comments that Azerbaijan is a strong partner of the EU and the Union wants to boost its cooperation with the country reflect the long-standing EU appreciation of Azerbaijan's importance, senior fellow at the US Atlantic Council, international expert Matthew Bryza told Report.
"I had a telephone conversation with the President of Azerbaijan, my brother Ilham Aliyev, about the implementation of the agreements signed with Armenia and the joint steps that can be taken in the framework of the latest processes," Turkey's President Erdogan said at a press conference after a cabinet meeting in Ankara.
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