Moscow: Russia pays special attention to the Karabakh issue - it  belongs to a number of foreign policy priorities

ArmInfo.On August 16, in the library of National Assembly of Artsakh, a lecture-discussion was held on the theme "US foreign policy in the South Caucasus", conducted by the professor of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the first Armenian Ambassador to the US Ruben Shugaryan.

ArmInfo.Օգոստոսի 14-ին ժամը 11:00-ի սահմաններում ՊԲ-ի հյուսիս-արևելյան ուղղությամբ տեղակայված զորամասերից մեկի պահպանության տեղամասում, հակառակորդի կողմից արձակված կրակոցից, մահացու հրազենային վիրավորում է ստացել ՊԲ զինծառայող, 1998թ. ծնված Արման Սամվելի Մովսիսյանը:Դեպքի մանրամասները պարզելու համար կատարվում է քննություն:

ArmInfo. Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has not yet attracted the attention of US President Donald Trump's administration, but in the next few months the situation may change, "Atlantic Council analyst, former ambassador of America to Ukraine John Herbst, said in the Voice of America program.

ArmInfo.Political consultations took place in Armenian MFA between foreign political  departments of Armenia and China. 

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan's aggressive policy towards Armenia and Artsakh continues. As reported by the press office of the National Assembly of Armenia, Baroness Caroline  Cox, member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament, stated this during a meeting in Yerevan with Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ara Babloyan.

ArmInfo.Another confirmation of the unacceptability of the use of force and deployment of peacekeepers in Karabakh is based on the interests of Armenia and  Artsakh.  Stepan Grigoryan, head of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation, expressed his opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. Iran is interested in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, calling Armenia and Azerbaijan to a dialogue, Iranian MFA representative Bahram Kazemi stated during  the briefing.

ArmInfo.The formula for the settlement of Karabakh problem, represented by the only structure with an intermediary mandate in resolving this conflict - OSCE Minsk  Group (USA, Russia, France) is the right of the people of Artsakh to freely express the will and recognition of this right from all sides, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated in an interview with the Iranian IRNA on the eve of his visit to Iran.

ArmInfo.Karabakh issue should be frozen till best times, according to Californian University honored professor, political expert Rein Taagepera.

ArmInfo.Opportunities to shoot down missiles of Iskander complexes are not only in Azerbaijan, but also in leading countries. Minister of Defense of Artsakh,  Lieutenant-General Levon Mnatsakanyan said on the Public Television  of Armenia in response to the statement of his Azerbaijani colleague   Zakir Hasanov that the Azerbaijani armed forces possess anti- missile  weapons capable of shooting down missiles from the Iskander complexes  deployed in Armenia. 

ArmInfo.In case of new attack by the Azerbaijani side, the Armenian armed forces will launch a counteroffensive and expand the current security zone around Artsakh.  The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Artsakh, the commander of  the Defense Army, Lieutenant-General Levon Mnatsakanyan stated on the  Public Television of Armenia.

ArmInfo. In my opinion, Russia's supply of arms to Azerbaijan negatively affects the resolution of the Karabakh conflict and the negotiation process, the president of the  International Union of Experts Alexander Gusev is convinced.

ArmInfo. The final decision on the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting is not yet available. Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, stated this in a conversation  with journalists after the government meeting on July 27.

ArmInfo. The indicator of the effectiveness of the meeting of the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan will be the development of the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh and the problems of the Transcaucasian regional security. Such an opinion was expressed by ArmInfo Russian analyst Sergey Markedonov, commenting on the meeting of Vladimir Putin with Ilham Aliyev held in Sochi on July 21.

ArmInfo.Հայաստանի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության նախարարությունը կտրականապես հերքում է Ադրբեջանի պաշտպանության և արտաքին գործերի նախարարությունների համատեղ հայտարարությունը, ըստ որի, իբր հուլիսի 26-ին, ողջ օրվա ընթացքում, Հայաստանի զինված ուժերի ստորաբաժանումները գնդակոծել են ադրբեջանական մարտական դիրքերը, ինչպես նաև խաղաղ բնակավայրերը։

ArmInfo.As part of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Sochi, the sides discussed issues related to the  settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, APA reports.

ArmInfo. The fact that there is currently a tense situation at Karabakh conflict zone is completely unrelated to the previous presidential elections in Artsakh, such  opinion was expressed at the press conference by the director of Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan.

ArmInfo. Iran stands for an exclusively peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Ehsan Khushmand, an Iranian political scientist, stated in Yerevan on  July 21.

ArmInfo.The venue of the Aliyev-Sargsyan meeting has not yet been determined. This was announced on July 20 at the briefing by Artem Kozhin, Deputy Director of the Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.  

ArmInfo.. OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs would be ready to accept a blitzkrieg from Azerbaijan on issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian political expert Andranik  Migranyan, the head of New York office of Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, is convinced.