ArmInfo. Today the OSCE itself and its fundamental principles are under attack and pressure. OSCE  Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta, Ian Borg  stated at a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on May 13 in Yerevan, adding that  Malta's chairmanship coincided with many challenges in the OSCE area.

ArmInfo. The USA works remarkably closely with its European partners when it comes to Nagorno-Karabakh, Ned Price, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of  State, told a briefing on January 25. 

ArmInfo.At the moment, meetings of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the format of the co-chairs of the OSCE  Minsk Group are not planned. However, a visit of the Co-Chairs of the  Minsk Group to the region is planned. Armenian Foreign Minister  Ararat Mirzoyan stated this on January 19 during the government hour  in the parliament.

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried noted the need to fully  restore work in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. The  parties announced this during a telephone conversation.

ArmInfo. On December 14, the RA NA Vice President Ishkhan Saghatelyan received the Director for Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia Countries of  FRG Federal Foreign Office Matthias LЃttenberg and the Ambassador  Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Armenia Viktor  Richter.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan is again dissatisfied with the actions of the ambassadors of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries. This time, the reason for the discontent  was the refusal of the diplomats of the above countries to visit the  Armenian city of Shushi occupied by Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo.As part of the monitoring of snap elections to the Armenian parliament, observers from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, headed by the group  coordinator, Coordinator of the monitoring group from the CIS  Inter-parliamentary Assembly in early elections to the parliament of  the Republic of Armenia, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on  Industry, Fuel-Energy Complex, Transport and Communication of the  House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of  Belarus Igor Komarovsky  and Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council  Dmitry Kobitsky held a meeting with head of the Observation Mission  of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights   (OSCE / ODIHR) Eoghan Murphy. This was reported by the press service  of the IPA CIS.

ArmInfo.The proposal to deploy international observers from the Russian Federation or other co-chairing countries of the OSBE Minsk Group on the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border was not previously agreed with them.

ArmInfo. On May 7, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh David Babayan sent letters to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs and the Personal Representative of  the Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk on the threat to water  security of Artsakh. The press service of Artsakh MFA reports.

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan and European Commission Vice President, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy  Josep Borrell congratulated each other on the completion of the ratification process of the Armenia-EU Comprehensive Partnership Agreement.

ArmInfo. Armenian Defense  Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan received a delegation led by EU  Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in  Georgia Toivo Klaar.

ArmInfo. The Milli Majlis  of Azerbaijan voiced a protest to the French Senate over the  resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh adopted yesterday and called on the  country's government to reconsider political and economic relations  with Paris.

ArmInfo. "The Ministry of  Defense of the Republic of Armenia reaffirms that the units of the  Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh Defense Army are  ready to observe the terms of the humanitarian ceasefire signed in  Moscow on October 10, as well as to apply the agreed ceasefire  monitoring arrangements>. Press Secretary of the RA Defense Ministry  Shushan Stepanyan announced this on her Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan  expressed his opinion on Wednesday that the OSCE Minsk Group must  complete negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh and "return the  territories" to Azerbaijan, TASS reports.

ArmInfo. Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan met with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin.  Simonyan announced this on his Facebook page. 

ArmInfo. MEP Charlie Weimers calls on Europe to impose sanctions against Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Weimers said this during a meeting of the European  Parliament.

ArmInfo. A telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun  Bayramov took place, during which the discussion of the situation in  the zone of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict continued.

ArmInfo. Moscow again expressed its readiness to provide a platform for the meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan through the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group.  Permanent representative of the Russian  Federation to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich, announced this.

ArmInfo.  On July 30 in Vienna, the  agenda of the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on the initiative of the  Armenian delegation included an issue entitled "Turkey's aggressive  policy and militaristic behavior as a factor destabilizing in the  South Caucasus." 

ArmInfo. On July 30 in Vienna, at  the initiative of the Armenian delegation, the issue of Azerbaijan's  encouragement of hate crimes was included in the agenda of the OSCE  Permanent Council meeting. The RA MFA reports.