ArmInfo.The statement of the US ambassador on the Karabakh conflict does not change the foreign policy agenda of Armenia.

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ArmInfo.Senator Bob Menendez, a leading Democrat in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called on the US ambassador to Azerbaijan, Earl Litzenberger, to insist that  President Ilham Aliyev refrain from militant rhetoric and actions  that threaten the world on the line of contact.

ArmInfo.The delegation led by Chief of the Military Police of Armenia Artur Baghdasaryan participated in the annual conference of the chiefs of the military  police of the NATO Partners on September 18-21 in Sofia.

ArmInfo.Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received a congratulatory message from U.S. President Donald Trump on Armenia’s Independence Day, the press service of the Armenian Prime Minister informs. The message runs as follows.

ArmInfo.The CSTO is convinced that the high conflict potential in the Caucasus region  remains. On September 20, at a press conference in Moscow, Colonel-  General Anatoly Sidorov, the head of the Joint Staff of the  Collective Security Treaty Organization, said.

ArmInfo. NATO called on Baku and Yerevan to intensify their efforts towards a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ArmInfo. Germany expressed readiness to develop effective cooperation with Armenia in the defense sphere. This was during the meeting with Defense Minister  David Tonoyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of  Germany to Armenia Matthias Kiesler said.  

ArmInfo."We live in a complex explosive region, we have four neighbors, with two of which are closed borders, one lacks diplomatic relations and there is a huge baggage of historical problems and mutual rejection, on the other hand, we have a situation of" no war, no peace. "But this is a potential war that can break out at any time. " This was in an interview with "Kommersant" said the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.

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ArmInfo. Armenian Americans, friends of Armenia, human rights activists, and advocates for peace are calling on their U.S. Senators to carefully scrutinize President Trump's nomination of career Foreign Service Officer Earle Litzenberger to serve as Ambassador to Azerbaijan, as part of an Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) nationwide advocacy campaign.  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to begin consideration of Litzenberger's nomination to fill the currently vacant posting, a process that will include a hearing, responses to written questions, and then, potentially, votes in committee and by the full Senate. President Obama's nominee for the post, Matt Bryza, was twice denied Senate confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to Baku, over concerns regarding his evident bias on Azerbaijan, Turkish and Armenian issues, ultimately only serving one year in this position under a recess appointment.  The ANCA website - www.anca.org/azerbaijan - provides concerned individuals an opportunity to directly request that both of their U.S. Senators ask questions during the Litzenberger confirmation process.  "There's never been a more urgent need for clarity regarding the nature and scope of American relations with the Aliyev regime," said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. "This confirmation process provides a much- needed opportunity for substantive Congressional oversight of an increasingly troubled U.S.-Azerbaijan bilateral relationship, characterized by escalating aggression against Armenians, a worsening crackdown on dissent, and a well- funded campaign to manipulate the American political process." Traditionally, U.S. Senators have focused their questioning of U.S.  Ambassador-designates to Azerbaijan on an array of regional priorities, including the peace process, investigative mechanisms, and strengthening the cease-fire, as well as domestic concerns regarding the Aliyev regime's crushing of dissent.  According to the White House, Litzenberger, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister- Counselor, currently serves as Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs at the Department of State.  During his career in the Foreign Service, he has served as Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund; Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States Mission to NATO; NATO Deputy Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan; Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia; and Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.  Litzenberger earned a B.A. from Middlebury College and M.S. from the United States Army War College. He is the recipient of the Matilda W.  Sinclaire Language Award. He also speaks French, Russian, Serbian, and Bulgarian.

ArmInfo. I do not think that  the issue of criminal prosecution of the second president of Armenia  Robert Kocharyan can take a separate place in the agenda of the  meeting of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President  Vladimir Putin. Armen Rustamyan, head of the ARF faction  "Dashnaktsutyun" stated this on September 6 in a conversation with  journalists.

ArmInfo. The second president of Armenia Robert Kocharian is skeptical of the statements of the Armenian authorities regarding the fact that the Armenian-Russian relations are at a high level.

ArmInfo. The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Armenia was not historical at all and had no special significance, Director of the "Caucasus" Institute Alexander Iskandaryan stated at today's press conference.

ArmInfo. During the visit to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Chancellor of Germany will have to balance between interests and values, writes DW.

ArmInfo. Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will allow establishing peace, security and stability in the South Caucasus region. Azerbaijan supports  substantial, constructive negotiations, which would help to drive  process from dead-lock, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry's Spokesman  Hikmet Hajiyev stated in an interview to Moscow- Baku website. 

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ArmInfo.Azerbaijan's participation in the CSTO should be considered in the light of the new geopolitical conditions, Head of the Russian-Azerbaijani group of interparliamentary cooperation, Chairman of the committee on legal issues and state building of Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan Ali Huseynli expressed such a view in the interview to Haqqin.az.  He recalled that in the early 1990s at the stage of the formation of this structure, Azerbaijan joined the Collective Security Treaty, and left it at the end of the 1990s.

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