ArmInfo. The OSCE is exerting efforts towards settlement of conflicts in the region,  particularly, the Transnistrian conflict, as well as the conflicts in  Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh, Austrian Foreign Minister, OSCE  Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz said at the meeting of the UN  Security Council.   

ArmInfo. In front of the Belarusian Embassy in Armenia a protest was held in the light of extradition of Russian-Israeli blog writer Alexander Lapshin to  Azerbaijan.  

Manvel Sargsyan, the Director of Armenian Center for National and International  Studies, on the margins of his interview to ArmInfo shares his vision of American policy within  Trump’s Presidency, talks about Russia’s role in new relations between  the United States and China, judges the revision of  World War I and World War II  results, common tendencies in global policy making, relicts of international relations, as well as about the place of self-determination within the capsulation of international agenda and Armenia’s role.

ArmInfo.Syria will have the fate of Iraq in the best-case scenario and the fate of Libya in the worst-case one, because unfortunately Syria will not remain a single  country, Alexander Skakov, coordinator of the working group on the Caucasus and Central Asia at the Russian Institute of Oriental Studies, has told ArmInfo.        

ArmInfo. It is obvious, that an attempt of Russia, Iran and Turkey is being shaped to reach trilateral agreements avoiding other regional and non-regional partners and competitors, Sergey Minasyan, the Caucasus Institute Director expressed his opinion to ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.Liberation of Aleepo is the first evidence of  US softenng its Middle East  policy due to Trump's  being elected, Sargis  Hacpanyan, the regional problems expert, expressed his opinion. 

ArmInfo.Vigen Sargsyan, the Armenian Defence Minister , started his visit to Russia with the meetings with commander staff of Southern Military District, because   he is concerned about the penetration of terrorist groups in Armenia,  trying  cut that possibility, turkologist Hakob Chakryan said  answering the question of ArmInfo  reporter.  

ArmInfo.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused Armenia of telling "a lie" about the Armenian Genocide.   

ArmInfo. As Congress returns  next week to complete its legislative business for 2016, the Armenian  Assembly of America (Assembly) renews its call for Members to  withdraw from the Turkish and Azeri caucuses in light of the  increasingly authoritarian regimes there and pattern of behavior,  including Azerbaijan's attacks against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh  earlier this year. The Azeri initiated military offensive which was  supported by the Turkish military, took the lives of innocent  civilians, including the gruesome mutilation of an elderly Armenian  couple as well as ISIS-like beheadings, the Assembly reports.   "Whatever your prior reasons for standing in solidarity with the  Turkish and Azeri regimes, we cannot imagine that any American would  continue to do so in the face of recent events. To do so would  condone such behavior," stated Assembly Co-Chairs Anthony Barsamian  and Van Krikorian. "As the country reflects on the 2016 election and  takes stock, now too is the time to revisit our policies vis-a-vis  Turkey and Azerbaijan," they continued. "We, therefore, strongly urge  Members of the Turkish and Azeri caucuses to withdraw their support  and speak out against such heinous acts."   During the campaign, president-elect Trump stated that the Turkish  government "looks like they're on the side of ISIS more or less based  on the oil." Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to push  the boundaries while knowingly helping himself instead of nations  fighting ISIS and the thousands of innocent civilians dying as a  result.   The Turkish Caucus has now lost 19 Members in the U.S. House of  Representatives, including former Caucus Co- Chair Rep. Ed Whitfield  (R-KY), who resigned earlier this year amid an ethics probe, as well  as Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) who was defeated in the Maryland  democratic primary by Armenian Caucus Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).   Van Hollen went on to win his election to the U.S. Senate.   Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest  Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public  understanding and awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a  non-partisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt membership organization.

In an interview with ArmInfo, Ruben Shugaryan, former deputy foreign minister of Armenia, former Armenian Ambassador to the U.S., Professor at the U.S.  Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, shares his views about the Armenian policy towards the Karabakh conflict settlement following the April aggression of Azerbaijan. He also speaks of the latest changes in the international law, and substantiates the need to adjust Armenia’s foreign policy and national security doctrine to the global, geopolitical trends.

ArmInfo. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is willing to cooperate with the UN in  every possible way, NKR President's Spokesperson David Babayan has  told ArmInfo's correspondent, when responding to the criticism of the  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the lack of  opportunity to visit the Karabakh conflict zone starting from April  2016.  

ArmInfo.Turkey's active involvement in the Karabakh conflict is impossible under current conditions, with the political gestures, maneuvers and demarches to continue till the final diplomatic resolution of the conflict. Sergei  Stankevich, Russia's political and public figure and expert at  Anatoly Sobchak Fund, a member of the Party of Growth Board, told  ArmInfo in an online interview organized by the Region Research  Center.

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ArmInfo. Something was inherently wrong with the use of the military base in Iran by the Russian Aerospace Forces, says Arman Melikyan, the former foreign minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, in an interview with ArmInfo.

Russian president’s decision to withdraw forces from Syria was unexpected. Was it agreed with the allies within the U.S.-led anti-terrorist coalition, particularly with Washington