Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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OSCE Vows Continued Engagement In Armenia After Office Closure
May 30, 2017

. Sargis Harutyunyan


Armenia - OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier speaks at a news
conference in Yerevan, 30May2017.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will continue
to promote wide-ranging reforms in Armenia despite the closure of its
Yerevan office forced by Azerbaijan, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto
Zannier said on Tuesday.

"The closure of the office does not mean that we will conclude our
cooperation with Armenia," Zannier said during a visit to
Yerevan. "There are many important issues on our agenda."

"We will therefore try to find various ways of working together and
ensuring that the closure of the office only means that one chapter of
our cooperation has been closed but other avenues of joint work have
opened up," he told a joint news conference with Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian.

The OSCE office has implemented projects relating, among other things,
to human rights, tax and police reforms, gender equality and press
freedom ever since it was opened in 2000. Azerbaijan vetoed late last
year a further extension of its mandate, objecting to a humanitarian
demining program sponsored by it in Armenia. It claimed that the
program could "strengthen" the Armenian military in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Armenia has repeatedly shrugged off those allegations. It says that
Baku is simply keen to force the closure of the Yerevan office after
having a similar OSCE office in Baku shut down in 2015 in line with
its poor human rights record.

OSCE decisions on opening such missions and extending their activities
have to be unanimously approved by all 57 member states of the
organization.

Baku did not drop its objections even after the Armenian government
agreed in January to exclude demining from the wide range of OSCE
activities in Armenia. Its uncompromising stance prompted a stern
warning from the United States, with a senior U.S. diplomat saying in
February that the office closure would "reflect poorly on Azerbaijan."

A representative of Austria, the current holder of the OSCE
presidency, told the OSCE's Permanent Council in Vienna on May 4 that
the Azerbaijani government remains adamant in demanding the shutdown.

The issue seems to have dominated Zannier's separate meetings with
Nalbandian and President Serzh Sarkisian. The OSCE secretary general
described the talks as "useful" in a written statement issued later in
the day. "I would like to see the achievements of the Office preserved
and built upon as far as possible," he added.

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Արամ Ասատուրյանն ազատվել է պաշտոնից
17:02, 31.05.2017



Երեւանի Կենտրոնական կլինիկական զինվորական հոսպիտալի պետ Արամ Ասատուրյանն ազատվել է պաշտոնից: Այդ մասին, այսօր՝ մայիսի 31-ին, լրագրողների հետ հանդիպման ժամանակ նշել է ՀՀ ԶՈՒ բուժծառայության պետ Կամավոր Խաչատրյանը։

Նրա խոսքով, Ասատուրյանն աշախատանքից ազատվել է և գտնվում է կադրերի ռեզերվում:

«Հոսպիտալի նոր պետ դեռևս չի նշանակվել: Ունենք մի քանի թեկնածուներ, նրանց անունները դեռևս քննարկման փուլում են: Կընտրենք թեկնածուներից լավագույնին»,-ասաց Խաչատրյանը` հավելելով, որ Ասատուրյանի ազատումը պայմանավորված է եղել ծառայողական անհրաժեշտությամբ:

https://news.am/arm/news/393023.html

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