Mediators "proposed Armenia ditch Karabakh interim status agenda"April 14, 2021 - 13:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said there is something fundamental in the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation process, which has been hidden from the public for a long time. In the proposed Madrid Principles of the conflict settlement, there was an article on granting an interim status to Karabakh, which Azerbaijan had refused to discuss since 2011, Pashinyan said on Wednesday, April 14. According to him, the Armenian side was supposed to ensure that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs persuade Azerbaijan to accept the temporary status of Karabakh, but "the fact is that Azerbaijan's position was accepted by the mediators in 2014-2015." "Two months before the April 2016 war, the mediators clearly proposed to the Armenian side to abandon their aspirations to achieve a temporary status. The Armenian side rejected [the proposal]," Pashinyan said in a Q&A session in parliament. "And two months later, the April war broke out, which was supposed to force the Armenian side to abandon their interim status agenda due to territorial losses." Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military offensive across the entire line of contact with Karabakh (Artsakh) in the wee hours of April 2 in 2016. Clashes lasted lasted four days and were later dubbed the Four-Day War or the April War. Throughout the military campaign, 64 soldiers, 13 volunteers and four civilians, including a child, were killed and more than 120 people were wounded. According to information from the U.S. Department of State, the Azerbaijani lost more than 270 people overall. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |