Armenia renounces CSTO Deputy Secretary-General quota

Armenia has submitted a proposal to the CSTO on relinquishing its quota of Deputy Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Armenian Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday.

“Indeed, we’ve presented a respective proposal to the CSTO,” foreign ministry spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan told ARMENPRESS when asked to either confirm or deny media reports claiming that Armenia has formally renounced its quota of Deputy Secretary-General.

Armenia is not interested in the transparent work of the Lachin Corridor - Bayramov 

In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov wrote that "Armenia is not interested in the transparent work of the Lachin Corridor".

With that letter, Bayramov responded to the February 22 decision of the International Court of Justice regarding the Lachin Corridor.

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs stated in the letter that the Government of Azerbaijan bears no responsibility for the protest actions organized by representatives of the civil society on the road to Lachin and cannot forcefully limit their legal right to protest," the ministry said in a statement.

At the same time, in his presentation, Bayramov wrote about "the cases of misuse of the Lachin Corridor by Armenia" and claimed that Azerbaijan guarantees the safety of the road.

According to Bayramov, neither the government nor the protesters are obstructing traffic.

Bayramov wrote to Guterres that the vehicles of the Red Cross and Russian peacekeeping troops pass on the road unhindered.

He also wrote that Azerbaijan offered to install checkpoints on the Lachin road, "and the fact that the Armenian side rejected it proves that Yerevan is not interested in the transparent work of the Lachin corridor."

The establishment of a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor connecting Armenia with Artsakh remains unacceptable for Yerevan.

"Armenia's position has not changed," Vahan Hunanyan, the spokesperson of the foreign ministry, told "Azatutyun" earlier.

After the Munich negotiations, Azerbaijani President Aliyev voiced the idea of setting up a checkpoint. In response, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ararat Mirzoyan, stated that the renegotiation of the Lachin Corridor is not acceptable to Armenia.

Azerbaijani Armed Forces units violated the ceasefire in Artsakh by using small arms

Today, between 19:10 and 19:40, the units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire in the northern direction of the contact line by using small arms. There were no casualties from the Armenian side as a result of the ceasefire violation. The ceasefire violation was reported to the command of the Russian peacekeeping troops.
Currently, the situation on the contact line is relatively stable.

Russian peacekeepers did not record any violation of the ceasefire during the past day 

The Russian peacekeeping contingent continues to fulfill its tasks in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation issued a message about this. It is noted that Russian peacekeepers are monitoring the situation at 30 observation points and monitoring the ceasefire.

According to the report, three routes were patrolled in the corridor of Martakert, Martuni, and Lachin. During the past day, no violations of the ceasefire regime were recorded.

The convoy escort of the Russian peacekeeping troops with humanitarian cargo along the Goris-Stepanakert route was provided. Humanitarian action was held to provide food packages to indigent families with many children in the Shushi region.

The EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee calls on Azerbaijan to immediately withdraw from the territories of Armenia

As a result of the meeting held on March 9, the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee adopted a final statement. The Chairman of the Standing Committee on European Integration of the RA National Assembly, Arman Yeghoyan, wrote about this on his Facebook page, presenting several main provisions of the statement.

"The Armenian Parliamentary Partnership Committee notes with satisfaction the very good relations between the EU and Armenia and reminds the role of the European Parliament and the National Assembly of Armenia in this matter, based on their democratic legitimacy.

The Committee demands a comprehensive political settlement of the conflict in accordance with international law and based, in particular, on the non-use of force, territorial integrity, and equal rights and self-determination of peoples - the key principles of the Helsinki Final Act, as well as the OSCE Minsk Group 2009. On fundamental principles and elements."

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