[ last updated 16:31 ] The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have all but dashed hopes for an imminent resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, failing to reach agreement during two days of intensive negotiations in Paris which international mediators hoped would produce a breakthrough.
[ last updated 16:35 ] Armenia remains unaffected by the spread of bird flu across the region but will face additional risks with the start of traditional spring migration of wild birds, the main carriers of the deadly virus, veterinary authorities said on Monday.
[ last updated 16:37 ] Artashes Tumanian, the chief of President Robert Kocharian’s staff, staked a claim to greater political influence on Monday, saying that his newly created party will seek to be represented in Armenia’s next government alongside other pro-establishment groups.
[ last updated 16:29 ] “Aravot” editorializes that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be possible to resolve only when most people in Armenia and Azerbaijan realize that “there are no mutually incompatible ethnic groups in the world.”
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