Armenia

Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan said at a meeting of the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament in Dublin on September 29 that with its aggressive actions Baku is calling into question its suitability as a member of the Council of Europe.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing on September 29 that the issue of the continued presence of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh will be clarified in negotiations with Azerbaijan.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a telephone conversation with Leo Docherty, the UK Minister for Europe on 28 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a readout.

Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court by Armenia will have the most negative consequences for bilateral relations, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on September 28.

Armenian Prime Minster Nikol Pashinyan has said at a government meeting on 28 September that a campaign of ethnic cleansing, of which Yerevan has been warning the international community is currently taking place.

Nagorno-Karabakh President Samvel Shahramanyan has signed an decree on dissolving all state agencies and organizations on the territory of Artsakh, the Nagorno-Karabakh official InfoCenter reported.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a briefing on September 27 reproached the United States and the EU with attempts to incline Armenia to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan, which does not take into account the rights of the Armenians of Artsakh.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on 26 September made a statement regarding the mass violations of Arstakh Armenians’ rights. The statement says the following: