South Caucasus

"The October 24 decision of the Upper House of the South New Wales Parliament, Australia, is a notification for the world community and OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs that to achieve a fair resolution of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict and durable peace in the conflict zone, it is necessary to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and the Karabakh people's right to self- determination, as well as to shift away from the policy of double standards," David Karabekyan, an independent analyst from Karabakh, told ArmInfo.

A meeting of the representatives of Azerbaijani and Armenian Diaspora organizations has started at President hotel, Moscow.

On 25 October President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received a group of deputies and businessmen from Switzerland.

The world community applies double standards to the Karabakh issue, President of Armenia Serhz Sargsyan said in an interview with the Italian Quotidiano Nazionale.

Armenian authorities should give a proper, weighted and adequate response to Azerbaijan's actions, Karen Bekaryan, Head of the European Integration public organization, told media in Yerevan, Thursday. He said that Armenia can make a tough open statement or toughen its diplomatic stance or combine the both approaches.

The Legislative Council, which is the Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament, Australia, adopted a resolution recognizing the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, Thursday, on October 25, the Armenian National Committee of Australia reports.

On October 24, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, who is in Mexico on an official visit, met with Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, the Deputy Chairman of the Lower Chamber of the Mexico's Senate, Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.

Resumption of military actions in the Karabakh conflict zone is possible only if U.S. unleashes large-scale Iranian war, Vladimir Zakharov, Director of the Institute of Political Studies of the Black Sea and Caspian Region, told ArmInfo.

Today it is important to continue the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks as never before, Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, told journalists in Yerevan on Thursday.