Live updates: Nagorno-Karabakh fighting continues for thirteenth day

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Live updates: Nagorno-Karabakh fighting continues for thirteenth day

Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh is continuing for the thirteenth day.

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Russia agrees with Azerbaijan to dissolve OSCE Minsk Group

Aytan Farhadova

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has stated that all OSCE’s Minsk Group structures ‘are subject to dissolution’ after being asked to comment on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s proposal to dissolve it. During Wednesday’s press briefing, Zakharova also suggested that the ‘optimal path’ for such a decision would be a joint proposal by Armenia and Azerbaijan to disband it. Zakharova claimed the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs’ mandate became irrelevant after Armenia recognised

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Pashinyan challenges former presidents to debate on Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations

Arshaluys Barseghyan

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On Monday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed a live debate with three former Armenian Presidents to discuss the decades-long negotiation process with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. All three refused Pashinyan’s invitation. Pashinyan invited the former presidents — Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Robert Kocharyan, and Serzh Sargsyan — claiming on Facebook that since the 1994 Russian-mediated ceasefire between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh, the negotiation process was always ab