The trip of the Armenian leadership headed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region occupied by Armenia is a gross violation of the norms of the international law, Azerbaijani MP Rauf Aliyev told Trend on May 10.

OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger confirmed OSCE intention to continue to support the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said at a briefing on May 8.

The Armenian leadership, as in previous years, has committed another provocation in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov informed OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger upon his own request about the results of the meeting among the Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers held in Moscow on April 15 with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said.

Another year has passed since the occupation of Karabakh and its pearl – Shusha. The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum and the Shusha District Executive Authority organized a joint event Sorrow, devoted to the Days of occupation of Kalbajar, Lachin and Shusha regions. At the event the Shusha State Musical Drama Theater staged the musical and literary composition Sorrow, dedicated to the victims tragically expelled from their homeland during the occupation of Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

Although there has been much expectations from the new government of Armenia that came to power after a velvet revolution last April, nothing new has changed in the process of solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan has issued a statement on the 27th anniversary of the occupation of Shusha by the armed forces of Armenia, Trend reports May 8.

If the negotiations on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict don’t lead to the end of the occupation, Azerbaijan retains its inherent rights under the UN Charter to ensure the restoration of its sovereignty and territorial integrity within the internationally recognized borders, reads a statement of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Yerevan bears international legal responsibility for the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh which is a territory of Azerbaijan and is not a subject of discussion.

Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia prevented an Armenian provocation at Moscow State University, Trend reports referring to the embassy.

Azerbaijan’s city of Shusha, which was once called the Pearl of Karabakh, was captured by Armenians and practically wiped off the earth face 27 years ago.

For as long as Armenia continues to engage in a destructive propaganda campaign against the Republic of Azerbaijan and keeps its soldiers in the Azerbaijani territory, recent bilateral talks hosted by the Russian Federation and OSCE, with the intention to pacify the tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia, are doomed to failure, Peter M. Tase, expert in Transatlantic Relations and Azerbaijani Studies, a senior advisor to the Global Engineering Deans Council and to various European and Latin American governments, told Azernews, Trend reports.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan commented on the statements made by Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to official Israeli television channel KAN NEWS, Trend reports.

For many years, Washington has been assisting the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group in the conflict settlement.

Military conflict with Azerbaijan and economic isolation due to the occupation policy towards Baku hinder the development of Armenia.

A representative of the illegal regime created in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan could not meet with any official representative of Argentina.

Russia seeks to contribute to a worthy resolution of the Karabakh conflict and to ensure reliable security in South Caucasus region.

The Armenian Prime Minister deceives the international community and misinforming the Council of Europe, Peter M. Tase, International Relations expert and a scholar of Transatlantic political and cultural dialogue said in an interview with Azernews.

Peace in the South Caucasus will be restored only if Armenia eventually makes the right decision and leaves the occupied Azerbaijani lands, Guram Markhuliya, President of the Caucasus International Center for the Study of Geohistory and Geopolitics, said in an interview with Azernews.

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 24 times, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has commented on the information about the resolution of the Senate of the US state of Colorado in connection with the so-called "Armenian genocide" and the "recognition" of the illegal structure created in the occupied Azerbaijani territories in the resolution.

The Armenian side’s statement once again confirms the existence of only two sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva said, Trend reports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger exchanged the views on the OSCE’s role in facilitating the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports referring to the Russian Foreign Ministry on April 24.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a long process that requires tremendous efforts from both Azerbaijan and Armenia, Russian expert, President of the Center for Social and Political Studies ("Aspect") Georgy Fyodorov said in an interview with Azernews.

Germany supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and stands for a peaceful settlement of the long-lasting problem, German Ambassador to Azerbaijan Michael Kindsgrab said, Trend reports April 23.