Authorities seized over 11,000 stolen artifacts at European border checkpoints last year, arrested 60 suspects, and opened about 130 investigations in the seventh phase of the so-called Pandora operation, which was launched in 2016.
As a result, not only a number of humanitarian and domestic difficulties have emerged, but also serious environmental challenges associated with the rapid depletion of the resources of the Sarsang Reservoir.
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina, in a Tweet today, described this week’s talks between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the U.S. as “constructive”.
Turkey has closed its airspace for flights by Armenian VIPs, including those of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, to third countries, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu announced in a May 5 interview with Russian 24TV.
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vagharshak Harutyunyan and U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy met yesterday in Moscow and discussed the establishment of stability in the South Caucasus, relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the settlement of
European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar has welcomed this week’s meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the U.S.