ARMENIA PARTICIPATION IN BAKU-TBILISI-JEYKHAN PROJECT NOT ON AGENDA, GEORGIAN LEADER STATEDJuly 14, 2003 - 23:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The issue of the participation of Armenia in the Baku-Tbilisi-Jeykhan (BTJ) oil pipeline project is not on the agenda. Georgian president Eduard Shevarnadze told journalists today. In his opinion, this issue should be settled by the Azeri party and the companies directly carrying out this project. To remind, the matter of the possible participation of Armenian companies in the infrastructures on the BTJ was touched upon in the course of the meeting of Georgian National Security Council Secretary Tedo Japaridze with Armenian National Assembly Speaker Arthur Baghdasarian in Yerevan. Top stories On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). Partner news | Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals. CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. Bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in Armenia Senator Wicker is also the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” |