NINO BURJANADZE RULES OUT OPPORTUNITY OF PLACING US MILITARY BASES IN GEORGIADecember 17, 2003 - 22:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Acting president of Georgia Nino Burjanadze rules out the opportunity of placing US military bases in the territory of Georgia in the future. "Georgia demands Russian military bases to be withdrawn from its territory and is not going to give an opportunity for another state to place its bases after their leaving the country," N. Burjanadze told journalists today. In her words, the issue of possible location of American bases in Georgia "was not raised and was not considered," "Interfax" agency reported. 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?” |