  GEORGIA'S APPEAL FOR JOINING NATO AIR DEFENSE CONTROL SYSTEM TURNED DOWNOctober 31, 2002 - 22:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia's appeal for joining the NATO air defense control system was turned down at the meeting of the NATO air defense committee. As "Mediamax" agency reports, the NATO state-members as well as state-allies are included in that system. According to Georgian defense minister David Tevzadze, the reason of the rejection was the protest of the representative of Greece regarding that the air defense command post in Tbilisi was not modernized. The minister thought possible that "the Greek side, making use of that formal reason, was led by other views".  Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating  Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1.U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia.PACE adopts resolution on Armenia's commitment to reforms PACE welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission.Armenia, Germany discuss ties, South Caucasus peace process Armenian lawmakers met with the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Tobias Lindner. |
