Russia to brief Karabakh mediators on meeting outcome “in coming days”June 27, 2016 - 18:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia will in the next few days brief the representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries on the results of President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Saint Petersburg, RIA reports citing a source familiar with the matter. Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents met on June 20 in Saint Petersburg to tackle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. “The Minsk Group Co-chairs will be informed on the outcome of the meeting via telephone calls,” the diplomatic source said. Top stories 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). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |