Talks on establishment of diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia underway in MoscowSeptember 9, 2008 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Tuesday with his counterparts Murat Dzhioyev (South Ossetia) and Sergei Shamba (Abkhazia) to exchange notes on establishment of diplomatic relations.The Ministers are also expected to discuss draft projects on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. Yesterday, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev met with France's Nicolas Sarkozy, who arrived in Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart. "Two new states have appeared. We have already developed a number of agreements, including that on establishment of diplomatic relations with them," Medvedev said. "Humanitarian, economic and military assistance will be also rendered," he added, Finmarket reports. 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. |