Russia, Iran to press "restart" button in bilateral tiesNovember 27, 2009 - 18:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A lot of facts testify to Russia and Iran's willingness to enhance bilateral cooperation. Inter-parliamentary committee's upcoming plenary session is deemed as an extremely important event, said Alexander Karpich, Deputy Head of Department for Asia, Africa and Australia at RF Ministry of Economic Development. Russian official anticipates a broad discussion and opinion exchange between both parties' government experts. "Our energy Minister will meet not only with his counterpart but also with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki who heads the Iranian part of intergovernmental cooperation committee," he noted. "Issues to be discussed during negotiations are already being outlined. Let me note this practice is not something frequent and not common to all states," Russian official stressed."The upcoming discussion with our Iranian colleagues will cover a broader range of issues, including nuclear energy," iran.ru quotes Karpich as saying. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |