CONTINUATION OF KARABAKH TALKS DEPENDS ON WHETHER UN GA WILL ADOPT AZERI RESOLUTION DRAFTNovember 23, 2004 - 19:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "If the General Assembly session adopts the draft resolution, introduced by the Azeri party, the negotiation process "will decease" and Azerbaijan will have to hold talks with the Nagorno Karabakh legally elected authorities," Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian stated today. In case the resolution, based on the compromise option, is passed, Armenia is ready to continue the talks, he added. It should be reminded that initiated by Azerbaijan the UN General Assembly is to discuss the question of the territories of the security belt around Nagorno Karabakh today. The control of those territories today is the only actual guarantee of security of the Nagorno Karabakh Armenians and of prevention of resumption of hostilities. Top stories 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). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |