MANDATE OF OSCE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON KARABAKH NOT ESTABLISHED YETMarch 10, 2005 - 09:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The mandate of OSCE Chairman-in-Office's special representative for Karabakh, former Bulgarian Prime Minister Philip Dimitrov, appointed to the post already in 2004, is not established yet. The OSCE Headquarters in Vienna attributed it to the incomplete formation of the new budget, Ph. Dimitrov reported. «I am interested in continuing my work,» Ph. Dimitrov said, noting that the same time that if the OSCE Chairman-in-Office from Slovenia nominates a new special representative over the issue, he is ready to help him. It should be reminded that Ph. Dimitrov was appointed special representative for the Nagorno Karabakh issue last September. In the same month he visited the region. The Special Ambassador's mission is to analyze the state of the talks over the Nagorno Karabakh settlement and to draw a report for the OSCE Chairman. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |