Turkey accuses Iran of supporting Kurdish rebelsNovember 26, 2012 - 15:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tehran is supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin stated, according to Hurriyet Daily News. "We are quite aware of Iran’s support for the PKK,” the minister told state broadcaster TRT. “We know that PKK members who are wounded during clashes with the Turkish army are treated in Iranian hospitals." Syria, Iraq and Armenia are also on the list of suspected PKK supporters, according to Şahin, who is well-known for his nationalist leanings. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |