Recurrent Attempt to Tense Situation in Samtskhe-JavakhetiaOctober 12, 2005 - 19:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As PanARMENIAN.Net came to know from A-info agency, on October 12 night in the town of Akhalkalaki of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia unknown persons stuck leaflets signed by some "Akhaltsikhe Liberation Brigade" to the walls of buildings. The leaflets tell the Armenian population "to immediately abandon the region and go to Armenia, Russia or America." "Otherwise you will be subjected to genocide like your ancestors in 1915", the leaflets say. The Council of the Armenian organizations of Samtskhe-Javakhetia and the majority of the Akhaltsikhe residents rated it as a recurrent attempt to provoke the Armenian population of the region, since tension of the situation is not profitable either for the Armenian or Georgian party. 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”. |