Lavrov says Russia, U.S. to boost anti-terror effortsApril 22, 2013 - 16:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia and the United States are committed to boosting their efforts to jointly fight terrorism, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, April 22, according to RIA Novosti. During a recent telephone conversation, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed their commitment to strengthen security coordination, Lavrov told a news conference in response to a question about the Boston marathon bombings. Lavrov declined to comment on reports that a Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, had visited Russia. “Sources in the U.S. and Russian special services have already made the relevant comments on the issue and I have nothing to add,” Lavrov said. A Boston Marathon bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is awake and has answered investigators’ questions in writing from his hospital bed, ABC News said on Monday, citing unnamed “law enforcement sources.” He is still unable to talk after suffering throat and neck wounds, ABC said. Three people were killed last Monday and more than 180 injured after two powerful explosions ripped through a crowd near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The other main suspect in the twin bomb attack, Tsarnaev’s older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died of wounds sustained 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |