EU Commissioner Stated of Possible Progress in Karabakh Settlement in Near FutureDecember 5, 2005 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "In the near future we will be able to witness progress in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process," Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy stated when addressing the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers in Ljubljana. When commending on the other unsettled conflicts in the South Caucasus the EU Commissioner voiced hope that "Georgia's peaceful program and the Russian-Georgian agreements on fulfilling the Istanbul commitments will secure the progress of conflict settlement processes in the South Ossetia and Abkhazia." She also noted that the European Commission intends to sign Action Plans with Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan within the European Neighborhood Policy, reported Mediamax. 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. |