Monitoring of Contact Line of NKR and Azeri Armed Forces Registered No IncidentsApril 27, 2006 - 19:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - No cease-fire violations were registered during the OSCE recurrent planned monitoring at the contact line between the Azerbaijani and Karabakh Armed Forces, held north-west of Gulistan village of NKR Shahumyan district.Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk of Poland led the group observing the positions of the NKR Defense Army. The group included Harry Eronen (Finland) and Peter Key (UK). The monitoring was held in compliance with the planned schedule, no cease-fire violations were registered. The Azeri party, as different from the Karabakh party, did not take the observation mission to its frontline. From the Karabakh side the observation mission was accompanied by representatives of the Defense Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Nagorno Karabakh, reports the Information and Analysis Department of the NKR MFA. 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. |