International Working Group on Search for Missing Visiting KarabakhJune 19, 2006 - 19:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Working Group (IWG) on the Search for the Missing People, Hostages and POWs in the Karabakh conflict zone arrived in Nagorno Karabakh on a two-day working visit. The IWG members met with the NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosyan, the leadership of the NKR State Committee on Missing People and Hostages, heads of the Stepanakert Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, IWG coordinator in NKR Albert Voskanian informed. In the course of the meetings the issues referring to activation of search for the missing and burial places were discussed. The requests of the state commissions on missing persons and hostages of Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan were considered as well. June 20 the IWG will depart for Yerevan to proceed with the work, reported De Facto news agency. 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”. |