EU Leaders Endorse Decision to Suspend Turkey's Entry TalksDecember 15, 2006 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - European Union leaders have formally endorsed on Friday the conclusions of Monday`s foreign ministers meeting which agreed to partially freeze Turkey's membership talks due to Cyprus standoff, ABHaber reports.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said all 25 leaders support the decision unanimously to slow down talks with Turkey over its reservations to honor a pact to open its ports and airports to EU member Greek Cypriot administration. Ankara refuses to open its ports to EU member the Greek Cypriot administration and is asking the EU to first end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots. 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. |