Azerbaijan not to actively participate in war against IranMarch 1, 2007 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will not actively participate in the war against Iran, but we should nod ignore the fact that Baku, as always, will raise the problem of Iranian Azerbaijan (ancient Atrpatakan), again and again underlining the same false and funny thesis that their brothers live there, specialist in Persian philology Tadevos Charchyan told in the interview to the PanARMENIAN.Net He said, it's not a secret for anyone that residents of Iranian Azerbaijan are Azeris, in other words, Turkish speaking Iranians. "I thin, Baku will not take any actions, it will remain neutral, since from the one hand Azerbaijan will not want to harm not so good relations with Islamic Iran, and from thee other hand, it will not dare offend the United States," he stressed. In the context of Turkey Charchyan noticed that anyway it has pro-American moods. "Though it is very difficult to predict. Let us see how the events will develop," he underscored. Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |