Lord Russell Johnston to visit KarabakhApril 16, 2007 - 16:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The PACE session starting today will consider the issues referring to the visit of Lord Russell Johnston, the head of the PACE subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh, to the region. The terms of the visit are being exacted. He will be accompanied by members of the Armenian and Azeri delegations to PACE and rapporteurs of PACE monitoring committee, Andres Herkel, Tony Lloyd, Mikko Elo and Georges Colombier. Discrepancies over the terms of the visit are caused by the territories the delegation is expected to visit. An agreement will be achieved during an informal meeting of the RA and Azeri delegations within the PACE session, APA reports. 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. |