Turkey rushes to peacekeeping mission in Nagorno KarabakhJune 2, 2007 - 14:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "In case if NATO decides to carry out a peacekeeping mission in Nagorno Karabakh, Turkish soldiers will participate in it with pleasure," head of the Turkish delegation in NATO Parliament Assembly, member of the ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party Vahid Erdem stated. Meanwhile it is worth underlining that only OSCE has a mandate for peacekeping mission but the organization does not have peacekeeping forces as such. The United Nations and NATO have peacekeeping forces. However neither the UN or NATO has peacekeeping mandate in Karabakh. The matter is which organization will carry out that operation. The second problem is the following: the conflicting sides came to an understanding that the OSCE Minsk Group countries and neighboring states (i.e. Turkey, Iran and Georgia) cannot participate in the peacekeeping mission. So it means that Turkey's statements are baseless. 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 | Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed shock over the death of the Iranian President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |