Lithuanian President hopes for compromise on Karabakh in near futureJune 18, 2007 - 18:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "We stand for deeper EU involvement in the South Caucasus region with respect to most urgent issues. First of all, this concerns the settlement of the so-called frozen conflicts. Within this context, we would consider that an international peacekeeping element could also become an essential part of conflict resolution. With regard to Nagorno Karabakh, we hope that a compromise will be reached as soon as possible," Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said."The Lithuanian parliament has recently approved the possibility to deploy our peacekeepers in South Caucasus and we are ready to do so when such a wish is expressed by the sides," he said "We also support the need to attract more attention by the international community as well as by the UN to the current "frozen" status of the resolution of conflicts in the GUAM area, considering international involvement as one of the main impetuses to the peaceful and real resolution of those conflicts," he said. "We consider the direct dialogue between the parties of conflicts to be an essential prerequisite to solutions - especially with regard to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict where the final solution might be reached only through an Armenian-Azerbaijani compromise acceptable to both sides. The ENP Action Plan - although not directly aimed at conflict resolution - could have a long lasting effect on conflict issues through its successful implementation based on political, social, and economical reforms," Mr Adamkus said, Trend 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 | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. |