Baku's policy hampers efforts of international community to resolve Karabakh conflictJuly 3, 2007 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri authorities annually increase expenses on acquiring arms and mercenaries. They have not stopped anti-Armenian propaganda in official media for a single minute," NKR President Arkadi Ghukassian stated in his lecture at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University. He said, Baku's such policy hampers efforts of the international community in the face of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. "Unfortunately, during past years the government of Ilham Aliev has not made a single step to form a positive image of Azerbaijan in the eyes of NKR people, which might result in establishing atmosphere of confidence. Currently because of official Baku's opposition OSCE cannot bring the negotiation process to conformity with documents of OSCE Budapest summit, where NKR was fixed as a conflicting party," the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic said. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |