Azeri MFA threatens OSCE MG with UN pressure?September 22, 2007 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group should intensify activities, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said. GUAM intends to proceed with the efforts for consideration of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the UN, according to him. "It's will influence on the Minsk group in a way. Mediation in the Karabakh resolution is not the private business of the Co-chairs; it's an international task they are charged with. Consequently, they should spare no effort to justify hopes," he said. "Azerbaijan will enable all tools to bring its position to the notion of international organizations," he added. "Protracted conflicts on GUAM territory and their influence on international peace, security and development" draft resolution has been included in the agenda of the UN General Assembly's 62nd session. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |