CoE Committee of Ministers chairman to visit Karabakh conflict regionNovember 12, 2007 - 18:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - New chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Slovakian Foreign Minister Jan Kubis intends to visit the Nagorno Karabakh conflict region in the near future. "First of all, I must familiarize myself with the conflicts existing on the territory of the Council of Europe. Therefore I will visit the region in the shortest terms," Jan Kubis told a news conference in Strasburg. Slovakia took over Committee of Ministers Chairmanship from Serbia November 12. "I respect the endeavors of the organizations dealing with the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," he 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 | 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. |