Russia supports Azerbaijan's territorial integrity?May 15, 2008 - 14:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After a meeting in Baku, State Secretary for the Russian Foreign Ministry Grirogy Karasin and Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov expressed satisfaction with the high level of cooperation between the two countries. The officials made special mention of $1,5 billion commodity turnover, progress in delimitation of state borders and efficiency of working group's consultations on determination of the Caspian Sea status. Touching on the frozen conflicts, Mr Karasin said that Russia supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and stands for continuation of the Karabakh process within the OSCE Minsk Group. For his part, the Azeri Minister pointed out to inadmissibility of the existing status quo and said that the conflict can be resolved in the framework of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, the Azeri Press Agency 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |