Thomas de Waal: there's little expectation for Sargsyan-Aliyev meetingJune 3, 2008 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There is little expectation for the forthcoming meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents, according to a British expert on the Caucasus. "There is little chance for successful continuation of talks. With passage of the UN resolution "on the situation in the occupied territories", Azerbaijan has moved away from the Basic Document discussed last year. The Azeri leadership is not likely to take drastic steps on the threshold the presidential election while Yerevan is too loaded with domestic problems to highlight Karabakh settlement," Thomas de Waal told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to meet in Saint Petersburg on June 6 in the framework of an international economic conference. 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. |