RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIED AGREEMENT ON ROUGH DIAMOND SUPPLIES TO ARMENIAJune 28, 2002 - 20:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian State Duma has ratified the intergovernmental agreement on supplies of natural diamonds from Russia to Armenia in 2002-2006. "ALROSA" company is annually expected to supply 400-450 thousand carats rough diamonds to Armenian enterprises for jewelry purposes and 400-800 thousand carats a year for technical purposes from Yakutia reserves. Let us remind that in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement, in 1999-2001 Armenia received 578.9 thousand carats of natural diamonds for the sum of $15 million to fulfill its own needs. 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 | Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said. Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani. POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |