Russia sets conditions to NATOApril 20, 2009 - 23:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia intensified pressure on NATO to call off planned military drills in Georgia yesterday, saying it would cancel forthcoming high-level talks with the US-led alliance if the exercises went ahead.Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's NATO envoy, said the military maneuvers in Georgia, a former Soviet country that aspires to NATO membership, were a "provocation". "If there is no reaction [to Russia's complaint], we will take certain steps. I can already reveal one of these. The Russia-NATO meeting of general heads of staff planned for May 7 will not take place," he told Russia's Vesti-24 television channel. Moscow sees the NATO exercises, to be held at an infantry base outside Tbilisi from May 6 to June 1, as a sign of support for Mikheil Saakashvili, president of Georgia, FT reported. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. 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. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |