Armenia passes CSTO presidency to BelarusJune 10, 2009 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The sitting of the foreign ministers' council of Collective Security Treaty Organization CSTO will be held in Moscow on June 14. Around 20 questions are on the agenda of the sitting. Foreign ministers will discuss issues of interrelations of CSTO with other international agencies, including UN, the plan of joint actions aiming at stabilizing the situation in Afganistan and withstanding threats from Afganistan. Ministers will discuss the creation of Collective rapid reaction forces (CRRF), examine the legal base to form CRRF, as well as the draft agreement about basic principles of establishing a system of concealed governance of forces and means of CSTO. Under the organization's rules of procedure, Armenian and Belarusian Foreign Ministers Eduard Nalbandyan and Sergey Martinov will assume the chairmanship of CSTO Foreign Ministers' Council. 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. |