Tehran offers mediation on KarabakhDecember 14, 2009 - 16:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran is ready to act as a broker in the ongoing Nagorno Karabakh peace process, Iranian Foreign Minister said. "The situation in South Caucasus and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were the key issues of our talks," Mr. Manouchehr Mottaki stated after the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov. "We discussed a wide range of issues relating to bilateral and regional cooperation," Mammadyarov said, for his part. "Iran is our neighbor, and we hope it keep up efforts for re-establishing peace and stability in the region," he said, Trend news agency reported. 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. |