Germany has critical attitude towards increase of military expenses in South CaucasusAugust 4, 2010 - 13:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Germany has a critical attitude towards increase of military expenses in South Caucasus, German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt stressed. At news conference in Yerevan he expressed concern over recently circulated information on supply of S-300 and PMU2 Favorit missile systems to Azerbaijan. “Statements made from the position of strength are regarded as wrong and threatening. This is the reason why Armenia and Azerbaijan were offered to sign the conventional armaments agreement, with Yerevan consenting. Baku, however, resented the offer citing Karabakh conflict,” the Ambassador pointed out. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |