Azerbaijan manipulates Armenian POWsAugust 13, 2010 - 10:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - To gain doubtful propaganda dividends, the Azerbaijani authorities manipulates Armenian POWs, the NKR State Committee on POWs, missing and hostages said in a statement. “Making them the heroes of media reports and telling about “intolerable conditions in the Armenian army and comfortable life in Azerbaijan”, the Azeri authorities cynically violate the norms of international law,” the statement reads. “The committee condemns politicization of the humanitarian problem of POWs by Baku.” 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. |