Ashot Avanesyan: Ukraine succeeded to avoid ethnic conflictsSeptember 17, 2010 - 10:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the National Congress of Armenians of Ukraine Ashot Avanesyan met September 16 with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, who is on a working visit in Ukraine to discuss problems of national minorities in the country. “Ukraine is one of those countries which succeeded to avoid ethnic conflicts,” Avanesyan said. “The new bill on the concept of state ethno-national policy of Ukraine has been already developed and it maximally meets the interest of all national minorities.” 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |