OSCE MG co-chairs include Stepanakert visit on their agendaMarch 15, 2011 - 21:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A visit to Stepanakert was included in the OSCE MG co-chairs’ regional visit agenda. As the NKR presidential spokesman David Babayan told PanARMENIAN.Net a meeting between the co-chairs and Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan was scheduled for March 16. The OSCE MG co-chairs have already had meetings in Baku to be followed by a visit to Yerevan on March 16. Earlier, Russian co-chair Igor Popov was uncertain as to the visit to Karabakh. 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 | 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. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |