PACE President was initiator of restoring Subcommittee on Nagorno KarabakhApril 8, 2011 - 19:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Azerbaijani representation to the Council of Europe, Arif Mammadov said that one of the commitments Azerbaijan and Armenia undertook while becoming members of the Council of Europe was the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. “PACE Subcommittee for Nagorno Karabakh should continue its activity, unless the conflict is settled”, Mammadov told journalists. He said the Subcommittee existed in practice and didn’t stop its activity. “After the death of Russell Johnston, the committee suspended official meetings. But the Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations meet almost within the frameworks of all sessions. PACE President also attends these meetings and he was the initiator of the restart of the Subcommittee’s activity,” APA quoted Mammadov as saying. 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. |