NKR official: Moscow ministerial talks to focus on organization of presidential meetingApril 21, 2011 - 14:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of foreign relations committee at Artsakh parliament believes the oncoming meeting between the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers will focus on preparations for presidential meeting due in summer 2011. Vahram Atanesyan expects no radical changes in the positions of conflicting parties. “According to official Baku, no agreement was reached on principle positions of Karabakh conflict settlement,” Atanesyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “Thus, no breakthrough is to be expected. April 14 OSCE Minsk Group statement stipulated for the parties to coordinate basic principles and work out a peace agreement. Still, I don’t see any work done in that direction.” Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |