Azubalis: ODIHR observer mission’s presence at State Duma election positive shiftDecember 5, 2011 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE gives positive assessment to Russia’s State Duma election. As the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis told a news conference in Vilnius, “the presence of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) observers at the poll after an 8-year break is already a success in itself.” “I can’t comment on the results of the elections before publication of the observer committee report in 2 months,” PanARMENIAN.Net reporter from Vilnius quoted Azubalis saying. The Foreign Minister positively assessed election procedures, noting, however, that media resources were not used to the full. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |