Azerbaijan fears domestic Arab spring?December 21, 2011 - 11:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Certain opposition forces in Azerbaijan act under the influence of world processes rather than express people’s will, an Azerbaijani official said. “We witness this following the processes in Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and other countries,” chief of the department for public and political affairs at the presidential administration of Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov told a press conference on Wednesday, December 21. “If they do not comply with people’s demands, all their wishes and plans are doomed to fail. That is why we never placed processes occurring outside and inside Azerbaijan on the same footing. We do not seek to link them because no such connection exists. What on earth a minor conflict in Kazakhstan or domestic socio-political processes in Russia have to do with Azerbaijan,” Hasanov concluded. 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. |