Rogozin plants poplars near NATO headquartersJanuary 14, 2012 - 12:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin has planted two poplars near the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels in a farewell gesture, RIA Novosti reported. Symbolically enough, a poplar, or “topol” in Russian, brings up associations with Russia’s modern intercontinental ballistic missiles Topol-M. On Friday, Rogozin said he was considering planting a tree within perimeter of the alliance’s headquarters. “I decided to leave something good in memory of my work in NATO… NATO is the right place for a poplar, I guess,” Rogozin said in his Twitter micro blog. However, NATO replied that planting a tree within the headquarters perimeter “is not possible,” so the tree will have to be planted nearby, a source close to the alliance said. In response, Rogozin planted two trees in the perimeter of his former residence. “As NATO did not welcome my polar… I decided to plant two trees at once,” Rogozin quipped in his Twitter later and attached a photo featuring the process of planting. “To the left is just a topol [poplar] and to the right it is topol-m [poplar-m],” Rogozin commented. Rogozin’s followers have already posted facetious comments, suggesting that the trees were planted “under the screen of night” and there will be “hubbub” in the morning. In late December, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Rogozin deputy prime minister responsible for the defense industry. 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. |