RECURRENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN NKR JUNE 19March 7, 2005 - 08:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Recurrent parliamentary election will be held in the Nagorno the Karabakh Republic on June 19. This would be the fourth election in the NKR. Meanwhile the OSCE Minsk Group is carrying on searching for ways for conflict settlement, in which Armenia and Azerbaijan are engaged. However politicians in Stepanakert adhere to the opinion that the elected NKR authorities only are empowered to hold negotiations on behalf of the NKR people. To note, Armenian President Robert Kocharian defined the optimal status of Nagorno Karabakh as "independence in the foreseeable future" and "a part of Armenia in long-term outlook." The acting one-house National Assembly was elected June 19, 2000. It is composed of 33 deputies elected by majority system for a 5-year term. The President elected by common voting for 5 years possesses supreme state power. According to the data available by January 1, 2005 the NKR population makes 146.6 thousand people. 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 | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |