Hollande, Putin to hold talks in MoscowFebruary 28, 2013 - 10:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French President Francois Hollande will on Thursday, Feb 28, discuss a wide range of issues on the global and regional agenda with the Russian leadership during his visit to Russia, RIA Novosti reported citing the presidential press service. The Kremlin earlier said that Hollande was expected to arrive in Russia on Feb 27 and stay through Feb 28. The visit takes place on an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin and Hollande will discuss bilateral trade, energy, investment, industrial, high-tech and humanitarian cooperation, as well exchange opinions on urgent international issues, including Russia-EU interaction, the situation in Syria and Mali, the fight against drug trafficking and international terrorism. Hollande assumed the office of the French president in May 2012. It will be his first visit to Russia as France’s head of state. 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. |