Azerbaijan Does Not Expect New Proposals on Karabakh from USApril 22, 2006 - 16:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It is hard to expect new proposals during the Washington walks over settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Azeri FM Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists in Moscow, when commenting on coming official visit of the Azeri President to the US. "Positions of Azerbaijan that have been unchanged for 15 years, remain the same. We have always come for settling the issue in compliance with norms and principles of the international law, UN Security Council and OSCE resolutions. Undoubtedly if we want to put an end to the conflict really, so as it does not break out periodically, the solution should be based on lawfulness exclusively," the Minister said.Mammadyarov also reported that during the coming visit of I. Aliyev to the US and the meeting with US President George Bush a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as international and regional matters will be discussed. In the Minister's words, conflict settlement in the Caucasus will be one of the key topics at the talks. Matters of energy security, fight against terror, specifically Azerbaijan's participation in the anti-terror coalition will also be considered. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |