Azerbaijan confirms Lieutenant-Colonel’s deathApril 19, 2016 - 18:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lieutenant-Colonel of Azerbaijani Armed Forces Sanan Tahir oglu Akhundov died “as a result of violation of safety rules,” the Defense Ministry said Tuesday, April 19. Some social media users had been previously circulating the news on the top military officer’s death, listing him among the fatalities that the Azerbaijani authorities so diligently hide. Social media users regularly report on Azerbaijani soldiers killed in the course of military clashes with Nagorno Karabakh, revealing their names, family names and other data, thus causing great dissatisfaction in Baku. According to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, however, the Lieutenant-Colonel died “as a result of violation of safety rules,” and not on the contact line between Azerbaijan and Karabakh. 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. |