Iran urges global fight against extremism and terrorismSeptember 8, 2017 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran’s top envoy to the United Nations on Thursday, September 7 criticized the ever-growing extremism and terrorism in the Middle East region and urged world nations to combat the evil, IRNA reports. “The Middle East region has turned into an exhibition of modern and deadly weapons,” said Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UN Gholamali Khoshroo while addressing a High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace held at the UN Headquarters. He said, “Iran, as the main proponent of the idea of 'World against Violence and Extremism', once again invites all peace-loving nations to close ranks for the cause of peace.” 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. |