Egypt’s Sisi affirms his support for LebanonNovember 6, 2017 - 11:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has told his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun that Cairo’s support Beirut has not wavered despite the resignation of Saad Hariri, Al-Masdar News reports. “The Egyptian Republic stands by Lebanon and its people, and supports Lebanon’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and the unity of its people,” the Egyptian president said. Sisi, a close ally of Saudi Arabia, met with president Aoun last month, during the latter’s first official visit to Cairo. Saad Hariri resigned from his role as Lebanese Prime Minister over the weekend, ending his short tenure in the government. 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. |