Iran's defense chief arrives in MoscowApril 3, 2018 - 15:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian Minister of Defense arrived in the Russian capital on Tuesday, April 3 to participate in the VII Moscow Conference on International Security, IRNA reports. Brigadier General Amir Hatami is to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, also scheduled to make a speech on the first day of the conference. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has organized a regular Conference on International Security, which will be held in Moscow on 4-5, wrote the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense. This year the Conference will be focused on the defeat of terrorists in Syria. Security issues facing Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America will also be in the spotlight of the forum. The phenomenon of “soft power”, as a tool to pursue military-political objectives, will also be addressed at a special session of the event. Related links: 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. |