U.S. will build airfield in Georgian military baseNovember 13, 2018 - 16:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States will build an airfield in the territory of Vaziani Military Base of Georgia, local media reported. The issue was discussed when Commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, General Stephen Lyons, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Defense Minister Levan Isoria met in Tbilisi. The construction of the military airfield is set to allow Georgia to host NATO member-states as a guarantor of stability in the region. At the meeting in Tbilisi, the sides also discussed strategic partnership between the U.S. and Georgia, strengthening of defense capability of Georgia and other joint projects. 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. |