Azerbaijan sends note of protest to Russia over MP's statement on AliyevAugust 2, 2021 - 12:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Charge d'Affaires of the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan was summoned to the country's Foreign Ministry on Sunday, August 1 and handed a note of protest over a statement from Russian lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky about Azeri President Ilham ALiyev, Sputnik Azerbaijan reports. Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, said in a podcast on July 30 that Aliyev understands that "he will lose his post, that he has a dictatorship there full of opposition forces." According to him, only Russia will be able to “save” him. During the meeting in Baku, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry expressed "serious concern" over Zhirinovsky's "biased and offensive" statements. The Azerbaijani side noted that such behavior is "unethical", does not correspond to "the spirit of friendship and strategic partnership" between the countries, and that "irresponsible and provocative statements" aimed at damaging those relations are unacceptable. 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. |