Turkey, Azerbaijan holding drills near Armeian borderMay 23, 2022 - 16:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey and Azerbaijan are holding joint military drills in the Turkish city of Kars near the Armenian border, Azerbaijani media reports The Heydar Aliyev-2022 exercises are being held with the participation of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Turkey and the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced earlier in the year that its Armed Forces were expected to take part in more than 30 international exercises and competitions in 2022. 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. |