Azerbaijan threatens to change its position on Nagorno KarabakhJune 9, 2009 - 13:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There was no progress in Prague and Saint Petersburg we expected and the co-chairs promised, said Novruz Mammadov, head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential Administration. According to him, if there are nor moves, Azerbaijan can change its position. "Although the meeting in St. Petersburg was hosted and mediated by the Russian president and that meeting was supposed to differ from Pargue meeting, there was no serious difference", said Mammadov. He said the co-chairs made statements that the document would be signed on basic principles soon. According to him, there was no progress so far. "The co-chairs introduce Armenia as constructive country with a constructive president to the international community, and therefore the world thinks that they are going to the negotiations, everything is OK. If the negotiations go in this way and no progress is achieved, Azerbaijan can change its position," Mammadov said. The department chief didn't rule out the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents' meeting in July and said the meeting could take place in Russia again. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |