Medvedev, Aliyev ski in Sochi, Sargsyan prefers snowmobileMarch 5, 2011 - 16:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents had a non-official conversation after the formal talks. Dmitry Medvedev, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev drank cups of tea at the café near Krasnaya Polyana ski hill, after which they went to Psekhako ridge. The Russian and Azerbaijani President skied down for several times, while Sargsyan preferred a snowmobile, RIA Novosti reported. Then a working dinner followed. This is the first trilateral meeting of the Presidents in 2011 organized at the initiative of Dmitry Medvedev with the main focus on the Karabakh conflict settlement. 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. |