Erdogan’s oncoming visit to Moscow timed to Treaty of Moscow 90th anniversaryMarch 11, 2011 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will hold talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and take part in a meeting of the Russian-Turkish High-Level Cooperation Council on March 15-16, the Kremlin’s press service reported. Erdogan’s visit to Moscow is timed to the 90th anniversary of the friendship agreement between the two countries. The Treaty of Moscow or Treaty of Brotherhood was a friendship treaty between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Bolshevist Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Lenn, signed on March 16, 1921. As a result of the agreement, Armenia was left with an area of 29 000 sq. km. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |