Gadhafi’s threats won’t deter NATO Libyan mission – ClintonJuly 2, 2011 - 15:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. and Spain say they won't let Moammar Gadhafi's threats of attacks against Europe “deter their mission to protect Libyan civilians and force him to leave power.” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday, June 2, in Madrid that instead of issuing threats, Gadhafi should put the interests of his people first. To do that, Clinton told reporters, the Libyan strongman should leave power. Spain's Foreign Minister, Trinidad Jimenez, said countries will continue to exert pressure on Gadhafi to eliminate the threat his forces pose to Libyan civilians, AP reported. Gadhafi stated that Libya will attack Europe unless NATO halts its campaign against his regime. 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. |