Lukashenko: Belarusian-Armenian relations reached advanced levelSeptember 13, 2011 - 11:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Belarus and Armenia have reached an advanced level in the development of trade and economic and political relations, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on September 12. “Belarus and Armenia are enjoying close economic cooperation,” BelTA quoted the Belarusian leader as saying. According to the RA MFA press office, during their meeting the two men discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation. “Top-level mutual visits, economic cooperation and close parliamentary ties help cement relations between Armenia and Belarus,” the ministerial statement said. Minister Nalbandian also met with his counterpart Sergey Martynov to discuss further steps for strengthening cooperation, specifically, implementation of decrees signed by Presidents of Armenia and Belarus. 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. |