Referendum in Karabakh Shouldn't Be Postponed for 10-15 YearsJuly 17, 2006 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The referendum on the status of Nagorno Karabakh should not be postponed for 10-15 years, that is upon completion of the Azeri President's second tenure of office. Why cannot it be held in 4-5 years after the start of realization of the agreement? Certainly, the Azeris who used to live in NK and their children who were born there should vote too. They should be given the right to return but they should also know under whose power they return. They can vote distantly (like it was done recently in Milli Mejlis) to avoid incidents pregnant with upset of the referendum," says the article PanARMENIAN.Net received from former OSCE MG Russian Co-chair Vladimir Kazimirov."The right to volunteer return of displaced persons and refugees is one of the axioms of settlement but not for all of the parties. Deep demilitarization of the territories until the final status of NKR comes into force is also necessary. The security of the re-settled people could be ensured by peacekeepers and civil police," he said. 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. |