Ukraine and Turkey to create interstate strategic councilJune 8, 2010 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said after his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul that Ukraine and Turkey will create a high-level interstate strategic council. Mr. Yanukovych added that the council will be headed by the Turkish Prime Minister and Ukrainian President. Besides, the sides agreed that the Turkish Prime Minister will pay an official visit to Ukraine soon. According to Yanukovych, there is a range of issues, on which it is necessary to intensify relations, specifically, to take action on involvement of the two countries’ businessmen. The sides also discussed cooperation in oil and gas extraction in the Black Sea shelf. "This is also an interesting issue. I believe that before the Turkish Prime Minister's arrival to Ukraine, our inter-governmental group will work out proposals, what will give us a chance to diversify energy supplies," said Yanukovych, RIA Novosti reported. 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. |