Safar Abiyev threatens Minsk Group with “de-occupation” of landsFebruary 11, 2011 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan is seriously preparing for the “de-occupation” of its lands, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev said at a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen Robert Bradtke, Bernard Fassier and Igor Popov, as well as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk. “In such a situation any state would do the same. No one can accuse Azerbaijan in this matter,” he said. During the meeting, the guests exchanged views on the situation on the contact line and, in general, over Karabakh conflict. Abiyev said that although Minsk Group's activity has not yet yielded any concrete results, Azerbaijan has not lost hopes set on the mission, Trend 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. |