NATO Sec. Gen. Proposed Discussion of New Approaches to South CaucasusMarch 4, 2006 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - When addressing the Norwegian Atlantic Committee in Oslo March 3 NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer stated, we "strengthen relations with our partners in Caucasus and Central Asia, which are of huge strategic importance." "Today as never before we need to view certain countries and regions through a common transatlantic prism. This is true of Russia and Ukraine, Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as North Africa and the so-called the Great Middle East. Search for ways to encourage positive changes in these different regions and to stimulate democracy and stability should be a joint transatlantic effort, otherwise we will have little chances for success," Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said. The NATO Sec. Gen. said, "we encounter new, complex and really global threats to our security." "We should discuss new approaches to the Great Middle East, Caucasus and other regions and we should enhance our cooperation with other countries and organizations," the Alliance Sec. Gen. 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. |