Kocharian Satisfied with Armenia-Belarus RelationsOctober 23, 2006 - 14:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian met with Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky, reported the RA leader's press office. Robert Kocharian expressed satisfaction with the development of relations between the two states and remarked that the visit will contribute to further cooperation. The parties discussed the Armenian-Belarusian economic relations and marked out cooperation in information technologies, jewelry and agriculture as a perspective line. Besides, they exchanged views on the economic policy 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. |