CIS Leaders to Discuss Some 30 Issues in MinskNovember 28, 2006 - 15:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Summit of CIS leaders has opened at the National Library of Belarus in Minsk. Presidents of Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine take part in the summit. The Turkmen delegation is led by Deputy Chair of the Cabinet. The state leaders will start conversation in a narrow circle, then the talks will continue in wider composition. Some 30 issues are on the agenda of the summit. The basic ones out of these are prospects of development of CIS and enhancement of its efficiency, humanitarian cooperation of CIS member states, activation of fighting illegal migration. 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. |