Unlike Turkey, Armenia does not seek to lecture American lawmakersMarch 6, 2007 - 18:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with U.S. Assistant Undersecretary of State and U.S. Minsk Group Co-Chair Matthew Bryza, the RA Press Office reports. They discussed issues concerning the upcoming meeting between Armenian and Azeri FMs in Geneva on March 14 in the framework of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process. At the meeting with the co-chairs of the Congressional Armenian Caucus, Minister Oskanian outlined the broad U.S.-Armenia agenda, and ways in which Congress can play a role. During the meeting, the Armenian Genocide issue was also discussed. In referring to the pending Genocide reaffirmation resolution, the Minister explained, "The Armenian government, in contrast to the leadership in Ankara, does not seek to lecture elected American officials on this core human rights issue. Sadly, the Turkish government continues to export its policy of genocide denial, seeking to impose upon the U.S. and other nations the very intolerance that inspired Section 301 and led to the murder of journalist Hrant Dink. This should not be tolerated by any individual or any country. The Armenian government has faith in the American democratic process and respects the integrity of U.S. Congressional decision-making." 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. |