Armenia to attend SCO Peaceful Mission-2007 exercise as observerApril 10, 2007 - 19:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Military experts from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have launched today the third round of consultations on preparation and conduction of a joint anti-terror command and staff exercise Peaceful Mission-2007 to be held August 9-17 in China and Chelyabinsk region of Russia.Defense Ministers and military of six states serving on the SCO - Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan - will arrive in South Ural. Over 4 000 servicemen will take part in the exercise to be observed by representatives from Belarus, Armenia and military attachés accredited in Moscow, UralBusinessConsulting reports. 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. |