White House doesn't look at Putin's proposal as gamesmanshipJune 13, 2007 - 16:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. eyes Vladimir Putin's proposal on joint use of Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan as a constructive step forward."As you know, the implication was before the G8 that Russia was adamantly opposed to any kind of defense -- it turns out that it's not. We look at that as a constructive step forward. And, frankly, we don't look at this as gamesmanship; we look at this as trying to come up with a constructive exercise to come up with the best system to keep everybody safe," said Tony Snow, a Spokesman for the White House. "We're having consultations both at the ministerial level and the National Security Advisor level. And President Putin will be in Kennebunkport with the President in just about a week and a half, so we're going to have an opportunity once again for the two of them to sit down," Mr Snow added. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |