Baku's policy hampers efforts of international community to resolve Karabakh conflictJuly 3, 2007 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri authorities annually increase expenses on acquiring arms and mercenaries. They have not stopped anti-Armenian propaganda in official media for a single minute," NKR President Arkadi Ghukassian stated in his lecture at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University. He said, Baku's such policy hampers efforts of the international community in the face of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. "Unfortunately, during past years the government of Ilham Aliev has not made a single step to form a positive image of Azerbaijan in the eyes of NKR people, which might result in establishing atmosphere of confidence. Currently because of official Baku's opposition OSCE cannot bring the negotiation process to conformity with documents of OSCE Budapest summit, where NKR was fixed as a conflicting party," the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic said. 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 | Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills |