U.S. willing to strengthen ties between Armenia and TurkeyMay 20, 2008 - 15:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. government works to improve relations between Armenia and Turkey, said Steve Banks, Political/Economic Chief at the U.S. Embassy Yerevan. "NGO efforts can be helpful for diplomatic moves," Mr Banks told an international conference organized by Eurasia Partnership Foundation jointly with the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation. The Armenia-Turkey Cross-Border Dialogue and Cooperation Program was launched in 2006 by Eurasia Foundation (EF). "The program is meant to contribute to the normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey is by strengthening the capacities of non-government, local government and business sectors," Mr Banks said. "Today's conference is an effort to create a basis for international and regional integration, what is extremely important for sustainable economic integration," he added, Novosti Armenia 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. |