The Consortium Initiative offers to replace OSCE MG by NGOs from conflicting countries?November 3, 2008 - 12:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Representatives of Nagorno Karabakh's non-governmental organizations met in Brussels with Dennis Sammut, Executive Director of LINKS and Director of the Political Strand of the Consortium Initiative, in the framework of the second Armenian-Azeri "European integration process as a possible mechanism of Karabakh conflict transformation" public forum initiated by International Alert from October 27 to 30. "The publics should be aware of the negotiation process. I believe that the Armenian and Azeri communities of Nagorno Karabakh should join talks," Mr Summut said. However, in the words of Irina Grigoryan, director of Stepanakert-based Institute of Public Diplomacy, the initiative is unreal. "Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan should also join the process if the Azeri community of Karabakh is engaged," she told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. 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. |