Turkey, Azerbaijan's main goal total extermination of ArmeniansDecember 26, 2008 - 15:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It's not a secret that the main goal of Turkey and Azerbaijan is total extermination of Armenian ethno-political entity in the Caucasus, an Armenian expert said. "The leadership in both countries never concealed that Baku want to wage a new war with a purpose to completely destruct Armenian manpower, gene pool and even to seize some Armenian regions, specifically Syunik," Vardan Hovsepyan, expert at Mitq analytical center told PanARMENIAN.Net "Baku is building up its military capacity, what proves that Azerbaijan strives for war. With Turkey's help, Azerbaijan is planning to launch production of offensive arms - missiles, bombs, tanks, etc. Under the circumstances, Armenia should strengthen its defense sector and prepare for new hostilities," Hovsepyan 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 | 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. |