Turkey's position hampers Nabucco implementationMarch 11, 2009 - 13:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The leaders of Iran, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Qatar come together today to discuss implementation of Nabucco project.Earlier this month, the Iranian and Turkmen governments had signed an agreement to allow Iran to develop the Yolotan gas field in Turkmenistan. With this deal, Iran will buy an additional 350 billion cubic feet of gas annually. Besides, Iran offers its gasfield as main resource for Nabucco pipeline. According to Kommersant daily, Turkey's position is one of the major obstacles for the project implementation. "The matter is that Turkey doesn't want to be just a transition country. It wants to purchase incoming gas at its eastern borders and sell it at the western ones, imitating Gazprom's policy," the article says. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Former Pashinyan envoy urges end to Genocide speculation Marukyan has urged authorities in Armenia stop discussions about verifying the names of 1.5 million victims. Azerbaijan, Jordan sign deal on defense cooperation Azerbaijan and Jordan have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of defense, according to an official statement. |