Hungarian President invites Serzh Sargsyan to BudapestMay 13, 2009 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During his visit to Madrid, Armenian FM Edqard Nalbandyan met with his Swiss colleague Michelin Kalmi Rey. The two diplomats discssed bilateral and regional issues. They also touched upon Armenian-Turkish ties normalization process.During the meeting with Teresa Ribeiro, Portuguese State Secretary on European Affairs, the parties touched upon issues concernign further extension of Armenian-Portuguese ties. Armenian and Portuguese FMs stressed the importance of broadening contractual-legal cooperation, including cooperation among international organizations. Armenian FM also met with his Hungarian colleague Peter Balash. The parties throughly discussed bilateral relations development issues and Karabakh settlement process. During the meeting, Mr. Balash confirmed Hungarian President Laszlo Shayom's invitation for RA President's arrival in Budapest, RA Foreign Ministry Press Service 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. |