World community is interested in Armenian-Turkish rapprochementJuly 11, 2009 - 19:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USA approves of steps directed at Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and opening of borders, US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg stated at a joint news conference with RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. According to James Steinberg, world community is interested in Armenian-Turkish rapprochement. "At the same time, we're assured that Armenian-Turkish relations and NKR conflict are absolutely different problems, not linked to each other. They could be resolved simultaneously, but I wouldn't link them together," Steinberg said. "Armenia still adheres to its position, which was repeatedly announced: we're ready to normalize relations with Turkish without preconditions," RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian emphasized in his turn. 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. |