Turkish PM: Turkey does not plan to send more troops to AfghanistanOctober 25, 2009 - 17:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad said Turkey does not plan to send more troops to Afghanistan. "We have currently around 1700-1800 troops there and we do not have plan to send more," he said, reported Turkish news agencies.Turkey will assume command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from November 1, 2009. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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. |