OSCE AND CE RECOGNIZE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF SOUTH CAUCASIAN STATESFebruary 25, 2005 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE and CE recognize the territorial integrity of the South Caucasian states, joint communiqué adopted yesterday in Strasbourg, where a top "2+2" meeting was held between the Council of Europe and OSCE. In the part covering situation in the Caucasus the joint activities on settling the Georgian-Abkhazian, Georgian-Ossetian and Nagorno Karabakh conflicts as well as proposals on South Ossetia's status were highlighted. The document stresses the importance of democratic reforms via development of freedom of mass media and political pluralism and notes of the support to be rendered to the court and law enforcement bodies and other organizations. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |