  Solana Hopes for Progress in Karabakh Issue in 2006December 13, 2005 - 18:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - EU Honorary Commissioner for Foreign Policy and Security Javier Solana spoke for soonest possible completion of technical consultations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia over the working out of bilateral Action Plans within the European Neighborhood Policy. Today Mr. Solana met with FMs of those countries in Brussels. As Solana told journalists himself, during the talks prospects of settlement of the so-called "frozen" conflicts were discussed at the talks. Thereupon he hoped for considerable progress to be made in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in 2006. He also stated the positive course of settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.  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 |  Related sections Topic Latest 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. |
