Nicholas Burns: U.S. State Department Disappointed with Outcomes of Rambouillet TalksFebruary 27, 2006 - 14:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. Administration is cooperating with the Russian leadership and France for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said, reported Nezavisimaya Gazeta. "We are disappointed with the outcomes of the Rambouillet talks. We thought this summit was a good chance," he noted. According to the American diplomat, there have been a great number of attempts to settle the conflict and the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Rambouillet was the most promising. "We have a great wish to continue collaboration with Moscow and Paris to help Armenians and Azeris to achieve final agreement. As for the North Caucasus, this is certainly Russia's internal business. The U.S. has some questions regarding the situation there and we raise them from time to time to our Russian counterparts. However the dialogue on problems of international character including Georgia and Nagorno Karabakh is more natural," Nicholas Burns added. 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |