Baku: OSCE MG Fear of Absence of Talks Major Motivation of Bucharest MeetingJune 6, 2006 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group think of the situation of absence of talks between the Azeri and Armenians leaders over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with fear, Azeri political scientist Ilgar Mammadov believes. «In my opinion, this fear was the basic motivation of the Bucharest meeting. Imagine there are no talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Then the probability of resumption of hostilities is higher then. To avoid this the co-chairs do their best to continue the meetings,» Mammadov believes. «Thereupon I want to mention that now resumption of hostilities, even for a short term, is favorable to Armenia. Azerbaijan expects much oil revenues in the coming years and short resumption of full-scale military operation right now would have caused problems for our county in this respect,» the Azeri political scientist stated, reports Day.az. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. |