Monitoring of Contact Line between Karabakh and Azeri Armed Forces without IncidentsJune 6, 2006 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - June 6 in compliance with an earlier agreement with authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, an OSCE mission held a planned monitoring at the contact line between Karabakh and Azeri Armed Forces to the east of Seysulan settlement of the Mardakert region of the NKR. Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Peter Key (UK) and Jrzhi Aberle (the Czech Republic) held the monitoring from the positions of the NKR Defense Army. The monitoring was held in compliance with the schedule, no breaks of the cease-fire regime were registered. However, the Azeri party again failed to take the OSCE observers to its frontline. Representatives of the MOD and MFA of NKR accompanies the mission from the Karabakh side, reports the NKR MFA Press Service. 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 | Lemkin Institute urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. |