GUAM: Kosovo solution can't be precedent for 'frozen conflicts'December 14, 2007 - 12:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - GUAM expects the UN member states to confirm that Kosovo's status can be a precedent for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh, Georgian-Abkhazian and Georgian-South Ossetian and Transnistrian conflicts, said Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan."We discussed the issue in Madrid. The draft resolution has been already introduced in UN," he told journalists Thursday. According to the Minister, GUAM calls on UN member states to confirm that "conflicts in Moldavia, Georgia and Azerbaijan can be resolved in the framework of territorial integrity." "If Kosovo can't be a precedent all countries should confirm that," he said, Interfax reports. 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 | 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. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |