Qatar stresses necessity to hold talks with IranMarch 16, 2018 - 13:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Defense Minister of Qatar Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah stressed the importance of holding talks with Iran to settle problems and safeguard the region, IRNA reports. "We need a framework and an agreement among all regional players to establish security," Qatari newspaper Al-Shargh quoted Al Attiyah as saying on Friday, March 16. "Our region is fed up with conflicts, he said adding it is time to put an end to wars and start negotiating people’s progress and welfare." Commenting on a question on the US position toward Iran and the impact of changing the Secretary of State, the minister said Qatar has always been in favor of solving problems through negotiations. "We always urge holding comprehensive talks to safeguard the region," he noted. Related links: 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 | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |