Armenia, Belarus leaders discuss arms sales to AzerbaijanNovember 1, 2018 - 18:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Armen Sarkissian discussed with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko the decision of Minsk to sell weapons to Azerbaijan, Sarkissian told reporters on Thursday, November 1. Sarkissian said he met Lukashenko on the eve of the Core Group Meeting of the Munich Security Conference in Minsk, and that the two discussed many issues concerning relations between Belarus and Armenia: economic challenges, development of cooperation in digital technologies and biotechnologies. The issue of arms supplies to Belarus was also discussed, though Sarkissian declined to provide more details, 21.by reports. 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. |