Defense Minister: Turkey sends 60 troops to AzerbaijanDecember 23, 2020 - 12:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ankara has sent 60 troops to Azerbaijan, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in an interview with NTV channel on Tuesday, December 22. Agreements on the establishment of a center for monitoring the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh are being implemented, Akar said, according to TASS. "60 people from our personnel are currently in Azerbaijan. All agreements on the construction of the center between the three parties have been finalized, a number of issues related to the construction and accommodation of the personnel remain to be solved. Our people will be working with the Russians. We will talk with the Russian side about the duration of their stay there," Akar said, adding that the activity will be supervised by "Turkish and Russian generals". He added that 30-60 Turkish troops will be involved in the monitoring of the ceasefire in Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side has returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. 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. |