Azerbaijan not to sign CIC Energy Council's "road map"May 29, 2009 - 23:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will not sign CIS Energy Council's "road map" because it's not a State Party to the CIS Treaty on Common Energy Market, Azerenergy JSC Vice President Marlen Askerov said during CIS Energy Council's 35th session organized in Baku."Azerbaijan does not have to sign the agreement because it's already prepared for creating such market," Askerov said. Azerbaijan is ready to sign the environmental monitoring agreement, but the word market should not be included in the Council's decision on road map, he added. During the session, parties also proposed that electric energy ecological monitoring be conducted for 2008. The 2007 monitoring on the realization of environmental road map was conducted among 7 member states. Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia refused to participate in monitoring. The results have already sent to Euroelectric, day.az 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |