OSCE MG not to allow Turkey to intervene in NKR conflict settlementAugust 11, 2009 - 22:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - «Karabakh settlement process has reached a crucial point in which all parties preferred to keep silent, taking technical measures to find a way out,» «Heritage» faction MP Stepan Safaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. Safaryan finds the publication of Basic Principles as US President and Minsk Group's first step towards forcing both conflicting parties to abide by the agreements reached so far.«OSCE MG also took concrete steps in relation to Turkey, announcing that Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and Karabakh settlement should be parallel processes,» the speaker said, stressing that Minsk Group prevented Azerbaijan from settling NKR conflict in favor of Azerbaijan. «Turkey feels confused as OSCE MG interfered in its efforts to help Baku in Karabakh settlement process,» Safaryan said. «Heritage» parliamentarian does not predict special changes in conflict settlement process this autumn, as he believes focus will be shifted on Armenian-Turkish ties normalization process. Besides, he finds, that Turkey is facing a serious dilemma between opening borders with Armenia and allowing US Congress to recognize Armenian Genocide. According to him, the country would rather choose the former option, avoiding the latter. 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. |