US SECRETARY OF STATE DISCUSSED ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WITH TURKISH LEADERSHIPDecember 6, 2001 - 22:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yesterday at the meetings of the US state Secretary Colin Powell and Turkey's President Ahmed Sezer, Prime minister Bulent Ejevit and foreign minister Ismail Jem discussed the outlooks of Armenian-Turkish relations and the process of the Caucasus region conflict settlement as well as many other issues. At the joint press conference Turkey's foreign minister stated «We have discussed the current situation in the Caucasus that is treat with caution by us». The details of the talks were not informed. It should be reminded that the day before Powell's official visit to Ankara, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues Co-Chairs Congressmen Joe Kollenberg and Frank Pallone had called on Secretary of State to urge Turkey's leadership to raise their blockade of Armenia. 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. |