Frantisek Miklosko: the future of Europe is determined in ArtsakhMay 23, 2010 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 22, President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received Frantisek Miklosko, member and former speaker of the Slovak parliament, and Ashot Grigoryan, head of the Armenian community of Slovakia who arrived in Artsakh as observers to the coming parliamentary elections. Mr. Sahakyan rated high impartial stance of Slovakia towards this crucial event, as “the presence of such an experienced political figure at the elections is the best manifestation of it.” Frantisek Miklosko noted for his part that “the future of Europe is determined in Artsakh.” The participants also focused on ways to settle the conflict between Karabakh and Azerbaijan, reported the Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President. 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. |