AZERI FOREIGN MINISTRY DENIES REPORTS IT HAS EXPRESSED OFFICIAL PROTEST TO NATO LEADERSHIP AGAINST PARTICIPATION OF ARMENIAN OFFICERS IN MILITARY EXERCISESSeptember 3, 2004 - 23:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan is denying reports that it has expressed official protest to the NATO leadership against the participation of Armenian officers in NATO military exercises in Baku, reported Arminfo agency referring to Echo Baku newspaper. It should be reminded that, as Trend agency reported yesterday, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov stated that official Baku had expressed protest to Brussels against participation of Armenian officers in Cooperative Best Effort -2004 NATO military exercises to be held in Azerbaijan September 13-26. 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. |