Kocharian-Aliyev Meeting Likely to Yield No Result, Yunusov SaysDecember 4, 2006 - 16:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The meeting of Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev scheduled for early December in Moscow is likely to yield no result, said Arif Yunusov, the Director of the Department of Conflictology at the Institute of Peace and Democracy when commenting on the expectations from the forthcoming presidential meeting. "Formally, proceeding from the information on the latest meeting of the FMs in Minsk the Presidents are expected to sign a framework agreement. However I do not believe in it. I suppose the meeting will prove fruitless," he said. At that the Azeri expert remarked that 'there is a breakthrough' in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. "The American plan frequently called the Prague Process is coming to its logical end. But it will share the fate of the former plans on the conflict settlement (common state, stepwise plan or package plan) and will simply become a part of history," he said, reports Day.az. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |