Turkey rushes to peacekeeping mission in Nagorno KarabakhJune 2, 2007 - 14:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "In case if NATO decides to carry out a peacekeeping mission in Nagorno Karabakh, Turkish soldiers will participate in it with pleasure," head of the Turkish delegation in NATO Parliament Assembly, member of the ruling Justice and Development (AKP) party Vahid Erdem stated. Meanwhile it is worth underlining that only OSCE has a mandate for peacekeping mission but the organization does not have peacekeeping forces as such. The United Nations and NATO have peacekeeping forces. However neither the UN or NATO has peacekeeping mandate in Karabakh. The matter is which organization will carry out that operation. The second problem is the following: the conflicting sides came to an understanding that the OSCE Minsk Group countries and neighboring states (i.e. Turkey, Iran and Georgia) cannot participate in the peacekeeping mission. So it means that Turkey's statements are baseless. 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 | Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. Civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan People demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation again blocked streets in Yerevan on May 15. |