Rally against Turkey's EU bid to be held in Brussels December 14September 24, 2007 - 16:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Western Bureau Mourad Papazian called on all Armenians to mobilize against Turkey's entry to Europe, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net "State policy of negation and genocide has no place in Europe. We will gather December 14 in Brussels when 27 heads of state and government will meet to consider Turkey's bid," Mr Papazian said. "There will be many of us and we will be vigilant. We will not let Turkey carry out the play," he said. 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 | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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. |