Bryza expects oral presidential agreement before electionsJanuary 14, 2008 - 15:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Groups U.S. Co-chair, Ambassador Matthew Bryza expects an oral agreement between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan before elections in both states. "There will be no treaty before the elections but we expect an oral agreement," he said at Baku airport.Bryza also touched upon the parallels drawn between the conflicts in Kosovo and Nagorno Karabakh. "The problems of Kosovo and Karabakh are separate and there is no connection between them," he said, Trend reports. 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. |