Azerbaijan strives for complete isolation of ArmeniaMay 7, 2008 - 20:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan is becoming a state developing aims and objectives for strengthening its influence in entire Middle East, an Armenian expert said. "This country has always pursued a balanced and cautious policy toward Iran. Exploiting the factor of Southern Azerbaijan, Baku is aspired to cause a split in the Iranian society, thus playing in Washington's hands, which views the situation as a good platform to be used against Tehran," chairman of Mitq analytical center, historian Eduard Abrahamyan said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net "However, Baku also tries to cooperate with Iran in energy and commutation fields in order to isolate Armenia from regional projects," 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 | Director General of Ucom takes part in recruiting conference Ralph Yirikian participated in the Recruit Days business and networking conference organized by Move2Career. Ameriabank named Best Bank in Armenia for 2024 by Global Finance Ameriabank has been named the Best Bank in Armenia by Global Finance magazine in its 31st annual awards. 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. Lavrov rejects Armenia’s “defamation” of Russia, CSTO Lavrov decried the Armenian leaders’ “defamation” of Russian soldiers and border guards deployed in Armenia. |