RA NSC Secretary calls on Iran for active cooperation in regional security issuesNovember 24, 2008 - 18:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Secretary of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdassaryan told reporters in Tehran on Monday that Iran and Armenia inked ten agreements on security, political and economic cooperation, IRNA news agency reported. Baghdasaryan said his talks with the Iranian officials were "fruitful" and referred to his talks with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as "promising." During a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Saeed Jalili, he said that Armenia supports Iran's "civilian nuclear program," said the report. Hailing Iran's positions on the region's critical issues, Baghdasaryan called on Iran to actively cooperate in Caucasus security issues. "Iran's basic policy seeks practical support for promoting regional peace and preventing crisis," Jalili said, adding that "cross-regional forces' interference only creates crisis and regional issues need to be settled only by regional countries." In the meantime, Jalili said that "Tehran and Yerevan enjoy longstanding historical and friendly ties. Therefore, they can develop those ties." 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 | 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. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |