Could agreement on basic principles around Nagorno Karabakh e signed within a year?July 6, 2009 - 17:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARF Dashnaktsutyun does not exclude the possibility of signing an agreement on basic principles for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the current year, Kiro Manoyan, head of "Ay Dat" office told a press conference in Yerevan. "The agreement is unlikely to be signed during the upcoming meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, but it can take place within a year. Signing of the document will be conditioned by Turkey's pressure, since Ankara continues to turn the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement into a precondition for normalizing the Armenian-Turkish relations, " he said. According Manoyan, after signing an agreement on basic principles between Yerevan and Baku, it will take another few years to sing the agreement on the conflict settlement, which is contradicts to the interests of the Armenian side. "Either the parties must accept the entire package of proposals, or nothing . ARF Dashnaktsutyun is against the Madrid principles. We believe that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict can be resolved only through mutual and equal compromises ", Kiro Manoyan 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 | 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. |