Americans for Artsakh conducts trainings for Nagorno Karabakh officialsAugust 27, 2009 - 20:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Americans for Artsakh recently completed its third training in a series of ongoing training projects for Artsakh government officials. With each course increasing in depth and complexity, August's project focused on two topics: negotiations and government public relations. The course was conducted at the Artsakh ministry of foreign affairs in Stepanakert. The training involved 18 representatives of the foreign ministry, office of Nagorno Karabakh President, NKR NA Speaker and Artsakh Information Office. It was funded by the Armenian General Benevolent Union, and special assistance was provided by Mr. Karen Kostandyan, Second Secretary of Multilateral Cooperation at the ministry and AFA's Artsakh Coordinator. "The class activities were very useful and interesting," Armen Sargsyan, Third Secretary of Bilateral Relations of the ministry said. "We need these courses very much for our future work. The classes were extremely helpful," Marina Harutyunyan, Attaché at the ministry's information department, 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |