Georgia doesn’t meet NATO standards, opposition representative saysApril 7, 2011 - 21:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The position of Georgian authorities does not meet NATO standards, according to Republican Party leader David Usupashvili. As Usupashvili noted after the meeting of Georgian opposition parties with NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, “the meeting focused on improvement of electoral environment. We briefed Appathurai on all issues discussed during talks, which were often attended by NATO representatives.” As Usupashvili noted, NATO –Georgia relations depend on the development of democracy in the country, with opposition taking best efforts to succeed in negotiations with the authorities. “The position of Georgian authorities is strange, they’re not happy unless three fourths of the parliament consists of a majority, which is far below NATO standards,” he stressed. 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. |