Baku.03.06.14.Turan : Due to the growing tension between the West and Russia over Ukraine, the U.S. President Barack Obama promised to allocate one billion dollars to strengthen the security of Eastern Europe. These funds to be allocated under the " European Initiative for reinsurance" will financed the presence of additional troops of Air Force, Navy and the U.S. Army in the "new allied countries" of Eastern Europe, Obama said during a visit to Warsaw on Tuesday, on June 3.
According to the American president, these funds will also help to strengthen the cooperation between the U.S. and NATO with countries outside the North Atlantic Alliance as Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, and to strengthen the armed forces of these countries. Previously, Obama has assured Poland and other Eastern European countries in support of the United States. Upon arrival in Warsaw president called security in these countries sacred duty to America and "the cornerstone of our own security," reminds agency AFP.
NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, welcomed the plans of Barack Obama. "I support the U.S. leadership in the reinsurance of Eastern European States," he said in Brussels. Fogh Rasmussen said the United States responded quickly to the "illegal military actions" of Russia in Ukraine, adding that he will continue to welcome America's leadership role in the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. -02D-
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On January 23, the Baku Court of Appeal considered the complaint of Meydan TV journalist Natig Javadli against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest.
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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