Moscow/19.11.13/Turan : Russia will form a united regional air defense system (NORAD) with Armenia and Kazakhstan, stated the Russian President Putin, on November 19 at the presentation ceremony of senior officers in the Kremlin. "We also plan to strengthen the unified air defense system with Belarus," according to the press service of the Kremlin.
The head of Russia believes that "such cooperation significantly increases the potential of the Russian defense and partners, and also serves to strengthen peace and stability in Eurasia."
They will expand cooperation with traditional partners and allies of Russia, primarily with the states - members of the CSTO, SCO, and CIS.
"This year, the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West- 2013" were successfully held. Now is the time to create regional groupings involving Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan," concluded Vladimir Putin. -02D-
Politics
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Voting in the early elections to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan began at 8:00. Voting is taking place at 6,478 polling stations throughout Azerbaijan, including the lands liberated from occupation. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in the unicameral parliament.
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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