Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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let the game begin....

Azerbaijan offers its services to NATO troops

http://armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=81744

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Here is a good commentary, It's hard not to agree.

http://www.1tv.am/hy/28-01-13---Viewpoint

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NKR Defense Army

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What does it say?

let the game begin....

Azerbaijan offers its services to NATO troops

http://armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=81744

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What does it say?

Azerbaijan offers its services to NATO troops
Armenia Today [27.01.2013 | 02:07] In a blog in the world, Azerbaijan

Note from the blog EurasiaNet «Tales Toastmasters"



So how to get U.S. troops home from Afghanistan? According to officials from Azerbaijan, lost on a train in Azerbaijan.



To paraphrase a statement of the American journalist Henry L. Mencken, war like love: easy to start but hard to finish, and the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2014 is likely to be existent organizational nightmare in fact need to take out thousands of troops, to pack and send the darkness of all weapons.



But do not worry: NATO pal Caspian, Azerbaijan, offers American and NATO troops cheap return tickets on railway trains of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which is expected to be operational in 2014.



If all goes according to plan, the troops of Georgia - Republic seconded to fight in Afghanistan, the largest contingent of non-NATO countries - can come off in the middle.



"Azerbaijan has allocated the necessary infrastructure for the withdrawal, which can be expanded in the future", - assured the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov, the meeting of NATO on 5 December in Brussels.



35 percent of non-lethal supplies for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan still transported through Azerbaijan, he said.



Railway line Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, constructed by the friendly forces of NATO in Azerbaijan, dreaming to join the North Atlantic Alliance and Georgia NATO member Turkey, was unveiled last month, the alliance emissaries of the above three countries. The presentation was presented and the system of other land, air and sea routes, both existing and prospective.



With an eye on the commercial benefits, Baku has promoted this railway line as another key line of communication between the East and the West. But along with that of Azerbaijan (presumably) trying to take advantage of potentially good opportunity to go back hundreds of millions of dollars invested in this project.



Moscow, which usually has something to say on most topics relating to NATO in the Caucasus, not yet voiced their attitude to the idea of NATO troops, cheerful crowd heading home through the two former Soviet republics.



Not spoken, by the way, on this subject and the North Atlantic alliance, at least publicly. Perhaps his representatives are busy discussing the possibility of obtaining a group discount?



Giorgi Lomsadze (EurasiaNet, U.S.)



Editor's Note: Giorgi Lomsadze is a freelance journalist and author of the Georgian blog "Tales Toastmasters."

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Thank u.

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President Serzh Sargsyan received the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoygu

28.01.2013



Today, President Serzh Sargsyan received the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoygu.

First, the RF Minister of Defense congratulated Serzh Sargsyan on the 21st anniversary of the creation of the Armenian Army. At the meeting, the parties stressed the importance of furthering the Armenian-Russian strategic relations and deepening of the military and technical cooperation, underscoring its importance in the context of the current challenges. The President of Armenia and Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation discussed future cooperation programs in that area.

http://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2013/01/28/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-recieved-Minister-of-Defense-RF/

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President Serzh Sargsyan received the Secretary General of the CSTO Nikolay Bordyuzha

29.01.2013



President Serzh Sargsyan received today the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolay Bordyuzha.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Secretary General of CSTO congratulated Serzh Sargsyan on the 21st anniversary of the creation of the Armenian Army. Nikolay Bordyuzha informed the President on the ongoing works and programs of the Organization. The interlocutors discussed cooperation issues to be carried out in the framework of the CSTO.

http://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2013/01/29/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-recieved-Secretary-General-of-CSTO-Bordyuzha/

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Armenian and Russian defense ministers discuss military cooperation



January 29, 2013 | 10:50

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and Russian Federation (RF) Minister of Defense, Army General Sergey Shoygu discussed military and militaro-technical cooperation. Ohanyan stated this during his joint news conference with Shoygu, which was held Tuesday in Armenian capital city Yerevan.

“Shoygu’s official visit [to Armenia] is planned. It is especially pleasing for us that it is taking place during the days of the 21st anniversary celebrations of the Armenian army. This is very symbolic and fully consistent with the spirit of the Armenian-Russian allied relations,” Ohanyan said.

In his words, they discussed regional and international projects as well as the stationing of the Russian military base in Armenia.

Also, Armenia’s defense minister noted that his RF colleague’s current visit will become an impetus to develop the Armenian-Russian allied relations in the defense sector, and contribute to strengthening friendship and regional stability and security.

Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am

http://news.am/eng/news/137778.html

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RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan receives the RF Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu