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. | The initial post mortems on this week’s NATO’s summit in Bucharest are reminiscent of the old fable about a group of blindfolded men trying to identify the elephant in their midst. Touching just the tusks leads to one conclusion, the trunk another, and the tail yet another.
As the various delegations issued their final assessments before packing up to leave the Romanian |
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. | “The most important problem of Azerbaijan, Karabakh issue, is considered by the State and local structures. However, the Azerbaijani Government and state structures cannot deal with the problems in Southern Azerbaijan openly. For me Southern Azerbaijan is the most important issue. Therefore, we are trying to include this issue into the political agenda of the meeting,” ANIP leader said.
According to un-official information, there are approximately 35mln Azeris residing in the Southern Azerbaijan (north Iran). |
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. | A U.S. B-52 bomber exploded while landing in a Qatari air base due to a technical fault on Friday, Qatar-based Al Jazeera television reported.
The television did not say if |
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. | Blackwater maintained that the diplomatic convoy it was protecting came under fire from armed militants, an account strongly disputed by the Iraqi government.
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have deemed most of the 17 fatal shootings were unjustified, The New York Times reported late last year, citing unnamed sources. |
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. | “Let’s be friends, guys, and engage in an honest dialogue.”
Putin, whose term in office ends next month, called the meeting “positive”, but the main issues behind the frayed relations between Russia and the alliance remained unresolved. |
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. | “We think that Iran represents a threat for the United States, Europe and Russia and therefore, we call on Azerbaijan for joint activity,” the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ms. Anne E. Derse said.
The U.S. calls on Azerbaijan to combine efforts to combat threats from Iran. |