AZERI FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER "POSSIBLE MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO KARABAKH BY FRANCE"April 3, 2003 - 22:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azeri foreign ministry intends to lodge a protest against the meetings of the Nagorno Karabakh leader Arkady Ghukasian with representatives of National Institute for Civil Population Protection of France. As reported by "Echo" Baku newspaper, this was the response of the press service of the country foreign department to the talks between A. Ghukasian with French experts March 29. Let us remind that the French party displayed readiness to provide the necessary engineering assistance to the NKR Department of Emergency Situations, as well as to enroll Nagorno Karabakh representatives in courses on civil population protection under emergency conditions organized by the institute. "Taking into account the fact that the Department of Emergency Situations is a partially militarized structure, it is not ruled out for France to render military support to NKR under the guise of engineering assistance," - the Azeri foreign ministry considers. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution. U.S. sees “extraordinary” opportunity for peace between Armenia, Azerbaijan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes there is an “extraordinary” opportunity to reach a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Viva: Armenia's leading technology company introduces a new trademark The updated brand Viva reflects a qualitatively new level of digital services. |