AZERI DEPUTIES NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN CIS INTERPARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION SITTING IN YEREVANSeptember 29, 2004 - 22:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri parliamentarians are not going to participate in the recurrent sitting of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly commission for defense and security to be held in Yerevan October 5-8. According to Echo Baku newspaper, member of the defense and national security commission of the Azerbaijani Parliament Vladimir Timoshenko stated it. In his words, invitations are received for the Parliament Speaker and commission members. "Earlier I and Ali Abbasov attended such measures. Now he is not a deputy any more, but a minister. And I got the invitation," V. Timoshenko reported. In his words, already at the latest sitting of the commission in Saint-Petersburg he unambiguously stated that he will not take part in the next measure. V. Timoshenko considers that even the admitting of another decision is not serious. 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 | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |