Azerbaijan “hysterical” over Uruguay officials’ visit to NKRNovember 14, 2012 - 15:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan has sent a note of protest to Uruguay over the visit of the country’s high ranking officials to Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said. Abdullayev said that the Azerbaijani embassy in Argentina, also accredited to Uruguay, was instructed to present the note to the Foreign Ministry of Uruguay, Trend News reported. Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met Tuesday, Nov 13, with the Uruguayan delegation lead by President of the House of Representatives, Mr. Jorge Orrico, to discuss development of bilateral relations. At the meeting, Artsakh leader hailed Uruguay’s significant contribution to the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the country’s balanced policy in acknowledgement of Artsakh Republic and Karabakh conflict settlement. At news conference in NKR, a member of the Uruguayan parliament’s foreign relations committee Ruben Martinez Huelmo didn’t exclude a possibility for Uruguay to become the first country to recognize the independence of the Nagorno Karabakh republic. Commenting of the visit of Uruguayan delegation to Artsakh, Mr. Huelmo said, “traveling to Karabakh is not a particularly brave move, it’s merely a step.” Top stories The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. Partner news | Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1. Destruction of Armenian heritage raised at PACE Member of the Armenian delegation to PACE, MP from the “I Have the Honor” bloc Hayk Mamijanyan delivered remarks at a PACE session. Azerbaijan yet to respond to Armenia’s proposal to probe ceasefire violations Azerbaijan has not yet responded to Armenia’s proposal to create a mechanism for investigating ceasefire violations, Armen Grigoryan has said. Yerevan says received 10th draft of peace treaty proposals from Baku Armen Grigoryan has revealed that Armenia has received the 10th package of peace treaty proposals from Azerbaijan. |