ESTABLISHING FUND FOR ASSISTANCE TO ARMED FORCES, OFFICIAL BAKU AGAIN WISHES TO FOCUS COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION ON KARABAKH ISSUENovember 12, 2002 - 22:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In Nagorno-Karabakh, that the fund for assistance to the Armed forces of the state has been established in Azerbaijan is evaluated as the official Baku's attempt to focus the Azeri community's attention on the Karabakh issue. As "Mediamax' agency reports, NKR parliament foreign relations commission chair Vahram Atanesian has stated that. According to him, the Azeri community today does not take the Karabakh issue as an urgent one. "I do not think that to settle this issue by military means, it is necessary to establish such a fund', Atanesian noted. Simply, having the attention of the community focused on the Karabakh issue again might guarantee majority of votes for the Azeri current leadership at the coming presidential elections. 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 | Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country. Iran begins voting in presidential election Iranians started voting for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. |