AZERBAIJAN BECOMES TRANSIT COUNTRY FOR SLAVE-TRADEJune 15, 2002 - 21:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to the results of the monitoring for studies of the human trafficking problem conducted by the International organization for migration (IOM), Azerbaijan is becoming a transit country for slave trade. According to the IOM head in Azerbaijan Joost van der Aalst , the full report on this problem will be issued in August. The monitoring in Baku has brought out that the slave-trade victims are most often women at the age of 19-40. The difficulties of economic nature are the only reason for this. The IOM head stated information on number of such women arrested in Turkey and the UAE. According to the data of the police of these countries, during the period 1996-1999, 650 prostitutes were deported from Turkey to Azerbaijan and the UAE police arrested 900 prostitutes from Azerbaijan during the period 2000-2001 March. 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. |