  OFFICIAL ANKARA THINKS "REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS" ORGANIZATION DAMAGED TURKEY'S IMAGE BADLYMay 16, 2002 - 23:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Turkish embassy in France refused to grant visas to "Reporters without borders" international organization secretary general Robert Menard. The refusal was motivated with that the "Reporters without borders" organization included the name of general Kivrikoghli in the list of the "press enemies". Ankara thinks Menard damaged Turkey's image badly and behaved as the enemy of the Turkish people. The officials of the Turkish embassy in Paris refused even to meet with Menard. Turkish foreign ministry has presented the note stating undesirability of Menard's arrival in Turkey. Turkish ministry of internal affairs has stated "We deny Menard the air, water and land ways to Turkey".  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 |  Latest 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. |
