U.S. EMBASSY IN BAKU RECOGNIZED ADDITIONAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN AZERBAIJAN FALSIFIEDNovember 21, 2001 - 23:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Embassy in Baku expressed regret for falsification of the additional parliamentary elections held in Azerbaijan the other day. "These elections do not conform to the international standards of holding free and just elections," - the statement spread by the Embassy says. The infractions of law registered in the course of voting are listed in the document. These include making false lists of constituency, putting false ballots into voting-boxes, one person voting many times, falsification during counting the votes. 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 | 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. WFP, EDB, Yeremyan Farm to expand Milk in Schools project in Armenia The partnership aims to establish a cooperative framework to assess the feasibility of the initiative. 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. U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia. |