YEREVAN EXPECTING NATO REACTION ON ARMENIAN DELEGATION NON-ADMISSION TO NATO CONFERENCE IN BAKUJanuary 16, 2004 - 20:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NATO will certainly speak out on the non-admission of the Armenian officers to the participation in the Baku planning conference on Cooperative Best Effort-2004 NATO exercise, as during the preparatory stage the Alliance representatives took active part in the process of sending the Armenian military men to Azerbaijan, Armenian defense minister Serge Sargsian stated in his interview to the Armenian Public Television. Otherwise, in his opinion, a lot of questions would remain open for all the participants of "Partnership for Peace" NATO program. To remind, despite numerous attempts of the Armenian officers to leave for Baku to take part in the NATO conference, they were not allowed to the Azerbaijani capital. According to the recent statement of the RA MFA, the Armenian defense ministry's delegation was not allowed to leave Istanbul for Baku "by instructions and interference of the Azeri leadership". 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. |