AZERI DEFENSE MINISTER NOT TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri Defense Minister Safar Abiyev will not take part in the Yerevan sitting of the CIS Defense Ministers scheduled May 21, Echo Baku newspaper reported, referring to the chief of the Press Service of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan Ramiz Melikov. "Azerbaijan does not knock at the enemy's door, these are Armenians, who impudently strive to Baku," Melikov said. He noted that the Yerevan form is of "planned and standard nature" and Azerbaijan "will lose nothing" due to non-participation.