January 12, 2004 - 18:10 AMT
DESPITE AZERBAIJAN'S UNWILLINGNESS ARMENIAN OFFICERS GOING TO PARTICIPATE NATO CONFERENCE IN BAKU
Despite the refusal of the Azeri party to provide the Armenian officers with the entry visas for the participation in the NATO conference on planning the coming maneuvers in Azerbaijan, the Armenian military men intend to leave for Baku today. According to the statement by the press service of the Armenian defense ministry, the day before the Azeri Embassy in Georgia providing no explanation rejected Armenian officers' arrival to Azerbaijan. Abiding by the basic principles of NATO to settle the disputable regional issues by means of cooperation, the Armenian party informed the organizers of the conference on the exercise planning that today the Armenian officers will set off for Baku to take part in the forum.