AZERI POLITICAL SCIENTIST QUESTIONS DEMOCRACY OF GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONSApril 2, 2004 - 19:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - If the Georgian parliamentary elections were really democratic, the Azeri population of Georgia would be represented in the parliament with 23 deputies, as reported by Olaylar Azeri newspaper, head of the Center of Political Innovations and Technologies Mubariz Ahmedoghlu stated. In his words, Azeris comprising 15% of the total population of Georgia should not be presented in the parliament by three deputies only, as "the index is too low". In Ahmedoghlu's opinion, proper attention was not devoted to the Azeris during the elections in Georgia. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |