CE SECRETARY GENERAL STATES POLITICAL PRISONERS AVAILABLE IN AZERBAIJANMarch 4, 2003 - 21:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Council of Europe secretary general Walter Schwimmer stated there still were political prisoners in Azerbaijan. As reported by "Mediamax" agency, addressing à press club in Zagreb, W.Schwimmer noted that if the Council of Europe had not accepted Azerbaijan into its ranks, many political prisoners would have remained in their cells until now. "We have already provided for the release of 400 out of them, but we know for certain that some of the 250 convicts who stayed in Azerbaijan are still being persecuted for their political beliefs," - Walter Schwimmer noted. Top stories 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. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |