Baku attempting to present border-crosser as victim?November 13, 2012 - 16:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani State Commission on Prisoners of War Hostages and Missing persons has confirmed that citizen Telman Aliyev was “taken hostage” by Armenian soldiers. As commission secretary Shahin Sailov told Azerbaijan Press Agency (APA), “measures are being taken to return Telman Aliyev, with Azerbaijani representation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) addressed.” As RA Defense Ministry reported earlier, Azerbaijani citizen Telman Javashiroglu Aliyev, born in 1971, infiltrated Armenia’s Tavush province 7:45 am local time, November 13. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. |