  Defense ministry denies Armenians crossed Azeri contact line March 18, 2013 - 19:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijani defense ministry issued a statement suggesting two Armenian citizens were allegedly detained “when crossing the contact line between Azeri and Armenian armed forces.” “A resident of Armenia’s Dovegh village, Durmush Karyan, was detained on March 16, with resident of Aygovit village, Anahit Shamazasovna, detained on March 17, while crossing the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Gazakh region. The detainees have been handed over to the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons,” Azeri media reported. In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Armenian defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan denied the information. “The information is not true to fact,” he said.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
