Iran responds to Baku's note on detained Azeri citizensMay 7, 2013 - 19:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran responded to Baku’s notes on detained Azeri citizens, Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said. “Tehran stated that the detained Azerbaijani citizens are accused of illegal activities,” Trend News quoted Abdullayev as saying. According to him, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry asked Iran enable a meeting with the detained citizens, as stipulated by the Vienna Convention on Human Rights. Azerbaijan will also insist on providing the necessary legal aid to detained persons, Abdullayev said. Research Fellow of the Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Literature, scientist-orientalist Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamhal Huseynov were arrested on April 30 in Tabriz by the employees of the Ministry of Information Security and Intelligence of Iran, Iranian media reported earlier. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |