Decision to Send a PACE Mission to Nakhichevan Made in October 2005February 27, 2006 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The decision to send a PACE fact-finding mission to the Armenian cemetery in Old Julfa to examine circumstances of destruction of khachkars was made in October 2005 by the CE Subcommittee on Cultural Heritage, Armenian MP, former member of the PACE Armenian delegation Shavarsh Kocharyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, head of the PACE Azeri delegation Samed Seidov merely lies. «I admit he might not know about the decision, but I can hardly believe it. The decision was made when I was still member of Armenia's delegation and Seidov's words that I might not know it are not true,» Kocharyan said.PACE Azeri delegation head Samed Seidov had denied statement of former member of PACE Armenian delegation, MP Shavarsh Kocharyan that a PACE fact-finding mission will visit Nakhichevan to examine destruction of Armenian khachkars in Old Julfa in the spring 2006. 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. |