WITH ASSISTANCE OF GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES CHECHEN FIGHTERS LEFT PANKISI GORGE AND WENT TO AZERBAIJAN AND TURKEYSeptember 30, 2002 - 22:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Georgian authorities helped the Chechen fighters to leave the Pankisi gorge and to go to Azerbaijan and Turkey. As reported by "Arminfo" agency referring to Russian sources, representative of the regional operational staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Ilya Shabalkin stated it. At the same time he alluded to the testimony of the fighters of Gelayev's detachment detained in the territory of Ingushetia. In Shabalkin's words, groups of fighters were led out to the central part of Georgia, from where they moved to Turkey through Kutaisi by bus. All of them had Russian and Georgian passports and entry visas on them. 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 | Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. |