EUROPEAN COUNCIL INTRODUCED NEW LIST OF AZERI POLITICAL PRISONERSMay 14, 2002 - 23:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azeri president's administration head Ramiz Mekhtiyev has stated the majority of the political prisoners included in the list of the political prisoners by the Council of Europe are granted pardons. About 200 people out of 716 included in the list are in detention. Mekhtiyev has said again that the official Baku does not consider these people political prisoners. According to him, May 13 the CE monitoring "Ago group" introduced a new list of political prisoners including 17 names. "This list will be considered", Mekhtiyev has stated. Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |