TURKISH, AZERI AND GEORGIAN PRESIDENTS TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM TODAYApril 30, 2002 - 17:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The meeting of Presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia will start in Turkish city Trabzon. Ahmet Sezer, Heydar Aliyev and Edward Shevardnadze will sign a trilateral agreement on struggle against terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking and illegal weapon sale. The document stipulates cooperation as exchange of information and documents on struggle against international terrorism and documents regarding security issues. In the course of the talks the sides will discuss the issues of the realization of the Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum pipelines constructions, the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku railway putting into service and fiber-optic cable construction between Poti Georgian city and Rize Turkish city. It should be reminded the CIS Council of Collective Security Secretary General Valeri Nikolayenko has recently stated the possible Azeri-Georgian-Turkish agreement worries Russian Federation. 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. |