AZERI POLICE DISPERSED PARTICIPANTS OF ACTION AGAINST ARMENIAN ECOLOGISTS' ARRIVAL IN BAKUApril 15, 2002 - 23:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A seminar held under the aegis of OSCE devoted to ecology started in Baku today. The delegation from Armenia composed of 13 persons left for Baku to participate in the seminar. A picket was organized by some Azeri parties as a sign of protest against the arrival of the Armenian ecologists next to «Hayat Regency» hotel, where the seminar is held. The picketers screamed out anti-Armenian slogans and called to account those who had invited Armenians to Baku. Police dispersed the participants of the action this morning. In the course of the clashes with the police some activists were beaten and received bodily injures of different degrees of heaviness. The policemen seated the detained into cars and took them away from the scene of events. Leader of «Organization for liberation of Karabakh» radical grouping Akif Nagi was among those detained. 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. |