Baku deprived of accreditation the reporter of NTV Turkish channel in AzerbaijanSeptember 30, 2009 - 21:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The ministry of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan deprived of accreditation NTV Turkish television journalist Ramin Abdullayev in Azerbaijan, Elkhan Polukhov, head of foreign ministry press service said. On September 25 Azerbaijan's foreign ministry presented a note to the Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan in connection with NTV journalist's recent visit to Nagorno-Karabakh. The journalist obtained accreditation at the Nagorno-Karabakh's ministry of foreign affairs, Trend News reports. In early September Turkish journalists visited NKR, where they met with the NKR foreign minister Georgy Petrosyan. The journalists arrived in Stepanakert from Yerevan. In the NKR Permanent Representation in Armenia they obtained an enter visa to NKR. Baku-based media recently spread the information that the Turkish foreign ministry "condemns the visit of journalists to Karabakh". Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |