ALIEV'S VISIT TO TEHERAN AGAIN POSTPONEDSeptember 18, 2001 - 00:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Heydar Aliev's official visit to Teheran planned for September 17-19 is again postponed. CNA agency receiving this information at Executive Machinery of the head of the country was notified the new date of the visit would be determined via diplomatic channels. According to the information from unofficial sources, the President's visit to Iran, which had been delayed many times, is postponed because of the terrorist acts in Washington and New York. The Azeri leader and his immediate circles have reconsidered the program of visits for security reasons. According to the statements of the Iranian diplomatic sources, during Aliev's forthcoming visit to Teheran the official circles of IRI intend in the first place to discuss the problem of the status of the Caspian Sea at top level. Let us remind disputes between the two countries concerning possession of oil wells in the Caspian Sea area bought to banishment of "Geofizik-3" Azerbaijani research vessel from the Southern part of the Caspian, which resulted in cessation of prospecting works conducted in the region by BP Company.![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. 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. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |