  Refugees right of return should in the first place apply to Azerbaijan’s Armenians July 22, 2010 - 15:02 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Refugees right of return should in the first place apply to Azerbaijan’s Armenians, according to the head of Azerbaijan’s Armenians Assembly NGO, Grigori Ayvazyan. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, Armenian community greatly contributed to the development of Azerbaijan and is entitled to compensation of damages to property and moral damages. “We believe ourselves to be Azeri citizens, entitled to return to our homes. OSCE MG Co-Chairs’ June 26 statement in Muskoka clearly consolidates our rights,” the head of the NGO emphasized. Grigori Ayvazyan estimated the damage to property of Azerbaijan’s Armenians at USD 70 billion.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament.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”.International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |
