Number of Armenian captives in Azerbaijan growingNovember 8, 2010 - 16:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Public Relations Department at Yerevan Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Ashot Astabatsyan said that the Azerbaijani authorities told the ICRC that there is another Armenian civilian in the Azerbaijani captivity. According to their mandate, representatives of Yerevan Office of the ICRC met with the captive, Astabatsyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. The captive’s name and details of how he was captured are not disclosed yet. 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 | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |