Armenian MP: countries arming Azerbaijan are responsible for consequencesApril 5, 2011 - 15:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group, head of the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs, Hrayr Karapetyan said that all those countries, which supply arms to Azerbaijan, are responsible for possible escalation of the situation in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. Currently, Turkey and CIS countries, including CSTO member states, continue intensively arming Azerbaijan, Karapetyan told a press conference in Yerevan. “Ukraine and Belarus, which is Armenia’s ally in the CSTO, are among countries supplying arms to Azerbaijan. As a co-chairman of the Armenian-Belarusian inter-parliamentary commission, I will leave for Belarus soon, where I will meet with the country’s Prime Minister and Speaker of the parliament to discuss the matter,” Karapetyan concluded. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |