 COURT HEARINGS IN STEPANAKERT PROCEEDJanuary 10, 2001 - 21:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 10.01.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Today the confrontation documents of Levon Mirzoyan, accused of being the direct executor of the terrorist act against NKR President, and of accused Khachatur Petrosian, Varuzhan Melkumian and David Gulian were read out at the court session in Stepanakert. The accused confirmed that L.Mirzoyan had participated in the organization and commitment of the terrorist act, the correspondent of Mediamax reports from Stepanakert. V. Melkumian and D. Gulian confirmed their statements given during the preliminary investigation, concerning L. Mirzoyan's participation in the discussions of the plan of the terrorist act. But Mirzoyan himself still denies his participation in the terrorist act. Afterwards the court announced testimonies of the witnesses, who were absent at today's session. -0-   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 |  Latest news Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri.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”.Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |
