Cuba declares 3-day mourning for Kim Jong Il deathDecember 20, 2011 - 09:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Cuban government has decreed three days of mourning for the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, AP reports. An official statement read on Cuban state television also said the Communist government had ordered Cuban flags to be flown at half staff at public buildings and military installations. The mourning period begins Tuesday and runs through Dec. 22. The leftist governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua have also expressed condolences for the death Saturday of the North Korean leader. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |