AZERI ORGANIZATION AGAINST OSCE MINSK GROUP RUSSIAN CO-CHAIRMAN'S VISIT TO BAKUOctober 27, 2003 - 19:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The day before Azeri Organization for Karabakh Liberation (OKL) spread information that it is arranging a number of actions of protest against the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen's visit to the Karabakh conflict region planned November. As Zerkalo Baku newspaper writes, the organization chairman Akif Nagi stated that the principal protest is directed to the Russian co-chairman Yuri Merzlyakov's presence within the delegation membership. The discontent was aroused by the fact that during his visit to the region September 9 Yuri Merzlyakov went to Nagorno Karabakh not from Baku but from Yerevan, thus "violating Azerbaijan's sovereign rights". Expressing their protest the OKL members appeal not only to the Minsk Group but also to all the international organizations to respect Azerbaijan's sovereignty. "Otherwise they will have to deal with our organization", - Akif Nagi stated. Top stories 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. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |