  Baku poses obstacles for PACE delegation visit to KarabakhOctober 2, 2007 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lord Russell-Johnston, Chairman of the PACE Ad-hoc Committee on Nagorno Karabakh, met today in Strasbourg with heads of the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations to PACE, Davit Harutyunyan and Samed Seyidov. As it became known, the visit of the PACE delegation to Karabakh scheduled for October 8-12 was frustrated by the Azeri side, which demanded that the delegation should head for Karabakh via Azerbaijan. Noting the importance of visits to Nagorno Karabakh, Davit Harutyunyan emphasized that Azerbaijan creates artificial obstacles. "This time Azerbaijan found fault in the visit format. However, for many years representatives of international organizations, including PACE, went to Karabakh via Armenia," he reminded. Lord Russel Johnson with regret announced cancellation of the visit. It's known yet how the situation will develop, the RA NA press office reported.   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 |  Related sections Topic Latest news Yerevan to host 6th meeting of Asia Initiative  Yerevan will host the meeting on June 24-25, according to statements from Armenia’s State Revenue Committee and the Asia Initiative.EU welcomes Armenia's proposal for ceasefire monitoring mechanism Toivo Klaar, EU's Special Representative for South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, welcomed the proposal.Atom Egoyan film coming to Golden Apricot Yerevan Festival Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan’s latest film, Seven Veils, is the opening film at GAIFF 2024.Armenia denies more of Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violations Yerevan has denied statements from Baku accusing the Armenian army of violating the ceasefire on the border with Azerbaijan. |
