September 27, 2004 - 22:36 AMT
ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS MUST PARTICIPATE IN NATO PA ASSEMBLY SEMINAR IN BAKU
Armenian parliamentarians must participate in NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rose-Roth seminar in Baku," Armenian National Assembly Vice-Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian stated in an interview with Armenpress news agency. The organizers of the seminar will have to seriously take care of securing the Armenian deputies, he said. In the Vice-Speaker's words, "if the Azeri party does not provide entry permits, the NATO will have to continue the chosen practice by canceling the seminar, too." Everything might have been in a different way, if such extremist approaches "were not under the auspices of the top leadership - the country President," he stated, adding the Parliament will consider the question within the coming three days. It should be reminded that the NATO leadership canceled Cooperative Best Effort - 2004 exercises due to official Baku refusing to issue entry visas to Armenian officers, who were to participate in the maneuvers.