May 16, 2002 - 23:22 AMT
KRASNODAR TERRITORY LEADERS NOT WISH TO RECEIVE ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION
The May 15 visit of the Armenian parliamentary delegation to Krasnodar Territory did not take place. The leadership of the territory asked to postpone the visit referring to the time lack because of the forthcoming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Sochi. The visit terms will be coordinated additionally. But the chairman of the parliamentary commission for foreign relations Hovanes Hovanessian has the impression that Krasnodar Territory's administration does not wish to receive the Armenian delegation at all. He stated that today at the briefing in the National Assembly. It should be reminded, the situation in Kuban regarding the local administration's policy aimed at deporting the Armenian population from the Territory was planned to be discussed.