A MEETING OF ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN MINISTERS TOOK PLACE

Today, Minister of Defense of Georgia Bacho Akhalaya arrived in Armenia at the invitation of the Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan.
 
A private talk between the two ministers took place, which was followed by a meeting of both delegations in an extended format. The results of the negotiations were summed up at a joint press conference.
 
Attaching importance to the development of cooperation in the defense sphere, Seyran Ohanyan said the cooperation aims at ensuring exchange of experience and forming an atmosphere of mutual trust around the peace settlement of territorial security issues.
 
The ministers agreed that

Azeri Jets Stage Military Exercises at Line of Contact

Azeri Jets Stage Military Exercises at Line of Contact

Azeri jests stage exercises at Karabakh border

BAKU (Trend)—More than 10 fighters and military helicopters belonging to the Azerbaijani Air Forces are holding military exercises in a "front-line zone" close to Karabakh military forces.

Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev has been stationed at the front-line zone near Nagorno-Karabakh since Wednesday, Trend News Agency reported.

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu confirmed that the military was holding exercises and said the minister had been personally observing the exercises. Abiyev has also visited military units in the front-line zone and was familiarized with their military training.

Source: Asbarez Armenian News

Kajaran citizen transferred to Kapan hospital

A 15-year-old citizen of Kajaran city, diagnosed with jaundice, has been transferred to a Kapan hospital.

The child will receive treatment in Kapan as the local hospital does not have an infection department.

The child is under the care of physicians.

 

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Ex-Defense Minister not invited for investigation

The Special Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia has not interrogated Mikael Harutyunyan [ex-Defense Minister] and Seyran Ohanyan [former chief of the general staff of the Armenian Armed Forces] in connection with the March 1, 2008 deadly clashes in Yerevan.

Harutyunyan's elucidation on the bloody clashes given to the disbanded fact-finding group did not serve as a ground for the SIS to invite the former defense minister to an interrogation.

When Andranik Kocahryan, a representative of the fact-finding group, asked Harutyunyan why the army was involved in the clashes and whether he knew that the troops could be used only in

Co-Chairs' new proposal

After the subsequent visit to the region, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor
Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today:

"The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) traveled April 11-14 to Yerevan, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Baku. Joined by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson in Office (PRCiO), the Co-Chairs met separately with Armenian President Serge Sargsian, Azerbaijani President

ECtHR to hear Pashinyan's case earlier

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to consider the case of Armenian jailed opposition activist and editor of "Haykakan Zhamanak" daily Nikol Pashinyan in accelerated manner.

"It means that we shall not have to wait for ages to hear the court's verdict," said Pashinyan's lawyer Vahe Grigoryan adding that the decision was conditioned by the importance of the case.

"The ECtHR took such a decision as it considers the issue to be urgent. The court probably took into account the gross violations and continuous encroachment upon Pashinyan," said the lawyer.

Asked whether the decision will affect

US State Dep: Alert for potential terrorist attack in Azerbaijan

 "The State Department, based on terrorist threat information, reiterates its 29 January 2011 alert to US citizens of the potential for terrorist attacks in Azerbaijan, including against American interests. This threat remains serious," said a notice to US citizens posted on the Baku Embassy website on 11 February.

Both the US and British embassies issued the original warning to their citizens in Azerbaijan on 29 January.

"US citizens in Azerbaijan should remain vigilant, particularly in public places associated with the Western community. In addition, US citizens should remain aware of their surroundings, be vigilant about their personal security, maintain an