May 28, 2004 - 20:24 AMT
AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER REFUTED HEARSAY ON ARMENIANS SERVING AT AZERI TERRITORY
Azerbaijani defense minister Safar Abiyev stated that not a single officer of Armenian origin woks at the Gabalin radiolocating station rented by Russia. As IA Regnum informs, he refuted the hearsay spread by the Azeri media about 34 Armenians working with the Russian officers. The minister said that a special commission was immediately sent to the Gabalin RLS after the information had been spread. "Ukrainians and Udins, whose last names sound like Armenian, are working there", Safar Abiyev resumed.