U.S. Department of State calls for release of Azeri saboteursFebruary 24, 2015 - 12:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. Department of State has called for the return of the Azerbaijani saboteurs convicted in Nagorno Karabakh last year. According to Tert.am, speaking at the daily press briefing on Monday, Feb 23 spokesperson Jen Psaki reiterated Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland’s earlier statement urging the relevant authorities to make a humanitarian gesture and hand over the 'prisoners', Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Quliyev, to Azerbaijan. “Such humanitarian gestures have been shown to reduce tensions and build trust between the sides. So that’s what she [Nuland] was referring to,” she said. A court in Nagorno Karabakh sentenced Askerov for life. Quliev was convicted to 22 years in prison for spying and state border infiltration, illegal use of arms and arm supplies, kidnapping and murder. Photo: Getty Images Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |