Wall at contact line: propaganda or attempt to hide Azeri snipersOctober 13, 2011 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan’s decision to build a protective wall at contact line with Artsakh is only a part of Baku propaganda, according to ex-foreign minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic. As Arman Melikyan told a news conference in Yerevan, Azerbaijan is attempting to repeat the experience of Israel which has built a wall to protect itself from Palestinians. “Still, I don't believe the wall will be built along the whole line of contact,” Melikyan said. A member of ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Lernik Aleksanyan, however, spoke against a solely propagandistic message the wall is supposed to carry. “By building a wall, Baku might want to conceal its snipers,” he said. Azerbaijan is planning on construction of a protective wall at the line of contact with NKR. According to Azeri media, a wall, 700 meters long and 3 meters tall, was already built near the village of Chyragly, bordering with Martakert Province. Azerbaijan has been considering construction of a wall “to protect itself from Armenian snipers” since 2006. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |