  Refugees right of return should in the first place apply to Azerbaijan’s Armenians July 22, 2010 - 15:02 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Refugees right of return should in the first place apply to Azerbaijan’s Armenians, according to the head of Azerbaijan’s Armenians Assembly NGO, Grigori Ayvazyan. As he told a news conference in Yerevan, Armenian community greatly contributed to the development of Azerbaijan and is entitled to compensation of damages to property and moral damages. “We believe ourselves to be Azeri citizens, entitled to return to our homes. OSCE MG Co-Chairs’ June 26 statement in Muskoka clearly consolidates our rights,” the head of the NGO emphasized. Grigori Ayvazyan estimated the damage to property of Azerbaijan’s Armenians at USD 70 billion.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news 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.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.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.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
