Iran responds to Baku's note on detained Azeri citizensMay 7, 2013 - 19:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran responded to Baku’s notes on detained Azeri citizens, Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said. “Tehran stated that the detained Azerbaijani citizens are accused of illegal activities,” Trend News quoted Abdullayev as saying. According to him, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry asked Iran enable a meeting with the detained citizens, as stipulated by the Vienna Convention on Human Rights. Azerbaijan will also insist on providing the necessary legal aid to detained persons, Abdullayev said. Research Fellow of the Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Literature, scientist-orientalist Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamhal Huseynov were arrested on April 30 in Tabriz by the employees of the Ministry of Information Security and Intelligence of Iran, Iranian media reported earlier. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. |