June 27, 2006 - 17:40 AMT
Fire in Karabakh Set by Azeris?
On the very first day of the PACE session the members of the Azeri delegation spread documents, photos and videos on the fires in the NKR security zone. As head of the RA parliament Tigran Torosian told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, this was a predictable move. "I know that materials of the kind will be spread and had a conversation with NKR parliament speaker Ashot Ghulian. It would be good if the NKR officials comment on the issue, because press reports of igniting bullets with the help of which Azeris set fire to dry glass," Torosian said.

According to head of the information and propaganda department at the NKR Defense Ministry, colonel lieutenant Senor Asratyan, these rumors are not confirmed. "The Ministry has not registered any arsons of grass and woods," he said.

To note, the Azeri delegation to the PACE has launched collection of signatures among the PACE members. Parliamentarians from Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Canada and some other states have already put signatures to the document.