ALL-RUSSIAN AZERBAIJANI CONGRESS HAS BEGUN IN MOSCOWOctober 5, 2001 - 21:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The first session of the All-Russian Azerbaijani congress has begun in the capital of Russia. As «Arminfo» informs with reference to «Interfax», over 300 representatives of Russia's Azerbaijani Diaspora and also well-known Russian public men with Azerbaijani origin will participate in the forum. As the organizers of the forum said before the congress opening, about 1.5 million Azerbaijanis, who were «inseparably linked with their historic motherland», lived in Russia. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |