Baku does not stop short even at “killing” a child to discredit ArmeniaMarch 9, 2011 - 21:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In its aspiration to discredit Armenia, Azerbaijan sometimes goes beyond all the limits. Most likely, Azerbaijan has grasped that the daily reports that the Armenian side allegedly “again violated the ceasefire” on the background of permanent Azerbaijani firing of the Armenian positions can only evoke a smile. Thus, Baku decided to give a free range to fancy and disseminated “information on killing of an Azerbaijani child by the Armenian armed forces.” Meanwhile, the NKR Defense Army made a correct comment - the reports of various Azerbaijani sources are controversial. Some of them state that the killed boy was eight; others speak about resident of Orta-Karvend settlement Farid Badalov, a ten-year-old boy, while some media reported that a teenager was killed. Azerbaijani journalists could coordinate their work in releasing similar misinformation. It is evident that Baku tries to distract the world community’s attention from the situation, in which Azerbaijan occurred by firing the Armenian positions several hours prior to the meeting of the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents in Sochi. And NKR serviceman Grigor Shakhkyan (born in 1991) was killed in the firing. However, according to Spokesman of the Armenian Defense Minister David Karapetyan, “the authors of the Azerbaijani misinformation should conceive that similar third-rate steps will not convince the world community. They ought to be ashamed of manipulating child’s life.” Leaving aside the matter of shame and conscience, Azerbaijan should listen to another appeal of the OSCE Minsk Group on non-violation of ceasefire, instead of conducting an anti-Armenian propaganda that is too thin, forgetting about all human and ethic norms. Top stories 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". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. 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 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. Civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan People demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation again blocked streets in Yerevan on May 15. |