January 16, 2004 - 19:46 AMT
BAKU AWAITING TROUBLES FOR NOT ADMITTING ARMENIAN OFFICERS TO NATO CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
The problem with the Armenian officers, who were not allowed to Baku for the participation in the NATO conference, is pregnant with serious consequences for official Baku, high rank Azeri military expert said wishing to remain undisclosed. As reported by Echo Baku newspaper, in his opinion, within a month's term after the organizers of the measure produce the written reports on the Baku conference to the NATO headquarters, certain comments will follow. "I do not expect any positive remarks, as the consul general in Istanbul stated that even if the Armenian servicemen turned to him, they would not get the visas anyway. It was unnecessary. The incident is unpleasant, especially taking into account the fact that Armenians did not impede the arrival of the Azeri soldiers at the Cooperative Best Effort-2003 conducted in Yerevan. We refused from the participation ourselves. I suppose, Armenians will exercise the situation in their own interest", the expert noted.