Assembly of Azerbaijani Armenians: Azerbaijan is a country asserting itself on extermination of citizensDecember 4, 2008 - 15:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan is under criminal rule. Present-day Azerbaijan is a country asserting itself on extermination of its own citizens, said the head of Assembly of Azerbaijani Armenians NGO. "A country which perpetrated genocide against a part of its population has not right to claim territories," Grigory Ayvazyan told a news conference today. "Our Assembly has already sent a note to the Armenian Foreign Ministry and National Assembly and received a positive feedback. We also addressed the French Embassy in Yerevan to bring our position to the notion of Ambassador Bernard Fassier, the Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. We demand the opinion of the Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan be taken into account during the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process," he said. "We urge compensation for the Armenians, who had to leave their homes, or secure their return. Now, 50 of Armenians are ready to return to Azerbaijan to prove that this country is unable to guarantee their security and that Armenians and Azeris can't live side by side now," he said. As to referendum on Nagorno Karabakh's status in Azerbaijan, Mr. Ayvazyan said it won't be legal, since Armenians who used to live in the territory of the former Azeri SSR won't participate in it. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |