Baku is trying to prove so-called Azerbaijani genocide through shots of wars in Chechnya and AfghanistanMay 8, 2010 - 16:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations, Major General Astvatsatur Petrosyan said that the Armenian troops opened a humanitarian corridor for civilian population during the Khojaly operation. “The corridor remained open for a long time, so that the Azerbaijani special sub-units managed to take advantages of it, entering Khojaly,” Mr. Petrosyan told a press conference in Yerevan. According to him, the shots that Azerbaijan provides to prove the so-called genocide were done during the wars in Chechnya and Afghanistan. Petrosyan added that Azerbaijan is exploiting the Khojaly operation, as there was civilian population in this village, for which a humanitarian corridor was opened. 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. |