Azeri Defense Ministry’s lies not convincing for international communityMarch 9, 2011 - 15:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The statement by the Azerbaijani Defense Minister is a mere attempt to save the face of his country, by accusing Armenian armed forces in the death of an 8-year-old boy, Armenian Foreign Minister’s spokesman said. “Azerbaijan has already put itself in a difficult position, having shot an Armenian soldier dead on the eve of the presidential meeting in Sochi,” David Karapetyan stressed. “The authors of the Azeri misinformation must understand that cheap tricks of the sort will not persuade the international community. They must be ashamed of using the life of a child in an attempt to spread lies.” NKR Defense Army refuted the Azerbaijani media reports about an Azerbaijani boy allegedly killed by the Armenian armed forces. The Ministry’s press service of the stated that the Nagorno Karabakh units maintained the ceasefire both on March 8 and previous days, proving reports to be another misinformation of the Azerbaijani propaganda machine. The reports of various Azerbaijani sources are controversial – some of them state that the boy was eight, others speak about resident of Orta-Karvend settlement Farid Badalov, a ten-year-old boy. Top stories 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. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |