NETHERLANDS WELCOMED TALISH LEADERJanuary 17, 2005 - 18:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Several days ago, Netherlands. Leader of the Talish movement Alakram Gummatov, who was released from an Azeri jail and deprived of the Azerbaijani citizenship last September, was present at the demonstration of the film dedicated to the missing soldiers of the Karabakh war, Tolishpress news agency reports. When the members of the presidium learned that the leader of the Talish National Movement is in the demonstration hall, they invited him to the stage and introduced him as unbending fighter for the restoration of rights of the Talish people", coordinator of the Talish National Movement in Europe E. Alizoda says. Earlier, a month after his release, Gummatov gave an interview to the above mentioned agency and said that he was subjected to cruel tortures, offenses and humiliations, which were more like the tortures applied to the prisoners of a concentration camp rather that procedures in one of the states, which is aspired to become a member of the modern world". "Today I am ready to continue the political struggle with more enthusiasm", he stated.![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |