Interfax
June 23 2004
Armenian officers attending NATO conference in Baku
YEREVAN. June 23 (Interfax) – Two Armenian Defense Ministry officers
are taking part in the NATO conference in Baku, following
Azerbaijan’s promises to ensure their security, the Armenian Defense
Ministry’s press service told Interfax.
“The country hosting [the NATO conference] has pledged to ensure the
security of the two Armenian officers in Baku,” the press service
said.
Armenia’s concerns were sparked by a Tuesday rally by the
Organization for the Liberation of Karabakh. Some 40 members of the
group, protesting the presence of the Armenian military men in Baku,
tried to break through the police cordon to enter the Europe Hotel,
the venue for the NATO conference.
Delegations from NATO’s 24 member-nations are taking part in the
conference, which is aimed at preparing the Cooperative Best Effort
04 exercises. These military exercises will be held in Azerbaijan in
September.