Armenian Speaker Expects Safety Guarantees At NATO Seminar in Baku

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Nov 23 2004

Speaker of the Armenian national assembly Artur Bagdasarian has
forwarded official letters to the Azerbaijani parliament speaker
Murtuz Alasgarov and chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Pierre Lellouche, saying that he expects guarantees for the Armenian
delegation during its planned participation in the 58th NATO Rose
Roth seminar in Baku on November 25-27.

The letters pointed out those Armenian officers were not allowed to
attend the NATO exercises held in Baku in September.

“The Armenian parliament, while confirming the readiness of its
delegations to work in international organizations and adhering to a
positive stance on the Armenian parliament delegations’ visit to Baku,
is concerned over the safety of parliament members in Azerbaijan and
expects relevant security guarantees for Armenian delegates at the
Rose Roth seminar”, Bagdasarian said.

Chairman of Armenian parliament commission on foreign relations Mger
Shahgeldian and parliament member Alexan Karapetian plan to attend
the NATO event in Baku.