AZERI POLICE PREVENTS PROTEST DURING ARRIVAL OF ARMENIANS IN BAKU

Baku Today, Azerbaijan
March 16 2006

Police prevented a protest from occurring today at 14:00 in front of
the “Park Inn” Hotel during the arrival of the Armenian delegation
participating in an OSCE conference.

Active members of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) attempted
to protest, Akif Nagi, KLO’s leader, told TURAN. Several members
of the KLO managed to enter the hotel, but police then caught them,
and did not allow the others to enter the hotel. The detained were
taken to the 39th police department and were it was said they would
be released only after the Armenian delegation leaves Baku.

The conference is about the increase of transport safety in the OSCE
zone. The Armenian delegation consisting of three people is led by
the Deputy Transport Minister of Armenia, Vagan Badalian.