ARMENIA NOT TO ATTEND CIS DMS’ MEETING IN BAKU BECAUSE OF LACK OF SECURITY GUARANTEE

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 30 2006

YEREVAN, May 30. /ARKA/. Armenia is not to attend CIS defense
ministerial meeting in Baku because of lack of security guarantee,
Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyran Shahsuvaryan told ARKA
News Agency on Tuesday.

“Taking into account the fact that CIS Defense Ministerial Council
has failed to get security guarantee for Armenian delegation members,
Armenian Defense Ministry decided to miss the CIS meeting scheduled
for May 31”, the ministry’s statement says.

Azerbaijani authorities’ refusal to ensure Armenian delegation members
is a convincing evidence of Azerbaijani sides’ incapacity to comply
with its commitments, the statement says.

The ministry thinks CIS Defense Ministerial Council, in his turn,
ought to create equal conditions for all CIS member countries.

“We expect official reaction from CIS Defense Ministerial Council to
what happened”, the statement said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress