TREND Information, Azerbaijan
June 9 2006

Azerbaijan rebuffs media reports on congratulatory message sent by
Azeri speaker to chair of Armenian parliament

Source: Trend
Author: R.Abdullayev

09.06.2006

Media reports on congratulatory message reportedly sent by the
Azerbaijani speaker Oktai Asadov to the chairman of the Armenian
National Assembly, Tigran Torosian are groundless and lying, Akif
Nasirov, the spokesman for the Milli Majlis [Azerbaijan parliament]
told Trend.

`It is wrong information, which is part of anti-Azerbaijani
propaganda held by Armenia,’ Nasirov stressed.

Spread of such reports is behind the ethic norms. `Azerbaijani
journalists should not fall under tricks of the Armenian intelligence
services,’ he underlined.

Earlier the Armenian media spread reports on congratulatory message
as though sent by the Azerbaijani Speaker to the chairman of the
Armenian National Assembly. In accordance with article, the message
was read by Azerbaijani MP Asef Hajiyev at the plenary session of the
Black Sea Economic Cooperation’s Parliamentary Assembly in Yerevan on
8 June.