TIGRAN TOROSYAN: OGTAY ASADOV CONGRATULATED ME ON MY ELECTION PARLIAMENT SPEAKER AND WISHED ME SUCCESS

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 12 2006

“Azerbaijani delegates really read the congratulation addressed to me
by speaker Ogtay Asadov,” Armenian parliament speaker Tigran Torosyan
told journalists (APA).

Commenting on the recent scandal regarding Azerbaijani parliament
president Ogtay Asadov’s congratulatory message to him, Torosyan said
he regrets the Azerbaijani side’s denial of this fact. In his words,
Azerbaijani parliamentarian Asef Hajiyev addressed the meeting of
the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parlaimentary
Assembly in Yerevan.

“Asef Hajiyev read the message of speaker Ogtay Asadov. In the message,
he thanked to the Armenian parliament for providing a good opportunity
for the meeting participants. Besides, Ogtay Asadov congratulated me on
my election parliament speaker and wished me success,” Torosyan said.

The parliament press secretary Akif Tavakkuloghlu told APA that
speaker Ogtay Asadov refuses to say anything about that.