MINISTER OF SO-CALLED NAGORNO GARABAGH REPUBLIC RECEIVED IN GREECE OFFICIALLY

Azeri Press Agency
Nov 9 2006

The Foreign Minister of so-called Nagorno Garabagh Republic Georgi
Petrosyan visited Greece to participate in the ceremony held on the
occasion of 10th anniversary recognition of Armenian Genocide by
Greek Parliament, APA reports quoting to Regnum agency.

Greece Parliament vie-speaker Georgios Surlas received him together
with Vaan Ovannisian, the deputy chairman of Armenian parliament.

They thanked Greek Parliament for recognition of Armenian genocide
happened in1996. Surlas stressed that Ottoman Empire pursued policy on
ethnic cleansing of Armenians and Greeks. The sides also touched on the
Nagorno Garabagh problem and expand of Armenian-Greece relations. The
chief of Foreign Ministry Press and Information Policy Department
Tahir Taghizadeh said that Azerbaijani embassy will investigate the
case and appropriate measures will be taken.