AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
April 1 2010

Reports on separatist PM’s UN meetings dismissed

01-04-2010 06:50:50

Azerbaijan has dismissed as concocted the media reports about the
official meetings allegedly held at the United Nations by the `prime
minister’ of the separatist regime operated by ethnic Armenians in the
country’s Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh region.
The Azerbaijani representation at the UN has scrutinized the recent
Armenian reports claiming that Ara Arutunyan, who presents himself as
the `premier’ of the `Upper Garabagh Republic’, entered the UN
building on November 18, 2009 and held official meetings there.
According to official replies from respective UN agencies, a person
named Ara Arutunyan had not been granted a pass to enter the building
and he did not take part in any meetings. However, due to a part of
the building’s being open for tourists, it is not ruled out that
Arutunyan entered the premises as an ordinary tourist or student with
a document of an Armenian citizen.*