ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS REFRAIN FROM FLYING TO AZERBAIJAN
ArmenPress
Nov 25 2004
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 25, ARMENPRESS: Two members of the Armenian
parliament refused to fly to the capital of the rival Azerbaijan to
participate in a NATO-sponsored seminar. The chairman of an Armenian
parliament committee on defense and national security issues, Mher
Shahgeldian, one of the two, told reporters today that Azerbaijani
parliament leadership ignored a letter by the chairman of Armenian
parliament who requested a tight safety measures for the two Armenian
parliamentarians.
Shahgeldian said the letter had been sent because of a serious incident
that occurred when three Armenian top officers had been in Baku earlier
this year also attending a NATO seminar and a recent extradition of
a Bulgarian journalist of Armenian origin.
“The Armenian delegation was prepared to fly to Baku, a hotel was
reserved and tickets booked,” he said, adding that the decision to
refrain from flying to Baku was made by the parliament forces.