Ashotyan told reporters that he recently participated in the political forum of the European People’s Party and the large representative gathering organized by the Council of Europe during which he raised those issues and received a reaction from the European partners.
Mehman Aliyev was facing up to 7 years in prison.
Israeli-Russian blogger Alexander Lapshin, who was pardoned by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today, attempted to commit suicide prior to being pardoned, Azerbaijani media reported citing presidential aide Ali Hasanov.
The blogger was found guilty for illegal border crossing under Article 318 – the infamous and illicit “law” which defines criminal proceedings for foreigners who visit Nagorno Karabakh “without authorization of Azerbaijan”.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) 2016 Report, in 2012-2016 Azerbaijan and Armenia purchased a large number of arms from the Russian Federation, though Armenia purchased 20 times less. Azerbaijan’s main supplier is Russia which supplies 69% of the arms acquired by Azerbaijan.
Commenting on Aliyev’s statement that Armenians are destroying Islamic monuments, Sharmazanov reminded that the Blue Mosque is operating in downtown Yerevan, which is a symbol of Yerevan.
The Georgian FM will be hosted by President Serzh Sargsyan.
Kurdish PKK forces and Turkish soldier clashed in the country’s Bingol province, local media said.
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I had a meeting on September 7 with Staffan de Mistura, United Nations special envoy for the Syria crisis in the UN headquarters.
The European Parliament will soon prepare the “Corruption and human rights in third countries” document, which will touch upon the recently revealed and widely discussed Azerbaijani Laundromat scandal involving a state-sanctioned money laundering scheme of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his family, Azerbaijani media said.
