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    OGTAY ASADOV: "AZERBAIJAN IS HOLDING NEGOTIATIONS ON REPORTS ABOUT RUSSIA'S SELLING WEAPONS TO ARMENIA"

    APA
    Feb 10 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev - APA. Parliamentarians put forward a number
    of proposals in today's sitting of the parliament, APA reports. MP
    Fazail Agamali said official language of Azerbaijan was not obeyed
    in the central streets of the city.

    "Purchase and sale is in Russian in Nizami, Samad Vurgun, Khagani
    and other streets. Advertisements in the streets are in Russian. It
    should be prevented," he said.

    The parliamentarian said Guba mass burial cemetery was decaying. Fazail
    Agamali offered the speaker to appeal to president in connection
    with it.

    "Guba cemetery should be turned to museum," he said.

    MP Arzu Samadbayli said price cut was observed in the world due to
    the financial crisis, but it did not happen in Azerbaijan. He said
    parliamentarians from Musavat had offered to reduce energy carriers.

    Speaker Ogtay Asadov said the world financial crisis would not affect
    Azerbaijan.

    MP Vahid Ahmadov said Russia's selling weapons to Armenia should be
    taken seriously.

    "Azerbaijan should react strictly and express its position. Russia
    has recently sold over $2 billion weapons to Armenia," he said.

    Speaker said the reports that Russia sold weapons to Armenia were
    being analyzed, negotiations were being held.

    "Necessary decision will be made in the end," he said.

    MP Fazil Mustafa said lotteries were shown much on TV channels,
    while speeches of parliamentarians were not shown. He said network
    games were widely spread in Baku.

    "There were such games before. Remember "Munjug"
    operation. Law-enforcement should express their opinion on it,"
    he said.

    MP Ehed Abiyev said the business of the network was mainly spread in
    the southern regions of Azerbaijan.

    "A group of famous businessmen swindle people of gold,
    diamonds. Law-enforcement bodies should take measures about it. Those
    engaged in network business should be held accountable. It may cause
    anxiety in public on the eve of the referendum," he said.

    MP Jamil Hasanli said the 17rg anniversary of Khojaly genocide was
    approaching. He offered to discuss the issue in one the sitting of
    the parliament and inform the parliament about the investigation of
    the criminal case.

    "Though we demand others to give legal assessment to it, we do not
    yet know what the matter is," he said.

    MP Panah Huseyn said the time allotted for the registration of
    initiative groups on referendum will expire today, but the opposition
    groups have not been registered yet.

    He proposed the Parliament to appeal CEC to consider the issue
    positively. MP stated that criminal cases launched by Military Court
    on Khojaly massacre did not cover names of Robert Kocharyan and Serzh
    Sargsyan, who committed terrorist attack in Azerbaijan.

    "Why does not the list cover their names? Their names should be in
    the list as well," he said.

    MP Siyavush Novruzov noted that initiative groups on referendum were
    not registered at the request of anybody, this issue was considered
    legally.

    "Their registration will be considered," he added.

    Novruzov mentioned that a criminal case on Khojaly massacre had been
    launched and the Parliament could ask reference from Military Court
    as it was last year.

    MP Elmira Akhundova stated that media did not cover speeches of MPs
    objectively. She proposed to open a TV Channel to air speeches of MPs.

    Asadov protested the proposal. "Whom can we say to allocate special
    Channel for MPs? TV Channels are independent," he said.

    Vice-Speaker Bahar Muradova added that the media covered activity of
    the Parliament sufficiently.

    "The issue can be debated how the media covers it," she added.

    Muradova underlined that there was divergence of opinion in opposition
    on the referendum. She stressed that a group of them demanded to stop
    it and the rest want creation of condition for them to function in
    this sphere.

    Muradova did not agree to opinions of those, who protested decisions
    on dubbing of Turkish films in Azerbaijan and underlined that National
    Television and Radio Council passed a correct decision to discontinue
    local radio broadcasts of international media as well as it.

    The Vice-Speaker added that there was no need for concern about world
    economic crisis.

    "Azerbaijan is able to prevent itself from the crisis," she said.
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