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AZERI INTERIOR MINISTER ATTENDS CIS MEETING IN YEREVAN
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 14 2011
Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian greets Azerbaijani Interior
Minister Ramil Usubov (third from right) and police chiefs from
other former Soviet republics who met in Yerevan on October 14,
2011.14.10.2011
Tigran Avetisian Azerbaijan's Interior Minister Ramil Usubov attended
a meeting of his counterparts from other former Soviet republics in
Yerevan on Friday in what was a rare visit to Armenia by an Azerbaijani
government official.
Surrounded by tight security, Usubov could not be approached by
journalists covering the regular session of the Council of Interior
Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Nor did
he deliver any speeches there.
The chief of the Armenian police, Alik Sargsian, told journalists that
he met with Usubov separately before the start of the session. "We
did not discuss political issues. Our structures are apolitical,"
he told reporters, according to PanArmenian.net.
Russia's Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev praised the two men for
not raising the touchy issue of Nagorno-Karabakh at the ministerial
session. "I am glad that this issue is not on the agenda of relations
between Ramil Usubov and Alik Sargsian," he said. "We do realize that
there are issues that are directly dealt with by politicians."
Mutual visits by Armenian and Azerbaijani government officials and
other citizens have been rare because of the unresolved conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh. They usually take place within the framework
of multilateral events.
Azerbaijan has sought to minimize such contacts over the past decade.
It considers the presence of Armenian officials and public figures
on Azerbaijani soil to be an affront to the country's honor and
territorial integrity.
Usubov's trip to Yerevan was strongly condemned on Friday by
an Azerbaijani pressure group opposed to any concessions to the
Armenians. "Nothing can justify that visit," the Karabakh Liberation
Organization said in a statement cited by the SalamNews online service.
"Nothing can justify the fact that Ramil Usubov stepped over the blood
of our martyrs, his own relatives brutally killed by Armenians in [the
Karabakh town of] Khojaly, and went to visit murderous Armenians,"
it charged.
The Yerevan meeting discussed joint efforts to combat transnational
crime in the loose grouping of 11 ex-Soviet states, including both
Armenia and Azerbaijan. In a joint statement, the CIS police chiefs
said they approved, among other things, a strategy of coordinating
their fight against cyber crime.
Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian called for
closer cooperation among the CIS police services. "The speed and,
sometimes, unpredictability of political processes, negative financial
and economic phenomena taking place in the CIS countries as well
as their effects make it imperative to work out a strategy of joint
actions and reinforce further cooperation among us," he said.
Also present at the meeting was Ronald Noble, the American secretary
general of Interpol. Noble was received by President Serzh Sarkisian
on Thursday.
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24360099.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 14 2011
Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian greets Azerbaijani Interior
Minister Ramil Usubov (third from right) and police chiefs from
other former Soviet republics who met in Yerevan on October 14,
2011.14.10.2011
Tigran Avetisian Azerbaijan's Interior Minister Ramil Usubov attended
a meeting of his counterparts from other former Soviet republics in
Yerevan on Friday in what was a rare visit to Armenia by an Azerbaijani
government official.
Surrounded by tight security, Usubov could not be approached by
journalists covering the regular session of the Council of Interior
Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Nor did
he deliver any speeches there.
The chief of the Armenian police, Alik Sargsian, told journalists that
he met with Usubov separately before the start of the session. "We
did not discuss political issues. Our structures are apolitical,"
he told reporters, according to PanArmenian.net.
Russia's Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev praised the two men for
not raising the touchy issue of Nagorno-Karabakh at the ministerial
session. "I am glad that this issue is not on the agenda of relations
between Ramil Usubov and Alik Sargsian," he said. "We do realize that
there are issues that are directly dealt with by politicians."
Mutual visits by Armenian and Azerbaijani government officials and
other citizens have been rare because of the unresolved conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh. They usually take place within the framework
of multilateral events.
Azerbaijan has sought to minimize such contacts over the past decade.
It considers the presence of Armenian officials and public figures
on Azerbaijani soil to be an affront to the country's honor and
territorial integrity.
Usubov's trip to Yerevan was strongly condemned on Friday by
an Azerbaijani pressure group opposed to any concessions to the
Armenians. "Nothing can justify that visit," the Karabakh Liberation
Organization said in a statement cited by the SalamNews online service.
"Nothing can justify the fact that Ramil Usubov stepped over the blood
of our martyrs, his own relatives brutally killed by Armenians in [the
Karabakh town of] Khojaly, and went to visit murderous Armenians,"
it charged.
The Yerevan meeting discussed joint efforts to combat transnational
crime in the loose grouping of 11 ex-Soviet states, including both
Armenia and Azerbaijan. In a joint statement, the CIS police chiefs
said they approved, among other things, a strategy of coordinating
their fight against cyber crime.
Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian called for
closer cooperation among the CIS police services. "The speed and,
sometimes, unpredictability of political processes, negative financial
and economic phenomena taking place in the CIS countries as well
as their effects make it imperative to work out a strategy of joint
actions and reinforce further cooperation among us," he said.
Also present at the meeting was Ronald Noble, the American secretary
general of Interpol. Noble was received by President Serzh Sarkisian
on Thursday.
http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24360099.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress