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ARMENIANS HOLDS A MEMORY EVENT UNDER TIGHT SECURITY
APA, Azerbaijan
Feb 28 2013
Azerbaijani journalist has not been allowed to enter the hall
Moscow. Farid Akbarov-APA. In Moscow, Armenians held an event
"Remembrance day for the victims of Sumgayit incidents in 1988".
Only Armenians nobody else were allowed to attend the event, held
at the Central House of Writers in Russian capital, Moscow bureau
of APA reports. The event was held under tight security and no one
was permitted to enter the hall except of those whom the organizers
knew personally.
After the incident at the National Assembly of France (two Azerbaijani
students were brutally beaten by French MPs and Armenians at the
National Assembly of France where Sumgait incidents anniversary were
held), the Armenian organizers of the Moscow event decided not allow
representatives of other nations to attend the ceremony: "Therefore
we have used even a special security check," APA reports.
An hour before the event, area near the Central House of Writers was
taken under the protection of special police units.
Although name of the event was written as "the 25th anniversary of
independence movement in Artsakh" on the website of Armenian Union in
Russia, yesterday it was changed to " A memory event for the victims
of Sumgait incidents in 1988"
Ambassador of Armenia to Russia Oleg Yesayan attended the ceremony
as well.
APA's Moscow bureau correspondent was not allowed to the event either.
Representatives of the Moscow mayor's office, who were in the area,
along with the security service, asked the correspondent for not to
attend the event. They explained it by the fact that only Armenians
had been invited to the event.
http://en.apa.az/news_armenians_holds_a_memory_event_under_tig_1886 65.html
APA, Azerbaijan
Feb 28 2013
Azerbaijani journalist has not been allowed to enter the hall
Moscow. Farid Akbarov-APA. In Moscow, Armenians held an event
"Remembrance day for the victims of Sumgayit incidents in 1988".
Only Armenians nobody else were allowed to attend the event, held
at the Central House of Writers in Russian capital, Moscow bureau
of APA reports. The event was held under tight security and no one
was permitted to enter the hall except of those whom the organizers
knew personally.
After the incident at the National Assembly of France (two Azerbaijani
students were brutally beaten by French MPs and Armenians at the
National Assembly of France where Sumgait incidents anniversary were
held), the Armenian organizers of the Moscow event decided not allow
representatives of other nations to attend the ceremony: "Therefore
we have used even a special security check," APA reports.
An hour before the event, area near the Central House of Writers was
taken under the protection of special police units.
Although name of the event was written as "the 25th anniversary of
independence movement in Artsakh" on the website of Armenian Union in
Russia, yesterday it was changed to " A memory event for the victims
of Sumgait incidents in 1988"
Ambassador of Armenia to Russia Oleg Yesayan attended the ceremony
as well.
APA's Moscow bureau correspondent was not allowed to the event either.
Representatives of the Moscow mayor's office, who were in the area,
along with the security service, asked the correspondent for not to
attend the event. They explained it by the fact that only Armenians
had been invited to the event.
http://en.apa.az/news_armenians_holds_a_memory_event_under_tig_1886 65.html