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23 June 2004 - 14:53 AMT

ARMENIAN OFFICERS TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN NATO CONFERENCE IN BAKU

Armenian servicemen are going to continue their participation in the conference on planning Cooperative Best Effort-2004 NATO exercise within Partnership for Peace program. As reported by the press service of the Armenian defense ministry, Azerbaijani authorities took over the responsibility to provide security for Armenian officers – colonel Murad Isakhanian and senior lieutenant Aram Hohhanissian, who are taking part in the forum. To note, yesterday the activists of the Organization for Karabakh Liberation held a protest action against the participation of Armenians in the conference. A group of radicals even succeeded in penetrating into the conference hall. Armenian defense ministry expressed anxiety over the incident.