KOCHARIAN PRESS OFFICE RETALIATES AGAINST ALIYEV´S `EXPLANATIONS´

YEREVAN, MAY 3, ARMENPRESS: In retaliation to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev’s “explanation” that he would not participate in an upcoming summit of former Soviet republics on May 8 in Moscow because “many Azerbaijanis consider May 8 a day of mourning, as it was on that day when Armenian forces occupied the old Azerbaijani town of Shushi in Nagorno Karabagh”, the press office of the Armenian president reminded in a statement that “the Armenian town of Shushi was liberated on May 9 and that day is celebrated annually both in Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh.”