News Digest
AZERBAIJANI JOURNALISTS PROTEST AGAINST REOPENING OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN BORDER
By empty (4/7/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A delegation of 20 Azerbaijani journalists arrived in Turkey on 6 April to protest any consideration by the Turkish government of reopening that country\'s border with Armenia. After holding protest demonstrations in the Igdir and Kars districts near the Armenian border, the journalists traveled to Ankara on 7 April to meet with Turkish officials. In response to rumors of a possible warming of relations between Turkey and Armenia, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ahmed Unal Cevikez reaffirmed the Turkish government\'s position that its blockade of Armenia and denial of diplomatic relations will continue until Armenia withdraws from Azerbaijani territory and officially renounces any territorial claims on Turkey.ARMENIAN POLICE IGNORE ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS DURING OPPOSITION RALLY
By empty (4/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As a number of uniformed police passively watched, a number of journalists and cameramen were blatantly assaulted and injured in an organized attack by unknown assailants during an opposition rally on 5 April, according to RFE/RL\'s Yerevan bureau and Arminfo. The journalists were attacked after they were observed filming several coordinated incidents involving groups of men disrupting and threatening opposition supporters. Police units observed the disruptive acts, which included the pelting of opposition speakers with eggs and throwing firecrackers into the crowd, but failed to react.DEFENSE MINISTER WARNS OF RISING TIDE OF TERRORISM
By empty (4/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Speaking at an international conference on the role of the military in combating terrorism on 5 April in Norfolk, Virginia, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov called on NATO countries to move from \"theoretical evaluations to practical steps in the joint fight against international terrorism,\" RTR reported. Ivanov mentioned recent terrorist acts in Spain, Russia, and the Middle East and warned that the tide of global terrorism is rising. \"Soon we defense ministers and senior security officials will be discussing international terrorism while sitting in highly protected concrete bunkers,\" Ivanov told the conference.US AFGHAN ENVOY ANGERS PAKISTAN
By empty (4/6/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Pakistan has angrily denounced comments made by the US ambassador to Afghanistan that America may move against \"terrorists\" based in Pakistan. Pakistan\'s information minister said the army could deal with the problem and the comments were \"harmful\". He said Pakistan would never allow foreign troops on its soil.Visit also
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