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Karabakh separatist received in Greece officially

09 November 2006 [23:48] - TODAY.AZ
The Foreign Minister of so-called "NKR" Georgi Petrosyan visited Greece to participate in the ceremony held on the occasion of 10th anniversary recognition of Armenian "genocide" by Greek Parliament.

Greece Parliament vie-speaker Georgios Surlas received him together with Vaan Ovannisian, the deputy chairman of Armenian parliament. They thanked Greek Parliament for recognition of Armenian "genocide" happened in 1915. Surlas stressed that Ottoman Empire pursued policy on ethnic cleansing of Armenians and Greeks. The sides also touched on the Nagorno Karabakh problem and expand of Armenian-Greece relations, APA reports quoting to Regnum agency.

The chief of Foreign Ministry Press and Information Policy Department Tahir Taghizadeh said that Azerbaijani embassy will investigate the case and appropriate measures will be taken.

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