Russian university dismisses co-op with school in Azeri rebel region
BAKU – A Russian university has dismissed Armenian media reports about its cooperation with a university illegally operating in the Armenia-occupied Upper (Nagorno) Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
The Azerbaijani embassy in Russia sent an enquiry to the Tolyatti State University (TSU), based in the Samara province, after the media reports claimed that TSU had signed a cooperation agreement with "Mesrop Mashtots University" based in the town of Khankandi, the center of the self-proclaimed Nagorno Karabakh republic.
TSU, led by Mikhail Krishtal, replied that it had not signed and does not plan to sign any agreements with "Mesrop Mashtots University". TSU added that the reports to that end stemmed from a distortion of some expressions used by vice-principal Ararat Abramyan and had no merit.
Nagorno Karabakh is an Azerbaijani region occupied by Armenia since a 1994 cease-fire ended a war that killed an estimated 30,000 people and ousted about one million Azerbaijanis from their homes. Years of peace talks have brought few tangible results.
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