ARKA News Agency
April 8 2004

Armenian opposition is not trustworthy – Rector of State Institute of
Theater and Cinema

Armenian intelligentsia calls to authorities and opposition to a
dialogue

The Secretary General of OACS is arriving in Armenia today with a
three-day official visit

The NKR Minister of Defense: the situation on the border line in NKR
is stable

OSCE Office in Yerevan condemns the attacks on the reporters during
the meeting of the opposition on April 5 in Yerevan

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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY – RECTOR OF STATE INSTITUTE OF
THEATER AND CINEMA

YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. Armenian opposition is not trustworthy,
Rector of State Institute of Theater and Cinema Sos Sargsian stated
during the discussion organized by Dashnaktsutyun party. `Acting
president must remain at power, because opposition is not solid, does
not have joint ideology and program’, he said. Sargsian urged
Dashnaktsutyun party to become a mediator between authorities and
opposition for achievement of agreement and decrease of tension. L.D.
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ARMENIAN INTELLIGENTSIA CALLS TO AUTHORITIES AND OPPOSITION TO A
DIALOGUE

YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. ARF Dashnaktsutyun initiated today a
meeting `Public Harmony and Collision’ with participation of
representatives of intelligentsia. According to RA NA Speaker, the
Member of ARF D Supreme Body Vahan Hovhannisian, `we will try to
create bridges between political powers and intelligentsia and to
create the atmosphere that will stop tension in created situation’.
Representatives of intelligentsia in their turn called to authorities
and opposition to a dialogue. According to the Director of the Center
of Aesthetic Education of Armenia Genrich Igitian there is no other
alternative to dialogue. `We have to first of all think about future
of the country. We must not break our home from the inside’, he said.
Rector of State Institute of Theater and Cinema Sos Sargsian added
that `if Armenian fights against Armenian, it is the first sign of
losing the State system’. L.D. –0–

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THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF OACS IS ARRIVING IN ARMENIA TODAY WITH A
THREE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT

YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. The Secretary General of the Organization
for Agreement on Collective Security (OACS) Nikolai Bordiuzha is
arriving in Armenia today with a three-day official visit. According
to the RA MFA Press Service Department, meetings with the RA
President, RA NA Chairman, the RA Ministers of Defense and Foreign
Affairs, and the Director of National Security Service and the Head
of police are planned. A.H. -0–

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THE NKR MINISTER OF DEFENSE: THE SITUATION ON THE BORDER LINE IN NKR
IS STABLE

STEPANAKERT, April 8. /ARKA/. The situation on the border line in NKR
is stable, as Seiran Ohanian, the NKR Minister of Defense,
General-Lieutenant stated, according to ARKA reporter in Stepanakert.
Speaking of the present situation in the Army, the minister noted
that it has entered a new stage of development. He emphasized that
`constructions of ñîåðøåíñòóþòñÿ frontier, strengthening and
defensive, engineering importance are improved day by day, and the
level of readiness for military action of the army, technical
equipment of the army is high’. `The NKR Army of defense commits its
duties of motherland defenders well. The army keeps the situation
under control. The concepts of motherland and army are connected with
the frontier, where an Armenia soldier serves, and he is ready to
defend his motherland from any encroachments’, said Ohanian.
One of these days the NKR Ministry of Defense has invited a group of
reporters from Armenia to get acquainted with the life and
conditions, under which soldiers of defensive army serve. 27
reporters, who represented 10 TV companies, at the head of the RA
Minister of Defense Press Secretary Seiran Shakhsouvaryan visited
different military units and the frontiers units of NKR Army and got
acquainted with the life conditions of the Army on the spot. A.H.–
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OSCE OFFICE IN YEREVAN CONDEMNS THE ATTACKS ON THE REPORTERS DURING
THE MEETING OF THE OPPOSITION ON APRIL 5 IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, April 8. /ARKA/. Valeri Priakhin, the Head of OSCE Office in
Yerevan condemned the attacks on the reporters during the meeting of
the opposition on April 5 in Yerevan. According to OSCE Yerevan
Office Press Service Department, Priakhin noted that any attack on a
reporter must be condemned, and the organizers of such activities
should be punished and legal proceedings should be instituted against
them. `I hope that the RA Government will keep its promise to take
certain measures against all this’, said Priakhin. He also expressed
profound anxiety about the arrests of the member of the political
council of Respublika opposition party, the Press-Secretary of the
party Souren Sourenyants. `OSCE Yerevan Office will carefully follow
the further events’, said Priakhin.
On April 5 during the meeting some of National Unity opposition party
TV cameras of some local TV companies were broken as well as photo
cameras of the reporters. The General Office of Public Prosecutor
instituted legal proceedings against Sourenyants in the morning of
the same day. He is accused of public appeals to change the
constitutional order by force, and offences addressed to the
Government. A.H. –0–