PanArmenian News
July 28 2004
GEORGIA CONSIDERS TWO VARIANTS OF WITH IRANIAN GAS SUPPLY: VIA
ARMENIA OR VIA AZERBAIJAN
THIRD ARMENIAN RUNAWAY TO BAKU SUFFERS FROM MENTAL DISORDER
FIRST ARMENIAN SITE DEDICATED TO STRUGGLE AGAINST SMOKING APPEARED IN
INTERNET
SEVERAL HUNDREDS ARMENIAN REFUGEES FROM AZERBAIJAN TO BE MOVED FROM
ONE OF MOSCOW HOSTELS
ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN PARTICIPATING NATO EXERCISE IN LITHUANIA
ELMAR MAMEDYAROV: ISSUE OF US MILITARY AID TO ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
PURELY POLITICAL
ARMENIAN CENTER TO BE BUILT IN GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
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GEORGIA CONSIDERS TWO VARIANTS OF WITH IRANIAN GAS SUPPLY: VIA
ARMENIA OR VIA AZERBAIJAN
28.07.2004 18:39
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At present two variants of supplying Georgia with
Iranian gas are being considered: via Armenia or via Azerbaijan, as
reported by Iran.ru, an official of Georgian Energy Ministry stated.
According to the source, for the delivery through Azerbaijan $2
million should be spent on the repair of the already existing gas
pipeline. Meanwhile, transit of gas through the Iran-Armenia pipeline
will be cheaper. In the words of the Georgian official, to all
appearances, the delivery of the Iranian gas will start at the
beginning of 2005. At the same time he noted that the delivery is
supposed for emergency cases only, that is in case Russia suspends or
reduces gas supply.
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THIRD ARMENIAN RUNAWAY TO BAKU SUFFERS FROM MENTAL DISORDER
28.07.2004 18:07
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ispir Ghazarian, the Armenian, who arrived in Baku
and yielded himself to the Azeri authorities, suffers from mental
disorder, Regnum IA reports according to reliable sources in Yerevan.
After serving his sentence in 1968 and 1975, he had persecution
mania. He wrote letters to Bush, Pope, Margaret Tatcher and
Gorbachev. 65-year-old Ghazarian many times underwent treatment in
Armenian mental hospitals. In 1994 he arrived to Baku via Tbilisi
wishing to move to the US. According to the source, during the
examination the members of the International Red Cross stated him as
mentally ill and brought him to Sadakhlo, to the Georgian-Armenian
border for his future transportation to Armenia. To note, Ghazarian
is the third to have tried to move to third countries through
Azerbaijan. Roman Terzian and Arthur Apresian, who are kept in a cell
of the Azeri ministry of national security at present, arrived in
Baku in April.
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FIRST ARMENIAN SITE DEDICATED TO STRUGGLE AGAINST SMOKING APPEARED IN
INTERNET
28.07.2004 14:21
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On Internet users can
view the first Armenian site dedicated to struggle against smoking.
Created by the efforts of the International Center of Human
Development the site maintains information on the problem of smoking
in Armenia, statistics and researches as well as recommendations to
those, who decided to give up smoking.
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SEVERAL HUNDREDS ARMENIAN REFUGEES FROM AZERBAIJAN TO BE MOVED FROM
ONE OF MOSCOW HOSTELS
28.07.2004 14:01
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Several hundreds of Armenian refugees from
Azerbaijan can be evicted from a Moscow hostel in Molodtsov Street.
By Mayor Luzhkov’s decree those residing there since 1989 should
abandon the building till August 1. As reported by Russia TV channel,
the local authorities are going to pull down the old constructions.
Announcements telling that supply of water and electricity will be
stopped since August 1 have been already stuck on the walls.
Meanwhile, uncivil measures are being applied against the residents
of the hostel. Witnesses tell that representatives of the local
authorities entered the rooms, broke and thew into the street the
utensils. According to the source, though being Russian citizens,
many of the Armenian refugees have never validated their documents.
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ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN PARTICIPATING NATO EXERCISE IN LITHUANIA
28.07.2004 13:59
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Rescuer/Merduer 2004 international military-civic
exercise organized within the frames of Patrnership for Peace NATO
program is being conducted in Lithuania at present. 320 servicemen
from 12 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, US,
Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Estonia, Romania and Poland are
taking part in it. As reported by RIA Novosti, the exercise
participantns have been training to eliminate various crisis
situations being imitated at the gound of Kayryay (near the town of
Klaipeda) since July 26. An imitated terrorst act will be the final
part of the maneuvers planned for July 30. The idea is that a
passenger train will crash into a car loaded with poisonous chemical
agents.
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ELMAR MAMEDYAROV: ISSUE OF US MILITARY AID TO ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
PURELY POLITICAL
28.07.2004 13:57
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The issue of rendering the US military aid to
Armenia and Azerbaijan if purely political, Azeri Foreign Minister
Elmar Mamedyarov told Zerkalo Baku newspaper. To remind, despite the
US Administration called for $8 million to Azerbaijan and $2 million
to Armenia, the US House of Representatives voted for parity in the
assistance amounting in $5 million to each country. In Mamedyarov’s
words, taking into account that Azerbaijan being US coalition partner
sends its troops to Iraq while Armenia does nothing, equalization
means a political evaluation of the issue only. Azerbaijani FM noted
that in the course of the meetings with the US political leadership
during his recent visit to Washington he expressed his
dissatisfaction in this view. During the discussions we stated that
the White House should insist on restoring the primary proportions of
the aid, he said.
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ARMENIAN CENTER TO BE BUILT IN GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
28.07.2004 18:49
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Center will be built in Glendale,
California, where over 100 000 Armenians live. As reported by Araj
newspaper published in Paris, a number of youth, sports and public
organizations are to function there. Over $300 000 was collected for
the construction, at that $250 000 of the total sum was donated by
Doctor Albert Karamanukian.