ARKA News Agency
Aug 18 2004
RA Foreign Minister receives UNHCR Chief Inspector
Memorial service takes place in St. Echmiadzin on the 10th
anniversary of decease of Vazgen I, the Catholicos of All Armenians
The newly appointed German Ambassador to Armenia presents her
credentials to the RA President
An exhibition -sale of Armenian books printed in Armenia and abroad
takes place in Yerevan
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RA FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES UNHCR CHIEF INSPECTOR
YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian
received Chief Inspector of UN High Commissioner for Refugees on his
visit to RA Tahiar Ali. As RA Foreign Ministry Press Service told
ARKA, the main purpose of the inspection visit is summarizing the
works performed in the region since 1988 towards improving of the
refugee’s state as well as to evaluate the activity of UN High
Commissioner for Refugees.
During the talk, the Minister highly appreciated the activity of the
UNHCR in RA and expressed a hope that in the future this important UN
structure will be more actively involved in all works, related to
refugees performed by RA Government.
The sides also touched upon the issues related to social integration
of refugees into the society. Tahir Ali to leave from RA for Georgia
and then to Azerbaijan. After his regional visits he will submit a
report to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. T.M. -0–
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MEMORIAL SERVICE TAKES PLACE IN ST. ECHMIADZIN ON THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF DECEASE OF VAZGEN I, THE CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS
YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. Today, memorial service on the 10th
anniversary of decease of Vazgen I the Catholicos of All Armenians
took place in Echmiadzin Holy See. According to the Press Service of
Echmiadzin Holy See Chancellery the memorial service was served with
the assistance of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II. In his
speech, the Head of St. Echmiadzin Chancellery, Archbishop Nerses
Pozapalian spoke about the productive life of Vazgen I and emphasized
the efforts of the Armenian Patriarch aimed at the glorification of
Echmiadzin Holy See. As the press release states, the ceremony was
attended by clergymen of high rank and a group of Romanian Armenians.
L.V.–0–
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THE NEWLY APPOINTED GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA PRESENTS HER
CREDENTIALS TO THE RA PRESIDENT
YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. The newly appointed German Ambassador to
Armenia Haike Renate Paitsch presented today her credentials to RA
President Robert Kocharian. According to the Press Service Department
of RA President, during the meeting, the sides expressed satisfaction
concerning the current level of Armenian-German relations and
mentioned that these relations were developing especially dynamically
recently. Paitsch expressed confidence that good bilateral relations
will intensify in future through even closer cooperation. She
conveyed to Robert Kocharian the friendly message of Horst Keller,
the President of Germany.
In his turn, the RA President noted that Armenia attaches special
importance to partnership with Germany. He highly appreciated the
assistance of the German Government in the process of reforms in
Armenia. According to Kocharian, the economic component occupies a
particular place in the agenda of bilateral relations and mentioned
the efficiency of cooperation programs in energy and financial-
technical areas. L.V.–0 –
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AN EXHIBITION -SALE OF ARMENIAN BOOKS PRINTED IN ARMENIA AND ABROAD
TAKES PLACE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. An exhibition -sale of Armenian books
printed in Armenia and abroad takes place in the open air on the
square after Charle Aznavour in Yerevan. The Chairman of the National
Association of Editors of RA Vahagn Khachatryan told reporters that
about 1000 titles of books, 50 publishing houses and printing houses
of the country, like `Arevik’, `Luis’, `Lusabac’, `Anahit’, `Noyan
Tapan’, `Nahapet’ are presented on the exhibition. As he said, the
exhibition presents mainly the books in the field of science, art,
culture, and moral values issued for the last 2-3 years. Also works
of a very famous foreign authors such as Shakespeare, Gabriel Garcia
Markes, Moris Metterlink are exhibited. The books of the writers
representing Diaspora have a separate stand, on which research and
historic materials devoted to the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
Turkey, the Karabakh liberation movement and the Armenians in
Javakhq. Works of both old authors and modern writers representing
Diaspora such as Peter Balakyan are exhibited. Khachatryan stated
that the majority of authors from Diaspora will be exhibited on th
eeother exhibition which will take place on August 30 in the RA
National Library.
According to Khachatryan, the goal of the exhibition is to develop
publishing house, restore the love to reading books, transfer
cultural values to the Armenian nation through books. Khachatryan
noted that recently the quality of the Armenian publications has
improved.
The Exhibition-Sale of Armenian books is held for the second year and
this time it’s held in the frames of the festival `One Nation-One
Culture’. The first Exhibition-Sale was organized last year. The
finances gained from the sale of the books exhibited will go into the
maintenance of publishing -houses in the country. A.H. -0 –