ARKA News Agency
Sept 15 2004
Guilty of failure of Armenian team at summer Olympics in Athens must
be called to account
Ambassador of Great Britain to Armenia to visit Gyumri on September
20
Kilikia Armenian vessel arrives in Lebanon
Issues of strengthening inter-parliamentary ties discussed by
Armenian Speaker and vice-Speaker of Italian Senate
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CIS discuss in Astana the issues
of activating the co-operation and business relations
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GUILTY OF FAILURE OF ARMENIAN TEAM AT SUMMER OLYMPICS IN ATHENS MUST
BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT
YEREVAN, September 15. /ARKA/. Guilty of failure of Armenian team at
summer Olympics in Athens must be called to account, RA Minister of
Regional Administration and Infrastructure Coordniation Hovik
Abrahamian stated today. At this he added that the Government does
not plan to rush in this issue and will study the situation in
details, after which publicity will know on made decision. “We will
by all means discuss this issue and make serious decision”, he added.
Armenian team consisting of 18 sportsmen could not win any medals at
the Olympics in Athens. L.D. –0–
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AMBASSADOR OF GREAT BRITAIN TO ARMENIA TO VISIT GYUMRI ON SEPTEMBER
20
YEREVAN, September, 15. /ARKA/. Thorda Abbott-Watt, the Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
to Armenia will visit Gyumri on September 20. According to the Public
Relations Department of the Embassy, the purpose of her visit is to
call on the Lord Byron School, where she will meet the director, Mr
Harutyunian, and some of the school children. In frames of the visit,
presentation will be given on the Embassy website to the Lord Byron
School, introducing pupils to the activities of the Embassy and the
vast amount of information that is available through the website. “We
hope that this will not only enhance their knowledge of English but
will also help them to find sources of useful information which will
help them in their studies”, says the press release.
Also, a seminar for Shirak business representatives will be held on
‘How to find a business partner in the UK’ and the
website will be presented, which provides a free internet service
funded by the British Government to help businessmen to find products
and services from UK companies
The Lord Byron School was built with money provided by the British
Government following the 1988 earthquake. L.V.–0–
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KILIKIA ARMENIAN VESSEL ARRIVES IN LEBANON
YEREVAN, September, 15. /ARKA/. Kilikia Armenian vessel arrived in
Beirut. According to the Press Service Department of RA Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, officials of Lebanon, in particular Ministers,
Deputies, spiritual leaders, ambassadors, representatives of Armenian
parties and organizations of Lebanon greeted the vessel in the port.
In frames of the welcoming ceremony, the participants were presented
a short excursus of the history vessel construction, as well as the
aim of the voyage.
Kilikia Armenian vessel, constructed by the analogy of Kilikian trade
vessels of 13th century by the members of Hayas marine researches
club. For first time in the last 800 years, starting from 13th
century a ship with Armenian flag put out in the sea. The ship
started from Batumi, and then headed for
Sochi-Kaffu-Burgas-Istambul-Athens-Ayas-Beirut-Haifa-Alexandria-Iraklion-Dubrovnik-Venice-Messina-La-Valetta-Tunis-Rome.
Then the ship will leave for
Genoa-Marseilles-Bacelona-Kartagena-Gadiz-Lisb on-port La
Corunia-San-Sebastian-La-Rochel-Brest-Kork-Dubl in-Portsmoth-Amsterdame.
This was the route of Kilikian merchants who had close trade
relations with the mentioned ports in the 13th century. L.V.–0–
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ISSUES OF STRENGTHENING INTER-PARLIAMENTARY TIES DISCUSSED BY
ARMENIAN SPEAKER AND VICE-SPEAKER OF ITALIAN SENATE
YEREVAN, September 15. /ARKA/. Arthur Baghdasaryan, Armenian Speaker
received members of Italian parliamentary delegation headed by
Lamberto Dini, Deputy Chairman of Italian Senate. As Armenian
Parliament Public Relations Department told ARKA, during the meeting
the sides mentioned importance of strengthening inter-parliamentary
ties, exchange of legal experience, particularly around electoral
code, activity of local self-governance bodies, small and
medium-sized business development. The side stressed cooperation of
regions that can create new opportunities for development of small
business and increasing foreign investments in Armenia. Baghdasaryan
and Dini touched upon the issue of construction of Italian House in
Armenia that would promote deepening of scientific-cultural and
trade-economic issues, pointing out to development of
Armenian-Italian relations in all spheres. The sides exchanged
invitations for response visits. T.M. -0–
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THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CIS DISCUSS IN ASTANA THE ISSUES
OF ACTIVATING THE CO-OPERATION AND BUSINESS RELATIONS
YEREVAN, September 15. /ARKA/. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
CIS discussed in Astana the issues of activating the co-operation and
business relations. According to RA MFA Press Service Department, in
regard with this, the Board of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs
approved some documents submitted to them, namely, the decision on
further development of co-operation among CIS in opposing the threats
to stability and safety in the light of documents signed in the
frames of CIS, OSCE and UN, as well as intergovernmental program on
using joint finances for combating organized crime in 2005-2007, the
appeals of the Presidents of CIS to the peoples of CIS on the
occasion of the 60th anniversary of the victory in WWII. In the
course of the meeting, concepts of interregional co-operation among
CIS as well as documents of organizational character in the area of
education and information were approved.
To remind, the session of the Board of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
of CIS is held in the frames of the meeting of the Presidents of CIS
in Astana. Vartan Oskanian, the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs
participates in the session. A.H. –0–
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