ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Jan 19 2005
Session of Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation between
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh held in Yerevan
Statements of deputy US Secretary General Elizabeth Jones did not
pursue the goal to criticize authorities of Nagorno Karabakh
Administrative court to start functioning in Armenia beginning with
2006
Statement on Nagorno Karabakh of Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant
Secretary of State, shocks Armenian diaspora of America
The policy of the State Department of the USA in respect of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict hasn’t changed
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SESSION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON COOPERATION BETWEEN
ARMENIA AND NAGORNO KARABAKH HELD IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. The session of the Intergovernmental
Commission on Cooperation between Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh was
held in Yerevan today. According to the Public Relations and Press
Department of RA Government, provisions of events program on
long-term cooperation between the two Governments were discussed
during the session. Currently, the program is being developed by the
working groups of the Commission, which will present it to the
corresponding Ministries and Departments of the two countries till
February 5 in order to develop sub-programs for separate spheres. The
RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan emphasized the importance of
further development of Armenian and NKR economic relations and gave
commissions to render professional and methodological assistance to
the working groups for the determination of a more pragmatic and
feasible tasks. L.V.-0–
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STATEMENTS OF DEPUTY US SECRETARY GENERAL ELIZABETH JONES DID NOT
PURSUE THE GOAL TO CRITICIZE AUTHORITIES OF NAGORNO KARABAKH
STEPANAKERT, January 19. /ARKA/. Statements of deputy US Secretary
General Elizabeth Jones did not pursue the goal to criticize
authorities of Nagorno Karabakh, NKR MFA press service told ARKA that
it was stated by assistant of OSCE MG Co-Chairman from USA Elizabeth
Ruth during telephone conversation with NKR Regular Representative to
USA Vardan Barsegian. Ruth said that statements of Jones considered
policy conducted by Russia.
The policy of the State Department of the USA in respect of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict hasn’t changed, according to the statement
of Press Service Department of the US Embassy to RA referring to
official Washington. It’s stated in the press release of the Embassy
that the USA doesn’t recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent
state, and the authority of NKR is not recognized at the
international level, or by the USA. The USA defends the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan and considers that the further status of
Nagorno-Karabakh should be determined by means of the negotiations
process in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group’, according to the press
release, stating that the USA continues its active contribution to
the peaceful settlement of the conflict through OSCE Minsk Group. `We
are encouraged by continuing consistent negotiations held between the
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan’, according to
the press-release.
As statement of the US Embassy to RA referring to official Washington
states that according to the comments in Moscow Times, the Deputy US
Secretary General Elizabeth Johns puts emphasis on the necessity of
joint cooperation between the USA and Russia regarding the issue of
the law priority and increasing transparency in the settlement of
conflicts in conflict regions. `We realize that each conflict has its
own and specific circumstances’, according to the press-release.
To remind, according to Mass Media, Elizabeth Jones stated in her
interview to journalists in the course of the video- conference with
Moscow on January 13 that US President Jorge Bush is alarmed by the
lack of enough efforts on the part of Russia to settle
Pridnestrovski, North Ossetian, Abkhazian and Karabakh conflicts.
`These four conflicts will be discussed at the meeting of Bush with
Putin in the capital of Slovakia. It’s in the interests of Russia
that the situation in Pridnestrovie, North Ossetia, Abkhazia and
Nagorno-Karabakh be stable, corruption be combated, and criminal
elements be eliminated in the echelons of power’, she noted. L.D.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COURT TO START FUNCTIONING IN ARMENIA BEGINNING WITH
2006
YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharian held a
working meeting with RA Minister of Justice David Harutunyan.
According to the OPress service of RA President, in the context of
judicial-legal system, Kocharian attached importance to the
establishment of administrative courts and work on development of
legislative packages. The system of administrative courts, widely
applied in world practice, will allow protecting the interests of
citizens and legal entities in disputes with the official structures
through specialized courts. It is supposed, that administrative
courts should start functioning in Armenia already beginning with
2006.
During the meeting, the Justice Minister presented to the RA
President other directions of work scheduled for 2005. In particular,
he laid stress on the successful implementation of the second stage
of judicial-legal reforms and considerable improvement of services
for compulsory fulfillment of judicial and criminal-executive acts.
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STATEMENT ON NAGORNO KARABAKH OF ELIZABETH JONES, US ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF STATE, SHOCKS ARMENIAN DIASPORA OF AMERICA
YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. Armenian Diaspora of America is shocked
by the statement on Nagorno Karabakh of Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant
Secretary of State. According to the Armenian National Committee of
America (ANCA), `these remarks undermine the Karabakh peace process’.
`Assistant Secretary Jones’s comments seriously weaken the foundation
of our role – as Americans – as impartial mediators of the Nagorno
Karabagh conflict. Her remarks unfairly attack the right of the
people of Nagorno Karabagh to express themselves democratically
through elections and they also- very significantly – embolden the
growing chorus in the Azerbaijan government that are calling for
renewed aggression against Nagorno Karabagh’, said ANCA Chairman Ken
Hachikian. To remind, Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant Secretary of
State, stated in her interview to journalists during the video-
conference with Moscow on January 13 that US President George Bush is
concerned with lack of sufficient efforts on behalf of Russia to
settle the conflicts of Pridnestrovje, North Ossetia, Abkhazia and
Karabakh. `These four conflicts will be addressed in the Bush-Putin
meeting in the capital of Slovakia It is in Russia’s interest for
these areas, for Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia,
Nagorno-Karabakh, for these areas to be stable, for corruption to end
there, for the criminal secessionists who rule there to be removed.
‘, noted Jones. It is known that Karabakh conflict will become one of
the issues that the Presidents of the USA and Russia are going to
discuss in the meeting in February in Bratislava, the capital of
Slovakia. L.V. –0–
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THE POLICY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE USA IN RESPECT OF
NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT HASN’T CHANGED
YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. The policy of the State Department of
the USA in respect of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict hasn’t changed,
according to the statement of Press Service Department of the US
Embassy to RA referring to official Washington. It’s stated in the
press release of the Embassy that the USA doesn’t recognize
Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state, and the authority of NKR is
not recognized at the international level, or by the USA. The USA
defends the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and considers that
the further status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be determined by means
of the negotiations process in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group’,
according to the press release, stating that the USA continues its
active contribution to the peaceful settlement of the conflict
through OSCE Minsk Group. `We are encouraged by continuing consistent
negotiations held between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
and Azerbaijan’, according to the press-release.
As statement of the US Embassy to RA referring to official Washington
states that according to the comments in Moscow Times, the Deputy US
Secretary General Elizabeth Johns puts emphasis on the necessity of
joint cooperation between the USA and Russia regarding the issue of
the law priority and increasing transparency in the settlement of
conflicts in conflict regions. `We realize that each conflict has its
own and specific circumstances’, according to the press-release.
To remind, according to Mass Media, Elizabeth Johns stated in her
interview to journalists in the course of the video- conference with
Moscow on January 13 that US President Jorge Bush is alarmed by the
lack of enough efforts on the part of Russia to settle
Pridnestrovski, North Ossetian, Abkhazian and Karabakh conflicts.
`These four conflicts will be discussed at the meeting of Bush with
Putin in the capital of Slovakia. It’s in the interests of Russia
that the situation in Pridnestrovie, North Ossetia, Abkhazia and
Nagorno-Karabakh be stable, corruption be combated, and criminal
elements be eliminated in the echelons of power’, she noted.
To note, the Karabakh conflict will become one of the issues that the
Presidents of the USA and Russia are going to discuss at the planned
meeting in February in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. A.H.
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