ARKA News Agency
March 4 2005

Delegation of Latvian Seym to visit Armenia

RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan received the Chief Deputy
Commander of the North -Caucasus Military Unit

Coordinated actions will help to enhance efficiency of CIS
structures: Vladimir Rushailo

CIS observer mission needs reforming: Vladimir Rushailo

Informal Summit of the Presidents of the CIS states to be held in
Moscow on May 8

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DELEGATION OF LATVIAN SEYM TO VISIT ARMENIA

YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/. A delegation of the Latvian Seym headed by
Speaker Ingrida Udre is to pay an official visit to Armenia on March
7. The Public Relations Department, Ra National Assembly, reports
that the same day the Latvian delegation are to hold a meeting with
Speaker of the RA Parliament Artur Baghdasaryan, Vice-Speaker,
Chairman of the Interim Commission for European Integration Tigran
Torosyan, members of the `Armenia-Latvia’ deputy group. The
delegation is also scheduled to hold meetings with RA President
Robert Kocharian, RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Catholicos of
All Armenians Garegin II. The delegation members are to lay wreathes
to the Memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire
in 1915. P. T. -0–

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RA MINISTER OF DEFENSE SERGE SARGSYAN RECEIVED THE CHIEF DEPUTY
COMMANDER OF THE NORTH -CAUCASUS MILITARY UNIT

YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/. RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan
received the Chief Deputy Commander, Head of the Headquarter of
Troops of the North -Caucasus Military Unit, General -Lieutenant
Alexander Postnikov- Streltsov, as stated the RA Ministry of Defense
Secretary, Colonel Seiran Shakhsuvaryan. In the course of the
meeting, Postnikov- Streltsov introduced the newly appointed
commander of the Group of Russian Troops in Transcaucasia (GRTT),
General-Mayor Alexander Bespalov to the Minister. Sargsyan expressed
his gratitude to the ex-Commander of GRTT Alexander Studenkin for his
good service and wished him further success. In the course of the
meting the parties discussed the current Armenian-Russian military
relations and touched upon the issue of introducing military duty,
battle readiness of forces, as well as the issue of providing
officers with housing. Sargsyan emphasized that `out relations
develop dynamically and well’.
According to the press-release, in the framework of the arrangements
devoted to the 60th anniversary Sargsyan, Vladimir Rushailo, the
Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, who is in Armenia, and
veterans accompanying them put wreaths on the Grave of the Unknown
Warrior. During the meeting organized in RA MFA Rushailo awarded
veterans gratifying letters and books. A.H. – 0 –

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COORDINATED ACTIONS WILL HELP TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY OF CIS
STRUCTURES: VLADIMIR RUSHAILO

YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/. Coordinated actions will help to enhance
the efficiency of the CIS structures’ activities, Chairman of the CIS
Executive Committee Vladimir Rushailo told a press conference in
Yerevan. He pointed out that in spite of the available contractual
basis, the CIS countries have some problems with the execution of
previously made decisions. `The CIS was formed ten years ago and the
legal acts adopted at that time require revision. In this connection,
the contractual basis is being inventoried, experts are revealing the
most interesting points from the viewpoint of amendments aimed at
enhancing efficiency,’ Rushailo said. He also reported that the
experience of the EU and other structures is being studied. According
to him, the most interesting is the experience of Latin American
structures, especially in the economic sphere. `It is rather
difficult to mechanically apply any schemes to the CIS for a number
of reasons, so certain fragments which have positively been practiced
by other international organizations should be adopted and applied to
the CIS,’ Rushailo said, adding that the CIS leaders have the final
say. P.T. -0–

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CIS OBSERVER MISSION NEEDS REFORMING: VLADIMIR RUSHAILO

YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/. The CIS observer mission needs reforms and
closer cooperation with other international organizations, Chairman
of the CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Rushailo told a press
conference in Yerevan. According to him, the activities as a member
of the CIS observer mission in elections in the CIS countries is an
importance directions of humanitarian cooperation. `This work
requires higher-quality approaches, improved methods, closer
cooperation with other international organizations. We have followed
this way since September 2004 and have held seven meetings with the
OSCE mission leaders on election days in the CIS countries, during
which we compare the sides’ approaches and viewpoints,’ Rushailo
said.
Responding to journalists’ questions concerning `revolutionary’
sentiments in the CIS countries, Rushailo pointed out that the
situation in the CIS have to some extent been influenced by
techniques elaborated by western European institutes for a long time.
`But the situation should not be dramatized, through there are a
number of signals we must respond to. It appears that we have to
change the quality of our observation of election processes, we must
be better prepared for observing elections and see the processes
going on in the CIS countries,’ Rushailo said. P.T. –0 –

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INFORMAL SUMMIT OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE CIS STATES TO BE HELD IN
MOSCOW ON MAY 8

YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/. On May 8, informal Summit of the Presidents
of the CIS States will be held in Moscow. The Summit will be dated
for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the victory in World
War II (WWII), as stated Vladimir Rushailo, the Chairman of the CIS
Executive Committee, at a press conference in Yerevan. He stated that
in the framework of celebrating the 60th anniversary of the victory
in WWII arrangements are held connected with the implementation of
the program approved by the presidents of the CIS states. He also
stated that in regard with this, meetings with veterans of the war
and men serving in rear will be held in the CIS states, in
particular, in Belarus, Tajikistan and Armenia. A.H. –0 –

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress