ARKA News Agency
April 22 2005
RA President discusses programs on Armenian -French economic
cooperation in France
RF State Duma adopts statement on 90th anniversary of Armenian
Genocide
Armenian President, French Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group discuss
Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second received the
ex-president of Poland
Presentation of a collection “Three Attempts of European Integration”
takes place in Yerevan
Vice-speaker of RF State Duma Georgi Boos awarded memorable cross of
Russian-Armenian University
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RA PRESIDENT DISCUSSES PROGRAMS ON ARMENIAN -FRENCH ECONOMIC
COOPERATION IN FRANCE
YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharyan discussed
programs on Armenian -French economic cooperation in France.
According to RA President’s Press Service Department, Kocharyan met
French Prime Minister and Presidents of Credit Agricole Bank and
Alcatel Company. In the course of the meeting, in particular, they
discussed issues of activation of the work of the above-mentioned
companies in Armenia. Also perspectives of cooperation in tourism
industry were considered, in regard with which it was noted that
French experts were ready to make specific offers.
To note, a meeting of Kocharyan with the President of France Jaques
Shirak is planned for this evening. After the meting the Presidents
will visit the memorial to Komitas in the center of Paris and will
put wreaths in memory to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in
Ottoman Turkey. A.H. –0–
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RF STATE DUMA ADOPTS STATEMENT ON 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE
YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. The RF State Duma adopted a statement on
the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The
official website of the RF State Duma reports that the text of the
resolution has been put on the agenda of the RF State Duma at the
proposal of the Duma Committee for CIS Affairs and Ties with
Compatriots. Three hundred and ten parliamentarians voted for the
statement, with no cons or abstentions. According to the document,
“the State Duma expresses its profound condolence to the fraternal
Armenian people.” The statement proposes that the international
community commemorate this sad date.
On April 14, 1995, the RF State Duma adopted a statement condemning
the Armenian Genocide in 1915-1922. In the statement the RA State
Duma condemned the organizers of the Armenian massacre and expressed
its condolences to the Armenian people, considering April 24 as a Day
in memory of the Genocide victims. P.T. -0–
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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT, FRENCH CO-CHAIR OF OSCE MINSK GROUP DISCUSS
NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharyan held a
meeting with French Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard
Facet. The RA presidential press service reports that the sides
discussed the current stage of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
process.
President Robert Kocharyan is on a three-day working visit to Rome.
P.T. -0–
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CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS GAREGIN THE SECOND RECEIVED THE
EX-PRESIDENT OF POLAND
YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the
Second received the ex-President of Poland, Laureate of Nobel Prize
M. Lech Valensa. According to Holly See of Etchmiadzin, in the course
of the meeting Catholicos emphasized that the friendship between the
Polish and Armenian nations formed already in the Middle Ages, when
the first Armenian colony was founded in Poland. The Saint Patriarch
expressed his gratitude to the people of Poland and the authorities
of the country for recognition and condemning the genocide by the
Polish Seim on the threshold of the 90th anniversary of the tragedy.
“By your presence you confirm that genocide has no limitation in
time, territory and nationality and that it’s a crime against
humanity and is worth condemning all the time”, he emphasized.
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PRESENTATION OF A COLLECTION “THREE ATTEMPTS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION”
TAKES PLACE IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. Presentation of a collection “Three
Attempts of European Integration” took place in Yerevan. The
collection is compiled by the Investigative Journalists’ Research
Center “Region” under the project “Caucasus Way to Europe: Three
Attempts of European Integration” with the support of the Delegation
of European Commission in Georgia and Armenia. The book is published
in Russian and English and includes series of interviews with leaders
of political parties of the three countries of South Caucasus
countries (10 interviewed figures from each country), fragments from
discussions during online conferences devoted to the issue of
integration, and analytical articles of three experts from Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Director of the Center Laura Baghdasaryan
noted that in the course of the project an attempt was made to
collect various opinions in the region regarding the European
integration of the South Caucasus countries. According to her, the
choice of the way, though with various accents, unites the three
Transcaucasian countries.
According to the Head of the Yerevan Office of the Delegation of
European Commission in Georgia and Armenia Alexis Loeber, this is the
second project of the European Commission, and “we adhere to
cooperation between the representatives of the three countries”.
“Since closing of the roads between the countries hinders the
immediate communication, then Internet becomes an important link”, he
said. A.H. –0–
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VICE-SPEAKER OF RF STATE DUMA GEORGI BOOS AWARDED MEMORABLE CROSS OF
RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY
YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. Co-chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU), Vice-Speaker of RF
State Duma Georgi Boos was today awarded Memorable Cross of RAU. As
Armen Darbinyan, the rector of RAU stated at the awarding ceremony,
just thanks to efforts of Boos, the construction of the new sports
complex of the University and large-scale construction and repair
work became possible. He also noted that the idea of creation of
Russian-Armenian University itself could have remained undecided
without the support of Georgi Boos.
In his turn, Boos thanked Darbinyan for the trust and expressed hope
that he will be able to contribute to “scientific and cultural center
of Armenia”- RAU in future as well. L.V.–0–
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