ARKA News Agency
May 3 2005
Armenia participates in 5th all-army sports and athletics meeting of
CIS Armed Forces
RA President comments on the announcement of political forces of
Armenia regarding the criminal incident in Sevan
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan takes part in annual session of
Trustees Council of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
U.S. Government has implemented projects to the sum of over $1,6 bln
during the last decade
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ARMENIA PARTICIPATES IN 5TH ALL-ARMY SPORTS AND ATHLETICS MEETING OF
CIS ARMED FORCES
YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. Armenia has participated in 5th all-army
sports and athletics meeting of the Armed Forces of CIS countries in
St. Petersburg. According to Colonel Seyran Shakhsuvaryan, the Press
Secretary of RA Defense Ministry, the Armenian delegation was
composed of 39 servicemen. The participants from Armenia reached good
results and took the third group place in heavy athletics (one gold
medal and two bronze). In all other types of sport, namely free-style
wrestling, arm wrestling, military four-event and shooting -Armenian
participants have won more than 6 golden and 6 bronze medals.
The sports and athletics meeting was held on the base of Army Sports
Club of St. Petersburg military garrison on April 21-29 and was
dedicated to 60th anniversary of victory in Great Patriotic War. 168
servicemen from Russia, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia and
Tajikistan competed in the event. L.V.-0–
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RA PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF POLITICAL FORCES OF
ARMENIA REGARDING THE CRIMINAL INCIDENT IN SEVAN
YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. The RA President Robert Kocharian commented
on the announcement of Armenian political parties regarding the
criminal incident in Sevan, which took place on April 20, 2005 during
the meeting of Aram Karapetyan, the leader of New Times party with
the residents of Sevan city. In his interview to Public TV of
Armenia, Kocharian said that he agrees with the part of the
announcement, which says that criminal elements must not participate
in political processes. In this particular case, according to
Kocharian, the reason for making this announcement was lame, as the
preliminary investigation showed that the scuffle was caused by the
organizer of the meeting himself and the criminal elements can be
found in his company. According to the President, most of the parties
which signed the announcement were not aware of the situation.
According to the RA President, this incident had a second underlying
theme. He reminded that the incident took place before April 24
(Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day), on the first day of his visit
to France. It gave the impression that the incident “followed a
deliberate aim to spoil something during these days”. According to
him, in case of more grave consequences of the incident, all the
events dedicated to April 24, including the international conference,
dedicated to the Armenian Genocide would have a different coloring
and would be perceived differently, and “our enemies and adversaries
would have tried to actively use that against us”. “Only the persons,
who have a psychology of a traitor could make such steps during this
crucial days for our people”, said Kocharian.
Note, On April 21, the Armenian oppositional and pro-governmental
parties signed an announcement, which stated their deep concern for
the criminal incident which took place during the meeting of Aram
Karapetyan, the leader of New Times party with the population of
Sevan a day ago. As a result, Garegin Petrosyan member of the youth
group of the party, student of Yerevan State University was shot with
a gun and wounded. L.V.-0–
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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN TAKES PART IN ANNUAL SESSION OF
TRUSTEES COUNCIL OF HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND
YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan took part
in annual session of Trustees Council of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
According to Armenian Presidential Press Service, results of the Fund
activity for 2004 as well as programs implemented by the Fund were
discussed at the session. In Kocharyan’s words, growth in donations
made it possible to increase volumes of work. In his opinion,
accountability and fiscal audit quality rose as well. The President
finds all allegations that the Fund exhausted and is left with no
room for further development are groundless. “We have considerable
capacity to expand the work. There are various programs, new ideas
and practical proposals for improvement of the Fund activity”,
Kocharyan said. M.V. -0–
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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN TAKES PART IN ANNUAL SESSION OF
TRUSTEES COUNCIL OF HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND
YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan took part
in annual session of Trustees Council of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
According to Armenian Presidential Press Service, results of the Fund
activity for 2004 as well as programs implemented by the Fund were
discussed at the session. In Kocharyan’s words, growth in donations
made it possible to increase volumes of work. In his opinion,
accountability and fiscal audit quality rose as well. The President
finds all allegations that the Fund exhausted and is left with no
room for further development are groundless. “We have considerable
capacity to expand the work. There are various programs, new ideas
and practical proposals for improvement of the Fund activity”,
Kocharyan said. M.V. -0–
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