Summary of Azeri ANS TV programme “Otan Hafta” at 1600 gmt 22 May 05

ANS TV, Baku
23 May 05

Presenter Qanira Pasayeva

1. 0010 Headlines over video.

2. 0103 Armenia has not changed its position over Karabakh. Report
from Warsaw about Karabakh talks between the Azerbaijani and Armenian
presidents. Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that the
negotiations should continue. Correspondent said that Aliyev had
informed foreign representatives about the conflict and told them
Azerbaijan was ready for compromises. Video showed the meeting between
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Robert
Kocharyan.

3. 0930 Kazakhstan is set to transport oil through the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Video showed the president of the State
Oil Company of Azerbaijan, Natiq Aliyev, in his office saying that an
agreement will be signed with Kazakhstan at the inauguration of the
pipeline.

4. 1557 Police dispersed rally staged by three opposition parties on
21 May. The leader of the People’s Front of Azerbaijan Party, Ali
Karimli, is interviewed in the studio. Karimli accuses the authorities
of violating freedom of assembly. The head of the public-political
department of the Azerbaijani presidential administration, Ali
Hasanov, dismisses Karimli’s statements and says that the opposition
will cause more tragedies and that ordinary people will be the
victims. (To be processed)

6. 3240 ANS correspondent Sevda Hasanova reports from Uzbekistan. She
says Uzbekistan is different from Kyrgyzstan, where the former
president did not use force to disperse protesters. The Uzbek
president used force to stop the protests causing numerous
casualties. Video of the correspondent in Uzbekistan.

7. 4320 Commercials.

8. 5020 The Azerbaijani parliament speaker did not react to the letter
from ANS complaining about MP Calal Aliyev’s insulting remarks in
parliament. ANS correspondents complain that MPs can say anything they
like and make irresponsible remarks and get away with murder.

9. 1:0304 Analytical report on problems with vouchers. Shareholders
cannot receive their stakes. Video showed enterprises and shareholders
complaining.

10. 1:1020 Commercials.

11. 1:1530 Many cannot afford medical treatment due to the high prices
of medicines and medical services. According to the statistics, 68 per
cent of the population do not go to doctors.

12. 1:2310 There is no monument in Azerbaijan to Mammad-Amin
Rasulzada, the founder of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic that
existed in 1918-20.

13. 1:2920 Presenter signs off.