Detainment Of Shareholder Of “Royal Armenia” And The Deputy Director

DETAINMENT OF SHAREHOLDER OF “ROYAL ARMENIA” AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF THAT COMPANY WAS ORDERED AND ARRANGED BY CUSTOMS COMMITTEE

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 17 2005

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 17. ARMINFO. “The detainment of a shareholder of
“Royal Armenia” LTD and the Deputy Director of that company was ordered
and arranged by the Customs Committee,” reported the lawyer of the
“Royal Armenia” company, Gevork Minasian.

The Head of the Customs Committee Armen Avetisian reported to the
President of RA about contraband at the amount of 1,5 billion AMD.

But Mr. Minasian stated that the 1,5 billion AMD is nothing else
but the amount of the customs values, disputed at the court. “If the
customs values are nullified by the court, the Head of the Customs
Committee will seem to have deceived the President. And that is why
the Customs Committee arranged the detainment of Mr. Hakobian and Mr.

Kazarian,” he added. “The Customs Committee tries its best to prevent
me from appearing before the court and thus to gain time,” said the
representative of the “Royal Armenia” company.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS