Author: Chakrian Hovsep

ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT CONGRATULATED WOMEN WITH 8TH OF MARCH

Regnum, Russia
March 8 2006

President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan congratulated women of Armenia
with International Women Say of March 8. As a REGNUM correspondent has
been informed in press office of the Armenian president, statement of
Kocharyan says that women played serious part in Armenian prosperity,
because they understand importance of peaceful and stability. He
especially congratulated all mothers, because they keep all traditions,
and form new generations.

Speaker of the Parliament Artur Bagdasaryan and Prime Minister
Andranik Margaryan also congratulated women with the holiday. They
wished health women, happiness, love and family warmth.

Head of Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos of All Armenian,
Garegin II blessed and congratulated all women.

“TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN IS NOT SUBJECT OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARMENIA,” ALIYEV
Author: S.Agayeva

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
March 9 2006

“The territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is not subject of the peace
negotiations with Armenia on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict,” Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani President, said at the
Japanese International Relations Institute in Tokyo, Trend reports
referring to Azertaj.

According to Aliyev, the subject of the negotiations is liberation of
the occupied territories, repatriation of the victims of the ethnic
clearance and aggression, granting Nagorno-Karabakh with high status
of autonomy within Azerbaijan.

“All these must meet norms and principles of international law. We
hope for peaceful settlement of the conflict. International community
must play more active part in the solution of the conflict, which is
the largest hindrance for development of the region on the whole,”
the President stressed.

Touching upon development of oil and gas sphere, Aliyev noted that
Azerbaijan can play the role of energy source for Europe, experiencing
gas crisis and looking for alternative sources. He stated that
pipelines were being constructed to take Azerbaijani gas and oil to
the world markets.

ARMENIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE CEASE-FIRE VIOLATION IN GAZAKH

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 9 2006

Armenian side keeps on breaking the cease-fire. Azerbaijani Defense
Ministry press service told APA that Armenian Armed Forces fired on the
Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ opposite positions from their positions near
Mezemli village, Gazakh, at 18.25 on March 7 and again they fired on
Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ positions in Gizil Hajili village, Gazakh,
from their positions in Berkaber village, Ijevan at 2.20p.m, March 8.

On March 8, they also fired on Azerbaijani Armed forces’ positions in
Jafarli village, Kazakh, from their positions near Mount Sarakpikash
in Ijevan from 10.40a.m to 10.45a.m.

The enemy forces fired on Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ positions in
Baganis Ayris village in Kazakh region from their opposite positions
at 12.26 p.m, they fired on Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ positions in
Kemerli village, Gazakh, from their positions in Berdavan village,
Noyemberan at 18.50.

They fired on Azerbaijani Armed forces’ positions in Gizil Hajili and
Ashagi Askipara village in Kazakh from their positions near Berkaber
village, Ijevan at 2.09pm.

The enemy was silenced by the counter-fire, no loss.

Florida Today, FL
March 11 2006

Army colonel to be laid to rest

BY RICK NEALE
FLORIDA TODAY

MELBOURNE – A decorated U.S. Army intelligence officer whose portrait
hangs in the Hawaii Army Museum Gallery of Heroes will be
memorialized during a funeral this morning in Melbourne.

Col. John Kizirian, 77, died Feb. 26 after a brief illness at Holmes
Regional Medical Center. He fought nine battle campaigns in Korea and
Vietnam, earning dozens of medals and accolades for battlefield
bravery and behind-the-scenes brainpower far from the theater of
operation, family members said.

Kizirian spoke fluent Armenian — his parents were immigrants — plus
Persian, Indonesian, Spanish and English.

He was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for “extraordinary
heroism and devotion to duty” during a prolonged May 1967 firefight
against Viet Cong forces, according to information provided by museum
curator Judy Bowman.

Family members say he helped predict the Tet Offensive, the
wide-ranging 1968 attack by North Vietnamese forces, by reporting the
massing of enemy troops in the vicinity.

“My three brothers were looking through this, and they were crying
because of all the lives that Jonathan saved,” said his wife, Carol
Kizirian, fighting back tears and flipping through a thick file
folder of military photographs and documents. “I didn’t even know. He
was very modest, and he didn’t talk about those things.”

The funeral service takes place at 11 a.m. today at St. Paul’s
Anglican Church, 7200 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. He will be buried
March 24 in Arlington National Cemetery, Carol said.

Kizirian’s niece, Lesley Kissick of Montara, Calif., believes he
should receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Last August, she
wrote a letter to U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Indialantic, asking for
legislative help on her uncle’s behalf.

“I really wish it would have happened when he was alive,” Kissick
said of the accolade. “But posthumously is OK.”

Weldon’s press secretary, Jaillene Hunter, said family members must
first sign a privacy waiver before background research can begin.
Kissick said she will contact Weldon’s office to do so.

Kizirian grew up in Whitinsville, Mass., where he became the tiny
city’s first-ever Eagle Scout. He quit high school during his junior
year and joined the military at age 17, right at the tail end of
World War II, according to a transcript of a 1993 interview provided
by his wife.

He retired from the Army in 1975 but returned to active duty in 1980,
serving as a defense official in the U.S. Embassy in
Jakarta-Indonesia. He retired for good in 1984. Then-Secretary of
Defense Alexander Haig later offered Kizirian a high-level defense
department job, but he declined the post so that he could care for
his ailing wife, Edith, his obituary states.

After Edith’s death, Kizirian moved from Hawaii to Melbourne seven
years ago. He asked Carol to the movies, they dated and then married
in May 2001, she said.

Kizirian commanded authority, even when socializing at the Eau Gallie
Yacht Club. Carol recalled how, when necessary, he spoke in “his
booming colonel voice that would scare the beejeebies out of anyone.”

But she also said he had a tender, loving side. An avid boater, he
enjoyed flying, storytelling and collecting ornate objects from
around the world.

Photo: Hero. In this 2000 family photo, Col. John Kizirian stands
next to his own portrait in the Hawaii Army Museum Gallery of Heroes.
Kizirian fought nine battle campaigns in Korea and Vietnam, earning
dozens of medals. For FLORIDA TODAY

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PanARMENIAN.Net

United Javakhk Censures New Tide of Violence against
Armenian Population in Georgia

12.03.2006 00:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ United Javakhk is outraged and
censures the new tide of violence on national ground
in Gugark region (Kvemo-Kartli) of Georgia, says a
statement of United Javakhk Alliance. The document
also notes, `March 9 evening 15 Georgian extremists
attacked residents of Ghushchii village, brutally
killing Gevorg Gevorgyan, 23, while two other
residents of the village were severely wounded and
thus hospitalized. Those attacking fled due to
idleness and permissiveness of law-enforcement bodies.
Instead of urgent measures to arrest those guilty
regional leadership ordered special destination forces
to block all roads, connecting the town with
neighboring Armenian villages. By force actions the
regional authorities tried to suppress the will of the
Armenian population.

United Javakhk Alliance condolences with the widow and
relatives of deceased G. Gevorgyan and draws the
attention of all political and public forces to the
circumstance that unceasing acts of violence and
murder on national ground are a direct consequence of
Georgian leaders’ course for artificial change of the
historically formed ethnic composition of the region.
Large-scale settlement of Georgians in territories
populated by Armenians upsets the ethnic balance in
the region and provokes artificial growth of ethnic
tension, thus forming a center for ethnopolitical
destabilization in the region.

United Javakhk Alliance urges Armenian population in
the region to reserve and composure, as well as
demands that law-enforcement and judicial bodies of
Georgia be guided by the law, irrespective of the
national identity of those, who attacked, and the
victims. It also calls to hold an impartial
investigation of all circumstances of the crime and
make a fair verdict.’

OSCE MINSK GROUP U.S. CO-CHAIR ARRIVED IN ARMENIA

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Daniel Fried, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs, visited Armenia on October 18 as part of regional
travel that included stops in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Joining
Assistant Secretary Fried’s delegation was U.S. Special Negotiator
for Nagorno-Karabakh and Eurasian Conflicts, Ambassador Steven Mann.

During these meetings, Ambassador Fried and Ambassador Mann discussed
a number of issues, including U.S.-Armenian relations, democratic
reforms in Armenia, U.S.-Armenian defense cooperation, U.S. Government
Assistance programs in Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans hosted special roundtable
meetings on the topics of “Constitutional Reform and Armenia’s
Political Outlook” and “Preparing Civil Society for a Post-conflict
reality.” Commenting on the visit, Ambassador Evans said, “The
Assistant Secretary’s visit reinforces the high-level of interest that
the U.S. Government has in helping build peace and prosperity in the
South Caucasus. The visit comes at an opportune moment as Armenia
prepares for an historic referendum on its constitution and begins
planning now for free and fair elections in 2007 and 2008.”

This trip was Ambassador Fried’s first visit to Armenia since his
appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian
Affairs in May 2005.

SINGAPORE AND ARMENIA DISCUSS KARABAKH ISSUE

Journal of Turkish Weekly
Oct 16 2005

Melek TUZCAN, JTW (SINGAPORE) – Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanyan who is Asia on official visit met the Foreign Minister of
Singapore Mr. George Yeo. During the meeting both sides discussed the
possible development of bilateral relations and the regional problems.

Oskanyan represented the present state of negotiations of the Karabakh
conflict and Armenian perspectives.

Armenian forces have been occupying a large Azerbaijani territory
including the Karabakh region for more than a decade. The European
Union and OSCE named Armenia as occupier in Karabakh and urged Yerevan
to withdraw its forces. Armenia does not recognise neighboring Turkey’s
and Azerbaijan’s national borders.

ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
October 14, 2005 Friday

Azerbaijan still committed to peaceful Karabakh settlement – pres

By Sevindzh Abdullayeva, Viktor Shulman

BAKU

Azerbaijan’s President Ilkham Aliyev said his country remains
committed to a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
as the potential of negotiations has not been exhausted.

However, “despite all efforts, the talks remain uneventful,” Aliyev
said Friday as he addressed the participants in the fourth forum of
young people.

Azerbaijan can only claim certain diplomat success, because one can
feel positive changes in the positions on the problem held by
different international organizations. “But this success has no
significance if there are no results,” the president said.

“As long as the opportunities of the negotiating process have not
been exhausted, we’ll be committed to a peaceful way of settling the
conflict, but our patience is not endless,” Aliyev said, adding that
the “current situation cannot keep forever.”

“I’m sure that if we wish a just solution of the problem, we must pay
special attention to army construction,” Aliyev said.

He noted that this thesis was among the priorities during his
election campaign in 2003.

Azerbaijan’s defense spending in 2004 made up 170 million dollars and
is expected to reach 600 million dollars in 2006.

“We’ll make sure that Azerbaijan’s defense budget will be as big as
the entire budget of Armenia,” the president said.

Azerbaijan will create a power army, and the occupied territories of
the country will certainly be liberated, he stated.

OSKANIAN TO VISIT SINGAPORE TODAY

AZG Armenian Daily #184
13/10/2005

Vartan Oskanian, foreign minister of Armenia, left yesterday Australia
for Indonesian capital of Jakarta where he met vice-president and
foreign minister of the country. This was the first ever visit of a
high-ranking Armenian official to Indonesia.

The sides discussed the ways of fostering bilateral relations and
concrete projects in the sphere of economy. The foreign ministers
exchanged information about Banda Ache and Nagorno Karabakh conflicts.

The visit was an opportunity for the sides to get to know each other’s
potentials and problems. Today Vartan Oskanian will head for Singapore.

COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN RA AND NKR JUDICIAL SYSTEMS IN STEPANAKERT

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 10 2005

STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Issues relating
to further strengthening of ties among NKR and Armenia’s corresponding
bodies in improvement of the juducial-legal system of Nagorno Karabakh
as well as in that sphere were discussed at the October 8 meeting of
NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian with a delegation of the RA Cassations,
Appeal, Economic Courts.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the NKR President’s Information
Department, Hovhannes Manukian, the head of the delegation, the
Chairman of the RA Court of Cassations, informed the NKR President
that an agreement on cooperation was signed in Stepanakert receintly
by which the effective mutual cooperation having continued between
the judicial systems of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh for already
few years got a legal basis. According to Manukian, exchange of
professional information, providing legal and colsultative assistance
as well as assistance to the NKR judicial system in the issues of
training and re-training legal personal, incerasing qualification
of representatives of the judicial corps are envisaged within the
framework of the agreement.

Arkadi Ghukasian expressed a hope that the cooperaion between the
judicial bodies of the two Armenian republics will be bilaterally
useful and effective and of active and long-lasting character.