Author: Chavushian

Space TV, Baku, in Azeri
9 Mar 04

Detained Azeri officer tells father Armenians “repeatedly insulted”
him

[Presenter in studio] [Azerbaijani officer suspected of killing
Armenian colleague at a NATO course in Budapest] Ramil Safarov’s
father has met his son. During the meeting, Ramil Safarov said he
killed his Armenian colleague because he was repeatedly insulted.

Ramil Safarov added that as an Azerbaijani whose lands are under
Armenian occupation, he could not have produced the impression of a
helpless man in the eyes of an Armenian officer.

He decided to appeal to the Azerbaijani nation in this regard.

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan, in Armenian
9 Mar 04

Armenia, Iran to develop agricultural cooperation

[Presenter over video of meeting] A delegation of Iran’s Ardabil
Province, which is paying a three-day visit to Armenia, will discuss
wide-ranging cooperation with various state and public structures of
our republic.

The delegation led by a deputy governor of Hajaf-Azari Province today
held a working meeting at the Armenian Agriculture Ministry, where
prospects for cooperation in the sphere of agriculture were
discussed. The head of the delegation presented the situation in
Ardabil’s agriculture sphere to the Armenian side. It was mentioned
that several years ago, Iran’s Mugan company implemented a programme
to irrigate 50 hectares of land in Armenia’s Armavir Region. The
sides agreed to sign a memorandum on cooperation during the Armenian
agriculture minister’s visit to Ardabil Province in April.

The Iranian delegation will hold meetings with the leaders of
Armenia’s business circles, with the Armenian co-chairman of the
Armenian-Iranian commission on economic cooperation and with the head
of the Armenian presidential administration, Artashes Tumanyan.