Author: Dabaghian Diana

PATRIARCH OF ARMENIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN STEPANAKERT

Lragir.am
08 July 06

The delegation of the Armenian Catholic Church led by Patriarch Nerses
Peter XIX is in Stepanakert.

On July 8 the members of the Catholic Church will found the Shushi
Museum of Cultural Research and Reconstruction after Jacques
Poghosyan. Before that, a scientific conference and an exposition
devoted to the findings of the research of the historical and cultural
heritage of Shushi were held at Artsakh State University.

TREND, Azerbaijan
July 8 2007

Cooperation of Azerbaijan with NATO was highly assessed

Source: Trend
Author: R.Abdullayev

08.07.2006

On July 7, the two-day international seminar of NATO "Implementation
of Partner Action Plan against terrorism (PAP-T): participation
and contribution of partner-countries to operations of NATO against
terrorism" was completed in Baku. The meeting brought together 50
representatives from 32 countries around the world, Trend reports
with reference to the public relations center of the National Security
Ministry of Azerbaijan.

The minister of national security of Azerbaijan lieutenant-general
Eldar Mahmudov delivered a speech at the conference, noting that the
effective cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan has been continuing
for more than 12 years. Besides, he pointed out that the appearance
of Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev at the final session of NATO
Parliamentary Assembly is the indicator of the strengthening and
expansion of the cooperation of sides.

Mahmudov highly assessed the Individual Cooperation Action Plan of
Azerbaijan and NATO, which was confirmed according to the order of
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev dated August 3, 2005. Irrespective
of the continuation of the aggression by Armenian side against
Azerbaijan, social-economic development allows to strengthen the
role of official Baku in the regional and international arena. All
these permitted to strengthen the position of Baku in the settlement
of Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Armenia should
understand the real situation, told Mahmudov.

The deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov greeted the
participants of the seminar on behalf of the Cabinet of Ministers of
Azerbaijan Republic.

The representatives of NATO highly assessed the efforts of Azerbaijan
in organizing the seminar. It was stated that Azerbaijan is an
active participant of the antiterrorism coalition, and the position
of official Baku in this process was highly assessed.

On the second day of the seminar, a video-conference with Headquarter
of the North-Atlantic Alliance was held. During the video-conference,
the NATO secretary general assistant on defense planning John
Chalstone expressed his gratitude to Azerbaijan for highly conducting
the seminar.

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY WELCOMED BY IRANIAN PRESIDENT

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
July 5 2006

Visiting Armenian President Robert Kocharyan was officially welcomed
by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Presidential Office
here on Wednesday.

In the welcoming ceremony, the national anthems of the two countries
were played and the two presidents reviewed a guard of honor.

The ceremony will be followed by a private session between the two
presidents.

The first round of official talks of the two countries’ delegations
will be held this afternoon. The talks will be presided by the two
presidents.

President Kocharyan arrived here at the head of a high-ranking
politico-economic delegation for a two-day official visit this morning.

On hand to welcome the Armenian president and his entourage upon
their arrival at Mehrabad International Airport here was Iranian
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Energy Armen
Movsisyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Kirakosian are accompanying
the president in this visit.

The Armenian president, during his two-day stay here, is scheduled
to hold separate meetings with senior Iranian officials including
Foreign Minister Mottaki.

AGO GROUP TO PRESENT FINAL REPORT ON SOUTH CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.07.2006 15:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On July 12, the AGO monitoring group of the Committee
of Ministers (CM) of the Council of Europe (CE) will present a report
on the recent visit to the South Caucasus countries. The report will
be included in the agenda of the next meeting of CM CE at level of
permanent representatives.

Earlier the head of the AGO group – German diplomat Ronald Wegener
-already delivered a short oral report on this topic.

The AGO group was established for the monitoring of the implementation
of the obligations undertaken by Azerbaijan and other South Caucasus
countries before CE, and the document will reflect both negative and
positive moments, Trend reports.

ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF ALIENATED OWNERSHIP MUST BE MARKET PRICE + 5%

Panorama.am
17:29 06/07/06

Justice minister Davit Harutunyan told today that the adequate sum
for taking the ownership of alienated territories must be market
price +5%. The minister presented draft law "On alienated ownership
for public and state needs" at the National Assembly today.

According to the document, market price is set according to the
agreement between the parties. The owner may also get a flat which
will be deducted from the paid sum. D. Harutunyan said the interested
party must submit a profitable offer to the owner within 3 month. The
ownership may be taken after 3 months expire by court decision if an
agreement is not reached within that period. The interested party
must transfer the compensation money to the deposit account of the
court.

STRUGGLE XENOPHOBIA VARTAN OSKANIAN: RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO AVERT XENOPHOBIA IN RUSSIA
By Nana Petrosian

AZG Armenian Daily
05/07/2006

The Armenian side will continue discussion with RF representatives on
the issues of investigating the recent cases of attacking the Armenian
residents of Moscow and punishing the guilty. Vartan Oskanian, RA
Foreign Minister, said at today’s press conference. He stated that
this issue is still in the agenda of the meetings held by the Armenian
and Russian representatives at various levels. "The Russian side is
also concerned about the facts of attacking the foreign citizens in
Moscow," he said. He added that xenophobia is of total character in
Russia. "The Russian authorities should take drastic measures to
avert xenophobia cases, otherwise that may become a threat to the
publicity of very Russia, Vartan Oskanian said.

It’s worth mentioning that on July 2 evening, a group of teens attacked
two Armenians in a undergound train.

Both the Armenians, Vacheh Tovmasyan (20) and Varazdat Hakobyan (23)
got knife wounds. At the underground station "Kuznetsky Most" they
applied for first aid and were hospitalized. The attackers escaped. The
injured say they were attacked by aggressive young people in black
and armed with knives as soon as they came out of the train.

HOT LINE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Panorama.am
13:41 04/07/06

The newly appointed deputy minister of education and science Bagrat
YESAYAN has already noticed the risks of corruption and shadow events
at the secondary schools. He promised at a press conference today that
they will be eliminated. Yesayan unveiled the results of his studies
on application letters saying that most concern unfair attitude. The
ministry has opened a hot line 52-73-43 to receive complaints from
citizens.

Yesayan said that heads of schools are in an advantaged position to
decide who to hire and fire.

Most often, people hired are the director’s relatives, he said,
also saying that similar attitude exists in appointing heads of
schools but this time by local self-government authorities. Yesayan
promised to shift to competition system in 1-2 years to solve the
problem.

CARDINAL OPPOSES TURKEY JOINING EU

Yerkir
05.07.2006 14:28

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – The recent stabbing of a Catholic priest in Samsun,
northern Turkey, shows that Turkey is not ready for European Union
membership, according to the head of the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Walter Kasper.

"It is not the right moment for Turkey to join the European Union. What
is still missing [in Turkey], is a secular state capable of assuring
real religious freedom, and this is a long process which needs time,"
he said on Tuesday.

Referring to the stabbing by a Turkish suspect of French priest Pierre
Brunissen late on Sunday, Kasper said the Catholic church believes that
"every act of violence committed in the name of God is an insult to
Him and to every religion."

"Islamic fundamentalism is growing in Istanbul and there is hostility
towards foreigners," Kasper explained.

"Europe can have a ‘special’ relation with Turkey, but this is not
the right time for more – Turkey should adapt to European culture
beforehand," he concluded.

"BAZE DAYS IN ARTSAKH" PAN ARMENIAN YOUTH FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN NKR IN END JULY

AZG Armenian Daily
06/07/2006

"Baze Days in Artsakh" Pan Armenian youth festival will be held
in NKR on July 26- August 1. Over 200 people will participate in
the festival. Artur Soghomonian, head of the festival, said this at
today’s press conference. He said that they have discussed the idea
of holding the festival in NKR for many times during the meetings of
the Armenian youth.

Earlier, the festival has been held in Yerevan, Dilijan and
Tsaghkadzor. Nine teams will represent the summer festival,
five from NKR, two from Armenia, one from Javakhk and one from
Diaspora. Soghomonian stated that they have enlarged the program of the
festival including new creative competitions. It is planned that the
participants of the festival will meet with NKR President, NKR Prime
Minister and Speaker of NKR National Assembly. It’s worth mentioning
that RA Government allocated AMD 112 million for the festival, while
the Pan Armenian Youth Fund allocated additional AMD 5 million.

A320 D’ARMAVIA: RECONSTITUTION VIRTUELLE DU VOL A TOULOUSE

RIA Novosti, Russie
3 Juillet 2006

EREVAN, 3 juillet – RIA Novosti. Le chef adjoint du service de securite
des vols de la Direction principale d’aviation civile d’Armenie,
Gaguik Galstian, s’est envole pour Toulouse afin de participer a la
reconstitution virtuelle du vol de l’A320 qui s’etait ecrase en mer,
a annonce lundi la porte-parole de la DPAC, Gayane Davtian.

"La reconstitution qui sera effectuee sur la base du decryptage des
boîtes noires permettra une analyse factuelle du vol. Le travail
demandera plusieurs jours, après quoi le Comite aeronautique
international (MAK) donnera sa conclusion definitive sur les causes
de la tragedie", a annonce Gayane Davtian.

Le 17 juin, le MAK a acheve le dechiffrage des boîtes noires et
la synchronisation des enregistrements effectues par les moyens de
contrôle objectif de bord et terrestres.

L’Airbus A320 de la compagnie Armavia, accomplissant un vol
Erevan-Sotchi, s’etait abîme en mer Noire dans la nuit du 3 mai alors
qu’il s’appretait a se poser sur la piste de l’aeroport d’Adler. Les
113 personnes qui se trouvaient a bord de l’appareil avaient peri
dans l’accident.

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