Author: Tvankchian Parkev

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Nov 18 2004

Advocates of Azeri officer on trial appeal to Hungarian court

A letter with more than 100,000 signatures collected by the Committee
for Ramil Safarov’s Rights was sent to the Budapest Court on Tuesday
on the initiative of the Garabagh Liberation Organization.
The Azerbaijani public is keeping the trial of Safarov, an officer of
the Azerbaijan Army charged with murdering an Armenian military man
in Budapest, Hungary, in focus, the letter reads.
`The officer, whose family has been subject to the Armenian
aggression, committed the murder in a state of affect after the
Armenian serviceman humiliated his honor and dignity,’ the letter
says.
In the letter the Committee requested the Budapest Court to carry out
an unbiased investigation and trial and prevent any interference by
the Armenian authorities and lobby in the court proceedings.
`A fair decision to come will serve strengthening friendly relations
and cooperation between Azerbaijan and Hungary, as well as stepping
up mutual trust,’ the letter said.*

Witness Against Thatcher’s Son Recants

By RODRIGO ANGUE NGEUMA MBA
.c The Associated Press

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) – The prime witness in an alleged coup
plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea repudiated his confession Tuesday,
saying it was coerced by interrogators who threatened him with death.

Equatorial Guinea now intends to seek the extradition of the most
prominent figure in the case – Mark Thatcher, the 51-year-old son of
former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a legal official
close to the prosecution told The Associated Press.

Thatcher is charged as an alleged bankroller in the plot, defense
attorney Fabian Nsue Nguema told reporters.

However, no new charges were announced in court Tuesday, when the coup
trial resumed after a two-month break. Thatcher’s lawyer maintains his
innocence.

Equatorial Guinea already has charged 19 Africans and Armenians as
alleged mercenaries in the purported conspiracy to overthrow the
regime of President Teodoro Obiang. The government claims Thatcher and
other, mostly British financiers intended to install an exiled
opposition figure, Severo Moto, as the figurehead leader of Africa’s
No. 3 oil-producing nation.

Attorney General Jose Olo Obono closed arguments Tuesday by renewing
his request for the death penalty against his own top witness, South
African arms dealer Nick du Toit.

Du Toit is accused of leading an advance team for the alleged plot,
foiled in March when South African intelligence exposed the alleged
conspiracy, leading to the arrests of scores of suspected mercenaries
here and at a stopover point in Zimbabwe.

Former British special forces member Simon Mann – accused by
Equatorial Guinea of being a go-between connecting bankrollers to
mercenaries – was convicted by Zimbabwe in September with 67 others on
weapons and other charges.

Du Toit, testifying in shackles throughout the trial, has outlined
alleged details of the plot and meetings with Mann, Thatcher and
others.

He has insisted his 18 co-defendants here knew nothing of any plot.

On Tuesday, he testified his confession was coerced.

Police interrogators “threatened to kill me if I did not maintain the
account of attempted coup d’etat,” du Toit said.

“If anyone has evidence of a coup attempt, they should show the
evidence,” du Toit added.

His co-defendants, all of whom denied knowledge of a plot, showed the
court what they said were scars of torture when the trial opened in
August.

Thatcher was arrested at his home in South Africa in August as the
trial was in its first weeks. Prosecutors suspended it soon after,
saying they wanted to review emerging evidence that linked Thatcher
and others to the case.

Information Minister Alfonso Nsue Mokuy referred questions about new
charges or Thatcher’s extradition to Obono, the attorney
general. Calls to Obono’s phone went unanswered.

Thatcher attorney Allan Bruce Brand in Cape Town, South Africa,
declined comment.

Equatorial Guinea’s legal team claims it has evidence connecting
Thatcher to the alleged plot, including an aircraft leased by a
company in which he allegedly had a joint venture.

The aircraft was used to fly Moto and some financiers from the Canary
Islands to Bamako, Mali, on March 7, allegedly positioning them for
the coup, the legal official close to the government said.

Seven other people besides Thatcher have been newly charged, Nguema
told reporters. He said they include exiled opposition figures.

Associated Press writers Ellen Knickmeyer and Nafi Diouf in Dakar,
Senegal, and Terry Leonard in Johannesburg, South Africa, contributed
to this report.

11/16/04 15:25 EST

‘A dancing star’ is born

Watertown TAB & Press, MA
Nov 12 2004

More than five years in the making, the dream of the Arsenal Center
for the Arts has become a reality.

A ceremony commemorating the groundbreaking of the center was
held this past week near the future site of what planners and
developers are expecting will serve as a regional arts center.

Huddled inside a large heated tent built for the ceremony were
about 250 Watertown faces, those who gave time, money and
encouragement while the arts center was planned, snacking on hors
d’oeuvres and drinking coffee to keep warm through the chilly
November morning.

“It’s a glorious day,” said Board of Directors member Jonathan
Hecht, as he tried to find a seat in the crowd.

“It’s exciting,” said Watertown resident Joyce Munger.

“Everybody’s here,” said Jonathan Bockian, clerk of the Board of
Directors.

The ceremony was led by the center’s executive director, Michael
Miner. Following the singing of the National Anthem by Kristen
Borgstrom from Perkins School for the Blind, Board of Directors
President Barbara Epstein thanked many people who were involved.

“Every step of this process has been an amazing, amazing
experience,” she said.

“What a wonderful day it is,” said Town Manager Michael
Driscoll. “Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have come a long way.”

Driscoll described the journey the Arsenal site took, from 1989
when the Arsenal Re-use Committee was established to make
recommendations for reuses of the site, to the establishment of the
Watertown Arsenal Development Corporation and the twists and turns
along the way, including the property’s sale to Harvard University,
that has culminated in the development of the 37-acre Arsenal on the
Charles site with restaurants, shopping, office facilities and now
the arts center.

The New Repertory Theatre, as well as the Watertown Children’s
Theatre, will be companies in residence.

The center will include a mix of interior spaces, including a
380-seat theater named for million-dollar donor Charles Mosesian, a
black-box performance space, classrooms, artist studios and
galleries. With programming scheduled to take place morning through
night for people of all ages, the center will be a cultural facility
and a regional resource.

“Nobody is happier than I am that this day has finally come,”
said Watertown Arsenal Development Corporation President John
Airasian, calling the process a journey, an “emotional roller
coaster” and “a labor of love.”

When completed, which is anticipated by late spring of 2005, the
arts center will be a 28,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art endeavor.

“It will be a major feather in Watertown’s cap,” he said.

Airasian and arts center board member Roberta Miller presented
Mosesian with a plaque, thanking him for his donation to the theater.
He described Mosesian as an Armenian businessman who grew up in the
East End, made his money through business in the East End and can now
give back to the community.

Mosesian, who did not make any comments during the ceremony,
received a standing ovation.

The center has already raised more than $6.5 million for the
construction of the building, and received a $1.2 million loan from
the Watertown Savings Bank which allowed them to move forward.

The director of the Office of the Arts at Harvard University,
which owns the Arsenal buildings, but agreed to lease them to the
WADC for $1 for 99 years, also spoke, saying that he grew up in
Watertown and remembers the windows of the Arsenal, when it served as
a facility for the U.S. Army, always being a scary place. He said he
was excited about the future.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky explained that the word
“arsenal” through translation actually means “the place of art,” or
where things are made. He said it suggests that art is not at the
fringes of human intelligence, but “right at the middle of who we
are.”

Mina McCandless, a program director of the Massachusetts
Cultural Council, said what was going on at the Arsenal was “nothing
short of miraculous.

“What you’re undertaking here today is truly inspirational,” she
said.

“Today, we celebrate the start of our brand-new space,” said
Miner. He said he survived the trials and travails of the project
with one motivating quote by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

“You must have a little chaos within you to give birth to a
dancing star,” he said, quoting Nietzsche.

Following the ceremony, attendees were encouraged to sign a
large white beam, that would be embedded into the construction of the
new center.

Russia aspires to create S Caucasus railway network

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Nov 11 2004

Russia, jointly with the three South Caucasus countries – Azerbaijan,
Armenia and Georgia, intends to establish an operator company to
renovate and service the Caucasus railway, Russian transport minister
Igor Levitin told journalists last Wednesday.

He said the decision came as a result of the talks with the governments
of the three regional countries. “The three countries’ Presidents
confirmed their support for transport agencies to propose a scheme
for setting up an operator company.”

Levitin said, however, that it was quite difficult to make a political
decision on the matter at this point. The Russian minister noted that
the consent of the Cacuasus states’ leaders was largely stipulated
by the tremendous geo-political importance of the project. He also
mentioned that the volume of cargo transit through the Caucasus railway
in the Soviet Union era constituted up to 15 million tons a year.

Armenian minister justifies choice of Karabakh Telecom as second operator

Aravot, Yerevan
10 Nov 04

Text of Aram Abramyan report by Armenian newspaper Aravot on 10
November headlined “Who, if not Karabakh Telecom?”

Interview with Armenian Transport and Communications Minister Andranik
Manukyan.

[Correspondent] A tender implies the involvement of several entities,
however, the tender commission headed by you has taken a hasty decision
to issue a licence to the Karabakh Telecom company. Why?

[Transport and Communications Minister Andranik Manukyan] The
government has set up a commission and has the right to determine
the procedure and conditions of the tender. According to the law, the
government has such an opportunity in exclusive cases. The commission
chaired by me drew up the procedure and conditions, and we considered
that Karabakh Telecom meets these conditions.

A package of investment proposals presented by the company
stipulates 50m-dollar investment in the development of cellular
communications. The establishment of this type of communications
in border districts is of special importance to us. At the same
time, Karabakh Telecom, unlike ArmenTel, provides a link of higher
quality. So we shall already have two cellular operators next year
and competition in this sector will lead to a fall in tariffs and
enhance the quality of the link.

I want to speak about another important circumstance that had an
undoubtful influence on the commission’s decision. The Karabakh Telecom
company has invested 15m dollars in Karabakh, which is considered to
be a risky zone, and under the licence we have issued, it undertakes to
invest another 10m dollars. Moreover, the company will pay 7m dollars
to the Armenian state budget only for the issuance of the licence.

Karabakh Telecom provides Karabakh’s roaming link with 88 countries,
promoting the recognition of Artsakh [Karabakh] by the leading
countries of the world in this sphere. It is well-known that
communications operators in the USA, Britain, France, China and other
developed countries have signed contracts with Karabakh Telecom.

Why should we not give this company an opportunity to become a
second operator in Armenia, and what’s more, with very limited
rights? Karabakh Telecom will only work in the cellular communications
sector. ArmenTel will provide all other remaining telecommunications
services.

Finally, owing to this and other previous steps taken by the
government, we managed to withstand huge work carried out by Azerbaijan
which aims to deprive our compatriots in Artsakh of the link with the
outside world. I hope that no Armenian wants these plans of Azerbaijan
to be realized. Therefore, I urge our opposition politicians to avoid
speculating on this issue.

[Correspondent] The word Karabakh in the name of the company tells
the public that the genuine owners of this business are high-profile
people from Karabakh.

[Manukyan] This is a dirty gossip. I hope that when the owner of
Karabakh Telecom, Arab businessman Pierre M. Fattouch arrives in
Armenia, you will have an opportunity to talk to him. With this,
these absurd doubts will disappear themselves.

[Correspondent] Is it true that you and Justice Minister David
Arutyunyan are at loggerheads over the recent events around ArmenTel?

[Manukyan] This is another myth. Arutyunyan and I are members
of the government and are obliged to present our approaches at
meetings. Sometimes they coincide, sometimes not. If all ministers
had the same approach to all questions, there would be no need to
exchange opinions. David Arutyunyan expressed his point of view,
I expressed mine. For the time being, we, as colleagues, are working
to implement these and other decisions that have been adopted.

Nazi crimes evoke memory of like abuses

The Michigan Daily
Nov 10 2004

LSA Junior Nicole Kruz looks at a display on the Diag yesterday, to
commemorate Kristallnacht. The display aimed to get their thoughts on
the tragic event and human rights abuses. (MIKE HULSEBUS/Daily)

By Ann Beisch, For the Daily
November 10, 2004

One of the most tragic, unforgettable days of the Jews’ oppression
under Nazi Germany was commemorated yesterday.

The 66th anniversary of Kristallnacht — or the “Night of Broken
Glass,” which consisted of organized Nazi raids against Jewish homes
and synagogues on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938 — was commemorated on the Diag
in a two-part event to remember and reflect on the violation of human
rights under the Third Reich and around the world.

The first half of the day included a display of quotations meant to
spark insight in passersby, such as: “Peace or Justice: which would
you choose,” or, “Is it possible to forgive?” Students wrote down
their various opinions on a sheet of paper provided below. Among the
remarks were written, “You can forgive, but you can’t forget” and
“I will never forgive.”

“The Holocaust is not just a Jewish problem, it is a representation of
the human rights violations,” said LSA senior Jeremy Lacks, co-chair
of the Kristallnacht Commemoration. “We have expanded our focus,
instead of just dealing with the Holocaust.”

That meant remembering other atrocities that have taken place during
the past century. These events were represented by various photographs,
art objects and quotations pasted on the display. On one side, child
laborers in Pakistan were shown next to a photograph of brutalized
Pakistani women. Another section of the display showed a Rwandan
woman staring at hundreds of human skulls thrown into a ditch as a
result of the 1994 civil war in the country.

Startling statistics were posted as well, including, “1.5 million
Armenians have been killed by Turks from 1915-1921.”

“We are putting this on so that people will remember,” said LSA junior
Jillian Steinhaurer, who helped man the station. “History can only
repeat itself if we allow it to happen. It’s our responsibility to
be informed and active to ensure the safety of our future.”

The second part of the commemoration included a speakers’ panel
on human rights violations in the Vandenburg Room of the Michigan
League later yesterday. The panel was presented by the University’s
Hillel group, which is also organizing the 26th annual commemorative
Conference on the Holocaust from March 15 to 23.

Among the speakers was history Prof. Sidney Bolkosky, who has
conducted interviews with more than 200 survivors of the Holocaust
and now teaches at the University’s Dearborn campus. Contributing to
the discussion on global human rights violations were LSA Humanities
Institute Prof. Jose Kagabo — who spoke about the Rwandan genocide —
and RC lecturer Javed Nazir, who spoke on problems with human rights
in Pakistan.

Planners of the commemoration said they intended the day to keep the
student body aware of the human abuses that have occurred throughout
history, in order to prevent them from happening again. The sentiments
of some of the attendees indicated that the event was successful
in this regard. One message on the Diag board for example, read,
“If it were not for our personal memory, we would cease to progress
as rational humans.”

President states position on Armenians’ planned visit

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Nov 10 2004

President Ilham Aliyev visiting the country’s southern regions
told journalists on Tuesday that he does not object to the Armenian
parliament members’ intended visit to Azerbaijan to attend the upcoming
NATO seminar in Baku.

“If we ban the Armenian MPs’ participation in the NATO Rose Roth
seminar, this will not be in our favor.”

The President said that uproar should not be caused in this respect.

“The government is aware of everything, the President is completely
in charge and we will not make any concessions on pivotal issues”,
Aliyev added.*

Tajikistan, Armenia owe Russia millions for border protection, say auditors

ITAR-TASS news agency
9 Nov 04

Moscow, 9 November: A meeting of the board of the Audit Chamber
of the Russian Federation has examined the results of a check into
the use of federal assets and funds allocated to the Russian FSB’s
[Federal Security Service] Border Service for its directorates in
Tajikistan and Armenia.

The Audit Chamber’s information department told an ITAR-TASS
correspondent today that, according to the findings, there are still
“questions connected with the co-financing of the border directorates
by the host countries”.

“During the first half-year the shortfall in Tajikistan’s financing
of Russian border guards was over R263m, and almost R3.2m in the case
of Armenia,” the information department noted.

During the discussions at the board meeting it was also noted that,
because the border directorates are not registered as corporate
bodies in the Russian Federation [RF], Tajikistan or Armenia, there
are social problems and property issues connected, for example, with
the pensionable service of civilian personnel with RF citizenship
who have moved to take up permanent residence in Russia.

The board of the Audit Chamber decided to send representations
over these questions to the Finance Ministry and the FSB’s Border
Service. It will also write a letter to the government to inform it
of the situation and send reports on the findings of the check to
the chambers of the Federal Assembly, the Audit Chamber’s information
department said.

ARMENIA THIS WEEK
Monday, November 8, 2004

NATO HEAD SEES GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH ARMENIA
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was in Armenia last week for
talks with Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian and other officials. De Hoop
Scheffer’s visit comes following a recent appointment of a NATO envoy for
the Caucasus and Central Asia. While in Yerevan, De Hoop Scheffer noted that
“the relationship between Armenia and NATO is developing very well indeed,”
pointing in particular to Armenia’s decision to launch an Individual
Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), a most extensive NATO cooperation program
short of membership, and Armenia’s role in Kosovo peacekeeping. Kocharian,
in turn, expressed a desire to be more actively involved in NATO programs.

Also last week, the NATO Secretary General urged Azerbaijan “to turn a page”
in relations with Armenia amid continuing Azeri threats over the unresolved
Karabakh conflict. Two months ago, NATO commanders were forced to cancel
peacekeeping exercises, due to take place in Baku, over its last-moment
refusal to allow Armenian participants to enter the country. Armenian MPs
are due to attend a seminar organized in Baku later this month by the NATO
Parliamentary Assembly, and radical groups linked to the Azeri government
have already expressed their opposition. In an interview last week, U.S.
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish recalled that in accordance to NATO
charter all partners are welcome to Alliance events and that Baku should
make a firm decision in that regard. (Sources: Armenia This Week 7-12, 9-13;
AzerNews 11-4; Haykakan Zhamanak 11-4; Zerkalo 11-4; AFP 11-5; Arminfo 11-5;
RFE/RL Arm. Report 11-5)

ARMENIA’S ECONOMY GROWING DESPITE SHORTFALL IN LEADING INDUSTRY
Armenia’s economy continues to grow robustly, despite a 25 percent fall in
diamond processing over the period, the country’s flagship industry in
recent years. In a report covering the first three quarters of 2004, the
National Statistics Service reported that the overall Gross Domestic Product
(GDP), the main economic indicator, has grown by over 10 percent.

Even though Armenia’s economy is estimated to be close to recovery from the
post-Soviet slump, few Armenians appear to be satisfied. A recent poll of
nine countries by ROMIR Monitoring, one of Russia’s leading public opinion
agencies, found that only eight percent of Armenians gave a positive
assessment to the state of the country’s economy, just ahead of Ukraine (6
percent) and Bulgaria (4), but behind Kazakhstan (32) and Moldova (22).

Last week Armenia’s government unveiled a draft budget for 2005 that calls
for a 30 percent increase in social spending and overall government spending
is due to increase by 18 percent to total $702 million. Deputy Finance
Minister Pavel Safarian anticipated continued growth in revenue based on
estimated eight percent GDP growth and improvements in tax collection next
year. Social Affairs Minister Aghvan Vartanian argued recently that 300,000
Armenians underreport their incomes and 130,000 others have jobs, but are
not officially registered at all.

Armenia is also set to receive additional low-interest loans from
international financial institutions to cover budget deficits. The World
Bank’s South Caucasus Director Donna Dowsett-Coirolo confirmed that
additional funds would be forthcoming noting that “independent evaluators
overall found that Armenia was one of the best users of [World Bank] credit
resources.”

Official reports also indicate continued stabilization of Armenia’s
population, which declined significantly throughout the 1990s. According to
this data, Armenia’s population grew slightly year-on-year to over 3.2
million. Real estate prices continued to skyrocket in Yerevan (33 percent)
and grow significantly in smaller towns (11 percent).

In January-September 2004, Armenia saw its exports growing by 1.3 percent to
$511 million and imports by 4 percent to $975 million. Dependence on outside
supplies of energy and fuel continued to keep the trade deficit large. The
European Union (EU) countries remained Armenia’s top trade partners –
accounting for 37 percent of the total turnover. The list of Armenia’s top
trading partners continued to be topped by Belgium (17 percent of all
exports and 9 percent of imports), Israel (12 and 8), Russia (11 and 13),
and the United States (10 and 8).

Armenia’s trade with Russia continued to decline, making up just over $152
million in the first three quarters of 2004. A decline in Armenian purchases
of Russian rough diamonds, modernization at Armenia’s Russian-owned aluminum
processing plant and a nearly two-month closure of the Russian-Georgian land
border largely accounted for the decline. Armenia currently has the smallest
trade turnover with Russia of all former Soviet republics. Over the same
period, Russia’s trade with neighboring Georgia and Azerbaijan amounted to
$224 and $475 million respectively. (Sources: Armenia This Week 8-2, 9-27;
RFE/RL Armenia Report 10-15, 29; Arminfo 10-20, 30, 11-1, 2, 5)

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[AAA Note: For your information below is a letter from the Co-Chairs of the
Congressional Caucus on Armenian issues.]

Congress of the United States
Washington, DC 20515

November 7, 2004

The Honorable Colin Powell
Secretary of State
Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20520-0001

Dear Mr. Secretary:

We are writing to share with you our alarm over the prospect that
Azerbaijan’s continued efforts at the United Nations to manipulate the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict will, if unchecked, undermine our clearly
articulated national interest in the stability of the Caucasus.

We refer, of course, to Azerbaijan’s recent introduction of an ill-advised
resolution on the “situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.”
This intentionally disruptive resolution threatens the principles and
procedures of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
(OSCE) as well as the Minsk Group mediation effort, co-chaired by the United
States, France and Russia, to resolve the Karabakh conflict. Azerbaijan’s
proposal represents a hostile declaration against the entire peace process,
aimed only at fostering increased divisiveness. Its consideration can only
set back the cause of peace.

We are deeply concerned that the OSCE Minsk process cannot survive
Azerbaijan’s destabilizing tactics. Continued tampering with this process
will inevitably produce a chain reaction resulting in its demise. We cannot
afford to allow Azerbaijan to continue to disrupt the work of the OSCE,
which, as you know, has been recognized by the UN itself as the lead arbiter
in this conflict.

We value the special role the United States plays as an honest broker in the
Nagorno Karabakh peace process. In this capacity, given our desire to keep
the parties talking and moving forward, we need to act forcefully against
destabilizing steps that will unravel the peace process. Our interests are
best served by the continuation of dialogue on the outstanding issues
related to Nagorno Karabakh within the OSCE framework, not by the
fragmentation of this orderly process.

Efforts to reinforce stability and reduce the risk of conflict are in the
best interests of the U.S. and the South Caucasus region. To this end, we
urge that the United States forcefully renounce this proposal, secure its
retraction, and impress upon the Azerbaijani government that it should drop
such counter-productive tactics in favor of a serious and lasting commitment
to the OSCE Minsk Group process.

Thank you for your consideration of our views. We stand ready, of course,
to assist you in addressing this matter in the interest of the American
people.

Sincerely,

/s/ /s/
Joe Knollenberg Frank
Pallone, Jr.
Member of Congress Member of
Congress

Interfax
Nov. 3, 2004

Russia only country with surplus in trade with CIS countries

MOSCOW. Nov 3 (Interfax) – Russia is the only country that has a
surplus in trade with countries of the Commonwealth of Independent
States, says a report by the CIS’s Interstate Statistics Committee.

>From January to August, surplus in Russia’s trade with CIS countries
amounted to $6.64 billion. Russia exported $17.78 billion in
commodities to CIS countries from January to August and imported goods
worth $11.14 billion, the report says.

Ukraine had the largest foreign trade deficit of $4.135 billion in the
first eight months of 2004 (with exports amounting to $5.43 billion and
imports $9.56 billion). In Belarus, the deficit in trade with CIS
countries was $2.43 billion (exports – $4.55 billion and imports $6.99
billion); in Kazakhstan $1.17 billion (respectively, $2.67 billion and
$3.84 billion); in Tajikistan $494.8 million ($101.1 million and $595.9
million); in Azerbaijan $322.4 million ($415.3 million and $737.7
million); in Kyrgyzstan $183.7 million ($165.0 million and $348.7
million); in Georgia $157.6 million ($220.0 million and $377.6
million); in Moldova $153.7 million ($307.5 million and $461.2 million)
and in Armenia $110.8 million ($78.8 million and $189.6 million.)

No information about Uzbekistan’s and Turkmenistan’s foreign trade is
available to the Interstate Statistics Committee.