Month: June 2005

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18:32:28 | 13-06-2005 | Official |
FALL IN THE DEFENSE MINISTRY
Serge Sargsyan, Defense Minister and secretary of the Security Service
attached to the RA President, received the delegation of Sir Brian
Fall, United Kingdom Representative to the South Caucasus.
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Armenia Ms. Torda Ebbot Watt
also took part in the meeting.
At Mr. Fall’s request Minister Serge Sargsyan represented the details
of the latest visit to Brussels. Referring to several meetings in
Brussels, the Minister mentioned the private conversation with the
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
The sides also referred to the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AT ONCE 4 SNAKES FOUND IN ONE OF PARKS IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 13. ARMINFO. Those walking in a park located at the
beginning of Gay Street near the Monument for Freedom Fighters
saw snakes on June 11 late in the evening. The Municipality and the
Directorship of the Zoo were immediately informed of it. The following
day at 14:30 a relevant specialist arrived at the park to find the
snakes, but useless. The same day, a snake bit a 45-year resident
of Shirak region Nushik Ghazaryan, who were taken to hospital. Her
condition is serious, the Emergency Situations Department reports.

YEREVAN AUTHORITIES CALL CITIZENS NOT TO USE SERVICE OF STREET TRADERS
YEREVAN, JUNE 13. ARMINFO. “We call the public of Yerevan not to use
the service of street traders and not to drink the unhealthy juices
made directly in the street.” Vice Mayor of Yerevan Arman Sahakyan
made such a statement at a briefing today.
He said that 21 of 38 territories for mini-markets are functioning
at present. As regards still functioning “trading tables,” Sahakyan
said that municipality has no relevant levers to settle this issue,
however, it will clean the streets, and then the problem with the
street traders will be solved through the police.
In his turn, Head of the Public Health Department of Yerevan
Municipality Armen Soghoyan states that the Hygienic and
Anti-epidemiological Inspection cannot examine the quality of the
street products as the traders are not legal entities. “So it remains
for us to call the public not to buy the products from the street to
avoid possible poisoning.” According to him, no cases of poisoning
from street products have been registered in the current year so far.

STATE PROSECUTOR OF CZECHIA INTERROGATES WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL CASE
ON EVASION OF TAXES IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, JUNE 13. ARMINFO. The State Prosecutor of Czechia Valstimil
Rampula arrived in Yerevan to interrogate a number of important
witnesses in the criminal case connected with tax evasion, the RFE/RL
reports referring to the Czech Agency “STK.”
“We have got important facts in Armenia which can be used in the
trial,” the prosecutor told the agency. According to the source,
several years ago, the Czech Police arrested a group of 24 people for
large size tax evasion. The group included in it also two citizens of
Armenia and another two Armenians – Czech citizens. The Czech Police
says that this group had been engaged in export of goods from Czechia
to various state for several years, including to Armenia. They were
to pay to the Czech budget 3 mln USD. At the request of the Czech
Prosecutor, the law-enforcement bodies of Armenia interrogated 5
witnesses in his case.

POLITICAL DIALOGUE WITH THAILAND
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| 21:07:44 | 13-06-2005 | Official |
RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan who is in Thailand on an official
visit met today with the President of the Thailand National Assembly
Chamber of Representatives Bhokin Balakula.
During the meting the head of the RA Government mentioned that Armenia
gives much importance to the cooperation with Thailand. The sides
mentioned that the relations between Armenia and Thailand are important
not only from the economic, but also from the political point of view.
The head of the Armenian Government voiced hope that in close future
many agreements will be signed between the countries. Bhokin Balakula
in his turn assured that as representative of the Parliamentary
majority he will do everything to ratify the agreements to be signed
as soon as possible.
The sides have represented the courses of constitutional reforms
in their countries. Also, Andranik Margaryan and Bhokin Balakula
underlined the role of the Armenians living in Thailand in the
enhancing of the bonds between the two countries. It was mentioned that
also the Armenians in Thailand are not many but are very influential
and have a good reputation.
The RA Prime Minister and the President of the Thailand National
Assembly Chamber of Representatives voiced confidence that the
improvement of the joint legislation will create new possibilities
of two-party economic cooperation.
Tonight the delegation with RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan
returned to Yerevan

GROWTH ON THE BACKGROUND OF JOB REDUCTIONS
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| 20:33:47 | 13-06-2005 | Regions |
During the first three months of the year 2005 in the Shirak region a
growth of the volumes of the industrial goods has been recorded. By the
acting 67 companies goods of about 3 billion drams have been exported,
and those of 2 billion 962 million drams have been sold. The growth of
production and selling volumes has been recorded in the electric power,
water, and gas fields. Despite the fact that almost no contraction
work has been done this year, the mining indices have not been reduced.
In contrast to industry, reduction has been recorded in the light
industry field. The textile plant which had been working lately ceased
to work because of the absence of the raw material. The jobs have
been reduced for 7%. According to the TV Company «Tsayg», Hovsep
Simonyan, head of the financial and social administration of the
Shirak regional government, explains the reduction by the unfavorable
weather conditions in winter months.
–Boundary_(ID_bcfgqhVmkKKfXpIW0iuB4w)–

SHALL WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION CORRESPONDING TO THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS?
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| 19:05:57 | 13-06-2005 | Politics |
Tigran Torosyan did not miss the opportunity to complain of the Venice
experts once more, «Of course, I can understand the reason of the
deep disappointment of the Commission, taking into account the 5-year
process of Constitutional amendments, but if there was an agreement
about clear-cut dates, I do not understand why the discussion of the
issue became so urgent».
Tigran Torosyan also informed that the Venice experts had been informed
beforehand that in our country all the radical changes are done during
the time period between the first and second readings. Besides,
Mr. Torosyan noted that they did not keep their promise: there
was an agreement that in the first reading the issues about which
there is an agreement in the political field would be adopted, and
before the second reading on June 1-2 the expert would arrive and
carry out discussions, and then the draft would be improved by the
second hearing.
In any case Tigran Torosyan assured the Armenian society foreseeing
what will happen to Armenia in case of the discussion of the issue in
the PACE session: they will discuss it, express their disappointment
and call the Venice Commission to work with the Armenian authorities;
and they will cal the Armenian authorities to remain loyal to the
European standards and adopt the draft constitution with a referendum.
–Boundary_(ID_TKZTBCAmUpprIyvXrvwNqw)–

NKR LEADERSHIP TO SPARE NO EFFORT TO MAKE UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
FAIR AND TRANSPARENT
Pan Armenian News
13.06.2005 08:01
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The Nagorno Karabakh Republic authorities will
exert every effort to the upcoming parliamentary elections on June
19 fair, objective and transparent – there is no other alternative”,
NKR President Arkady Ghukasian stated on June 11 in Stepanakert, noting
that the election campaign proceeds within civil frames, NKR MFA press
center reported. “All political forces certainly realize that no power
chair, no post can be compared with the country’s destiny and image. It
is natural that everybody tries to present himself better than he is
really, but the people have the opportunity to compare words and deeds,
things said and done. I hope that they will make the right choice”,
the President said expressing his confidence that worthy candidates
were in all camps.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO UNCONDITIONED PROMISES
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| 18:47:02 | 13-06-2005 | Politics |
The press had informed that the RA NA deputy President Tigran Torosyan
had promised the Venice Commission experts to unconditionally accept
all the offers, including that of the electing the Yerevan mayor and
the absence of the President in the Justice Council. Today during the
press conference Tigran Torosyan announced that he is not authorized
to give promises, let alone unconditionally, but he has voiced hope
that all the problems will be solved.
By the way, he announced once more that the main conclusion was
positive and that there were only three main problems which deserved
negative conclusion.
Mr. Torosyan does not stress that these issues are the most important
of all.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

OSKANIAN CALLS ON USA TO PUT PRESSURE ON TURKEY
AZG Armenian Daily #108, 14/06/2005
Armenia-Turkey
Foreign minister of Armenia called on the United States to get more
actively involved in establishing natural relations between Armenia
and Turkey and especially to exert pressure on Turkey to open its
border with Armenia, Associated Press quoted Vartan Oskanian after
his meeting with Condoleezza Rice last week.
Foreign minister Oskanian said that the US should urge Turkey “to
become a bridge not only between the East and the West but also
between different parts of Europe”. “Armenia and Turkey are not in
state of war. We have no problem with that country. We have historic
differences. Germany and France also have historic differences about
which they talk but they do not close borders”, Oskanian stated
in Washington.
Oskanian emphasized that the international recognition of the Armenian
Genocide still tops Armenia’s foreign agenda. “Argentine, Canada,
France, Poland and Russia are among the states recognizing the Genocide
but the Bush administration keeps on treating it suspiciously”,
Oskanian said.