Month: June 2005

AZG Armenian Daily #106, 10/06/2005
Karabakh diary
CHAIRMAN OF NKR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SATISFIED WITH PARLIAMENT’S WORK OF 5
YEARS
On occasion of the end of NKR parliament’s 3d convocation, chairman of the
parliament, Oleg Yesayan, called a press conference on June 8 to present the
work of the National Assembly.
As a result of parliamentary elections in 2000, 4 parties united in 2
fractions — National Democratic and Armenian Revolutionary.
During the past 5 years, the National Assembly adopted 329 laws, 276 of
which were submitted to the government and 53 were adopted at deputies’
initiative. Besides, the NA took a number of important decisions and made
statements.
Yesayan underlined that no parliament session failed during this period
thanks to the lawmakers’ activity and responsibility.
NKR parliament is in close cooperation with the National Assembly of
Armenia. Thanks to this cooperation, the authorities have considerably
advanced in improving National Assembly’s legislation. Artsakh put into
circulation RA civil and penal codes, legislations on family and work.
Yesayan stated that the NA Control Chamber carried out audits at state and
non-governmental establishments and submitted conclusions on state budget’s
projects and expenditure. A few reports on infringements were submitted to
NKR chief prosecutor.
The work of the National Assembly was transparent both for journalists and
for the public. Yesayan thanked all journalists for impartial and timely
coverage of the work of the parliament.
Commenting on the statement of some political forces that Artsakh needs to
be a parliamentary state, said that Nagorno Karabakh should be ruled by a
president so far as the international community recognizes it. A powerful,
president, powerful government and powerful parliament — that is what will
help to settle all issues, he concluded.
By Kim Gabrielian in Stepanakert

AZG Armenian Daily #106, 10/06/2005
Turkey
ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS TO VISIT TURKEY IN JULY
Turkish Foreign Ministry Positively Evaluates This Initiative
The Union of Turkish Journalists of Ankara and the Union of Private Radio
and TV Companies initiated to invite 20 Armenian journalists to Turkey. This
initiative is supported by Culture and Tourism Ministry of Turkey. The
Armenian journalists will visit Istanbul, Ankara, Cappadocia and Antalya.
ANKA agency informed about this on June 7. The agency stated that the
organizers will emphasize “the inconvenience of passing the grief both side
experienced as a result of the events of 1915 to the coming generations.”
Turgut Dedeogli, Chairman of Union of Turkish Journalists in Ankara, said
that they found it necessary to take this initiative to lessen the tension
caused by “the statements on the so called genocide” lately. He said that
the Armenian journalists will visit the offices of Hurriyet, Milliyet, and
Sabah newspapers in Istanbul, as well as the Armenian Patriarchate in Polis.
They organizers will also hold meetings with the Turkish journalists.
Dedeogli said that they envisage organizing the meeting of the Armenian
journalists with President Ahmed Necet Sezer and high-ranking Turkish
officials. He added that they will spare no efforts to unfold discussion
between the Turkish and the Armenian journalists. Dedeogli said that “the
events of 1915 made both sides suffer, but that shouldn’t be passed to the
coming generations. The grief was not conditioned by state policy, thus the
commitment of a genocide was impossible and this factor will be emphasized.”
Dedeogli said they applied to Turkish History Foundation and other
institutions to secure the opportunity for the Armenian journalists to study
the archives of Turkey.
Dedeogli said that the visit of the Armenian journalists to Turkey is
envisaged in July. He added that Turkish Foreign Ministry evaluates this
initiative quite positively.
By Hakob Chakrian

AZG Armenian Daily #106, 10/06/2005
Discovery
DINOSAUR CONGENER IN ARMENIA
Zoologists made an interesting discovery in mountain lakes in Shamlugh town
of Lori region (northern Armenia). This animal with round head, fish-like
torso and gradually widening tail is congener to prehistoric dinosaurs, a
unique amphibian that has preserved in few places of the world. The
discovery was kept under wraps for a long time fearing that the triton may
become an object of bargain. Allegedly the Armenian dinosaur has been
conveyed to the United Arab Emirates and was put in a terrarium in a hotel
for tourists to see.
By Karine Danielian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Armenpress
GEGHARKUNIK COMMUNITY TO GET RID OF WATER PROBLEM
GAVAR, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS: A rural community of Masrik in Gegharkunik
province is set to enjoy soon three deep-water pumping units, each of which
will be able to pump out 35 liters of water per second. The project is
funded by the government that has released to that end some $145,000.
Another component of the project is laying two 6-and-3-km-long pipelines
which will take irrigation water to around 800 hectares of land and
eliminate the community’s long-standing drinking water problem. Community
head Rafik Hunanian told Armenpress that gasification of the community was
underway. He said another 50 households will be connected to the network by
the end of the year, when overall 170 families will have gas in their homes.

AZG Armenian Daily #106, 10/06/2005
Armenian pilots released
CREW CAPTAIN ASHOT KARAPETIAN: WE HAD NO HOPE TO GET OUT OF THAT HELL
Armenian Captives of Equatorial Guinea Returning Home Tomorrow
Six Armenian pilots jailed for 14-24 years at notorious Black Beach prison
of Equatorial Guinea are coming back home tomorrow. Crew captain Ashot
Karapetian, second pilot Samvel Darbinian, navigator Samvel Matchkalian,
flight engineers Razmik Khachatrian, Suren Muradian and Ashot Simonian were
released on June 8.
After a night at a hotel in capital city of Malabo, our pilots, who spent 15
months in the prison of this authoritarian country, will return home via
Zurich and Moscow. In a phone conversation with daily Azg from Malabo
captain Ashot Karapetian said that all crewmembers are in normal health and
thanked all those who spared no effort to get them out from the Black Beach.
“We are very thankful to Catholicos of All Armenians, Ara Abrahamian, Robert
Kocharian and the Armenian nation. We are saved from captivity at the cost
of their great efforts. One should know the morals and manners of that
country to understand our situation. It’s not important in this country
whether one is guilty or not”, Karapetian said.
The captain confirmed once again that all of the pilots are enjoying good
health, “We’ve misses Yerevan; counting minutes”. The Armenian crew together
with citizens from other countries was convicted of a coup attempt in
Equatorial Guinea to overthrow the president.
Andranik Mihranian and Karen Galstian, representatives of chairman of World
Armenian Congress Ara Abrahamian left for Malabo bring the pilots back.
Informing daily Azg from Malabo, Mihranian said that the pilots had caught
malaria and the disease was not stamped out completely.
“They faces expressed joy, they were surprised, annoyed somehow dispirited
because the 15 months in jail left its trace”, Mihranian said. Abrahamian’s
representatives met the pilots at the entrance of Justice Ministry. “When we
were in one room with the deputy prime minister and the ministers of
security and justice, the first word captain Karapetian uttered was that
they had no connection with coup d’etat attempt. He said that they are not
guilty therefore they have not compromised Armenia”, Mihranian said.
“The Justice minister, who kept the passports of the pilots, was waiting for
our visit. There was an agreement for releasing the Armenian pilots but
talks between Ara Abrahamian and Guinean ambassador to Moscow carried on
till the last moment. The ambassador is the son-in-law of the country’s
president and he was the main mediator. In Malabo the security minister, the
president Ngumena’s uncle, was in charge. The fate of Armenian pilots was
mainly in their hands and we negotiated with them”, Mihranian said.
Mihranian did not want, as he said, to open the brackets over the phone
because “it’s a sensitive issue, perhaps we can say more later on”. “The
security minister reminded that there was a number agreements between the
ambassador and Mr. Abrahamian and asked how they are proceeding. We said
that they are in force and were primarily fulfilled. At the justice
minister’s office we met the representative of RA Foreign Ministry who
arrived in Malabo to validate the extradition. Guinean authorities would
gladly hand the Armenian pilots over to us but considering the fact that
they were Armenian citizens had to observe the official side”, Mihranian
said.
On Behalf of Ara Abrahamian Mihranian thanked President Nguema and the
high-ranking officials. In my speech I said that the process of the pilots’
release was the result of great work that was carried out by the chairman of
World Armenian Congress who created favorable and necessary conditions for
the release. The Pope’s letter, interference of top UN officials, the letter
of Russia’s foreign minister created the political ground for the President
of Equatorial Guinea to grant the pardon”, Mihranian said.
By Tatoul Hakobian

PRESS RELEASE
Armenian Apostolic Church of Crescenta Valley
2817 Montrose Avenue, La Crescenta, CA 91214
Tel. (818) 248-9038 or (310) 266-9635
Contact Info:
Mr. Dikran DerSarkissian
2817 Montrose Avenue
La Crescenta, CA 91214
Tel: Tel. (818) 248-9038 / (310) 266-9635
Email: [email protected]
Western United States of America
ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH
OF CRESCENTA VALLEY
INAUGURAL HOLY MASS
Dear fellow Armenians,
We are pleased to inform the Crescenta Valley Armenian communities, that
His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of Western United
States of America, the Executive and the Religious Councils in response
to
requests made by different organizations and representatives of the
Armenian community have officially established the Crescenta Valley
Armenian Apostolic Church.
The Parish Committee has been assigned of the following community
members
to carry over the administrative activities, as well as the religious
ceremonies of the church:
Mr. Dikran DerSarkissian Chairman
Mr. Aram Bekarian Vice Chairman
Mr. Khatchig Mandjikian Secretary
Mr. Harout Odabashian Treasurer
Mrs. Armenia Sinanian Advisor
Mr. Varouj Bedikian Advisor
Mr. Jora Manoucherian Advisor
The committee has already made arrangements to hold holy Mass every
Sunday.
The services will take place at the:
Unity Church of the Valley
2817 Montrose Ave., La Crescenta, CA 91214
To that effect, we are inviting all the Armenians living in the areas of
Montrose, Sunland, La Crescenta, La Canada and Tujunga, to attend the
inaugural Holy Mass. The Mass will be held under the auspices of the
Prelate, on Sunday, June 19th, 2005, at 1:00 PM at the above address.
The
service will be presented by Rev. Fr. Ardak Demirjian of St. Mary’s
Armenian Apostolic Church, who has been assigned as the spiritual
celebrant
of this newly formed parish.
We ask for your active participation both for the establishment of this
new
church, and in praying to God for directing us and blessing this
undertaking to ensure its success.
A reception will follow the conclusion of the service.
Parish Committee of Crescenta Valley

Turkish Press Review
June 9 2005
STAR
PARLIAMENTARIANS TO VISIT ARMENIA
While a dispute over a recent aborted conference on Armenian issue is
still continuing in Turkey, a delegation of four deputies, one from
the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and three from the
ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), are due to leave for
Armenia today to express their views on the genocide allegations at a
conference in Yerevan. /Star/

M2 Presswire
June 9, 2005
YALE UNIVERSITY: President Levin announces selection of 2005 Yale
World Fellows
M2 PRESSWIRE-JUNE 9, 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: President Levin announces
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New Haven, Conn. – Yale University President Richard Levin announced
Tuesday the selection of the 2005 Yale World Fellows.
Building on Yale’s reputation for training leaders (including four of
the last six U.S. Presidents), and aiming to develop a global network
of emerging leaders and broaden international understanding at the
university, the Yale World Fellows Program brings 18 highly
accomplished men and women from a diverse set of countries around the
world to Yale each year for a 17-week leadership program.
“Now in its fourth year, the Yale World Fellows Program has created a
vibrant network of leaders spanning more than 50 countries around the
world,” said Levin. “With the selection of the 2005 World Fellows,
that network includes 10 new countries: Panama, Venezuela, the
Bahamas, Kenya, Armenia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Israel, Vietnam and
Japan. I look forward to welcoming these future world leaders to Yale
this fall.”
Selected from outside the U.S. at an early mid-career point, World
Fellows come from a range of fields and disciplines, including
government, business, media, non-governmental organizations, the
military, religion and the arts. This year’s World Fellows include
the vice president of a leading South Korean conglomerate, the chief
of staff for the President of Lithuania, the Philippine Secretary of
Energy, the director of Israel’s first legal advocacy group for Arab
minority rights, the former Minister of Trade of Panama, the Chief
Superintendent of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, one of China’s most
influential television anchormen and the former governor of the third
largest state in Venezuela. A complete list of 2005 World Fellows
follows this release.
“The 2005 World Fellows have exceptional records of achievement and a
proven capacity for leadership,” said Yale World Fellows Program
Director Daniel Esty, a professor of environmental law and policy at
Yale. “Building on their access to Yale faculty, alumni, visitors and
students, these World Fellows will be prepared for even greater roles
of leadership when they return home. In fact, over half of the 2004
World Fellows have already experienced noteworthy career changes
since their program ended last December.”
This year, the Program selection process was intense-with hundreds of
top quality applications for only 18 positions.
Review committees representing six geographical regions around the
globe helped to narrow the field. The final selection was made by a
panel of Yale faculty. “I cannot adequately express my excitement
about the opportunity to take part in this prestigious fellowship as
a member of the World Fellows class of 2005,” said Nigerian human
rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim, upon hearing of her acceptance to the
Program. “I am looking forward to becoming a ‘world citizen’ after
sharing experiences with the other fellows this fall.”
>From September to December, the 2005 World Fellows will take part in
a specially designed World Fellows Seminar taught by some of Yale’s
most distinguished faculty; are able to take any of the 3,000 courses
offered at Yale (including courses in management, law, history,
economics and political science); and are provided with
individualized skill-building sessions on public speaking, media
training, conflict resolution and problem solving. The Program
provides the World Fellows with tuition fees, housing, travel, health
care coverage and a $30,000 living stipend.
Through a private weekly dinner speaker series and trips to New York
and Washington, D.C., World Fellows have access to U.S. government
officials, business leaders, international affairs experts, Yale
alumni and other American and foreign leaders. Past World Fellows
have met with Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan,
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, former CEO of Procter &
Gamble John Pepper, Washington Post White House Correspondent Dana
Milbank and UN Millennium Project Director Jeffrey Sachs, among
others.
While at Yale, World Fellows develop invaluable contacts with one
another and U.S. academic and professional communities.
World Fellows also have access to the extensive network of Yale
graduates around the world. In addition, all World Fellows are
invited to a biennial “Return to Yale” forum where current and alumni
fellows meet and build a global association of world leaders, as well
as renew their ties to Yale.
Reflecting on why he chose to take part in the Yale World Fellows
Program, South African IBM executive and 2004 World Fellow Mteto
Nyati said: “I decided to invest this time to take a step back from
all the things I am involved in, develop new strategies and close
knowledge gaps. At the end of the day, it was a very worthwhile
investment. I have never been on any program that offers what this
program offered.”
Other past World Fellows include a Ugandan member of parliament now
running for president of his country; a Canadian army officer,
subsequently promoted to brigadier general, now in charge of
strategic planning for the Canadian Army; a deputy director for the
German Environment Ministry, now chief of staff for the President of
Germany; a Philippine congressman, elected vice president of his
party; a councilwoman from La Paz, Bolivia, now the city’s director
of human development; and a former head of the UNDP in Kosovo, now
chief of staff for the UN’s Office of Special Envoy for Tsunami
Recovery headed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton (Yale Law
School ’73).
2005 Yale World Fellows
Lusine Abovyan – Armenia Title/Organization: Lawyer and former
journalist, currently serving as a constitutional law specialist for
the Armenia Legislative Strengthening Program charged with reforming
the Armenian constitution.
Age: 31
Marianne Camerer – South Africa Title/Organization: Director, Global
Integrity, a project of the Center for Public Integrity, an NGO that
tracks the state of corruption and accountability in twenty-five
countries and conducts investigative research on public policy issues
around the world.
Age: 35
Marvin H. Dames – Bahamas Title/Organization: Chief Superintendent of
Police and interim Assistant Commissioner of Crime, Royal Bahamas
Police Force.
Age: 41
Bakhodir Ganiev – Uzbekistan Title/Organization: National Coordinator
for Regional Development Strategy, UNDP Sustainable Income Generation
Program.
Age: 28
Paromita Goswami – India Title/Organization: Founder and President,
Shramik Elgar (Marching Army of Working People) for the indigenous
and rural poor of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts of Maharashtra,
India.
Age: 35
Darius Gudelis – Lithuania Title/Organization: Adviser and interim
Chief of Staff to the President of Lithuania.
Age: 31
Irne Hors – France Title/Field: China Governance Program Coordinator
at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
in Paris.
Age: 36
Hauwa Ibrahim – Nigeria Title/Organization: Lawyer specializing in
human rights and, in particular, defense counsel in cases involving
Islamic Sharia law.
Age: 38
Hassan Jabareen – Israel Title/Organization: General Director of
Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.
Age: 41
Joaquin Jcome Diez – Panama Title/Organization: Partner, Jcome and
Jcome, and Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Panama
from 1999 to 2004.
Age: 39
KHUAT Thi Hai Oanh – Vietnam Title/Organization: Director, Center for
Health and Social Development, focused on HIV/AIDS through the local
health development process-oriented NGO Institute for Social
Development Studies.
Age: 35
Mi-Hyung Kim – South Korea Title/Organization: Executive Vice
President and General Counsel, Kumho Asiana Business Group, one of
the largest conglomerates in South Korea.
Age: 41
Sascha Muller-Kraenner – Germany Title/Organization: Director for
Europe and North America at the Heinrich Bll Foundation, which works
with the German Green Party to develop policy.
Age: 42
Henry Njoroge – Kenya Title/Organization: Managing Director, UUNET
Kenya Ltd and proponent of the expansion and development of the
information technology sector in Kenya.
Age: 38
Vincent S. Perez – Philippines Title/Organization: Secretary of
Energy, Philippine Department of Energy (2001-2005).
Age: 47
RUI Chenggang – China Title/Organization: Anchor and Director at
China Central Television (CCTV), the national television network of
the People’s Republic of China.
Age: 28
Henrique Fernando Salas-Rmer – Venezuela Title/Organization: Vice
President, Unin de Partidos Latinoamericanos, a coalition of Latin
American political parties, and Governor of the State of Carabobo,
the third largest state in Venezuela (1996 to 2004).
Age: 45
Kazushige Tanaka – Japan Title/Organization: Deputy Director of the
Energy Efficiency Division, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI).
Age: 35
CONTACT: Mia Reynolds, Yale World Fellows Program Tel: +1 203 432
1912 e-mail: [email protected] Dorie Baker Tel: +1 203 432 8555
e-mail: [email protected]
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ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
June 9, 2005 Thursday 5:15 PM Eastern Time
Russian envoy to continue military, political talks in Tbilisi
By Yelena Pankratieva
MOSCOW
The Russian Foreign Ministry’s special envoy, Igor Savolsky is
arriving in Tbilisi on Friday to join the expert-level talks that
began in the Georgian capital on Wednesday.
The negotiators are discussing military and political themes and the
withdrawal of Russian military bases.
Taking part in the negotiations are Russian special envoy Lev Mironov
and his Georgian counterpart Malkhaz Mikeladze.
The implementation of agreements the two countries’ foreign ministers
achieved and put on record in a joint statement on May 30 is high on
the agenda.
Lev Mironov has said the experts’ meeting has been successful.
He told reporters he was pleased with the progress in the talks.
“I believe so are the Georgian counterparts,” he said.
Russia and Georgia have negotiated the withdrawal of bases since
2001, the Itar-Tass correspondent in Tbilisi Tengiz Pachkoria
reports. Moscow initially suggested a 14-year period of withdrawal,
then eleven years, and then eight years. Tbilisi at first argued it
wanted the bases out in 3-4 years, and then in 2-3 years.
The Georgian parliament on March 10 adopted a resolution saying that
if agreement were not achieved by May 15, Russia would be told to
withdraw the bases by January 1, 2006. The Russian and Georgian
foreign ministers came to terms at negotiations in Moscow on May 30.
Most Russian armaments from the Georgian bases will be pulled out
into Russia, and some redeployed to the Russian base in Gyumri, in
neighboring Armenia. At first the decision drew protests from
Azerbaijan, but the country’s Prime Minister Artur Rasi-Zade on June
3 said Baku would not regard this as something tragic.

ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
June 9, 2005 Thursday
Media advisory: conf by Armenia pilots freed from Eq Guinea jail
Armenian pilots Captain Ashot Karapetyan, First Mate Samvel
Darbinyan, Navigator Samvel Machkalyan, mechanics Razmik Khachatryan
and Suren Muradyan and Engineer Ashot Simonyan who were convicted
accused of an attempt of coup in Equatorial Guinea in March 2004 have
spent more than 12 months in jail will hold a news conference at the
Itar-Tass news agency (2, Tverskoi Boulevard, 6th floor) at 17.30 on
Friday, June 10.
Taking part in the conference will be President of the Union of
Armenians of Russia Ara Abramyan and others.
Please apply for accreditation to cover the event to the Itar-Tass
Press centre over telephone: 229-6034, 229-6403.
Fax: 229-0585.
[email protected]