Author: Basmajian Ani

ERDOGAN RECOMMENDS OBAMA AND MCCAIN TO CONSIDER TURKEY’S POSITION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.10.2008 14:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent two
foreign policy officials to meet the advisors of both U.S. presidential
candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain in the
United States, Hurriyet daily reports.

Ahmet Davutoglu, chief foreign policy advisor to Erdogan and Suat
Kiniklioglu, deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of
the Turkish parliament are instructed to convey Turkey’s stance on
a number of crucial issues, including PKK terrorism, the Armenian
Genocide issue, Cyprus and other regional problems, to the advisors
of both candidates.

The officials are also expected to reiterate Turkey’s aspiration to
continue cooperation against the PKK and reaffirm that their country
looks favorably on the territorial integrity of Iraq.

Davutoglu and Kinikoglu would also seek U.S. support to Turkey’s
proposal for the Caucasus Cooperation Platform.

Turkey would also urge the U.S. presidential candidates to consider
Turkey’s position on the Armenian Genocide.

ARMEX LISTS COUPON BONDS ISSUED BY IMEX GROUP

ARKA
oct 28, 2008

YEREVAN, October 28. /ARKA/. Registered coupon bonds issued by IMEX
Group LLC were included in the Bbond list of the Armenian Stock
Exchange (Armex) this October 27, Marketing and Communication
Department of NASDAQ OMX told ARKA News Agency.

A total of 100,000 bonds with nominal value of AMD 10,000, maturity
24 months and coupon annual yield of 11.5% are listed under Armex
ticker symbol EMXGB1.

The initial placement of the issue of registered coupon non-documentary
bonds of IMEX Group worth 1bln AMD was carried out by its underwriter
Ameriabank CJSC.

The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) registered the prospectus of
registered coupon non-documentary bonds of IMEX Group this September
1. Public subscription for IMEX Group bonds opened on September 15
and closed on October 10, their placement closed on October 15.

IMEX Group LLC was established in 2001 and is the official
representative of 75 European companies in Armenia, namely Ideal
Systems, Keramika, Thermotech, BAXI, Ermenegildo Zegna, Emporio Armani.

Swedish OMX Group (currently NASDAQ OMX) acquired 100% of shares of
the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of
Armenia (CDA) this January 7.

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc became the owner of Armex and CDA after the
merge of NASDAQ and OMX in March 2008.

TWO REPAIRED ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES ARRIVE IN ARMENIA FROM GEORGIA

ARKA
Oct 28, 2008

YEREVAN, October 28. /ARKA/. Two electric locomotives VL-10 repaired
in Georgia arrived in Armenia.

The press service of the South-Caucasus Railway CJSC reports that
completely overhauled locomotives are provided with state-of-the-art
equipment.

The locomotives are currently at the Gyumri depot and will soon start
serving Airun-Gyumri and Airum-Sadakhno routes.

The first locomotive repaired in Georgia arrived in Armenia on
September 23, 2008. This November, the fourth completely overhauled
locomotive is to arrive in the country. The South-Caucasus Railway
signed a contract for the major overhaul of 23 electric locomotives
and 1,000 freight cars with Georgian specialists.

The South-Caucasus Railway Company, fully owned by the Russian Railways
Company, is manager of the Armenian Railways Company.

On June 1, 2008, the South-Caucasus Railway Company listed the rolling
stock of the Armenian Railways Company in its fixed assets under a
30-year concession contract signed on February 13, 2008.

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 22 2008

Armenians capture Azeri serviceman

Azerbaijani soldier Hasanov Rafiq Rahman oglu, born in 1989, was
captured by Armenian military officers in unknown circumstances on 8
October 2008, the APA news agency quoted the State Commission for
POWs, Hostages and Missing People as saying.

According to the state commission, representatives from the
International Committee of the Red Cross visited the captured soldier
on 16 October and said that the soldier was treated and kept in
accordance with international humanitarian legal norms.

The State Commission for POWs, Hostages and Missing People is
undertaking relevant measures to get Hasanov Rafiq Rahman oglu freed
from the captivity.

AIRSPAN WIMAX NETWORK PRESENTED TO RUSSIAN AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS
[email protected], [email protected]

MarketWatch
9:08 a.m. EDT Oct. 24, 2008

Presidents Medvedev and Sarkisyan Witness Capabilities of Comstar’s
Country-Wide WiMAX Network

BOCA RATON, FL, Oct 24, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Airspan
Networks, Inc. (AIRN:airspan networks inc com a leading provider of
WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks announced that earlier
this week, an official ceremony was held in Yerevan, the capital
of Armenia, to launch Comstar’s nation-wide, WiMAX communications
network powered by Airspan equipment. At the ceremony, Comstar’s CEO
presented Airspan’s award-winning MiMAX Q-Series USB devices to Russian
President, Dmitry Medvedev and President of Armenia, Serge Sarkisyan.

Comstar, the largest integrated telecommunications provider in
Russia and CIS, has deployed Airspan’s WiMAX equipment to create
a combined fixed and mobile network. The network, which currently
comprises 24 base stations, covers Yerevan and 18 additional cities,
offering Armenian residents and businesses high-speed Internet, VoIP,
video conferencing and mobile services.

During the ceremony, the Presidents of both States participated
in a real-time two-way video conference with a medical diagnostics
center and were briefed on a pilot deployment for mobile WiMAX in the
city of Armavir. Both the video link and the mobile deployment are
enabled via Mobile WiMAX links supported by Airspan’s EasyST indoor
subscriber stations.

Sergey Pridantsev, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Comstar UTS, commented: "This national WiMAX network is a unique
project for Armenia, and one of the first projects of its kind
worldwide. Airspan was able to supply us with a superior solution to
meet our requirements, enabling us to deliver modern communications
services that help improve quality of life as well as bring telephony
services and broadband internet access to some homes for the first
time ever."

"We are very proud to partner with Comstar in such a revolutionary
project," stated Anders Rendahl, Airspan’s Senior Vice President &
General Manager EMEA. "The attendance of the Presidents of Russia
and Armenia to this ceremony only highlights the importance of the
life-changing effects a network such as this can have on a country
like Armenia. We look forward to further expansion of the Comstar
network in 2009 and to continuing to help revolutionize fixed and
mobile communications in this important and growing economy."

About Comstar Comstar-United TeleSystems JSC is the leading fixed-line
telecommunications company in Moscow. Comstar provides voice, data,
television and other value-added services to residential and corporate
subscribers and operators, using its extensive backbone network and
exclusive last mile access to 97% of Moscow households. The Company
also offers communications services in five Russian regions, Armenia
and Ukraine. Comstar had 3.6 million residential subscribers and 783
thousand residential broadband internet subscribers in Moscow, as
well as 49 thousand residential regional and international broadband
internet subscribers at the end of June 2008. Comstar generated US$
834.2 million of revenues and a 39.5% OIBDA margin for the six months
ended June 30, 2008. Comstar’s Global Depositary Receipts are listed
on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: CMST). For details, please visit:

About Airspan Networks Inc.

Airspan is the industry’s leading WiMAX pure player, ranked #1 for
IEEE802.16-2004 WiMAX revenue in 2007 and has now been selected for
some of the world’s largest mobile WiMAX deployments. With direct
sales offices throughout Asia, EMEA and the Americas, a worldwide
network of resellers and agents, and partnership alliances with
major OEMs, Airspan boasts over 100 commercial WiMAX deployments
worldwide.

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DEAL BETWEEN TURKCELL COMPANY OF TURKEY AND ARMENIAN ARMENTEL COMPANY NOTHING BUT RUMORS

State Telegraph Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
October 15, 2008 Wednesday

Reports concerning the deal between the Turkcell Company of Turkey and
Armenian ArmenTel company are nothing but rumors, Turkcell Companys
international relations department said. The rumors were disseminated
by Armenpress News Agency. Prior to signing of similar agreements the
New York and Istanbul Stock Exchanges where the stocks of mentioned
companies placed, should be notified. The rumor disseminators are
not aware of these economic rules, the Companys official said.

ARMENIA CAN BECOME LABORATORY FOR NEW IDEAS: MINISTER OF ECONOMY

ARKA
Oct 21, 2008

YEREVAN, October 21. /ARKA/. Armenia can become a global laboratory
for new ideas, RA Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan said today
during the opening of the Global Innovation Forum for Education
and Development.

Armenia’s objective is to shape a more organized information and
telecommunications sector, the minister added.

"We need infrastructures to make ideas come true, find necessary
solutions, carry out research by expanding our knowledge, training
ourselves and implementing innovations in business to enter the global
market," Yeritsyan was quoted saying.

The organizers of the four-day forum in Yerevan are the RA Ministry
of Economy, the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development and the
Athgo International organization.

The workshop focuses on the basic tools that facilitate the creation of
innovative solutions, particularly, systematic and quality educational
opportunities.

The participants will have group discussions and will suggest new
ideas on ICT development, trying to attract experts and specialists.

The chief partners of the forum are the Enterprise Incubator Foundation
(Armenia), Astro -Malaysia, Ericsson AG, Fundacion Cisneros, Microsoft
Corporation and Qualcomm.

RUSSIA HAS MUCH TO GAIN FROM MEDIATING CONFLICTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.10.2008 16:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia should maintain uninterrupted contact with
Armenia after the tragic events in South Ossetia, said Konstantin
Zatulin, director of the Institute of CIS Studies.

"It’s important to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the
situation. Armenia has unsettled problems and is interested in
Russia’s mediation for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution. By
the way, Russia has much to gain from mediating conflicts in South
Caucasus. With their successful resolution, it will fix its positions
as major regional player," he said, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.

SWISS DISTRICT COURT CONVICTED THREE CITIZENS OF TURKEY OF DENYING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

ArmInfo
2008-10-22 11:49:00

ArmInfo. A Swiss district court of Winterthur town has found three
Turkish defendants guilty of denying the Armenian holocaust during
the Ottoman Empire 90 years ago, Swiss info reports.

According to the source, they were ordered to pay up to $5,630 during
3 years. The defence lawyer said he would appeal the verdict, although
it is milder than the sentence demanded by the prosecutor.

The source recalls that last year the leader of Turkish Workers’ Party,
Dogu Perincek was found guilty on a similar case. During a visit to
western Switzerland he publicly denied that the killing of hundreds
of thousands of ethnic Armenians amounted to genocide. ‘The case
caused diplomatic tensions between Switzerland and Turkey. However,
both countries recently decided to forge closer ties following a
visit by the Turkish foreign minister to Switzerland’, the source says.

ARMENIAN OFFICIAL: RAILROAD TO IRAN TO TAKE 5 YEARS TO BUILD

Prime-Tass English-language Business Newswire
October 10, 2008 Friday 12:21 PM EET
Russia

A railroad linking Armenia with Iran will take at least five years
to build, Gurgen Sargsyan, the Armenian minister of transport and
communications, told reporters late Thursday.

Sargsyan said earlier that the cost of the construction could amount
from U.S. $1.5 billion to $2 billion.

The railroad, which is still in the planning phase, will give Armenia
an alternative export route by rail besides the current one to Georgia.