Author: Chakrian Hovsep

Baku Today, Azerbaijan
March 10 2004
Azeri officer in Budapest gets lawyer

Hungarian lawyer Peter Zalay will defend Azerbaijani officer Ramil
Safarov, who has been arrested in Budapest on charges of murdering
Armenian officer, Turan News Agency said.

10/03/2004 14:45
Baku Today
Azeri lawyer Adil Ismayilov, who met with Zalay in Budapest said, in
a TV interview, Zalay quite a responsible lawyer ,however, he said,
one cannot be confident about the positive outcome of the case for
the Azeri officer beforehand.

Ismayilov, who visited Safarov on March 4 said, the Azeri officer has
been charged with article 166 of Hungarian criminal code which
stipulates for from between 10 – 15 years of imprisonment to life
imprisonment.

IranMania
March 11 2004
Armenia seeks broader cooperation

MOSCOW, March 10 (Iran Daily) — The Head of Armenia’s Presidential
Office and Chairman of Iran-Armenia Economic Commission Artashes
Toumanian reiterated the need to bolster cooperation between the two
states, IRNA reported.
Speaking to the visiting Governor General of Ardebil province Javad
Najafi-Azar and his delegation in Yerevan, Toumanian called for
closer ties in various fields, particularly agriculture and
industries.
Turning to the role of the joint economic commission in broadening
ties, he noted that Armenia’s president and other high-ranking
Iranian and Armenian officials have focused on developing economic
collaboration, in particular at the provincial level.
“Given the significance of expanding ties to both sides, it is
inevitable for Iran and Armenia to undertake joint projects in
various sectors including industries, agriculture, trade, foodstuff,
engineering services and tap existing potentials for the purpose,” he
added.
Toumanian also called for broader cooperation between Armenia and
Ardebil province, given the latter’s diversity of industrial and
trade potentials.
For his part, Najafi-Azar referred to the potentials of Ardebil
province and called for bolstering bilateral relations, given the
capabilities available in industrial, commercial, tourist,
agricultural sectors as well as exchange of technical and scientific
expertise.