Author: Emil Lazarian

Armenian Youth Party calls to unite around presidents of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh
Regnum, Russia
July 7 2006
On July 7, Armenian Youth Party (YPA) presented letter of the country’s
intelligentsia to presidents of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Robert
Kocharyan and Arkady Gukasyan during its press conference. REGNUM
publishes the whole text of the address:
“Armenian intelligentsia, which was at the origins of Karabakh
movement and participated in Armenia’s gaining of independence and in
Artsakh’s liberation (Artsakh is Armenian name of Nagorno Karabakh –
REGNUM), believes today too that at current tragic hour it should
unite around the Armenian authorities for the sake of Armenia and
Artsakh’s well-being. Armenian intelligentsia supports both presidents
and calls on public opinion to unite around the presidents in order
to settle problem fairly.”
Yerevan State University Rector Aram Simonyan and Yerevan Valeriy
Bryusov Linguistic University Rector Suren Zolyan signed the statement
during the press conference. As YPA Chairman Sarkis Asatryan informed,
signatures’ collecting will last for ten days. After that, the
intelligentsia’s appeal will be handed over to presidents of Armenia
and Republic Nagorno Karabakh.

Elmar Mammadyarov urges German businessmen to make investment in Azerbaijan
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
July 8 2006
[ 08 Jul. 2006 14:21 ]
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with secretary of
German Defence Minister, Christian Schmidt and secretary of state Ms.
Karin Kortman at the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.
He informed Mr. Schmidt of Azerbaijan’s integration to Euroatlantic
arena, its close cooperation with NATO, EU and CE as well as existing
political, economic and democratic process in Azerbaijan and regional
energy and infrastructure projects.
He also touched on the talks on Nagorno Garabagh conflict and said
that agreement in military field signed between Azerbaijan and Germany
in March enables to strengthen the relations and cooperation within
NATO individual partnership plan.
Mr. Mammadyarov stated that relations between Azerbaijan and German
have been strengthened in all fields especially in the economic
sphere and German investors show greater and greater interest in
Azerbaijan and gave information about economic and democratic reforms
in Azerbaijan at the meeting in Ministry of Economic Cooperation
and Development.
Mr. Mammadyarov also met with newly elected members of managing staff
of German-Azerbaijan Forum.
Head of the managing staff, Otto Chauzer, who was a Bundestag member
for a long time, and secretary of state in Helmut Kol’s government,
said that the goals of the forum are to contribute to strengthening
of relations between the two countries in economic, scientific,
cultural, educational and other sphere and to help with recognition
of Azerbaijan in Germany.
The Minister also met with other members of the forum.
On the very same day, Mr. Mammadyarov met with management of German
Sifal Group of Companies, gave information about suitable business
climate for foreign investor in Azerbaijan and invited German
businessmen to make investment in Azerbaijan. /APA/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AZG Armenian Daily #127, 08/07/2006
Economy
“ECONOMY OF ARMENIA” EXHIBIT TO LAUNCH IN MOSCOW
Today, “Economy of Armenia” exhibition will launch
within the framework of the Year of Armenia Russia at
the Pan-Russian Exhibition Center.
LOGOS EXPO Center informed that the exhibition will
provide opportunity for representing the tendencies of
economic development in Armenia, the goods produced in
the republic and the services rendered. Highest
technological achievements and innovations will be
represented on the exhibition. The participants of the
exhibition are such companies as Grand Tobacco, Grand
Candy, Dilijan-Frolova, Vedi Alco, Bio-Khim,
Royal-Armenia, “Nairit” plant, Armenian Manufacturers’
Union, the Yerevan State Medical University and other
organizations and companies. According to LOGOS, it is
expected that delegations from numerous countries will
visit the exposition. It is envisaged that the average
number of daily visitors of the Exhibition Center is
50-100 thousand people. The exhibition is organized by
RA Trade and Economic Development Ministry in
collaboration with LOGOS EXPO Center.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

WAS KOCHARYAN UNAWARE OF CONSTITUTION?
Lragir.am
08 July 06
Sedrak Baghdasaryan, resident of Buzand Street, the chair of Protection
for Victims of State Needs, Democracy NGO, said in an interview with
our news reporter that they wrote over 10 letters to Robert Kocharyan
telling him about the destructive consequences of the development of
the Center of Yerevan. Robert Kocharyan did not answer any of these
letters, however. Moreover, even the Kocharyan administration did not
answer. Sedrak Baghdasaryan says the letter was sent to the government,
from the government to the City Hall, from the City Hall to the Office
of Program Implementation. “My impression is that the best-educated,
the smartest person in our country is the head of the OPI.”
However, it is at least strange that the OPI answers the last letter.
The letter was written May 26, 2006, in other words, after the
decision of the Constitutional Court recognizing it unconstitutional.
The victims of the state needs reminded Robert Kocharyan that the head
of state must guarantee observation of the Constitution and punish its
violation. The victims of state want to know why the president signed
an unconstitutional decision. Robert Kocharyan declined to answer,
which means that either he does not consider him president of people,
or he thinks it is not worthwhile to answer people.
R. Harutiunyan, the head of the OPI who answered the letter, informed
the victims of state needs that the president signed the decision
of the government in 2002, whereas the Constitutional Court defined
it as unconstitutional in 2006. “The person who signed the decision
could not foresee that these would be considered as against the
unconstitution.” This is not a misprint. Either R. Harutiunyan has
discovered a new legal, though not so logical category, or he is a
little careless. Both are bad for R. Harutiunyan, who was charged
with the important task of writing a letter on behalf of the president.
And if R. Harutiunyan wants to say that the person who ratified
the decision could not predict that these decisions would be
considered unconstitutional, which is the same as incompliant with
the constitution, not knowing the law does not free from punishment.
After this decision of the Constitutional Court the chamber of
civilian cases of the Court of Appeal led by Arman Mkrtumyan did
not try the case of the victims of public needs, in other words,
it neglected the decision of the Constitutional Court.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Goran Lenmarker selected chairman of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
July 7 2006
[ 07 Jul. 2006 20:45 ]
Elections to Parliamentary Assembly were held in today’s meeting of
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly summer session which was conducted in
Brussels. Swedish parliamentarian Goran Lenmarker has been selected
OSCE PA chairman.
Azerbaijani delegation member participating in OSCE PA session,
Eldar Ibrahimov has informed APA. According to him, Lenmarker has
been selected among the 5 candidates to this post. It should be noted
that, Georgian parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze was also among
the candidates to OSCE PA post. It should be noted that, Lenmarker
has been appointed OSCE PA reporter on Nagorno Garabagh since 2002,
visited the region, met with conflicting sides and presented report
related to the conflict./APA/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

92 films representing 58 countries presented at Golden Apricot Festival
ArmRadio.am
08.07.2006 15:30
July 10-15 Golden Apricot third International Film Festival will be
held in Yerevan. Like the first two the festival will be held under
the slogan ” Armenia: A Crossroad of Civilizations and Cultures.” 92
films out of 280 presented were selected to participate in the contest
screenings. These films represent 58 countries. According to the Press
Service of the Organization Committee of the Festival, well-known
figures of the world cinema from over 10 countries – Russia, Canada,
France, US, Spain, Germany, Chile, Belgium, Turkey and Italy – will
take part in the cinema forum. Contest films will be nominated for
Fiction Film, Documentary and Armenian Panorama.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Ethnic Azeris protest at Armenian president’s visit to Iran – Baku agency
Azerbaijani news agency APA, Baku
7 Jul 06
7 July: Ethnic Azerbaijani poets, writers and cultural figures living
in Iran have sent an appeal to Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad,
Said Muganli, editor of Yarpaq newspaper published in Iran, has
told APA.
Muganli said that in the letter, the intellectuals expressed their
outrage at the visit to Iran by Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
and at the signing of a major energy agreement between the two
countries. Muganli also said that on 6 July the police dispersed a
rally staged by Azerbaijanis in front of the Armenian embassy in Iran
in protest against Kocharyan’s visit to Iran. The rally demanded that
Kocharyan immediately leave Iran.
[Passage omitted: Details of Kocharyan’s visit to Iran]

Modeling A-320 Flight over
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.07.2006 18:10 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) finished
works on modeling the last flight of A-320, which crashed, reported
Press Secretar4y of the Central Board of Civil Aviation of Armenia
Gayane Davtyan. In her words, Airbus SAS company has modeled the
flight with participation of aviation authorities of Armenia and
Russia, as well as specialists of the Research and Analytic Bureau
of France. Specialists of the commission managed to model the flight
by means of a trainer and by comparing data of parameter and sound
recorders.
According to Davtyan, new important information is found as a
result. These will be compared with the data already available. After
that the Interstate Aviation Committee will present the final
conclusion to the commission. Professional discussion of IAC
sub-commissions will be finished July 10. Deputy Chief on Flight
Security Inspection of Central Board of Civil Aviation Gagik Galstyan
represents Armenia during the modeling works, reports Novosti-Armenia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Karabakh’s recognition basis for conflict settlement – NKR minister
Mediamax news agency
7 Jul 06
Yerevan, 7 July: The defence minister of the Nagornyy Karabakh republic
[NKR], Lt-Gen Seyran Oganyan, said in Stepanakert today that “as long
as the NKR has not been recognized, we do not intend to return the
territories that serve as a security belt for us”.
Speaking at a news conference in Stepanakert today, Seyran Oganyan
said that Karabakh is in favour of only a peaceful settlement of the
conflict, “but Azerbaijan thrust a war upon us and we had to resolve
the problem in a military way,” Mediamax reports.
The minister said that “the territories under the control of Nagornyy
Karabakh are not an end in itself, but serve as a security zone for
the quiet life of the republic”.
The general stressed that the issue of territories and the deployment
of an international peacekeeping contingent can be considered only
at the last stage of the settlement after the resolution of the main
problem – the determination of the legal status of Nagornyy Karabakh.
“If the main issue of the settlement process is not solved, there
can be no talk about returning the territories,” the NKR defence
minister said.
Speaking about a possible resumption of hostilities in the light
of Azerbaijan’s militarist statements, Seyran Oganyan expressed the
opinion that “Azerbaijan does not wish to start a war”.
In the minister’s opinion, Baku’s militarist rhetoric pursues only
domestic political goals. At the same time, the Nagornyy Karabakh
defence army has a plan of effective countermeasures to defend the
republic, Seyran Oganyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

The Nation, Kenya
July 7 2006
State House cited over Arturs’ staged arrival
Story by LUCAS BARASA and MUGUMO MUNENE
Publication Date: 7/7/2006
The truth behind the amazing airport Press conference that saw the
Artur brothers presented as VIPs and genuine foreign investors has
been revealed at last.
Mr Naphtali Sawe from the Kenya Airports Authority displays the
security passes irregularly issued to the Armenian brothers. He was
giving evidence during the public hearing of the Kiruki Commission of
Inquiry at KICC in Nairobi yesterday. Photo by Joan Pereruan
The whole thing was a piece of fiction, carefully stage-managed by a
group of people that included someone claiming to be from State
House. In fact the two Armenians had been in Kenya all along, but a
cunning accomplice told a security official that he worked at State
House and so persuaded him to fake the arrival of the brothers’
arrival in the country.
The official went along with the ruse to pretend the two had had just
flown into Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Dubai, and he
opened the doors at one of the arrival gates ~V Gate 6 ~V to allow the
brothers to slip through, then re-emerge as Press cameras recorded
their sudden appearance.
The brothers, accompanied by Nairobi lawyer Fred Ngatia and a Mr
Aloise Omita, then made their way to the Government’s own VIP lounge
where they held their Press conference, telling of their wish to
invest in Kenya.
Permission for the conference, on March 13, this year, had been given
the previous evening by the airport’s deputy managing director, Ms
Naomi Cidi, who had telephoned security staff and told them to expect
some important passengers and to arrange security passes for the two
brothers, their entourage and the journalists who were hand-picked to
attend the conference.
Meanwhile, Mr Bosire was left behind to lock the doors of Gate 6, the
Kiruki Commission was told yesterday.
The impostor, who had claimed to be from State House, was identified
to the commission investigating the Armenians’ activities as a Mr
Julius Maina.
Mr Bosire told the inquiry a man had walked up to him and his
immediate boss, Mr Moses Wanyonyi, and introduced himself as Mr
Julius Maina of State House.
Mr Wanyonyi had in turn been called earlier by his immediate boss and
told that Ms Cidi had wanted a Press conference arranged for certain
guests.
At the time, both Mr Maina and Mr Omita had permanent security access
passes to all airports that would allow them into the aircraft
parking lots and lounges for a year.
It is not clear what business they had at the airport that would have
gained them such high level clearance.
On the day the passes were issued, Mr Maina had declared on the
application forms that he worked as a financial consultant for a
company called Inter-Alliance International Ltd.
The inquiry’s assisting counsel Dorcas Oduor, while leading Mr Bosire
in his evidence-in-chief, asked: Do you really know where he comes
from or who he works for?
Bosire: Not at the moment.
Oduor: Can you identify him today?
Bosire: I had never seen him before.
Oduor: We cannot find him either. The company Inter-Alliance Ltd,
according to the Registrar of Companies, is not registered and that
number belongs to another company. How do we find him?
Bosire: I can’t trace him. I saw him that morning. I had never seen
him before and I have never seen him again.
Oduor: What about Mr Omita?
Bosire: I have never seen him again.
Mr Bosire then told the commission the waiting party, which included
the brothers, was anxious about the arrival of a Kenya Airways flight
expected that morning from Dubai and which had been delayed by about
two hours.
Once he learnt the flight was delayed, Mr Maina spoke into his
cellphone and a short while later turned to Mr Bosire and told him
that the matter would be handled by Mr Omita.
Mr Omita then became frantic, searching for a place where he could
print a document. Finally he turned to Mr Bosire and told him they
would do it in Ms Cidi’s office. The two then rushed off to KAA
headquarters, some distance from the airport, where Mr Omita had his
document printed while Mr Bosire waited outside. On their return to a
first class lounge at international arrivals, Mr Omita was told the
awaited guest had already arrived.
At this point, he and Mr Wanyonyi, the duty security manager,
instructed Mr Bosire to open one of the arrival gates so the
passengers’ arrival could be stage-managed for the Press.
The details emerged on the seventh day of the public inquiry by the
commission appointed by President Kibaki to investigate the brothers.
Asked why he had agreed to stage-manage an arrival, Mr Bosire
responded: “I thought it was usual, official and a sensitive issue
that was not to be revealed to everyone.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress