Author: Emil Lazarian

GRAVES OF JEWS AND ARMENIANS ARE BEING DESTROYED IN AZERBAIJAN

Yerevan, May 29. ArmInfo. Graves of Jews and Armenians are being
destroyed in Azerbaijan. As the Baku “Real Azerbaijan” newspaper
informs in the article “Country of Vandals”, the Edition received a
letter of indignation from the residents of Sumgait, informing about
the destruction of graves of Jews and Armenians. The content of letter
is not given, however, the author informs that graves of Jews and
Armenians are also destroyed in Baku.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Armenian version:

THE NORWEGIAN MINISTER OF CULTURE
VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

His Holiness Aram I met with the Norwegian minister of culture, Trond Giske,
in his office in Antelias on May 25.

The Pontiff and the minister discussed issues related to the Middle East,
the Christian-Muslim dialogue and ecumenical affairs. His Holiness also
spoke about the friendly relations between the Norwegian and Armenian
peoples and in this context referred to Fridtjof Nansen as a great friend of
the Armenian nation.

The minister and His Holiness continued their discussions over lunch.

The Catholicos also gave an interview to two important Norwegian newspapers
which had delegated their journalists with the minister.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

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Armenian officers not to attend CIS meeting in Azerbaijan

Mediamax news agency
30 May 06

Yerevan, 30 May: Armenia will not take part in the forthcoming session
of the Council of CIS Defence Ministers to be held in Baku on 31
May. The Azerbaijani authorities have not produced security guarantees
to the Armenian delegation members, Mediamax has quoted the Armenian
Defence Ministry as saying. “As the secretariat of the Council of CIS
Defence Ministers failed to get security guarantees from the
Azerbaijani authorities for the Armenian Defence Ministry delegation,
they decided not to take part in the Baku session. This has been
reported to the secretariat of the Council of CIS Defence Ministers.

“This is another evidence of the fact that Azerbaijan is not able to
fulfil its commitments and ensure security of participants in the
international event being held on its territory. For its part, the
secretariat of the Council of CIS Defence Ministers, must ensure that
equal conditions are created for the participants from all CIS member
countries at the session. We are waiting for the secretariat’s
official reaction,” the Armenian Defence Ministry said in its
statement.

[ANS radio, Baku, in Azeri, 0500 gmt 30 May 06, reported that Armenia
had not even been invited because Azerbaijan notified the Council of
CIS Defence Ministers that an Armenian delegation was unwelcome in
Baku]

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Radio Liberty, Czech Rep.
May 29 2006

Armenian Soldier Killed In Fresh Skirmish On Azeri Border

By Emil Danielyan

Armenia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday that one of its
soldiers has been fatally shot in what it described as a truce
violation by Azerbaijani forces in the tensest section of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

The ministry said in a statement that Sergeant-Major Levon Adamian,
20, was wounded in the chest and died as he was rushed to hospital
late on Saturday. It said the incident occurred near the northern
Armenian town of Noyemberian. No other details were reported.

Adamian is at least the second Armenian soldier killed in the area
bordering Georgia since February. Skirmishes between Armenian and
Azerbaijani troops deployed there appear to have become more frequent
in recent months, with each side accusing the other of breaching the
ceasefire. The Azerbaijani military did not report any fighting in
the westernmost section of the heavily militarized frontier in recent
days, though.

According to the Azerbaijani news agency APA, an Azerbaijani soldier
was wounded and hospitalized on Saturday about 300 kilometers east of
the area, along the main Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact around
Nagorno-Karabakh. The information was not immediately confirmed by
the Defense Ministry in Baku. The ministry said earlier that a
19-year-old Azerbaijani army conscript, Egdar Hajigayibov, was shot
and killed by Armenian forces near a village just north of Karabakh
on May 17.

The latest upsurge in Armenian-Azerbaijani shootouts followed the
collapse of long-awaited talks between Presidents Ilham Aliev and
Robert Kocharian near Paris last February. The two leaders are
scheduled to meet again in Bucharest early next week amid fresh hopes
for a breakthrough in the Karabakh peace process.

High-ranking diplomats from France, Russia and the United States
sounded cautiously optimistic about the outcome of the summit as they
wrapped up a two-day visit to Baku and Yerevan last Thursday. In a
joint statement, they said the conflicting parties are now `at the
point where a mutually beneficial agreement is achievable.’

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Interfax Russia,
May 30 2006

Nationalists murder ethnic Armenian in commuter train near Moscow

MOSCOW. May 30 (Interfax) – A 19-year-old ethnic Armenian was stabbed
to death in a commuter train near Moscow.

Lawyer Simon Tsaturian told Interfax on Tuesday that a group of young
men attacked Artur Sardarian, a permanent resident of the town of
Pushkino, in a commuter train northeast of Moscow in the evening of
May 25, stabbing him many times.

Quoting eyewitnesses, the lawyer said that the attackers were
shouting “Glory to Russia!”

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TREND Information, Azerbaijan
May 30 2006

Paris hopes for advancements in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement

Source: Trend
Author: S.Agayeva

30.05.2006

Official Paris, alongside Washington and Moscow, hopes for
advancements in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peaceful settlement, Trend
reports with reference to the release of French Embassy to Azerbaijan
issued on occasion of Azeri president Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Paris.

Mentioning talks with French president Jacques Chirac and Senate
speaker Christian Ponselet within the visit program, Embassy
officials state Nagorno-Karabakh problem among the other themes of
these talks.

Following Azeri-Armenian meeting in Rambouit February 10 to 11,
France jointly with other co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group boosted its
activity in order to arrange the next meeting between the parties in
early June. Namely with this purpose high officials of Foreign
Ministries and co-chairs visited Baku and Yerevan in late May.

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MOSNEWS, Russia
May 30 2006

Young Armenian’s Killing Near Moscow May Be Race-Related

MosNews

Prosecutors have opened a hate crime investigation into the fatal
stabbing of an Armenian teenager at a Moscow suburban train station,
a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. Artur
Sardaryan, 19, was killed on Thursday in the latest in a string of
racially-motivated attacks in Moscow and throughout Russia, The
Associated Press reports.

Three young men approached Sardaryan as he was sitting on a commuter
train around 11:30 p.m. and stabbed him for no apparent reason. He
died later on the way to a hospital, Yelena Rossokhina, a spokeswoman
for Moscow regional prosecutors, told journalists.

Lawyer Simon Tsaturyan said that witnesses reported the youths
yelling `Glory to Russia!’ and `Long Live Russia!’, Ekho Moskvy radio
said.

Russia in recent years has seen an increase in racially-motivated
attacks on foreigners and migrants from the poorer Caucasus region
and Central Asia. Last month, a skinhead fatally stabbed an Armenian
student on a central Moscow subway platform.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
May 30 2006

JH. TUYMEBAEV: ‘AZERBAIJAN IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR KAZAKHSTAN’
[May 30, 2006, 16:02:42]

`The Azeri-Kazakh interstate relations are high level: Azerbaijan is
of great importance for Kazakhstan’, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to
Russia Jhanseid Tuymebaev told AzerTAc correspondent.

Dealing with joining of Kazakhstan the transportation of oil through
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the diplomat said Kazakhstan is going
to take part in transportation of energy resources via this pipeline,
and currently the question is in the process of elaboration.

Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia also stated that Kazakhstan is for
closer cooperation with Azerbaijan in numerous fields, including in
raising commodity turnover between two countries.

Responding to the question whether Kazakhstan will as CIS chairman
for current year lift the issue of settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the diplomat said
that in the frame of heads of the Commonwealth, are discussed complex
of questions of multilateral cooperation among the countries.

`Kazakhstan is for peaceful settlement of all the problems in the
post-soviet space’, the Ambassador noted.

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Outlook , India
May 30 2006

Indian eves beaten by Armenia in Chess Olympiad

FROM OUR CHESS CORRESPONDENT TURIN, MAY 30 (PTI)

Indian mainstay Koneru Humpy had a rare off day as India suffered
defeat for the second successive day, going down 1-2 against Armenia
in the Women’s Chess Olympiad here.

Humpy fumbled against Lilit Mkrtchian to encounter her first defeat
in the event and Woman Grandmaster D Harika also had a similar fate
in store. The saving grace was National Women champion and WGM Swati
Ghate who won an engrossing battle to thwart a whitewash.

Russian eves could manage only a draw with the United States, thus
giving a ray of hope to Ukraine who narrowed the lead once again to
just half a point after a 2-1 victory over Hungary.

As things stand, Russia on 19 points is followed by Ukraine on 18.5
while USA and China are a distant third with 17 points apiece.

After today’s debacle, the Indian team is struggling on 14.5 points
and share 18th spot with just five rounds to come.

In the next round, India is slated to meet Kazakhstan.

The Russian team rested its top player Alexandra Kosteniuk and in her
absence Tatiana Kosintseva took board one to beat Anna Zatonskih.

However, on the second board Russian aspirations suffered a setback
as Nadezhda Kosuintseva lost to Iruna Krush and a draw on the third
board between Ekaterina Kovalevskaya and Rasudan Goletiani led to the
sharing of honours.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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PRESS RELEASE

30-05-2006

Minister Oskanian Meets with Leadership of
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had a long-standing cooperative
relationship with the Tufts University Fletcher School, in Massachusetts. On
May 29, Fletcher Dean Stephen Bosworth visited the Ministry, accompanied by
Professor Alan Henrikson, and businessman-philanthropist Aso Tavitian who
has sponsored various educational programs associated with Fletcher.

During the meeting, the guests spoke with satisfaction about the cooperation
established years ago between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Armenia and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. They also
discussed future programs.

The Minister noted that more than 60 diplomats and civil servants have been
trained at Fletcher, and said this is invaluable for building capacity
within the government.

Following the meeting, Dean Bosworth and Professor Henrikson addressed
Ministry staff in the MFA Tavitian Library. Professor Joyce Barsam, a member
of the Tufts Board of Trustees and a member of the Tavitian Foundation,
accompanied the guests.

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