Author: Hakobian Adrine

Special Broadcasting Service, Australia
July 15 2005

Minnows kick off UEFA Cup
PA Sport

Mika’s Hrachya Mikaelyan (right) leaps over Mainz’s Mathias Abel
(left)

Cork took a giant step towards the next round of the UEFA Cup by
beating FK Ekranas 2-0 in the opening leg of their first qualifying
round fixture.

Cork’s Lithuanian hosts went down to goals from Roy O’Donovan after
25 minutes and George O’Callaghan on 89 minutes, leaving them with a
difficult trip to Ireland for the second leg.

In Armenia, Lokomotiv Tbilisi survived a late comeback from hosts
Banants Yerevan to hang on for a 3-2 away victory.

George Alaverdashvili opened the scoring after 40 minutes for the
visitors with Lasha Kebadze doubling the advantage four minutes after
the break.

Roin Oniani’s 53rd-minute goal then proved crucial in sealing the win
for the Georgians, as Banants rallied late on.

Aram Hakobian and Tigran Kharabakhtsyan scored for the Armenians in
the last 10 minutes but it was not quite enough to overturn the
three-goal deficit.

Slovakia’s Corgon Liga runners-up MSK Zilina suffered an unsuccessful
trip to Azerbaijan, where they went down 1-0 to Karat Baku, who had
Jeykhun Sultanov to thank for their goal 11 minutes before time.

BATE Borisov of Belarus had no such problems on their visit to
Georgia, where a 27th-minute penalty from defender Aleksei Baga was
enough to secure victory over Torpedo Kutaisi.

AC Allianssi also have one foot in the second round after hammering
Luxembourg’s CS Petange 3-0 in the Finnish leg of their first round
clash.

First half goals from Justus Vajanne after 34 minutes and Christopher
Cleaver on 41 minutes, followed by Jon Poulsen’s 85th minute strike
ensured a straightforward home victory for the Finns.

Fellow Finnish outfit MyPa are also well placed to progress, after
they secured a 1-1 away draw against TVMK Tallinn in Estonia.

Tallinn led after 32 minutes thanks to Ingemar Teever’s effort but
Tuomas Kuparainen’s 78th-minute finish gave the visitors a draw and a
crucial away goal.

Albanian side KS Teuta enjoyed an encouraging start to their campaign
as they beat Siroki Brijeg of Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1.

Two goals from Bledar Mancaku and one from Daniel Xhafa for Teuta
were enough to ensure that Domagoj Abramovic’s 81st-minute effort was
only a consolation for Brijeg.

Moldova’s FC Nistru Otaci eased to a 3-1 win over Khazar Lenkoran to
leave themselves looking good ahead of the second leg in Azerbaijan.

Goals from Andrei Matiura, Florin Pancovici and Alexandr Blajco all
but ended Lenkoran’s UEFA Cup hopes, although Zaur Ramazanov’s strike
could prove to be a lifeline.

Meanwhile, Macedonian outfit Bashkimi and Zepce Limorad of
Bosnia-Herzegovina played out a goalless draw.

Eztella Ettelbruck of Luxembourg had their European dreams torn apart
by one player as Hordur Sveinsson’s four-goal haul gave Keflavik of
Iceland a 4-0 victory.

The 22-year-old striker scored after 17 minutes before going on the
rampage and completing a second-half hat-trick to give his side a
great advantage.

A Daniel Niculae hat-trick inspired Rapid Bucharest to a 5-0 win over
tournament debutants UE Sant Julia of Andorra.

Ciprian Vasilache also bagged a brace as Rapid put the tie all-but
beyond their opponents ahead of the second leg in Bucharest.

Meanwhile, Omonia Nicosia of Cyprus won 3-0 at home to Hibernians
Paola of Malta.

Musawengosi Mguni put the home side ahead and Jozef Kozlej added a
second before a George Vakouftsis penalty sealed the win.

Esbjerg, who qualified for the competition in a fair-play place,
suffered a 2-1 home defeat to FC Flora Tallinn but remain hopeful
after Fredrik Berglund’s last-minute goal kept them in the tie.

The Estonians scored twice inside two minutes during the second half
through Tomas Sirevicius and Andrei Sidorenkov, but will rue their
late lapse that allowed the home side to narrow the deficit.

Albanian outfit Elbasan face a difficult trip to FYR Macedonia for
the second leg of their tie with FK Vardar, which is poised at 1-1.

Klodian Asllani’s goal put the hosts ahead in the first half, but
teenager Ivan Trickovski fired a crucial away goal to equalise and
give Vardar the impetus in the return leg.

Latvian outfit Metalurgs cruised to a 3-0 away win over Faroe
Islanders NSI Runavik, thanks to goals from Girts Karlsons and
Kristaps Grebis and an own-goal from Helgi Petersen.

In Liechtenstein, FC Vaduz sent Moldovans FC Dacia packing with a 2-0
win as Steve Gohouri and Gaspar De Souza struck for the home side.

Portadown needed a last-minute penalty to keep their European hopes
alive as they lost 2-1 at home to Viking FK of Norway.

Vincent Arkins duly converted the spot-kick after a penalty from
former Southampton striker Egil Ostenstad and a goal from Finnish
midfielder Peter Kopteff had given the visitors the lead.

One-time UEFA Cup winners Ferencvaros failed to emulate their
glorious side of the 1960s as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Belarus
minnows MTZ-RIPO Minsk.

Goals from Hamlet Mkhitaryan and Vitali Taraschik sent the visitors
home happy and left the Hungarians facing a tough away leg.

Mainz made the most of their home advantage as they ran out 4-0
winners over Armenian side Mika Ashtarak.

A brace from Benjamin Auer and strikes from Nikolce Noveski and Petr
Ruman saw the Germans cruise to victory.

Republic of Ireland’s Longford Town can look forward to a short trip
to South Wales after taking a 2-0 lead from their first leg clash
with Carmarthen.

Two defenders gave Town the win as Stephen Paisley and Barry Ferguson
got forward for a goal each.

However, the night was no washout for Welsh football as Rhyl produced
a 2-0 home win against FK Atlantas of Lithuania.

Rhyl’s 23-year-old striker Lee Hunt grabbed both goals in a game that
also saw visiting defender Kazimieras Gnedojus sent off.

IBV Vestmannaeyjar of Iceland and B36 Torshavn of the Faroe Islands
could not be separated as they contested a 1-1 first leg draw.

Asbjorn Gunnarsson put the visitors ahead after just seven minutes
before Petur Sigurdsson restored parity, although B36 will carry an
away goal into the second leg of the tie.

Cypriots APOEL Nicosia will be confident of their first round chances
after winning 2-0 away at Birkirkara of Malta.

Strikers Stavros Georgiou and Sasa Jovanovic hit second-half goals to
seal the win.

Two thousand spectators at Linfield watched the home side take a
one-nil lead against FK Ventspils of Latvia.

The Northern Irishmen led within five minutes through Timothy Mouncey
but were then frustrated as the visitors locked the gates and went
away with the tie still tightly balanced at 1-0.

San Marino’s sole UEFA Cup representatives Domagnano crashed to a 5-0
defeat at home to Slovenian hopefuls Domzale.

Nikola Nikezic led the rout with a brace, whilst Janez Zavrl, Ales
Kacicnik and Dalibor Stevanovic chipped in with a goal each to put
the tie beyond doubt.

MINSK GROUP TO PROPOSE KEY ELEMENTS OF CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

Azg/arm
15 July 05

It’s Too Early to Speak of Final Document

Late in the evening on July 13, the Minsk group co-chairs arrived in
capital city of Stepanakert in Nagorno Karabakh after a six months’
break. As the Russian co-chairman put it, the aim of the visit is to
find out “how the cards laid”.

The meeting with Nagorno Karabakh president Arkady Ghukasian was held
in two stages with the participation of foreign minister Arman
Melikian. Co-chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Steven Mann (USA) and
Bernard Fassie (France) answered journalists questions after the first
part of negotiations ended.

Merzlyakov, in particular, said that the Minsk group has already
presented its suggestions and has nothing new to propose. “This is a
process of negotiations, and it should not be expected that anything
new from one of us. One has to understand that this is diplomacy. Our
proposals to Armenian and Azeri presidents at the Warsaw meeting came
not only on our behalf but also on behalf of the countries in
chair. Now, we are working over these proposals. The sides have
discussed them and arrived at certain conclusions. A task was set to
continue negotiations over those issues. If you want to know what
issues I mean then I cannot tell you. The only thing I can tell is
that they are the key elements of future resolution”, the Russian
co-chairman said.

How close are the sides to signing a document? Merzlyakov answered,
“If it is merely a document on a joint announcement by the sides, then
they are close to that. But if you mean a document on settling the
Karabakh conflict, then they are too far from it as yet because months
are needed to draw it up”.

American co-chair Steven Mann added, “There are tendencies of progress
as regards principals, but there are also aspects on which the sides
have not agreed. We think that the spirit of the talks and the
relations between the sides are positive, and it helps the process
enormously”.

French co-chair, on his part, said that this is a necessary stage of
negotiations to get ready to settle all technical and model details on
experts’ level.

To daily Azg’s question as to what the co-chairs think about a
referendum to decide the status of Nagorno Karabakh, Merzlyakov said,
“I heard only about one publication on this issue and interestingly in
Baku with a reference to an Armenian official. The co-chairs base on
the agreement of the sides over keeping the issues discussed under
wraps, and we strive to remain faithful to that agreement. If an
official leaked a word, try to find out why it happened. We cannot
answer that question”.

A few days ago the mass media voiced a settlement alternative
according to which the sides “have already agreed on many issues” and
they are working “on final points”. A high-ranking official in
diplomatic circles noted that today’s situation in the talks “reminds
the stage in Key West talks when everybody thought the agreement is
reached and the issue will be settled in near future”.

The diplomatic source stated that a referendum to be held in 10-15
years can put an end to Karabakh issue enabling the Artsakhi people to
decide their fate.

The co-chairs confessed to have good impression from Baku visit. What
are the impressions from meeting with president Arkady Ghukasian?
Merzlyakov noted that he had an interesting conversation with the
president.

We failed to find out what were the impressions from the second stage
of the talks as the journalists were warded off from the
co-chairmen. According to Azg’s information, the second part of the
meeting between the NKR president and Minsk group co-chairs was held
in informal atmosphere during which ideas and views on conflict
settlement were exchanged.

By Tatoul Hakobian in Stepanakert

PanArmenian News
July 13 2005

OSCE MINSK GROUP TO DEPART FOR STEPANAKERT TODAY

13.07.2005 03:12

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ July 13 the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk group for
Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement Steven Mann (US), Bernard
Fassier (France) and Yuri Marzlyakov (Russia) are expected to visit
Stepanakert. During the visit the mediators will meet with NKR
President Arkady Ghukasian. On the same day they will leave the
Karabakh capital for Yerevan, IA Regnum reported.

ARMENIAN DELEGATION VISITS CHURCH OF SAINT STEPAN IN IRAN

YEREVAN, JULY 11. ARMINFO. The delegation of Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Armenia that is in Iran’s province of Eastern Azerbaijan,
visited the church of Saint Stepan in Julfa. As IRNA was informed inn
the press center of the frontier administration of Julfa, the
delegation of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry comprised of 24 people also
visited the church of Saint Tadeus (Kara Kilisa) in the province of
Western Azerbaijan.

ArmenPress, Armenia
July 11 2005

URUGUAY DEMAND EU TO DENY TURKISH MEMBERSHIP UNLESS IT RECOGNIZES
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

YEREVAN, JULY 11, ARMENPRESS: A campaign of signature collection
under a petition asking the European Union to deny Turkey’s
membership unless it acknowledges the Armenian genocide, launched by
Lilian Kechijian, an Armenian member of Uruguay parliament, is
gathering momentum. The campaign is supported by Armenian Cause
office, Armenia youth union and many other local Armenian
organizations. The petition is being co-signed not only by Armenians
but also Uruguayans.
On July 8 Lillian Kechijian met with activists of Armenian
organizations to sum up what they had done to this end. The meeting
decided to make a broader use of mass media to expand the campaign.
In an interview with a local Armenian radio, Lilian Kechijian said
she was happy that the petition was being signed not only by ordinary
citizens, but also by government and parliament members. She said one
of them was the country’s vice-president Nin Nipoa.
Earlier this year the parliament of Uruguay had made a unanimous
decision to ask the country’s foreign ministry to submit to the
United Nations a resolution declaring April 24 as “Genocide
Condemnation World Day.” The parliament decision was largely due to
the efforts of Lilian Kechijian. The decision asked the Uruguay
foreign ministry to ask the UN to consider it at its next session.
Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the
Armenian genocide, when the country’s Senate and House and
Representatives adopted a resolution on April 20, 1965. On March 26,
2004, the President of Uruguay signed a law designating April 24 as a
“Day of Recognition for the Armenian Martyrs.”

The New Anatolian, Turkey
July 9 2005

Turkish PM Sends Important Messages to Turkey, US, Armenia and EU
The New Anatolian / Ankara

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the midst of his
second visit to the U.S. in two months, on Thursday sent important
messages to the Turkish public, Turkey’s neighbors and prominent
actors of the international community.

Erdogan’s main message was about the struggle against terrorism
during his speech at a meeting in San Francisco, organized by the
World Affairs Council of Northern California and Commonwealth Club of
California, late Thursday.

The Turkish prime minister’s messages were as follows:

Importance of Iraqi unity

Erdogan warned international actors against letting themselves
reflect any sense of any ambiguity or failure in Iraq onto the
broader region. `To prevent such developments, we should look forward
and improve our coordination and cooperation’ he said. `We should do
whatever we can to preserve the political integrity of Iraq and the
establishment of a democratic system in that country.’

Erdogan also called on the Iraqis preparing their constitution to be
careful to protect balances. `The new constitution should end the
domination of different ethnic and religious groups above others,”
said the premier. “It should confirm that all subterranean and
above-ground resources belongs to all Iraqis. The constitution should
also recognize that Kirkuk belongs to the Iraqi people rather than
only one ethnic group.’

The Turkish prime minister also expressed Turkey’s readiness to help
the new Iraqi government in every area, especially military training,
education, and medicine and treatment.

‘Don’t intervene in regional countries’

Erdogan also implicitly warned United States, which has lately been
applying mounting pressure on Syria and Iran, to leave these
countries to solve their problems through their own means — but
without giving the name of the Middle Eastern countries. `Countries
in problematic regions should be in a position to solve their
problems through their own internal dynamics,’ said Erdogan. `To
effect such a change, the encouraging and supportive attitude of
international actors, especially the U.S, has crucial importance.’

Underlining that Turkey frequently encouraged democratization in
these countries, Erdogan said:

“The countries which are best poised to benefit from globalization
have democratic and free societies, and open regimes which provide
gender equality.’

The message of Erdogan to regional countries was not to look abroad
for the sources of their problems. `Always relating the problems of
the Middle Eastern region to foreign factors is not a reasonable
view,’ he said. `Solutions should first be sought inside. There is a
need to reform to supply the demand of regional societies.’

‘Global terror needs a global struggle…’

Erdogan expressed the need for global action against terrorism during
his speech. `We cannot stop global terror without realizing global
peace,’ he said. `To accomplish this aim, we should act together,
decisively and wisely, against common threats.’

Erdogan also underlined that terror had no borders, religion or
nationality. `The United States cannot defeat terrorism alone.
Neither can Russia, Britain, Spain or Turkey,’ he said. `Common
sense, action and solidarity is needed to fight terror. Terror is a
result. So, its causes, poverty and illiteracy, should be eliminated
through common action. ‘

The Turkish prime minister called on international actors to spend
their money to fight poverty, rather than on armaments. `The United
States should definitely take the lead,’ he added. “Turkey is ready
to give every kind of assistance to the U.S. in this struggle.’

Asked about Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) activities in northern
Iraq, Erdogan said that Turkey and U.S were continuing their
cooperation in intelligence. `But I should say that no terrorist of
the PKK has been delivered to us so far,’ he added.

Call to Armenia: Don’t use history to fuel enmity

Erdogan, in his message to Armenia, called on it not to use the
common history of the two countries to feed enmity between their
societies. `The political decisions taken by third countries’
parliaments are not a solution,’ he said. `There is another thing
more important than these decisions: The Council of Europe declared
that Armenia was as invader [in Nagorno-Karabakh]. First Armenia
should leave the territories of Azerbaijan.’

‘The isolation of Northern Cypriots should be ended’

Erdogan also called on international actors, especially United
States, to end the embargo against the Northern Cypriots. He
underlined that the Northern Cypriots voted for a solution on the
island in last year’s referendum. `So then why are they being
punished?’ he said, referring to the continuing international embargo
against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

‘Secularism is insurance for all of us’

Asked about the headscarf issue and secularism in Turkey, Erdogan
said:

`In a secular society, religion is under the guarantee of the secular
administration. As a matter of fact, our constitution also defines
secularism like this. Secularism is at an equal distance from every
kind of belief. And for this reason, secularism is a sort of
insurance for all of us.’

On the `public area’ debates vis-a-vis headscarves, Erdogan said that
the problem arises from a lack of any definition of `public area.’

`Up to now in our country there has been no policy of employing women
wearing headscarves in public areas. Our problem is the ban against
students wearing headscarves at universities,’ he said. `I think that
we should get past these kind of problems.’

On the membership process of Turkey to the European Union, Erdogan
said that `there is a very long journey to become a full member.’

`But don’t forget that it took Britain over 11 years to get
membership,’ he continued. `It was almost the same for Spain and
Portugal. We began our way with sincerity. And no one can know who
will be holding power in France 10 years from now.”

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DEVELOPMENT WITH ICF

RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Tatoul Margaryan met the
International Currency Fund deputy director Mr. Ogustin Carstens on the
threshold of Mr. Carstens’ visit to Armenia.

During the meeting Mr. Carstens highly appreciated the reforms in the
Armenian economy the result of which is the stable economic growth,
reduction of poverty and deflation of the national currency.

Ambassador Margaryan found the support of the International Currency Fund to
Armenia important mentioning that the Armenian authorities will continue to
cooperate with the Fund.

Mr. Carstens mentioned that in order to familiarize with the reforms in
Armenia he will visit the country himself and voiced confidence that his
visit will be efficient.

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:

HIS HOLINESS MEETS WITH PATRIARCH KASPARIAN

His Holiness Aram I received Patriarch John Peter Kasparian XVIII on July 5.
The patriarch visited His Holiness to congratulate him on the 10th
anniversary of his enthronement as Catholicos of Cilicia.

The Patriarch and His Holiness exchanged views on the problems facing the
Armenian nation, Lebanon and the Armenians of Lebanon.

His Holiness also met with former MP Adnan Traboulsi on July 5.

His Holiness Aram I had received written congratulatory notes, as well as
phone calls from the primates of the Dioceses of the Catholicosate of
Cilicia, the spiritual leaders of Christian sister churches and the heads of
ecumenical organizations on the occasion of His enthronement’s 10th
anniversary.

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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
the 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.

Ex-ruling party says Armenian politicians “spy” for Russia

Arminfo
5 Jul 05

YEREVAN

There is an extensive spy ring in Armenia which includes some
political figures of the country who are operating in Russia’s favour,
Ararat Zurabyan, the chairman of the former ruling Armenian
Pan-National Movement, told a press conference today.

According to him, Russia is interested in retaining the current ruling
regime in Armenia in every way possible. “The preservation and
reproduction of the current regime in Armenia will allow Russia to
preserve its dominant position in the South Caucasus region, however,
this does not meet Armenia’s interests,” Zurabyan said.

AEPLAC PREAPARES ANALYSIS ON EFFECT OF OPENING BORDER WITH TURKEY ON
ARMENIA’S ECONOMY

YEREVAN, JULY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian-European Policy and Legal
Advice Center (AEPLAC) will present in July to the public the results
of a research on possible effects of opening the border with Turkey on
Armenia’s economy. AEPLAC Director Tigran Jrbashian announced this at
the June 30 seminar “The EU Market – Opportunities for the Armenian
Business”. According to him, the analysis was made based on the
so-called “general equilirium model”, the most modern one by
international standards. “This model is considered as the most
efficient one for assessing the country’s economy,” T. Jrbashian
said. According to him, the reserch was conducted in various spheres
of the economy, while in making the analysis, the data of 2004,
including the influence of currency rates fluctuations, were taken
into account.