Author: Jalatian Sonya

Russian vice-speaker voices astounding proposal
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Feb 17 2005
The Russian Duma (parliament) vice-speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky says
that the most appropriate solution for the problem over Upper Garabagh
would be its entering the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Zhirinovsky said that Moscow is afraid of taking either side in the
conflict settlement to avoid hurting their interests.
He added that neither Azerbaijan nor Armenia will ever accept losing
Upper Garabagh.
“Upper Garabagh is a historic territory and a part of Armenia, which
is called ‘Artsakh”, he said.
Such statements were made by the Russian vice-speaker before with
regard to the Turkic states, in which he even resorted to insulting
entire nations. Russian media report that Kazakh prosecutor general
Rashid Tusupbekov has forwarded a letter to his Russian counterpart
Vladimir Ustinov requesting to hold Zhirinovsky criminally accountable.
In January, the Russian vice-speaker told “Echo of Moscow” radio
station that “the state of Kazakhstan has never existed in the entire
history of the mankind”.
The Milli Majlis (parliament) first deputy chairman Arif Rahimzada
regarded the statement as nonsense. He did not rule out that this
statement may be put on discussion in the Azerbaijani parliament,
since it was made by the second top official of the Russian parliament.

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PRESS RELEASE
February 13, 2005
Minister Oskanian Attended 41st Munich Conference on Security Policy
On 12 February, Minister Oskanian participated in the 41st Munich
Conference of Security Policy. The keynote speakers at the Conference
were Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, Horst Koehler, Germany’s
President, Gerhard Schroeder Chancellor, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO
Secretary General, Donald Rumsfeld, US Defense Secretary and others.
This important international forum stressed the need for conflict
resolution through dialogue. In this framework, the participants
referred to the Middle East peace process and shift of priorities
due to the changes in US Administration.
More than 250 high-ranking officials and politicians attending the
Conference also reflected on the future of NATO and its leadership
in the context of foreign policy and security doctrines currently
taking shape in Europe and discussed the impact of developments in
the Ukraine and Georgia on integration processes taking place in the
post-Soviet space.
In the outskirts of the Conference, Minister Oskanian had bilateral
meetings and discussions with Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General, Antanas Valionis, Lithuania’s
Foreign Minister, Bernd Mutzelburg, Director General, Foreign Policy
and Security Advisor, Federal Chancellery, Federal Republic of Germany,
Dr. Michael Schaefer, Germany’s Foreign Office Political Director.

AZERBAIJAN INDIGNANT AT VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY’S PROPOSAL FOR INTEGRATING
NAGORNO KARABAKH REPUBLIC IN CIS
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12. ARMINFO. Azerbaijan is indignant at the proposal
bo Vice Speaker of Russia’s State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky for
integrating Nagorno Karabakh Republic into the CIS.
To remind, in his recent statement Zhirinovsky also called Nagorny
Karabakh a historical Armenian land. But this is not his only such
statement. A few days ago Zhirinovsky made a statement about Kazakhstan
in which Almaty has seen calls for ethnic strife and disrespect for
national dignity. As a result the Kazakh FM has proclaimed Zhirinovsky
persona non grata.
Azeri MP Mais Safarli says that Azerbaijan should follow Kazakhstan’s
example. Moreover if attempting to enter Azerbaijan Zhirinovsky must
be arrested.
The Azeri FM is more amicable. FM representative Tair Tagizade agrees
that Zhirinovsky’s statement on Kazakhstan was insulting but there was
no insult of the Azeri people in his statement on nagorny Karabakh. He
just showed that he does not know the history, roots and development
of the Azeri-Armenian conflict and is completely incompetent in the
politics. “We can just regret at his statements,” says Tagizade. But
these statements should not, cannot and will not affect Russia’s
position of recognition of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and
that country’s efforts in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group.

e-SIM MMI to Provide Complex Language Support for Mobile Handsets with
nCore’s Multilingual Software; Companies Partner to Provide Complete Rendering and
Editing of Complex Languages on Mobile Handsets
Business Wire
Feb 10, 2005
e-SIM Ltd. (OTCBB: ESIMF.OB), a leading provider of MMI (Man-Machine
Interface) solutions for mobile handsets and nCore Ltd. a leading
provider of internationalization solutions, announced today that
they have partnered to supply complete multiple-language support
for mobile handsets. To facilitate the success of this solution the
companies have integrated nCore’s multilingual engine, nScript, into
e-SIM’s MMI solution. e-SIM plans on supplying the nScript engine as
part of its complete MMI offering to its customers.
With this partnership, e-SIM’s customers will be able to sell handsets,
which include complete editing and rendering support for languages
such as Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Russian, Farsi, Georgian, Greek,
Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Malay, Malayalam, Pashto, Takalog, Thai,
Urdu and Vietnamese, in addition to the Latin and Chinese scripts
already supported by e-SIM. nScript will also enable handsets, based on
e-SIM’s MMI solution, to include a rich text editor, which allows for
the creation of styled text messages that can include in-line graphics.
e-SIM’s market-proven, end-to-end MMI solution includes a complete MMI
reference design, a comprehensive set of RapidPLUS(TM) development
and customization tools, and a broad range of professional
services. e-SIM’s business model is based on licensing its MMI
reference design, licensing its RapidPLUS(TM) development tools,
and collecting runtime royalties for each handset incorporating
its technology.
nCore’s multilingual engine, nScript, is an embedded software component
optimized for devices with limited memory and processor speed. The
restricted operating environment, together with the complex algorithms
needed for text layout, place tough demands on efficiency of design
and implementation. nScript implements two main components of any
user interface design: sophisticated text rendering and text input.
The e-SIM – nCore integrated product will be demonstrated at
the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes between February
14th and 17th. To schedule a demonstration please contact
mailto:[email protected].
“Collaboration between e-SIM and nCore further enhances our complete,
pre-integrated MMI solution,” commented Reuven Kleinman, VP Business
Development and Marketing at e-SIM. “With nCore’s technology, e-SIM
can now provide handset manufacturers a competitive edge entering
the fast-growing emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East.”
“We are excited to see the nCore localization technology integrated
with e-SIM’s complete MMI solution and look forward to a long term
partnership. With this cooperation e-SIM licensees are getting the
best value and performance proposition for designing handsets for
all market areas.” said Tapio Koivuniemi, CEO of nCore Ltd.
About e-SIM Ltd.
Founded in 1990, e-SIM Ltd. () is a major
provider of MMI (Man-Machine Interface) solutions for wireless and
other electronic products. A wide range of platform vendors and
wireless handset manufacturers use e-SIM’s MMI solutions including
Texas Instruments, Freescale (formerly Motorola SPS), NEC, Kyocera,
BenQ, Sasken, and others. e-SIM’s advanced MMI solution technology
is built into millions of handsets on the market today.
About nCore Ltd.
Focused on localization of embedded devices, nCore
Ltd. () is specialized in making the latest
technological advancements accessible globally. The company’s main
product is a multilingual text rendering engine and editor. nCore’s
internationalization technology enables access to all market areas
world-wide.
Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking
statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including,
but not limited to, significant fluctuations and unpredictability of
operating results, risks in product and technology development and
rapid technological change, dependence on a single product line,
extent of demand for the Company’s product, impact of competitive
products and pricing, market acceptance, lengthy sales cycle, changing
economic conditions, risks of joint development projects, dependence
on key personnel, difficulties in managing growth, risks relating
to sales and distribution, risks associated with international
sales, risks of product defects, dependence on company proprietary
technology. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risk
factors, see the Company’s Form 20-F as filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.e-SIM Ltd. Media: Yardena Cogan,
+1 888-742-9364 [email protected] or Investors: Yaron Eldad,
+972-2-587-0770 [email protected] or nCore Ltd. Tapio Koivuniemi,
+358 50 386 9143 [email protected]

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information
Department Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003Fax: (04) 419724E- mail: [email protected]:
PO Box 70 317Antelias-Lebanon
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I ANNOUNCES 2005 THE YEAR OF THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Antelias, Lebanon – On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide, an encyclical by His Holiness Aram I was read during the holy mass
held on Sunday the 6th of February in the St. Gregory the Illuminator
Cathedral. In the encyclical, read by Bishop Nareg Alemezian, the Catholicos
of Cilicia announced 2005 to be the year of the 90th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide.
Aram I points out in the encyclical that the Catholicosate of Cilicia has
itself witnessed and lived the massacres its people, the Armenians, were
subjected to. For 90 years, the Catholicosate “helped provide the physical
and psychological needs of the Armenians forced away from their land, played
a crucial role in the formation of the Armenian communities worldwide, built
churches and schools, spread spiritual, moral and cultural values, and
became a stanch defender of its people’s rights,” he says in the encyclical
.
His Holiness Aram I adds that with renewed faith and firmness the
Catholicosate today demands justice for the Armenians from the world.
The Pontiff also calls on the Armenian people to embrace the message of the
90th anniversary with a united spirit, to commemorate the anniversary
appropriately, based on the circumstances and situation of each community,
to regard it as a reason for strengthening the struggle for justice and,
finally, to organize pilgrimages to Der Zor, the constant reminder of the
Armenians’ struggle for survival.
On the same day, the encyclical was also read in all the Dioceses of the
Catholicosate of Cilicia.
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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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

PanArmenian News
Feb 9 2005
ARMENIANS SHOULD RETURN TO TURKEY AND DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR
MASSACRES OF 1915, TURKISH BUSINESSMAN CONSIDERS
09.02.2005 14:11
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Senior officials in Turkey want direct dialogue
with Diaspora Armenians. However, they need confidence and trust,
which is currently absent, Turkish-Armenian Business Development
Council (TABDC) Co-Chairman Kaan Soyak says in his article published
in California Courier. In his opinion, Armenians must realize that
the Turkish people are exactly the same as the Armenian people, since
they are like twins in their behavior and in their way of thinking.
“Many of my Armenian and Turkish friends’ ancestors used to live
together in the same hometowns. Turkey is the motherland of Armenians
and Turks, where they lived together for centuries”, Kaan Soyak
writes. “Today, the soil is crying and waiting for Armenians to come
back, talk with the local people and live in peace. I know
Armenian-Americans will not move back to Anatolia and start a new
life there. But, why don’t they consider visiting the land they once
shared with Turks for centuries and re-energize themselves? Perhaps
we can all work together to bring our common land back to its
glorious days”, he continues. The more Armenians get involved at all
levels of discussions with Turks, the more they will be able to help
the Turkish public learn about the contributions of Armenians in the
past. According to Sayak, the absence of Armenians from Turkey to be
a loss in our quality of life. “Armenians should go back there and
tell all the Turks about their story; explain to them the suffering
of their families; and ask openly the reason why so many innocent
people were killed in 1915. This is the hard road that we need to
take to prepare the environment for our two governments to take the
politically difficult steps forward”, he says. “The Armenians’
hesitation for dialogue helps benefit third parties who don’t care
about our region and are only pursuing their own agendas and personal
interests under the guise of reconciliation between Armenians and
Turks” the article notes.

TURKEY IGNORES ARMENIAN CALLS FOR JOINT RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
ArmenPress
Feb 9 2005
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, ARMENPRESS: A deputy Armenian culture minister
told Armenpress today that the neighboring Turkey has not responded to
Armenian initiatives to make the medieval Armenian city of Ani, now in
eastern Turkey close to its border with Armenia, “a cultural corridor.”
Ani, the ancient, walled capital of the kings from Bagradit dynasty
who ruled Armenia from the 9-th to the 11-th centuries AD, was in its
heyday a millennium ago and a rival to Constantinople, Baghdad and
Cairo. Despite earthquakes and Mongol raids, much of Ani’s immense,
fortified walls, as well as the city’s citadel, caravansary, cathedral
and six churches still stand well preserved, their stone facades a
testament to a well-developed level of craftsmanship. Today Ani is a
ghost town, deserted except for the presence of Turkish border guards
and the occasional tourists.
The deputy minister, Gagik Gurjian, said the issue was first raised
in 2001 at different international organizations, including also
the UNESCO. “Making Ani a cultural center remains in the focus of
Armenia’s foreign policy, as Armenia stands firmly for improvement
of relations with Turkey and a cultural dialogue is one of ways to
do it,” Gurjian said adding that so far no progress was made except
a verbal arrangement.
He said a French archeologist, Pierre Mahier, who headed an
expedition for archeological dig in Ani asked the Armenian culture
ministry to provide it with research materials collected during a 1905
archeological expedition in Ani, led by a prominent archeologist Toros
Toromanian, which are kept in Armenia and which are very important
in conducting any research in Ani, “but we refused explaining that
the participation of Armenian archeologists would be more effective.”
He said the Armenian culture ministry sent to Turkish counterparts
a report about joint Armenian-American excavations in Akhtamar and
Van, both in Turkey and a daft project for continuing researches,
which also remained unanswered.
Gurjian said they have learned that Turkey has asked the European
Parliament to fund reconstruction of several monuments in Eastern
Anatolia, which include also old Armenian cities of Van and Igdir. He
said if the European Parliament approves this project the Armenian
ministry will try to get some Armenian monuments in these regions
involved in the project.

Armenian minister chides Turkish premier for remarks on territorial claim
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
8 Feb 05
[Presenter] A seminar on Armenian-Turkish relations was held at the
department of international relations of Yerevan State University
today. Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan talked to students
about Armenia’s approach to this issue.
Oskanyan has expressed his attitude towards the latest allegation
of the neighbouring state [Turkey]. Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan said that since allegedly Armenia did not recognize
the Kars Treaty, Armenian-Turkish relations had no future. Thus, it
means that Armenia has territorial claims to Turkey. Oskanyan said
that this was yet another attempt to distort the reality.
Armenian diplomats have commented on Erdogan’s statement. Now both the
Armenian and Turkish people and the international community know that
Armenia has not changed its position as regards relations with Turkey.
[Oskanyan] The Turkish prime minister voiced some speculations
recently. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin put forward the issue of
normalizing ties with Armenia at a meeting with him. They discussed
this issue. Asked about the results of this discussion on his return
from Moscow, Erdogan told a news conference that there were several
problems. One of them is that Armenia has territorial claims to
Turkey because it [Armenia] does not recognize the Kars Treaty. I
told him that we are the inheritors of the Soviet Union and that
the decisions made in that period are still valid since we have not
expressed our attitude towards them or replaced them with others. That
was my answer. But this excuse by Erdogan is simply unacceptable.

PanArmenian News
Feb 5 2005
TALKS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT KARABAKH PARTICIPATION, NKR FM SAID
05.02.2005 15:15
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The format of talks over the settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict is broken, NKR Foreign Minister Arman
Melikian stated at a press conference today. In his opinion, the
negotiation process is based on Azerbaijan’s attempts to accuse
Armenia in aggression. “We see the negotiations in the plane of talks
between Azerbaijan and Karabakh,” the Minister said. “The
Armenia-Azerbaijan format can hardly be called counter-productive,
however the talks are impossible without Karabakh’s participation,”
Arman Melikian stated. Besides, as noted by the Minister, “Nagorno
Karabakh has never participated in any talks over return of
territories or withdrawal of troops.”

AZERBAIJANI DIASPORA OF SWEDEN DISCUSS KARABAKH PROBLEM WITH SWEDISH
FOREIGN MINISTER AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF OSCE PA
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2. ARMINFO. OSCE calls Azerbaijan and Armenia for
maximum efforts and mutual compromise in settlement of Karabakh
conflict. According to Baku Mass Media, Special Representative of OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly on Nagorny Karabakh conflict Goran Lenmarker
made this statement at a meeting with Azerbaijani Diaspora in Sweden.
he said. Lenmarker is of the
opinion that prevention of the conflict depends only on the attitude
of Azerbaijan and Armenia to this issue, while OSCE can be just a
perfect mediator. He also called the conflicting parties for
establishment of mutual trust at the level of Diasporas.
In his turn, Head of the Azerbaijani Federation – Sweden organization
(AFS) Namaf Sababi stated that the meeting had been rather
rational. He said that < the OSCE Rapporteur very diplomatically demonstrated the position of support to Azerbaijanis. > Sababi said
that Lenmarker had not touched upon the report on Karabakh, but
promised to solve the problem within the nearest future. The
rapporteur pinned great hopes with the dialogue of the Azerbaijani and
Armenian Foreign ministers to be held on March 2 in Prague. The
Karabakh issue was discussed at the meeting of Azerbaijanis of Sweden
and Foreign Minister of that country as well.