Author: Kalashian Nyrie

NAGORNO-KARABAKH IS THE LAND OF AZERBAIJAN AND JEVAHETI OF GEORGIA, BUT NOT ARMENIA: GEORGIAN SCIENTIST

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 1 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend S.Agayeva / Doctor of Economic Sciences,
Professor of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Anzor Totadze,
informed Trend that there has been no analogue of such disrespect for
a neighboring country, falsification of the history of the people and
crude attempt to appropriate its cultural heritages as is demonstrated
in the actions of Armenian pseudo-scientists.

According to Totadze, the Armenian academician Suren Ayvazyan and
others are the authors of many vulgar falsifications of historical
facts.

"According to Ayvazyan, Georgia has been created within the territory
of North Armenia, and Azerbaijan created on the territory of East
Armenia. He tries to prove that by claiming that Bakurakert ( Baku)
has been the capital of East Armenia for many years. In addition,
he claims that Armenia was created in 2107 BC," Totadze said.

"According to these pseudo-scientists, the whole South Caucasus
has been represented by Armenia for millennia and this idea fully
corresponds with the morbid wish of the Armenian scientists. All
falsifications lead to Armenian terrorist claims towards Jevaheti,"
Totadze stressed. The Georgian scientist fully refuted the statement
of Armenian scientists by saying that in 1595, 95% of the population
of Jevaheti was settled by the Georgians. According to Totadze, for
the first time, the Armenians who were removed from Turkey appeared
there in autumn of 1829. The historical fact is that in 1829-1831,
25,000 Armenians flowed to Samtskhe-Jevaheti. He said that presently
nearly 70,000 Armenians live in Jevaheti and 250,000 in Georgia.

"Nagorno-Karabakh is the territory of Azerbaijan and Jevaheti of
Georgia, but not Armenia," Totadze said. The scientist considers the
statements of the Armenian scientists to be dangerous and calls on
the international community to take measures. He highly assessed the
active role of the Human Rights Institute of the Azerbaijan National
Academy of Sciences in this process. One of the activity directions
of the Institute headed by Rovshan Mustafayev is to discover Armenian
chauvinism which presents a real threat to the South Caucasus.

REPRESENTATIVE OF PEOPLE’S PARTY OF ARMENIA SAID THAT TWO DEPUTY LEADERS OF THE PPA THAT LEAVE POLITICS PUT THEMSELVES IN A HUMILIATING SITUATION

ArmInfo
2007-05-31 15:29:00

Need commentary. We are not going to discuss the problem of
Stepan Zakaryan and Vardan Lazarian’s leaving the party as they
themselves left that and put themselves in a humiliating situation,
– press-secretary of the oppositional PPA Ruzan Khachatryan told
ArmInfo correspondent.

She also added that the leadership of the party painfully treated the
situation in the moral sense. She said that such betrayal happens to
all the parties that find themselves in a hard situation, for instance,
if they become out of parliament. , – Ruzan Khachatryan said.

To note, both deputy leaders of the PPA Vardan Lazarian and Stepan
Zakaryan declared of their leaving the party when the PPA did not
overcome the 5% threshold for entering the parliament.

ANKARA WARNS U.S. AGAINST REPEATING VIOLATIONS OF TURKISH AIRSPACE

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.05.2007 13:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey on Tuesday warned the United States against
repeating violations of Turkish airspace at the border with Iraq,
threatening unspecified action. The note of protest was handed to
a member of the U.S. diplomatic mission, who was summoned to the
Turkish Foreign Ministry. MFA representative Levent Bilman said all
essential measures have been taken, APA reports.

The warning followed violations by two U.S. F-16 warplanes on May
24, which some Turkish media described as a deliberate attempt at
intimidation as Ankara discusses whether it undertake a military
strike at PKK bases in northern Iraq.

After a 4-minute flight the planes turned round. The Turkish air
defense troops did not commence fire, since F-16 belong to the
NATO ally.

TRILATERAL MEETING ON KARS-TBILISI-BAKU RAILROAD TO BE HELD IN ANKARA

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.05.2007 13:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Azeri-Georgian-Turkish working group will sit in
Ankara this week to discuss implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars
railroad construction project, said Huseyn Avni Karslioglu, Turkish
Ambassador to Azerbaijan. Heads of railway departments of the three
states will take part in the meeting, he said.

Amb. Karslioglu noted that construction of a trunk-railway is not an
easy task. Some segments will stretch through tunnels in the mountains.

"Construction of one more tunnel needs to be built at the
Turkish-Georgian border. That is why the sides discuss the issues so
thoroughly," he said, Novosti Azerbaijan reports.

The railroad length will make 105 km. 29 km will extend through Turkey,
the rest will be built in Georgia. The Baku-Tbilisi railway will be
reconstructed within the project framework.

Turkey will itself cover all construction expenses on its territory. As
to the Georgian sector, Azerbaijan is planning to allocate a $200
million credit to Georgia.

CONCERT OF EREBUNI DANCE ETHNOGRAPHIC ENSEMBLE DEDICATED TO HOLIDAY OF REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TAKES PLACE IN MINSK

Noyan Tapna
Armenians Today
May 30 2007

MINSK, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The concert of
the Erebuni dance ethnographic ensemble of Minsk dedicated to
the holiday of the Republic of Armenia took place at the hall of
the Railwaymen’s Culture House of Belarus on May 28 of the current
year. The Embassy of Armenia, the Armenian community of Belarus, the
Autorized Representative’s Office for Religions and Nations Issues
of the Republic of Belarus assisted the initiative of the ensemble
to organize the concert. Noyan Tapan was informed about it by the RA
Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department.

G. Yeghiazarian, the Chairman of the Hayastan (Armenia)
cultural-educational association of Minsk made the opening speech. Oleg
Yesayan, the Ambassador of Armenia to Belarus touched upon in his
speech the historic victories the Armenian people had in the 1918 May
heroic struggles owing to its unity and solidarity, which opened way
for re-establishment of the Armenian statehood, declaration of the
first republic of Armenia. He congratulated the concert participants
and addressed greetings of the hall to the delegation present at the
event, headed the RA Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanian who
arrived in Minsk to participate in the third regular sitting of the
interstate working group on preparing the draft conception for the
CIS development.

The full hall greeted with great enthusiasm the concert consisting of
mainly Armenian dance performances. Ruzanna Avanesian, the head of
the Erebuni dance ensemble, expressing gratitude to those assisted
organization of the concert, mentioned the contribution of the RA
Embassy in the issue of getting new dance clothes as well as in
the issue of visiting Armenia during the coming summer months and
participating in the all-Armenian youth events.

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
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Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

COMMEMORATION OF MAY 28 IN ANTELIAS

His Holiness Aram I presided over a special event on May 27 marking the
first independence of the Republic of Armenia. The Catholicos presided over
a Requiem Service in the cathedral for the martyrs of Sardarabad (28 May,
1918).

Deacon Mihran Balkevorkian read a memorandum on behalf of the Seminary’s
administration, faculty and students, focusing on the meaning of the victory
achieved on May 28 and its deep historical importance for the Armenian
nation.

In his Pontifical address, His Holiness referred to all the battlefields
in the history of the Armenian nation and its struggle for existence
throughout the centuries. "An Armenian should live with the spirit of May 28
everyday wherever he is. May 28 is not just a date limited to that one day.
The entire Armenian history is nothing but a struggle for the liberation of
the Armenian nation. Each episode of Armenian history and the lives of all
our heroes who fought in our spiritual and national struggle, have been
nothing but a fight for our nation’s liberation," he emphasized.

The Pontiff said that loyal to this spirit in Armenian history, the
Catholicosate of Cilicia formed generations with this spirit and continues
its mission throughout the Diaspora. He reaffirmed the willingness and
determination of the Catholicosate to serve its people with the spirit of
May 28 and, always sticking to the nation’s principal interests and away for
all others. The ceremony ended with the "Cilicia" song performed by the
Seminary choir.

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PAMUK SAYS HE’S NOT A WRITER IN EXILE

Reuters UK
May 29 2007

HAY-ON-WYE (Reuters) – Nobel prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan
Pamuk, threatened by a suspect in the murder of a journalist, said on
Tuesday he had recently been in Turkey and did not consider himself
a writer in exile.

The 2006 Literature Laureate’s safety became an issue after
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in Istanbul
in January.

A key suspect warned Pamuk to be careful and some media reports had
said Pamuk was living in exile.

However, Pamuk, who won the Nobel for novels including "Snow" and
"My Name is Red", told an audience at the Hay literature festival in
Britain he had recently visited Turkey.

Asked about suggestions he was a writer in exile, he said, "There is
some political pressure on me. I was just in Turkey. There were some
misunderstandings and clarifying these misunderstandings took some
energy but we should not dwell on them too much here."

Pamuk was prosecuted in 2005 under laws restricting freedom of
expression in Turkey after telling a Swiss newspaper that 1 million
Armenians had died in Turkey in World War One and 30,000 Kurds had
perished more recently.

Charges against him were dropped after his case triggered criticism
from the European Union, which Turkey hopes to join.

Pamuk said he planned to publish his next novel, "Museum of Innocence",
about an upper-middle class man in contemporary Istanbul obsessed
with a cousin, in Turkey in December.

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST ZHIRAYR SEFILIAN AND OTHER FINISHES, DEFENSIVE SIDE GETS ACQUAINTED WITH MATERIALS OF CASE

Noyan Tapan
May 25 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The Examination Department of the RA
National Security Service finished the preliminary investigation
on the criminal action brought against Zhirayr Sefilian and Vardan
Malkhasian, accused of "making public calls on masterting the state
power" as well as against Vahan Aroyan accused of keeping illegal
armament. As V. Malkhasian’s defender Mushegh Shushanian informed the
Noyan Tapan correspondent on May 24, the defensive side is getting
acquainted with the materials of the criminal case forming 5 volumes
already for about a week.

Zh. Sefilian’s and V. Malkhasian’s defenders decided to limit the
process of getting acquainted with the case materials with one-week
term, arising of interests of their defendants being under arrest. It
is envisaged that the defensive side will present a mediation to the
investigation body. After the latter’s making a decision and bill of
indictment concerning it, the case will be sent to the court.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGAINST RACISM AND INTOLERANCE REPORTS ON AZERBAIJAN

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 24 2007

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) publicized
a report on Azerbaijan in Paris today.

The report reads "Since the publication of ECRI’s first report on
Azerbaijan on 15 April 2003, progress has been made in a number of the
fields highlighted in that report. In the area of education, access
to public school for children of non-citizens without legal status
has been improved and measures in favour of teaching human rights
as well as minority languages have been taken. A "State Programme
on improvement of the living conditions and raising employment for
refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)" was adopted in
2004 and is currently being implemented. A procedure for granting
the status of refugee was put in place and some asylum seekers have
already obtained refugee status on this basis.

However, a number of recommendations made in ECRI’s first report have
not been implemented, or have only been partially implemented. There
are still cases of racist and inflammatory speech or the promotion of
religious intolerance by some media, members of the general public
and politicians, particularly against Armenians, Russian citizens
from Chechnya and members of some religious minorities. The unsolved
conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh continues to have a negative impact
on the climate concerning Armenians.

"In this report, ECRI recommends that the Azerbaijani authorities
take further action in a number of areas. It recommends in particular
that they provide officials in the judicial system with more training
on the importance of adequately applying criminal law provisions to
combat racism and intolerance. It asks that a specialised body be set
up to combat racism and racial discrimination and that the civil and
administrative law provisions prohibiting racial discrimination be
strengthened. Measures should be taken to solve the problems linked
to the lack of legal status of some categories of non-citizens living
in Azerbaijan."

Khazar Ibrahim, head of Foreign Ministry press center told APA
Council of Europe as respected body should approach issues very
objectively. "There is no problem between confessions, ethnic groups
and nations in Azerbaijan. Tolerance and understanding culture in
Azerbaijan have its ancient roots. The only problem is conflict
with Armenia and this emerged because of Armenians policy. Armenian
aggressive policy led to the occupation of Azerbaijan territories
and deportation of many Azerbaijani people from their homes.

Unfortunately, Council of Europe ignores the policy of ethnic
cleansing carried out by neighboring Armenia, releases unrealistic
information on Azerbaijan. It said Azerbaijan suffers from lack of
information on racism and intolerance. This is absurd. In comparison
with other states, Azerbaijan does not need it as it is already part
of Azerbaijani history and culture," he underlined.

WORK ON IMPROVEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE FIELD ON TRANSPLANTATION TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 2007

Noyan Tapan
May 24 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Law on Transplantation of Human
Organs and Tissues forbids the use of organs of dead persons for the
purpose of transplantation. For this reason, in Armenia it is relatives
of patients who mainly become donors in case of transplantation.

Suren Krmoyan, legal advisor to the RA minister of health, told NT
correspondent that with the aim of eliminating the shortcomings in
the law which was adopted in 2003, work on its amendment is being
done now. In particilar, experience of other countries is being
examined. For example, according to the Russian law, organs of a dead
person may be used in case of a written consent that this person gave
before his death. In some countries, the law allows to use organs of
a dead person if the given person did not forbid this in writing.

S. Krmoyan said that as a result of studies, the correct option to
fill up this gap will be chosen.

In his words, one of the priority tasks of the ministry is to complete
the work on improvement of the transplantation-related legislative
field by the end of this year. He noted that the Armenian government
has approved the list of human organs and/or tissues subject to
transplantation, as well as the order of their import.