Author: Karagyozian Lena

AZERI AND FRENCH FMS START CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
09.06.2009 19:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Tomorrow’s meeting will focus on French
parliamentarian Francoise Rucshbuyon’s visit to Nagorno Karabakh and
his statement against Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.

"During the meeting tomorrow, official Paris be notified of
Azerbaijan’s disapproval of French parliamentarian’s visit to NKR,"
Azerbaijan’s MFA Press Secretary Elkhan Polukhov said.

Leader of Azeri delegation Rakhman Mustafaev who also heads a Foreign
Ministry department, will raise the issue and voice Azerbaijan’s
demand on impermissibility of such facts. Even though consultations
were scheduled long ago, there have been recommendations to raise
the question during the meeting, Polukhov said.

Diplomat also noted that Azerbaijani Embassy to France continued
clearing up the matter. "Considering it’s a long process, receiving
official response was thought to take a long time. That’s why Rakhman
Moustavfaev was recommended to voice Azerbaijan’s stance during the
meeting," Azeri Press reports.

RAFFI HOVHANNISYAN CALLS ON DASHNAKTSUTYUN AND CONGRESS TO UNITE

LRAGIR.AM
16:10:56 – 08/06/2009

The parliamentary member from the Heritage parliamentary faction
Raffi Hovhanisyan called on the Armenian National Congress and
the ARF Dashnaktsutyun to unite. Raffi Hovhannisyan noted that the
"separate flags" in the oppositional field should be laid down and
the opposition should unite under one flag. Raffi Hovhannisyan stated
that he would agree that the Heritage, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun and the
HAK launch a series of consultation, each of them should start from
analyzing its mistakes. He stated that the communication between the
oppositional political forces is needed.

Dwelling on the Yerevan Mayor election, Hovhannisyan stated that
it was predetermined. "The Yerevan Mayor election was inhumane,
anti-Armenian and did not correspond to the expectations of our
people", noted Hovhannisyan.

BARONESS CAROLINE COX VISITS NAGORNO-KARABAKH

Panorama.am
16:47 08/06/2009

On 8 June President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received
the U.K. House of Lords’ deputy speaker Baroness Caroline Cox and
the delegation chaired by her, NKR President’s Administration reports.

Baroness Cox says every time she visits Artsakh she becomes inspired
by positive changes in Artsakh.

At the instance of the guests Bako Sahakayn introduced current
situation and development prospects of different spheres of
economy. Issues related to the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh
conflict were touched upon too.

According to the President international recognition of NKR’s state
independence in a matter of time and the main mechanisms to achieve it
is persistent development of the Artsakh statehood and strengthening
democratic values.

At the end of the meeting the President expressed his gratitude to
the guests for their continued attention and assistance to Artsakh.

WATER PRICE WENT UP

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02:17 pm | June 08, 2009 | society

Starting from July 8 Yerevan citizens will have to pay 181 drams
for one cubic meter of water. The new tariff was fixed by the Public
Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of the Republic of Armenia.

Presently Yerevan citizens pay 172.8 drams per a cubic meter of water.

Note that "Yerevan Dzur" CJSC demanded that the Commission fix 189.9
drams instead of 181.

The price of water in Armenian marzes went up on April 1.

AZERBAIJAN THREATENS TO CHANGE ITS POSITION ON NAGORNO KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net/
09.06.2009 12:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There was no progress in Prague and Saint
Petersburg we expected and the co-chairs promised, said Novruz
Mammadov, head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential
Administration. According to him, if there are nor moves, Azerbaijan
can change its position. "Although the meeting in St. Petersburg
was hosted and mediated by the Russian president and that meeting
was supposed to differ from Pargue meeting, there was no serious
difference", said Mammadov. He said the co-chairs made statements that
the document would be signed on basic principles soon. According to
him, there was no progress so far. "The co-chairs introduce Armenia as
constructive country with a constructive president to the international
community, and therefore the world thinks that they are going to the
negotiations, everything is OK. If the negotiations go in this way
and no progress is achieved, Azerbaijan can change its position,"
Mammadov said. The department chief didn’t rule out the Azerbaijani
and Armenian presidents’ meeting in July and said the meeting could
take place in Russia again.

YEREVAN CITY COUNCIL HOLDS THE FIRST SITTING
Hasmik Dilanyan

"Radiolur"
08.06.2009 15:38

The first sitting of the Yerevan City Council took place at the
City Hall today. Accordingt o law, it was chaired by the eldest
member of the Council, President of the Union of Journalists Astghik
Gevorgyan. There were two issues on the agenda of the first sitting:
the decision on organization of the first inauguration ceremony for
the Mayor of Yerevan and fixing the date for the first session of
the City Council.

For the first time in history Yerevan has an elected Mayor – Gagik
Beglaryan. As a result of the elections of May 31, the seats in the
city Council were distributed in the following way: the Republican
Party got 35 seats, Prosperous Armenia Party and the Armenian National
Congress received 17 and 13 seats respectively. The Armenian National
Congress was not participating in the sitting. Pro-government members
of the Council think that their absence will certainly affect its
activity. "The more keen eyes, the better the work will be," Astghik
Gevorgyan says.

Press Secretary of the Armenian National Congress told "Radiolur" that
they would not participate in the sittings. "We think that the Central
Electoral Commission has committed a crime by forging the elections.

We have declared that we refuse form our mandates," Arman Musinyan
said.

DISTRICT ELECTORAL COMMISSION HEAD ARRESTED

2009/06/05 | 18:02

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Onik Aleksanyan, President of the District Electoral Commission
of the 8/15 polling precinct was arrested today by the RoA Special
Investigative Service for tampering with the vote count in the May
31 Yerevan municipal council election.

PROSPEROUS ARMENIA REFUSES TO COMMENT

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08:23 pm | June 04, 2009

Politics

Rumor has it that the Prosperous Armenia party is going to drop its
seats in the Council of Elders because, like the ANC, it is also sure
that the elections were falsified.

Recently, press speaker for the Prosperous Armenia party Baghdasar
Mheryan refused to make any comments and advised "A1+" to ask MP
Naira Zohrabyan, but the latter refused to comment on the elections.

Let us remind that secretary of the faction Aram Safaryan recently
called on recognizing the results of the elections in at least one
polling station of the Ajapnyak district as invalid.

SENATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE APPROVES PROJECT LAW ON GENOCIDE OF ARMENIA

/ARKA/
June 4, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. According to the Armenian Assembly of America
(AAA) the Senate of California State approved the project law on
recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

AAA hails author of the resolution Senator Wyland for his efforts to
promote the resolution in the State Senate.

Assembly’s Western Region Director Yeghig Keshishian stated passing
the resolution once again placed California in the forefront of
national politics.

Upon successful passage the act will then be signed into law by
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The first genocide in the 20th century by the Ottoman Turkey, the
Armenian Genocide took lives of over half million Armenians during
the First World War. Turkey keeps on denying the fact of the Armenian
Genocide and reacts strongly on any critical approach from the West
on the issue.

Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, the Lower House of Italy, the
majority of the United States, as well as the Greek Parliament, Cyprus,
Argentina, Belgium, Wales, the National Assembly of Switzerland, the
House of Commons of Canada and the Polish Seim have all recognized
the Armenian Genocide.

Today 42 out of US states recognize the Armenian Genocide.

INVALID ELECTIONS IN SEVERAL POLLING STATIONS

LRAGIR.AM
13:51:51 – 04/06/2009

The press service of the Central Electoral Commission informs that in
case the results of the election are declared invalid, the present
materials are presented to the office of the Prosecutor General to
bring criminal cases.

Hence, on June 4, the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia presented
the Office of the Prosecutor General of Armenia the decisions of the
electoral commissions of the 7 and 8 electoral districts on declaring
invalid the elections at 7/7, 7/9, 8/15 polling stations based on
relevant grounds, the 7/7, 7/9, 8/15 packets of documents and the
registers of the commissions.