Author: Nalbandian Eduard

RA FM TO MEET WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT

DeFacto Agency
Sept 15 2008
Armenia

YEREVAN, 15.09.08. DE FACTO. On September 15 RA FM Edvard Nalbandian
will leave for Tehran on a two-day official visit on Iranian FM
Manouchehr Mottaki’s invitation.

According to the RA MFA Press Office, within the frames of the visit
Nalbandian will hold meetings with President of Islamic Republic
of Iran (IRI) Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Chairman of Majlis Ali Larijani,
Secretary of National Security Supreme Council Said Jalili and FM
Manouchehr Mottaki.

NO MAJOR PILEUP OF ARMENIAN FREIGHT CARS IN GEORGIAN PORTS

ARKA
Sep 12, 2008

YEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA/. No major pileups have occurred in
Georgian ports so far, said Arsen Ghazaryan, chairman of the Union
of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia (UMBA).

On August 16, an explosion downed a railway bridge near Gori-Tbilisi
line, disrupting exports to Armenia and leaving 72 car freights stuck
in the Georgian port.

Georgia offered a smaller rail bridge for restoring exports to Armenia
until the damaged bridge was repaired.

"Before the exploded bridge was repaired and reopened, the alternative
rail bridge linking Armenia and Georgia had been operating," Ghazaryan
said at a press conference.

The restored bridge will shorten Armenia-Georgia rail communication,
according to the UMBA Chairman.

"Freight cars arrive in Armenia according to schedule," Ghazaryan
added.

Armenia has suffered an estimated $680 million in damage to its
economy after the Russian-Georgian conflict, Representative Brad
Sherman said during the September 11 hearing of the U.S. House
Committee on Foreign Affairs.

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN BABACAN AND RICE

Anatolia News Agency
Sept 11 2008
Turkey

ANKARA (A.A) -11.09.2008 -Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan held
a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
on Wednesday.

Burak Ozugergin, spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
told the A.A on Thursday that recent developments in the Caucasus
were high on agenda and Babacan informed Rice on his visit to Armenia.

"Babacan reiterated that Turkey extended support to the Minsk process
aiming at finding a solution to the Upper Karabakh [Nagornyy Karabakh]
dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He said that such a solution
would have a positive impact on Turkey-Armenia relations. Meanwhile,
Rice said that they would support Turkey’s regional initiatives,"
Ozugergin added.

REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL MINORITIES LIVING IN ARMENIA ARE SURE TURKEY SHOULD SAY SORRY TO THE NATIONS AGAINST WHICH IT IMPLEMENTED GENOCIDE

ArmInfo
2008-09-12 12:35:00

ArmInfo. Representatives of the national minorities living in Armenia
are sure Turkey should say sorry to the nations against which it
implemented genocide.

The leader of Assyrians Federation Irina Gasparyan positively
assessed the recent visit of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to
Armenia at today’s press-conference in Tesaket discussion club and
called it the first step on the way of kind neighbouring relations
establishment. At the same time she said that ‘Turkey should say sorry
for its historical past, but it has to ripen for that’. The leader of
Greek public organizations of Armenia Arkadiy Hitarov also positively
assessed Turkish’s president’s visit to Armenia but added that the
Greek living in Armenia were next to the members of ARF Dashnaktiutyun
over the protest action at the day of Gul’s arrival as they wanted to
say: ‘We are glad you have arrived, but don’t forget you have problems
with your historical past, and we did not forget it’. The leader of the
World and Armenian Union Ezids Aziz Tamoyan sharply commented on Gul’s
visit to Armenia. He said that as a citizen he welcomes establishment
of contacts with Turkey buy he is sure this process should not take
place at the expense of breaking of the national interests of Armenia
and the rights of national minorities. ‘Turkey implemented genocide
not only against Armenians but also Ezids, Greeks and assyrians. For
this reason it should say sorry to all of us’, – Aziz Tamoyan said.

INDEPENDENCE DAY OF BRAZIL MARKED IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan

Se p 11, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. A reception was organized
on September 8 in the residence of Renate Stille, the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil to RA, on the occasion of
the Independence Day of the Federative Republic of Brazil marked on
September 7. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, as well as other
members of government, RA NA deputies, foreign Ambassadors accredited
in Armenia, honorary consuls, representatives of international
structures took part in the reception.

According to the report of the Embassy of Brazil, such a reception
on the occasion of the national holiday is the second one organized
by the Embassy.

According to R. Stille, it has already become a good tradition, which
will contribute to development of contacts between Brazil and Armenia
and in spite of geographical distance will make closer friendship
between the two countries’ peoples.

PRESIDENT OF BI LINE: BY CALLING ITSELF BEELINE COMPANY ARMENTEL APPROPRIATES THE NAME OF OUR COMPANY

ArmInfo
2008-09-09 18:25:00

ArmInfo. By calling itself Beeline Company ArmenTel appropriates
the name of our company, says Hayk Khanjyan, President of Bi Line,
one of Armenia’s biggest IT companies.

The trade mark of ArmenTel sounds the same as the trade mark Bi Line
has used for over 12 years already.

This results in confusion and complaints by clients. Khanjyan believes
that ArmenTel is acting illegally. The Economic Court of Armenia has
considered Bi Line’s claim without its presence. The Court of Appeal
has dismissed Bi Line’s appeal. ‘It was a serious mistake. But since
such mistakes take place systematically we doubt that it was just a
coincidence. We have enough arguments in support of our suit and we
will struggle for our rights till the end. We have already appealed
to the European Court,’ says Khanjyan.

ARONYAN THE 6TH IN THE BILBAO GRAND SLAM FINAL

armradio.am
09.09.2008 16:53

Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan lost to Magnus Carlsen of Norway in
the 6th round of the Bilbao Grand Slam Final Chess tournament. Veselin
Topalov (Bulgaria)-Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan) andVasili Ivanchuk
(Ukraine)-Wishvanathan Anand games ended in a draw.

Magnus Carlsen is in the lead with 11 points. V. Topalov is the
second with 10 points. Aronyan has 6 points and occupies the third
position. Ivanchuk, Anand and Rajabov have 5 points each.

In the 7th round Levon Aronyan will compete with Veselin Topalov.

ARMY REFORM IN ARMENIA TO MEET NATO STANDARDS – DEFENCE MINISTER

Mediamax
Sept 8 2008
Armenia

Yerevan, 8 September: Defence reforms in Armenia should be realized
in accordance with Euro-Atlantic standards.

As Mediamax was told in the press service of the Defence Ministry,
this was announced at a meeting of Minister of Defence of Armenia
Seyran Ohanyan with Charge D’affaires of Germany in Armenia Melanie
Moltmann today, during which newly-appointed Military Attache of
Germany Bruno Paulus was introduced.

The sides stressed the importance of the two countries’ cooperation
in the sphere of military education, as well as the participation of
the German Armed Forces in the upcoming Cooperative Longbow/Lancer
08 NATO military exercise in Armenia.

Seyran Ohanyan stressed in the context of defence reforms realization
the importance of the upcoming visit to Armenia of an expert of the
German Defence Ministry in civil service issues.

ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ARABKIR PREFECT ELECTIONS, NON-PARTISAN BUSINESSMAN ALBERT YERITSIAN RECEIVES MOST OF VOTES

Noyan Tapan

Se p 8, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the preliminary
results of the September 7 elections of head of Arabkir community,
non-partisan Albert Yeritsian, the Founding Chairman of the Yeritsian
& Sons company, has received most of the votes. 16 591 voters voted
for him.

As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Tatev Ohanian, the
Spokesperson of the Central Electoral Commission, the votes of the
rest three candidates for prefect’s post have been distributed in the
following way: current prefect, RPA member Hovhannes Shahinian 7 172,
Zharangutiun (Heritage) party representative, former CEC member Zoya
Tadevosian 5 608, Vice-Chairman of the Progressive Party of Armenia
Ashot Mnatsakanian 181.

31 827 out of 88 466 voters of the community took part in voting. 871
ballot-papers were invalidated. The number of inaccuracies is 398.

The deadline of submitting application-complaints to district electoral
commission N 4 was September 8, 14:00.

Meeting of Armenian and Turkish presidents will serve as a guideline
for foreign ministers

2008-09-06 20:21:00

ArmInfo. Today President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan met with President
of Turkey Abdullah Gul.

The press service of the President of Armenia reports that the foreign
ministers of the two states were present at the meeting. Sargsyan
thanked Gul for accepting his invitation and pointed out that
establishing contacts was the best way for Armenia and Turkey to
normalize their relations.

Gul invited Sargsyan to attend the Turkey-Armenia match in Istanbul.

Sargsyan and Gul discussed ways to normalize Armenian-Turkish
relations. They expressed commitment to solve the existing problems and
to establish an atmosphere of confidence and peace in the region. Gul
said that Sargsyan took the first step and he accepted his invitation
thereby turning that step into a joint initiative and, probably, an
example for the whole region.

Sargsyan said that once establishing a dialogue Armenia and Turkey
would be able to discuss any problems. "We must seek to solve our
urgent problems so as not to hand down this burden to the coming
generation," Sargsyan said. Sargsyan and Gul discussed Turkey’s
initiative to form a Caucasian platform of stability and security.
Sargsyan pointed out that Armenia had always advocated dialogue and
mutual confidence in the region. He noted that Turkey’s initiative was
a step aimed at creating a favorable atmosphere in the region. The
presidents pointed out that their meeting was a serious signal for
further dialogue and a guideline for the foreign ministers of the two
states.

After the meeting the presidents continued their talks during an
official supper.