Author: Tadevosian Garnik

BAKU INTENDS TO ADDRESS UNO SHOULD MOSCOW NEGOTIATIONS FOR NKR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT YIELD NO RESULTS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
22.06.2009 16:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "On his way to Baku from Tokyo, Azeri Foreign
Minister managed to have a number of important discussions with his
Turkish colleague Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul. Meetings between US and
RF Leaders are due in Moscow, where NKR conflict negotiations will
take place. RA and Azeri presidents’ meeting within negotiations’
frameworks in possible," Azeri politologist Rasim Musabekov stated.

According to Musabekov, "Should Moscow negotiations for NKR conflict
settlement yield no results, Baku intends to address UNO with Turkey
as a temporary UN Security Council member.

"A discussion and development of joint policy on Iran situation,
as well as external policy and regional situation between Mamedyarov
and Davutoglu was well timed," 1news.az cited Musabekov as saying.

ARMRUSGASPROM SHAREHOLDERS TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING IN YEREVAN

ARKA
June 22, 2009

YEREVAN, June 22. /ARKA/. The shareholders of Armenia’s gas
distribution monopoly ArmRusGasProm are to hold today an annual
meeting in Yerevan, said Valery Golubev, Gazprom representative.

"The annual meeting will focus on the company’s dividend policy,
social programs implementation and the price policy," he was quoted
as saying at a conference Armenia at the Crossroads of Communication.

The shareholders are to sum up the economic year of 2008, Golubev
added.

Established in 1997, Armenia’s gas distribution monopoly ArmRusGasProm
is owned by the Russian gas giant Gazprom (80%) and the RA Ministry of
Energy and Natural Resources (20%). The company’s authorized capital
amounts to $580.8mln.

Russian natural gas supplies to Armenia pass through the territory
of Georgia.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.06.2009 19:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On June 20 Foreign minister of United Arab Emirates
(UAE) Abdulla Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will arrive in Armenia on a two-day
visit. In the framework of the visit UAE foreign minister will meet
president Serzh Sargsyan, RA NA speaker Hovik Abrahamyan and RA foreign
minister Edward Nalbandian. The sides will discuss trade and economic
relations between the two countries.

The parties are expected to sign two intergovernmental agreements:
"About provision of land lots for diplomatic missions in Armenia and
UAE"’ and memorandum "About exemption of visa regimes to diplomatic
passport holders," press office of the RA MFA reports

ONE DEAD BODY OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FELL IN THE DZORAGET DISCOVERED THE SEARCHES OF THE OTHER ARE IN PROCESS

ARMENPRESS
June 19, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 19, ARMENPRESS: Two young people fell June 18 in the
Dzoraget River near the Arevatsag village of Lori province. Public
relations department of Armenian Rescue Service of Emergency
Situations Ministry told Armenpress that the rescue brigade of the
rescue department of Lori province left for the place of the accident.

It has been found out that as a result of abrupt increase of the water
level Argam Hovhannissian (born in 1992) and the resident of Shahumian
village of Georgian Marneuli region Zalibek Tsaturian (born in 1979)
fell into the river.

At 17:50 o’clock 5-6 km far from the Arevatsag village in the Dzoraget
canyon the dead body of Z. Tsaturian has been discovered which was
at 22:00 brought out of the canyon and handed to the low-enforcement
bodies. The searches for A. Hovhannissian are still in process. The
Armenian Foreign Ministry and National Security Service have been
informed about the accident.

On the same day at 22:14 o’clock a message was got from the Lernagog
village of Armavir province informing that the waters of the heavy rain
flow into the basements of houses of the village. A rescue brigade
left for the place of the accident. By 02:25 the firemen-rescuers
were conducting water pumping works in the basements of the houses.

INTER RAO UES SUBSIDIARY IN ARMENIA TO GET 64.5 MLN EURO LOAN

Prime-Tass English-language Business Newswire
June 17, 2009 Wednesday 4:12 PM EET

Russian electric power company Inter RAO UES said Wednesday that its
wholly owned subsidiary in Armenia, Electric Networks of Armenia,
will receive a 10-year 64.5 million euro loan from the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Vnesheconombank.

The EBRD will disburse a loan worth 42 million euros and
Vnesheconombank will provide a loan worth 22.5 million euros to
upgrade electric power grids in Armenia.

Electric Networks of Armenia is the only seller of electric power in
Armenia. The company’s sales amounted to 186 million euros in 2008.

EARTHQUAKE SHAKES ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.06.2009 12:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Earthquake shook Armenia at 12.35 pm local time. The
Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection (NSSP) confirmed the
fact to PanARMENIAN.Net. Presently, the magnitude and epicenter are
being determined.

PHILIP GORDON VOICES SUPPORT FOR TURKEY’S PROPOSED HISTORICAL COMMISSION

armradio.am
17.06.2009 13:16

Assistant Secretary of State Phil Gordon today indicated that the
Obama Administration supports the establishment of an Armenia-Turkey
historical commission, a controversial proposal long advanced by the
Turkish government to cast doubt on the Armenian Genocide and undermine
international progress toward the universal recognition of this crime
against humanity, reported the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA).

Gordon, during testimony earlier today before the Europe Subcommittee
of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, fielded a question from
the panel’s Chairman, Robert Wexler (D-FL) about how the Department
of State intends to "navigate the course of the engagement between
Turkey and Armenia so that Azerbaijan comes out a winner." In his
response to this inquiry by the Turkish Caucus Co-Chairman, Gordon
voiced support for the Armenia-Turkey "roadmap," a document publicly
welcomed by the State Department on April 22nd, noting, in particular,
a highly controversial, much discussed, but never before officially
disclosed element of this agreement stipulating the establishment of
a commission to examine historical issues between the two nation. His
comments read, in part:

"You have two parallel but separate tracks [Armenia-Turkey dialogue
and the Nagorno Karabakh peace process] going on, a Turkey and
Armenia normalization reconciliation process that we do think is
quite potentially historic, where the two countries have agreed
on a framework for normalizing their relations that would include
opening the border, which has been closed for far to long, which
would establish diplomatic relations and would provide commissions
in key areas including history, and we encourage that process and we
support it."

ARMENIAN PROPOSAL’S FATE UNCERTAIN-US HOUSE SPEAKER

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June 17 2009

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) – The future of a US House
resolution calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks
genocide appeared in doubt on Wednesday after House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi said whether it would come to the floor for a vote "remains
to be seen."

Support for the resolution has eroded sharply since it was passed
by the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week. Critical Iraq war
ally Turkey warned it would damage relations with the United States
and President George W. Bush condemned it.

"Whether it will come up or not, what the action will be, remains to be
seen," Pelosi, a California Democrat, told reporters on Wednesday. She
previously had vowed it would get a vote of the full chamber sometime
this year.

Pelosi said on Wednesday she had always supported the nonbinding,
largely symbolic resolution, but she would be working with other
advocates to see what they wanted to do now.

Lawmakers from both political parties have been withdrawing their
names from the resolution in recent days in the face of criticism from
Turkey and Bush. Some key Democrats as well as Republicans oppose it.

Turkey calls the resolution insulting and rejects the Armenian
position, backed by many Western historians, that up to 1.5 million
Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks during
World War One.

The United States is highly dependent on Turkey’s Incirlik air
base. About 70 percent of the US military air cargo into Iraq transits
that base, according to the Defense Department.

Architect Sinan’s memorial year starts in Turkey

ISTANBUL, JUNE 12, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The year of famous
Armenian architect Sinan’s memorial started in Turkey. According to
panarmenian.net, the solemn ceremonies began at President’s Palace with
a documentary film about Sinan.

Events dedicated to Sinan are also planned to be held in London,
Jerusalem, Paris and Cairo.

The famous Ottoman architect Sinan was born in an Armenian family in
1489. They wanted to make him a yenicheri, but then Sultan Selim sent
him to learn painting and architecture.

Sinan worked under five Sultans and made distinguished pieces of
Islamic architecture. The Suleiman Mosque, Dolmabahce Palace and
Topkapi are among them. Sinan in total built 365 buildings, mosques,
madrassahs, tombs, public and bath-houses. Sinan is the founder of
architects family, one of his heirs, Zaqaria Miltanoglu took part in
the rebuilding of Saint Cross Church on Akhtamar Island.

GOVERNMENT TOOK BACK THE BILL FOR 15 DAYS

LRAGIR.AM
13:21:27 – 10/06/2009

Today, the Armenian government took back the bill on the tax
amendments, which aroused much resistance among the parliamentary
members. The deputy Minister of Finance, the main reporter of bills
Suren Karayan stated that the government takes back the law draft
for 15 days in order to make changes in it.