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ANALYSIS: RUSSIAN SATELLITE SHIFTS ORBIT
by Ian Mather Diplomatic Correspondent
Scotland on Sunday
December 5, 2004, Sunday
UKRAINE’S Supreme Court has a reputation for fierce independence
unusual in a former Soviet republic and last week it demonstrated it
with a vengeance.
In a humiliating rebuff to outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and his
pro-Moscow protege, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, it threw out
the presidential election result in which Yanukovych had been declared
the narrow winner.
The court’s decision, which cannot be appealed against, is a stunning
victory for the Western-oriented opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko
and his backers, and is massively significant since it clears the way
for a Yushchenko victory which could take Ukraine out of the Russian
sphere of influence and closer to membership of the European Union
and Nato.
The decision gives Yushchenko exactly what he wanted: a straightforward
re-run of the last round, between the two highest-scoring candidates
from the first round.
Kuchma, who is at the end of a 10-year stint as president, had
dismissed the idea of a re-run as a “farce”, instead seeking a
completely new election. This would have opened up the field to
fresh candidates, allowing Kuchma to ditch Yanukovych in favour of
a different pro-Moscow candidate thought to be less unpopular.
There are other signs that the tide has turned against Ukraine’s
pro-Moscow establishment. The country’s parliament has begun flexing
its muscles, adopting a more aggressive role against Kuchma for
the first time. In an emergency session it voted to invalidate the
election.
Later, when Kuchma sought to circumvent the opposition by pushing
through a political reform that would have transferred significant
powers from the president to parliament, boosting the prime minister’s
role, the parliament rejected it.
The Supreme Court’s decision is also a serious setback for Russian
President Vladimir Putin, who had mounted a personal campaign to
try to assure the election of Yanukovych. He paid two high-profile
visits to Ukraine during the election campaign and later caused anger
in Europe and the US by congratulating Yanukovych on winning before
the official outcome was announced.
The prospect of a Yushchenko presidency has raised old Russian fears
of ‘encirclement’ if Ukraine, a large and strategically important
nation, were to move out of Moscow’s orbit, and line up with the West,
particularly the United States.
But it is a triumph for Washington, which announced it would refuse
to accept the last election result and hinted at sanctions against
Ukraine if the result were not reversed.
It is also an unexpected success for the EU, which argues that it has
an external security role in what it calls the “common neighbourhood” –
which includes Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, and the Caucasus republics
of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Moscow fiercely rejects such a role for the EU, arguing that Ukraine
and other former Soviet republics belong to what it calls its
“near abroad”.
“The Russians still perceive it as their sphere of influence and would
prefer not to have anyone from the EU,” said Wojciech Saryusz-Wolski,
an analyst at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

HOLY LAND CHRISTMAS: Jerusalem and Bethlehem seek visitors
By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press
December 6, 2004, Monday, BC cycle
JERUSALEM — For the first Christmas season in five years, Israel
and the Palestinians are cooperating to boost tourism to encourage
Christian pilgrims to visit the Holy Land during the holiday.
The Israeli and Palestinian tourism ministers announced in a meeting
last month – their first since fighting broke out in 2000 – that
they intended to guarantee easy access for visitors traveling between
Jerusalem and nearby Bethlehem, simplifying security checks.
Christmas celebrations in the land Jesus walked once attracted tens
of thousands of tourists. But in the last few years, violence has
kept pilgrims away.
Tourism has recently begun to rise again due to a marketing push and
a renewed effort to maintain relative calm after Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat’s death on Nov. 11.
“We are telling everyone that they can come more freely to the Holy
Land,” Palestinian Tourism Minister Mitri Abu Aitah said in the
meeting with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Ezra.
Ezra said he expected the new procedures to help. “I think this meeting
between us will lead to a lot of people to come visit the Holy Land,”
he said.
If you make the trip this season, here are some recommendations.
One of my favorite things to do in Jerusalem – where I have lived
for 10 years – is to walk the ramparts of the Old City, where you
can view the minarets and steeples from every angle. You may even see
a relative of the peregrine falcon, the lesser kestrel, who prefers
the stone holy places when it nests in the area from February to July.
After visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built in the fourth
century by Emporer Constantine to mark the traditional site of Jesus’
crucifixion and burial, enter the small door to the left as you come
out the main entrance.
Climb the stairs through three tiny Ethiopian chapels to the roof.
Passing through the archway, you can enter the Coptic Patriarchate.
Find the stairs leading down into a dark cistern whose acoustics are
wonderful for singing your favorite Bible hymn.
For a spectacular view in every direction, climb the tower at the
Lutheran Church a few steps away from the Holy Sepulcher.
One of the most difficult challenges for tourists in Jerusalem is
finding out when it’s possible to visit the walled Al Aqsa Mosque
compound (known to Jews as the Temple Mount). The compound, home to the
Dome of the Rock mosque, is closed twice daily, during prayers, but it
is worth the effort to get inside and view the rock from which Muslims
believe the prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven on his white stallion.
To the left of the plaza of the Western Wall, a retaining wall of
the Second Jewish Temple and the holiest site for Jews, you will see
the entrance to an archaeological tunnel. Here you can see stones,
cisterns and a Hasmonean water channel used 2,000 years ago.
The Old City’s Arab market shops are a must. You can buy vests
decorated with traditional Palestinian embroidery, hand-painted
Armenian pottery and fresh sesame and pistachio brittle. Haggling
is an art you must master quickly. In most cases it’s best to offer
half the price you are first quoted and work your way up to about
two-thirds of what the seller asks. Try not to show you really want
the item or the shop owners won’t budge much.
Traveling from Jerusalem just a few miles away to the West Bank town
of Bethlehem can seem somewhat daunting since tourists must pass
through an Israeli military checkpoint.
But don’t mind the M-16 guns held by the Israeli soldiers. This area
has not seen clashes in more than a year and they are unlikely here
since both Israelis and Palestinians are eager to facilitate the
travel of pilgrims.
Manger Square is not the quaint, calm scene depicted in the Christmas
carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” Although it has been transformed
in recent years, it is often still full of tour buses.
The stone Church of the Nativity is dank and cold, but filled with
fragrant incense and a wonderful sight when full of worshippers at
the midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Bring warm clothes if you come
for the holiday season; temperatures around Christmas in Bethlehem
average in the 40s.
If you’re lucky, it might even snow.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Turkish prime minister attends opening of Armenian museum in Istanbul
The Associated Press
December 6, 2004, Monday
DATELINE: ISTANBUL, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially opened an
Armenian museum in Istanbul on Sunday and said he was committed to
protecting the rights of minority Armenians.
Erdogan joined Mesrob II, the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul, and
other leaders of Turkey’s Armenian Christian minority of 65,000 for the
opening of the museum at the Yedikule Surp Pirgic Armenian Hospital.
“Armenian citizens are an indispensable part of (Turkey). Every
artifact in this museum shows a past that was lived together,”
Erdogan said. “We are now protecting each other’s rights, aware of
our citizenship, and it will be like this forever.”
Most Armenians in this predominantly Muslim but secular country live
in Istanbul.
Turkey, which recognizes Armenians as an official minority, is under
pressure to improve rights for minorities as part of efforts to join
the European Union. Turkey hopes that EU leaders will agree to open
membership talks with it at a Dec. 17 summit.
Ties between Armenians and Turks have often been strained over the
mass killing of Armenians during and after World War I.
Armenians say that a 1915-1923 campaign to force Armenians out of
eastern Turkey left 1.5 million people dead and amounted to genocide.
Turkey objects to the use of the word “genocide.” Turkey says the
figures are inflated and that deaths were the result of civil unrest
and not a planned campaign.
The museum includes religious artifacts, antique medical equipment
and an Ottoman decree that established the hospital in 1832.

Gas alternative guarantees independence
By Mher Ohanian
Yerkir/arm
3 Dec 04
Start of construction of Iran-Armenia gas pipe is now a reality. The
negotiations that started back in 1992 are now in the history and
the 141 km long pipe will now raise the energetic independence of
our country.
The Iran-Armenia gas pipe will be an alternative source in situations,
when our country runs into blind alleys, which was the case in
1992-94. Note that gas provides energy to 35-40 per cent of Armenian
production. Naturally, explosions of the only gas pipe lines cause
emergencies, which will be avoided due to the new pipe.
In addition, the new pipe will spur competition with the Russian gas
pipe which will get a grip on the prices. Another way for cheap gas
can be the Turkmenistan gas coming through this new pipe. By 2007
Armenia will import from Iran a quantity of gas equal to what it now
imports from Russia. And the quantity is supposed to double it by 2019.
The expenditures will be 220 million dollars, out of which Armenia
will need to pay 30 million (via a credit from Iranian bank).
Later on, it will be necessary to construct a pipe through
Kajaran-Sisian-Jermuk-Ararat-Yerevan will cost 90 million
dollars. Possible sponsors are now being negotiated.
Another planned project is construction of a hydro power station on
Araks river, which will also be probably sponsored through Iranian
bank loans.
In addition, it is likely that not only factories will be consuming
the gas from Iran but also the regular population, 70 per cent of
which is now deprived of such facilities.

“Ich bin ein Nicosier”
par Jeambar Denis
L’Express
6 décembre 2004
Question: dans quel pays “plus de la moitié de la population féminine
subit-elle des formes de violence physique et psychologique dans
l’environnement familial”, selon un rapport de la Commission
européenne?
Réponse: la Turquie. 35 millions de femmes y vivent, plus de 17
millions d’entre elles seraient donc concernées. La charte des droits
fondamentaux de la future Constitution européenne (article II-21)
précise, quant à elle: “Est interdite toute discrimination fondée
notamment sur le sexe […].”
Question: dans quel pays, selon le même rapport européen, la violence
pratiquée à l’égard des femmes par les services de police est-elle
jugée “particulièrement préoccupante”?
Réponse: la Turquie. Le 14 juin 2003, par exemple, Mme Gülbahar
Gündüz, représentante des femmes du Parti démocratique populaire, y
aurait été “enlevée, violée et torturée, les yeux bandés…”.
Question: quel pays occupe la 77e place dans le classement mondial de
la probité?
Réponse: la Turquie. A titre de comparaison, la France se situe au
23e rang – pour les moins corrompus – la Tunisie au 40e, le Maroc au
70e et la Roumanie au 83e.
Question: quel pays est en conflit latent avec tous ses voisins?
Réponse: la Turquie. Alors que la paix est le mot d’ordre de
l’Europe, la Turquie occupe militairement une partie de Chypre, a
fermé ses frontières avec l’Arménie et connaît des tensions aussi
bien avec la Géorgie, à cause de la république autonome d’Adjarie,
qui fut sous contrôle ottoman dans le passé, qu’avec l’Irak, en
raison de la question kurde, ou la Syrie, à propos d’Antioche.
Question: quel pays refuse de reconnaître l’existence d’un pays
européen et entend néanmoins entrer dans l’Union?
Réponse: la Turquie. Ankara ne reconnaît pas Chypre, pourtant membre
de l’Union européenne depuis le 1er mai 2004. Le ministre turc des
Affaires étrangères, M. Abdullah Gül, déclarait encore, le 29
novembre dernier, qu’il n’était pas question que son pays reconnaisse
Chypre avant que les Vingt-Cinq donnent leur feu vert à l’ouverture
officielle de négociations d’adhésion de son pays à l’Union
européenne.
Question: quel pays occupe militairement une partie du territoire
européen et y a construit un mur comparable à celui qui divisait
Berlin avant 1989?
Réponse: la Turquie. Elle a envahi le tiers nord de Chypre en 1974 et
n’en est plus jamais partie. La ligne verte qu’elle a tracée pour
diviser l’île se concrétise sous la forme d’un mur qui passe au
centre de Nicosie. Y aura-t-il un homme politique européen pour oser
déclarer, à la manière de Kennedy devant le mur de Berlin en 1961,
devant cette construction de la honte: “Ich bin ein Nicosier”?
Question: quel est le pays dont 95% du territoire et 92% de la
population se situent géographiquement en Asie?
Réponse: la Turquie, dont les frontières, à l’est, sont la Syrie,
l’Iran, l’Irak, la Géorgie et l’Arménie.
Question: quel est le pays où, d’après la Commission européenne, “la
publication et l’importation de manuels religieux non approuvés sont
interdites et où il y a eu des cas de confiscations de livres par les
douanes”?
Réponse: la Turquie.
Question: quel est le pays où, toujours selon la Commission
européenne, “les minorités religieuses non musulmanes sont
confrontées à de sérieux obstacles en matière de personnalité
juridique, de droits de propriété et de gestion interne” et ne
peuvent former leur clergé?
Réponse: la Turquie. Rappelons la Charte des droits fondamentaux, qui
fait partie intégrante du traité constitutionnel sur lequel les
Français et les autres Européens doivent se prononcer: “Toute
personne a droit à sa liberté de pensée, de conscience et de
religion.” Ce droit implique “la liberté de manifester sa religion ou
sa conviction individuellement, et collectivement, en public et en
privé, par le culte, l’enseignement, les pratiques et
l’accomplissement des rites” (article II-10).
Question: quel pays a présidé la 31e Conférence islamique des
ministres des Affaires étrangères, qui a publié ce communiqué le 16
juin 2004: “La conférence a appelé à s’abstenir de toute utilisation
de l’universalité des droits de l’homme comme prétexte pour s’ingérer
dans les affaires intérieures des Etats et porter atteinte à leur
souveraineté nationale. Elle a, en outre, dénoncé la décision de
l’Union européenne concernant la condamnation de la peine de
lapidation et des autres peines qualifiées d’inhumaines et qui sont
appliquées dans certains Etats membres en vertu des dispositions de
la charia”?
Réponse: la Turquie, en la personne de M. Abdullah Gül.
Question: quel pays est au centre du monde touranien?
Réponse: la Turquie. Ce terme définit, en fait, l’espace turcophone,
qui va très loin vers l’Asie centrale et concerne près de 200
millions de personnes, parlant la même langue, musulmanes, aimantées
par la Turquie et, donc, demain par l’Europe si elle s’élargit.
Question: quel est le pays dont le nouveau Code pénal, adopté le 26
septembre dernier, prévoit dans son article 306 une peine de dix ans
de prison pour “les citoyens qui déclarent que le génocide arménien a
effectivement eu lieu pendant la Première Guerre mondiale”?
Réponse: la Turquie. Rappelons qu’une résolution du Parlement
européen votée le 18 juin 1987, réitérée les 2 février et 18 mars
2004, exige comme condition de l’adhésion de la Turquie à l’Union
européenne la reconnaissance du génocide arménien.
Question: faut-il que la Turquie entre dans l’Union européenne?
Réponse: les 16 et 17 décembre prochain, à l’occasion du Conseil
européen d’Athènes…
Sur la Turquie et l’Europe, lire absolument le remarquable ouvrage de
Sylvie Goulard, préfacé par Robert Badinter: Le Grand Turc et la
République de Venise (Fayard).
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Ani & Narod Memorial Foundation
450 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 600
Glendale, CA 91203
818.291.6490
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
December 6, 2004
Contact: Teni Melidonian, Protocol & Prose
626.644.7247
[email protected]
Holiday Event to Benefit Vaccine Fund for Armenia’s Children
– Golden Globe Winner, Mike Connors to Attend-
Glendale, CA (December 6) – The Ani & Narod Memorial Foundation
(ANMF) is proud to announce a special event – Mistletoe & Miracles –
benefiting the Millennium Armenia Children’s Vaccine Fund (MACVF)
with special guest star Mike Connors on Wednesday, December 15,
2004 at the Cravens Estate – The San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the
American Red Cross in Pasadena, California.
Joining the legendary television personality at the event will be Lise
Grandé, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Armenia and Michael
Mahdesian, former President Clinton appointee to USAID’s Bureau for
Humanitarian Response.
Born in Fresno, California to an Armenian family, Connors has
appeared in hundreds of television shows since the 1950s and is best
known for his portrayal of detective Joe Mannix in “Mannix” (CBS
1967-1975). Connors received four Emmy and Golden Globe nominations
for Best Actor in a Drama Series for “Mannix”, winning the Golden
Globe in 1970. After over 50 years in entertainment, Connors continues
to appear in numerous television shows including “Murder She Wrote,”
“Diagnosis Murder,” “Walker, Texas Ranger.” He has also been active
in numerous charitable organizations including Operation Missing
Persons as well as several neurological and health related charities.
Featuring live music, international cuisine, and a unique silent
auction, proceeds from “Mistletoe & Miracles” will help secure the
final $200,000 of the $1.5 million capital campaign fund designed to
guarantee basic vaccinations required to fight against preventable
disease and reduce infant mortality rates.
Since 2002, the MACVF has vaccinated over 74,000 Armenian
children. Basic vaccines include: Diphtheria, Hepatitis B, MMR –
Mumps, Measles & Rubella, Pertussis, Polio, Tetanus and TB. Over
560,000 Armenian children will be immunized through 2017.
MACVF is a public-private capital fund in partnership with
international agencies including the Ministry of Health of the Republic
of Armenia, UNICEF and USAID.
MACVF is a public-private capital fund administered by the Ani &
Narod Memorial Foundation. ANMF, established in 1994 following the
tragic deaths of Ani and Narod Ardhaldjian, has brought educational,
cultural and health programs to Armenian women and children living
around the world.
To learn more about MACVF, ANMF and its programs, please visit
or contact the office at 818.291.6490. For press
information, to request interviews and/or media kits, contact Teni
Melidonian at 626.644.7247 or via email at [email protected]
The Ani & Narod Memorial Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit,
tax-exempt US organization encouraging the welfare and development of
Armenian women and children through innovative cultural, educational,
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Aspiration for power as basis
By Karine Mangasarian
Yerkir/arm
3 Dec 04
Leader of the Republic Party of Armenia faction Galust Sahakian
believes that despite the political tensions, there are still certain
changes mainly due to developments in the world. Yesterday, Galust
Sahakian also said that certain politicians are dwelling on the
Karabagh issue, which is caused by the developments in UN and EU.<>
He said: “I believe that the danger is about forming certain negative
atmosphere. The thing is that in either case those decisions have
no legal basis in regards to further pressures on Armenia. However,
the danger is that certain politicians are speculating on it.”
Sahakian believes that these speculations, especially those describing
the situation with Karabagh as most pathetic, are aimed at one thing:
power shift.
As to the activation of the Armenian National Movement and Levon
Ter-Petrosian, the RPA faction leader says that the ex-president
has never been passive and his silence was more eloquent than his
one interview.

ANM admits its role in opposition’s activities
Yerkir/arm
3 Dec 04
Every time when there were talks that the opposition was often
using the advice of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) and thus —
willingly or unwillingly — was implementing that party’s objectives,
both the opposition and the ANM were voicing their objections.
The opposition was looking insulted because its intellectual potential
was underestimated, and the ANM was accusing everybody of seeing it
behind the opposition’s moves.
A few days ago, the ANM disclosed itself: the leaders of the party
admitted that they had given advice — and not only — to the
opposition.
What were the results of such advice in the case of the events of
this spring, or what could the results be, is another story. It is,
however, noteworthy to speak about an accent that this party uses in
its propaganda tactics: ANM claims it is the only alternative to the
present regime.
The formula is this: the current opposition (the Ardarutiun, Gegamian
and the others) is incapable of removing the regime as it has neither
the resolve nor the intellectual potential; the ANM in contrast,
is able to do it. This formula, however, is for the “consumers”
outside Armenia.
This explains the recent activeness of the ANM’s comments on
the former president and things that the latter has said or has
not. Most probably, such activeness will be followed by the campaign
of “reliable information” that the current president will be replaced
with the former one.

Erdogan inaugure à Istanbul le premier musée arménien de Turquie
Agence France Presse
5 décembre 2004 dimanche 8:44 PM GMT
ISTANBUL 5 déc — Le Premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a
inauguré dimanche à Istanbul le premier musée de Turquie consacré
à la minorité arménienne, installé dans un ancien hôpital arménien
datant du début du XIXe siècle.
“Ce musée jetera la lumière sur l’Histoire pour les générations
futures”, a déclaré M. Erdogan.
“Toute personne qui jettera un regard sur les pièces se trouvant
dans ce musée aura une vision directe de notre histoire commune”,
a-t-il dit.
“Au contraire de ces oeuvres qui mettent en lumière l’Histoire,
les faits sont déformés par la spéculation et la désinformation”,
a ajouté le Premier ministre, en référence aux affirmations des
Arméniens sur le génocide dont ils ont été les victimes.
Les massacres et déportations d’Arméniens sous l’Empire ottoman
de 1915 à 1917 ont fait 1,5 million de morts, selon les Arméniens,
et entre 250.000 et 500.000, selon la Turquie. Ankara nie que les
Arméniens aient été victimes d’un génocide.
M. Erdogan a affirmé que Turcs et Arméniens avaient vécu pacifiquement
dans la région pendant des siècles et a promis que son gouvernement
veillerait au respect des droits de la minorité arménienne.
A quelques jours du sommet des dirigeants des pays membres de l’Union
européenne (UE) qui doivent, les 16 et 17 décembre, décider ou non de
l’ouverture de négociations d’adhésion avec la Turquie, Ankara tente
de multiplier les gestes envers les minorités présentes dans le pays.
Sur la base du traité de Lausanne (1923), les autorités turques
reconnaissent seulement les non-musulmans turcs – Arméniens, Grecs
et Juifs – en tant que minorités. En revanche, les 13 millions de
Kurdes qui peuplent notamment le sud-est de l’Anatolie ne sont pas
reconnus par Ankara comme une minorité.
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Resolutions of 8th Convention of ARF Armenia Organization
Yerkir/arm
3 Dec 04
Javakhk
After thoroughly examining the Javakhk issue, the Supreme Convention
concludes:
– As a result of discrimination policy of the Georgian authorities,
the Armenian population of Javakhk has appeared in a difficult social,
economic situation, which has spurred emigration.
– Having no autonomy, the indigenous Armenians are deprived of the
chance to manage their cultural, economic and social life.
– The policy of Armenia in regards to Javakhk economic, social and
national life is not on proper level.
Taking into consideration the difficult situation in Javakhk, the
attention of the Armenian government should be more often called to
that issues and encourage a dialogue with the Georgian authorities on
this issue. Issuing from the above-mentioned, the congress decided
to suggest the Armenian government creation of a structure that will
deal with the Javakhk issues.
Artsakh
Issuing from the possible developments in the Artsakh issue, the ARF
Supreme Congress once again asserts its position expressed during the
29th general Congress. ARF denounces any compromise that may endanger
the security of Nagorno-Karabagh. The international recognition of
Karabagh must contribute to its reunion with the homeland.
Given the denying position of Azerbaijan, Karabagh must be the
negotiator in the talks and Armenia must guarantee its security.
ARF will continue to promote social, economic and national development
of Karabagh, as well as establishment of democratic institutes there.
Armenia-Diaspora
Armenia-Diaspora relations must be raised to the modern level of
development. In this respect, the government will be suggested to
create a structure to address this relationship taking over for the
foreign affairs ministry.
Armenian apostolic church, sects
Taking into consideration the arguments between the centers of the
Armenian church, ARF will promote a dialogue and a settlement of
disagreements within the church.
There must be a fight against the sects which undermine not only
the church but the overall national security. The adherence of the
sectsâ~@~Y activities to the legal procedures must be overseen on
governmental level.
Foreign affairs
The Congress expresses anxiety over regional security in terms of
possible developments and assigns the newly elected Supreme Body to
pay attention to the following branches of interrelations:
– Armenia-NATO – Armenia-European Union – Russia-Iran – Turkey-EU
possible developments – International recognition of Genocide
Taking into consideration the intentions of the Defense Ministry of
Armenia to join the international military coalition in Iraq with
Armenian troops, the Congress suggests to:
a) Be guided by UN Security Council and other international
organizations’ procedures, where Armenia holds a membership.
b) Since this issue regards the Armenian Diaspora in the Middle East,
the Armenian government must prioritize the security of the Armenian
communities.
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