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Nationalist “confesses” to ordering the killing of Russian anti-fascist
RTR Russia TV, St Petersburg
27 Jun 04

[Presenter] There was a ceremony to bid farewell to Nikolay Girenko at
the scientific centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Thursday
[22 June]. The murder of the ethnologist became one of the main
subjects of the past week. An investigation team has established the
basic facts. Tatyana Aleksandrova reports all the details.
[Unidentified men marching with torches, chanting] Clear off from
here. Russia is for Russians. We do not need Khachiks [an ordinary
Armenian name].
[An unidentified boy of around 13 with shaven head] We beat up
non-Russians.
[A man’s voice] How often?
[The unidentified boy] Nearly every day.
[Correspondent] Girenko was a Russian with a Ukrainian last name. He
was killed by a shot from a sawn-off rifle through the door after
asking politely: What do you want? The senior researcher at the
Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography, African-philologist
candidate of historical sciences was 64. His public activities
prevented him from defending his doctoral thesis. He worked as
anti-fascist campaigner for the last 20 years.
[Yuriy Chistov, director of the Petr the Great Institute of
Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera, collection of curiosities)]
In general, it seemed to us all that Nikolay Mikhaylovich was doing
extremely important work, but it [turned out to be] so
dangerous. Touch wood, there have [until now] been no cases of the
sort that people were killed so insolently and openly for their
expressed opinion.
[Correspondent] The extremist groups knew Girenko by sight. He was an
expert in nazi ideology who gave evidence in court hearings. Nazis
have openly confessed to having murdered him.
[Vladimir Popov, captioned as the leader of the Russkaya Respublika
(Russian Republic) organization] The verdict has been carried out at
my command. I do not know who carried out it, and nobody is likely to
know it. We shall erect a memorial to an unknown hero.
[Correspondent] There is the signature of this frail young man at the
end of verdict No 1 of the tribunal of the self-proclaimed Russkaya
Respublika. Popov is not trying to escape even following his
confession on the Internet.
[Nikolay Vinnichenko, St Petersburg prosecutor] We have in practice
not had this sort of situation before. On the one hand, this all
resembles farce. On the other hand, I shall reiterate, since the
information is rather serious, that our attitude to it is appropriate.
[Correspondent] The verdict against the murdered professor contains a
list of all the cases he was involved in, including this one accusing
the [chief] editor [Pavel Ivanov] of the Russkoye Veche nationalist
newspaper of inciting ethnic discord. It was brought to court thanks
to scientific evidence given by Girenko and the firm position of the
city prosecutor].
[Valeriy Zheltkov, Velikiy Novgorod prosecutor] Through this sort of
incitement – I quoted examples in my speech, the events started in
Sumgait [now Azerbaijan] and the Fergana valley [now Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan] here [in the Soviet Union] at the end of the 1980s –
large-scale massacres happened on the basis of peoples’ ethnic origin
or religion. Everything starts precisely from all this. This is basic
incitement.
[Correspondent] But the [court] victory turned out to be illusory: a
R10,000 [345 dollars] fine instead of four years in prison. A court
appeal cancelled the ban on journalistic activity. Pavel Ivanov has
replaced a typewriter with a computer, and he is continuing to expose
the world-wide Zionist plot.
[Pavel Lepshin, lawyer] It is best of all that the leader of a nazi
group gave an order in written form. So-and-so is to beat up
watermelon seller [Mamed] Mamedov by such-and-such a date. Pupkin,
Khryapkin [imagined names] and others are to be commissioned to kill
Mamedov. Their titles in the hierarchy of their nazi community should
be mentioned – I forgot, their membership cards as well.
[Correspondent] All this is not an invention of legal theorists but
ordinary legal practice. A few years ago local TV gave extensive
coverage to an event which occurred in one district of the city. A
candidate for a seat in parliament [Denis Usov] handed out leaflets in
the whole constituency, which had the programme’s statement: I want to
evict blacks.
The prosecutor’s investigation found the canvassing to be absolutely
legal.
[Olga Anisimova, acting prosecutor in Frunzenskiy district, St
Petersburg] He said that according to the encyclopedia, there are red
and black cockroaches and he called [on people] to engage in cleaning
the city of black cockroaches. He did not mean anything else but
zoological points.
[Correspondent] Girenko’s colleagues admit that he may have been the
only expert in the country who could create a scientific method to
expose fascist propaganda. He decided to use the method since he
understood the source of the danger unlike those people who pass by
swastikas on the walls with indifference.
[Girenko, archive footage from Russia’s TV St Petersburg in 2002] If
society follows their way of doing things, society will collapse. It
will be the deepest delusion of those who will have contacts with them
to think that they are fools, uneducated people who simply have
nothing to do.
[Unidentified marching men] [We say] Yes to Russians and no to
(?foreigners).
[Video shows the words being typed: The world Judaic plot. The black
Egyptian priesthood; a leaflet saying, The deputies of the (?15th)
municipality have initiated a programme of the eviction of people of
Caucasian ethnicity from the district. We are honest, kind and open
people. They were brought up differently. Signed: Denis Usov; The
rhymed graffiti reads, The Jews are at the Kremlin, but were are in
shit; another graffiti goes, The crematorium is waiting for the Yids]

Armen Press
July 7 2004
NO ROAD SURRENDERED TO AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIAN DEPUTY DM SAYS
YEREVAN, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS: Deputy defense minister Mikael
Harutunian denied on Tuesday allegation of some political figures
that a road connecting two Armenian towns of Ijevan and Noyemberian
was surrendered to the Azerbaijani side. “The road (built in Soviet
times) was working and will be working,” Mikaelian told a group of
journalists, whom the ministry took to the northern province of
Tavush, bordering with Azerbaijan and where a string of heavy
skirmishes between the two rival nations’ troops were reported last
month.
The road stretching along the border was the scene of surprise
attacks on Armenian vehicles, buses and local farmers. “We have taken
appropriate measures to ensure the road’s security,’ Mikaelian said.
The reporters were then driven along five Armenian villages, located
on the border, which are supplied with water from Jokhaz water
reservoir.
The latest skirmishes erupted after Azerbaijani troops tried to
occupy a hill near the regional town of Ijevan which overlooks the
water reservoir. Mikaelian said Armenian forces responded by moving
their positions forward in order to defend the water pumping facility
supplying irrigation water to five nearby villages. Mikaelian said
the location is being now reinforced, adding also that any such
attempt in future will be retaliated .

Armen Press
July 7 2004
ARMENIA TAKES CHAIRMANSHIP OVER SOUTH CAUCASIAN INITIATIVE
YEREVAN, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS: During a July 1-4 meeting of the
so-called South Caucasian Parliamentary Initiative in Bulgaria’s
capital of Sofia, the chairmanship of this loose forum was passed
from Georgia to Armenia. The Initiative that brings together ten
parliament members from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, holds its
plenary sessions twice a year. The decision to pass the rotating
chairmanship to each of the sides for six months was made last year.
Deputy parliament chairman Tigran Torosian told a news conference
today that the latest session adopted a regulation that all decisions
should be passed by consensus. Torosian said the Armenian side
presented its plan of actions for the next six months, in which he
said the main focus will be on promoting European integration, for
which a conference will be held in October with participation of
lawmakers also from Central and Eastern Europe.
Torosian said also the Armenian side will try to expand the volume
of cooperation among the three nations’ parliamentarians in different
European organizations.
The meeting took a resolution condemning all attempts that are
designed to impede enlargement of cooperation among the three
nations.

Armen Press
July 7 2004
MAYOR PROMISES TO REMOVE STREET TRADERS BY MID OCTOBER
YEREVAN, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS: Yerevan mayor Yerevan Zakarian, who
had promised to remove traders from the capital’s streets by last
April 15, but failed to do it, took another stroll today across
several Yerevan streets to see the pace of construction of
mini-markets, which are supposed to house the street traders.
Speaking to accompanying journalists, the mayor argued that not
only the municipality or community offices, but also the residents of
Yerevan should fight against open-air trade. “People should
understand that street traders violate all health requirements and
their goods pose threat to public health,” the mayor said.
Zakarian said the municipality will work to eliminate street trade
for good, adding that mini-markets will be ready in a couple of
months to house street traders in Arabkir, Kentron, Kanaker-Zeytun
and Erebuni communities. According to him, by mid-October street
trade will be removed from 80 percent of central streets.
Zakarian also said that 1.4 billion drams were released for the
current repair of central and other streets in the capital. The
repair will be finished in September.

Armen Press
July 7 2004
CIS COUNTRIES FACE SOME OF THE FASTEST RATES OF HIV INFECTION IN THE
WORLD, UNDP REPORT SAYS
YEREVAN, JULY 7, ARMENPRESS: Today in the UN House in Yerevan the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the “Reversing the
Epidemic: Facts and Policy Options” 2004 HIV/AIDS Report for Eastern
Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Vladimir
Davidyants, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Armenia, Ms. Lise Grande,
UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr. Samvel
Grigoryan, Head of the Republican AIDS Prevention Centre and
representatives of international and local organizations participated
in the event.
The Report presents the first comprehensive outline of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 28 countries of East and South-Eastern
Europe, the Baltics and the CIS. The UN estimates that 1.8 million
people in the region have HIV and that 280,000 people contracted the
virus last year. Despite a comparatively low prevalence of HIV/AIDS
in the region, growth rates in Estonia, Russia and Ukraine are among
the world’s highest. The Report stresses that the HIV/AIDS crisis
poses a threat to the region’s economic growth, resulting in an
estimated loss of at least one percent GDP growth per year.
The Report shows that a one percent infection rate among the adult
population is the threshold above which efforts to turn back the
epidemic become extremely difficult. The Report also argues that
delays in taking proper action can be catastrophic: only twelve years
ago, South Africa was facing a less than one percent infection rate
among adult population; now that rate is twenty times higher.
According to Ms. Grande: “UNDP’s Report reveals that there is
already an HIV crisis in the CIS. Although the situation in Armenia
is not as disastrous as in some other major CIS countries, steps need
to be taken now to avoid the kind of catastrophe that is affecting
other countries. By working together, the Government, civil society,
the mass media and donors can make a difference. Through Reports like
the one we are launching today, we can help raise awareness among the
general public and promote responsible behavior among all people
living in Armenia.”
Background: From 1988 to July 1, 2004, 279 HIV carriers have been
registered in the Republic of Armenia, of whom 265 are citizens: 206
cases (77.7%) are men, 59 cases (22.3%) are women and 3 cases (1.1%)
are children. The majority of HIV carriers (79.2%) belong to the
20-39 age group. The most common modes of transmission in Armenia are
injection drug usage and heterosexual practices.

Azeri leader urges world public to increase pressure on Armenia
Lider TV, Baku
7 Jul 04
The Azerbaijani leader has urged the international public to increase
pressure on Armenia over the Karabakh conflict and to step up efforts
aimed at finding a speedy solution to the problem. In an interview
with the French magazine Le Lettre Diplomatique, he said that
organized international crime groups are active in Karabakh and
described the area as a great source of threat to security in the
South Caucasus. Aliyev added that peace and security in the region
could only be restored after solving the Karabakh conflict and
removing foreign bases from the South Caucasus. The following is the
text of report by Azerbaijani TV station Lider on 7 July. Subheadings
have been inserted editorially:
[Presenter] The international public should increase pressure on
Armenia, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said in an interview
with the French magazine La Lettre Diplomatique. The head of state
urged international organizations to actively express their positions
on the Karabakh solution.
Leader calls for international attention to Karabakh conflict
[Correspondent, over video of Aliyev, giving interview in his office]
The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagornyy Karabakh has turned
into an obstacle to stability not only in our country, but also in the
South Caucasus region, which generally plays an important role in
Europe’s security structure. This is the greatest source of threat to
the region. For this reason, the international public should devote
more attention to a settlement of the conflict, President Ilham Aliyev
said in an interview with the French magazine La Lettre Diplomatique.
According to him, organized international crime groups are active in
the territories which are beyond the international public’s control
and have turned the area into an area of lawlessness. Armenia is
continuing its aggressive policy today as well.
The head of state did not conceal his dissatisfaction with the OSCE
Minsk Group’s activities. Despite the fact that the OSCE Minsk Group,
under the chairmanship of the USA, France and Russia, is dealing with
a settlement to the conflict, no changes were recorded in this sphere
and the conflict remains unresolved. From this viewpoint, we hope that
other international organizations will pay more attention to the
issue, end of quote.
The Azerbaijani president said that the fact of occupation of
Azerbaijani lands has been recorded in numerous resolutions, decisions
and other official documents adopted by the Council of Europe, the
European Union and other international organizations. However, it is
important that all foreign organizations, and the international public
step up their efforts to reach a speedy solution to the conflict.
Peace in South Caucasus impossible without Karabakh solution
President Ilham Aliyev said that the problem should be resolved within
the framework of international legal norms. Armenia’s claims that the
conflict should be resolved in line with the right of nations to
self-determination cannot be accepted, because the Armenian people’s
right to self-determination has already been ensured and the state of
Armenia has been set up. It is easy to imagine what may happen if the
Armenians living in different countries in the world would want their
right to self-determination to be ensured by those countries, end of
quote.
President Aliyev said that the Armenian leadership often calls for
economic ties with Azerbaijan. However, this is absurd. No state in
the world can cooperate with another state which has occupied part of
its territory. Armenia is on the sidelines of international economic
projects carried out in the region as a result of its aggressive
policy only. No country’s foreign bases exist in Azerbaijan, President
Aliyev stressed, adding that if the other countries of the South
Caucasus could do the same, we would soon be able to establish peace
and security in our region. We want to live in peace and develop our
economy and country. We wish to live in an atmosphere of peace,
stability and prosperity in the South Caucasus region.
It is impossible to achieve this until the Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict over Nagornyy Karabakh is resolved. Therefore, the
international community should increase its efforts to stop Armenia’s
aggression against Azerbaijan, end quote.

Armenian border is open to Turkey – foreign minister
Arminfo, Yerevan
6 Jul 04
MOSCOW
The Turkish-Armenian border is open from the Armenian side, Armenian
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan said during his official visit to
Moscow, answering a question from an Arminfo news agency
correspondent.
Asked what conditions Armenia intended to set over opening the border,
Oskanyan said that any conditions were out of the question. “The
border is open from our side and we would like Turkey to open the
border as well and for the beginning of our relations not to require
preconditions from either side,” Oskanyan said.

Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press
July 7, 2004
‘THIS MARKET RECENTLY CHANGED HANDS.’ — 11 People Die in Blast at
Samara Market. By Vladimir Perekrest. Izvestia, June 5, 2004, p. 1.
Condensed text:
. . . The Kirov Merchandise Market is Samara’s largest. On Friday
[June 4], an explosion rang out at exactly 1 p.m. local time (12 noon
Moscow time) near the entrance to the market from the direction of
the Pyatiletka railroad platform. That area is always bustling, since
many province residents come to the market by electric train. Near
the entrance are several freight containers from which vendors sell
goods, as well as stalls selling shish kebab, shawarma and other
edibles.
“On weekends the place is jam-packed,” Daniyar Saifiyev, the main
spokesman at the Samara Province chief administrator’s press office,
told Izvestia. “If the blast had occurred on Saturday or Sunday, the
number of victims could have been far greater.”
But there were quite a few people at the market on Friday afternoon
as well. So in the wake of the explosion the area near the market
entrance was one big bloody jumble.
The force of the blast was so great that several sections of the
concrete wall surrounding the market were smashed to pieces and
strewn about by the shock wave. A large fragment of a concrete slab
landed on the railroad bed and damaged two of the five sets of tracks
that run through the Pyatiletka platform. The explosion overturned
about 10 freight containers and food stalls. A Vietnamese father,
mother and daughter who operated one of the stalls were killed on the
spot. A booth belonging to a family of Armenians was also destroyed,
and the owner’s wife and brother were killed. Some bodies were torn
to pieces by the blast, and the shock wave hurled one female
market-goer over the concrete wall.
Blood-soaked people were running back and forth between the market
and the railroad platform. Someone called the ambulance service and
the police. . . . All told, 27 ambulances came to help those injured
by the blast. . . .
One person died on the way to the hospital, and three others
succumbed in the intensive care unit.
The Ministry for Emergency Situations’ Samara division initially
reported that the tragedy had been caused by the explosion of some
gas cylinders in a vending stall near the market entrance. Such
things have happened in Samara before. . . .
But what blew up in Samara this time was not gas, according to
Samara Province Prosecutor Aleksandr Yefremov, who went to the scene
of the tragedy. He reported that a one-kilogram charge of plastic
explosive had been planted between the concrete wall and a vending
booth, at a height of 1.2 meters.
The main shock wave was directed toward the railroad platform,
where there were about 20 people at the time of the explosion.
According to the prosecutor, they were saved purely by chance. A
freight train had pulled up a few minutes before the blast, and one
of its tank cars absorbed the blow. . . . Explosives experts were
able to determine that the bomb had been detonated by a safety fuse,
the prosecutor said. There were also indications that the device had
been packed with ball bearings and pieces of scrap metal.
A criminal investigation has been opened in connection with the
blast, under Art. 205 and Art. 105, part 2, of the Russian Criminal
Code (“Terrorism” and “Intentional Homicide of Two or More Persons,”
respectively).
“It’s hard to say at this point whether there is any Chechen
connection,” a source in the Samara Province law-enforcement
community told Izvestia. “The market recently changed hands. It’s
possible that the bombing had something to do with that. The market
is a choice morsel, and it has been the focus of criminal turf wars
before.”
As this issue was going to press, the death toll had reached 11.
Some of the dead have not yet been identified. Thirty-three of the
injured are hospitalized, six of them in intensive care. The Samara
Province Disaster Medicine Center reports that doctors are seriously
concerned about the condition of several of their injured patients. .
. .

ARKA News Agency
July 5 2004
Constitutional reforms in RA to be performed in climate of
understanding among political streams
Catholicos of All Armenians received Mayor of Pasadena
Armenia celebrates Constitution Day on July 5
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS IN RA TO BE PERFORMED IN CLIMATE OF
UNDERSTANDING AMONG POLITICAL STREAMS
YEREVAN, July 5. /ARKA/. The constitutional reforms in RA to be
performed in a climate of understanding among political streams as
well as they must be supported by the society. As RA Government
Public and Press Relations Department told ARKA, this was said in the
message of congratulation of RA PM Andranik Margarian on occasion of
Constitutional Day. The message particularly says that `adopting in
1995 the Main Law of Armenia, our state and people expressed their
commitment to determination to go to integration with the civilized
world, rooting of democratic values, forming of civil society’. It
mentions that during the passed years the RA Constitution certainly
promoted the establishment of the independent state as well as
keeping of internal and external stability in complicated situations.
`New realities require new demands to the society and the state that
naturally should be fixed in the Main Law and only in case of
complexity approach, the RA Constitution would fulfill its principal
role for securing of well-doing and solidarity, preservation of main
human liberties and rights in accordance to the international
standards’, the PM’s message says. T.M. -0–
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CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS RECEIVED MAYOR OF PASADENA
YEREVAN, July 5. /ARKA/. Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness
Garegin II received Mayor of Pasadena Bill Bogard and the Head of
Police of the city Bernard Melikyan. As St. Echmiadzin Motehr See
told ARKA, during the meeting the Head of the Armenian Apostolic
Church expressed his satisfaction by the visit of the delegation of
the US city to Armenia that was called to strengthen of friendly
relations between sister cities Vanadzor and Pasadena. Garegin II
also mentioned the activity of the Armenian community of Pasadena and
St. Sargis.
In his turn Bogard presented the existing opportunities and practical
steps and programs on strengthening of relations with Vanadzor. T.M.
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ARMENIA CELEBRATES CONSTITUTION DAY ON JULY 5
YEREVAN, July 5. /ARKA/. The Republic of Armenia celebrates the 9th
anniversary of adoption of Constitution. The acting Constitution was
adopted on July 5, 1995 in the period of government of Armenian
National Movement. The Ra Constitution consists of 117 articles,
which state that the State power in Armenia is executed in accordance
with the Main Law based on the principle of division of legislative,
executive and judicial powers.
On the occasion of Constitution Day, the RA President Robert
Kocharian addressed the people with a message of congratulation,
which says, in particular, that `the adoption of Constitution has a
historical meaning for every nation. It has become a powerful
stimulus for fundamental reform of RA legislative system, as well as
the establishment of priority of legislation and securing people’s
power’. The message also states that the current Constitution has
proved its vitality many times and it’s steady execution guarantees
legality and stability in the country. The President thinks that the
perfection of Constitution and its need for correspondence to
contemporary demands of development is imminent.
The introduction of amendments to Constitution is one of the
commitments of Armenia to the of EC. The deadline for referendum on
making amendments to Constitution in Armenia is June 2005. In the
course of 2004, the package of constitutional reforms will be sent
for examination to Venice commission. It should be mentioned that the
Constitution amendments put for national referendum on May 25, 2003
did not pass. L.V. -0 –

ARKA News Agency
July 6 2004
Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh) to be fully provided with gas by the
end of July
ISC-Star expresses its regret as ArmenTel’s license extended by 3
months in RA
Robert Kocharian and Mikhail Sahakashvili discuss perspectives of
more active mutual cooperation
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STEPANAKERT (NAGORNO KARABAKH) TO BE FULLY PROVIDED WITH GAS BY THE
END OF JULY
STEPANAKERT, July 6. /ARKA/. Stepanakert will be fully provided with
gas by the end of July, Director of SCJSC Artsakhgas Maxim Mirzoyan
stated today. He also said that works in the regions are also
continued, namely Askeran provided with gas by 100%, Martouni is
gasified by a half. He noted that in 2004 works totaling 4.5 million
AMD are envisaged in Shushi City. Preliminary works on gasification
completed in Hadrut region.
Note as Mirzoyan stated earlier, SCJSC Artsakhgas plans to increase
the number of its subscribers by 4 thousand in 2004, at this in 2003
the company increased this number by 800. Totally at the moment about
700 subscribers of Stepanakert do not have gas yet. He said that only
in Stepanakert total works totaled 10 million AMD. L.D. –0–
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ISC-STAR EXPRESSES ITS REGRET AS ARMENTEL’S LICENSE EXTENDED BY 3
MONTHS IN RA
YEREVAN, July 6. /ARKA/. ISC-Star expressed its regret as ArmenTel’s
license was extended by 3 months in RA . As the Information Service
of this Armenian- Russian-US JV told ARKA, the company confirms its
readiness to participate as operator on the telecommunication market
of RA. `We are long since ready to unfolding of full-scale high
quality and available mobile communication network in RA’, Eduard
Hakobyan, CEo fo the company said.
At the same time, the company’s delegation plans visiting Tbilisi for
submitting of application of interest for participation in tender for
receiving of mobile communication operator license in Georgia and
receiving of radio frequencies in the frames of 1800 MHz. The company
confirms its readiness to invest the resources as it would be
necessary for the construction of the mobile communication network on
the Georgian territory.
ISC Armenian-Russian-American joint venture was registered in Armenia
on Sept 24, 2001. The founders of the ISC-Star, JV are both legal and
physical entities of several foreign countries, including Russia and
residents of the Republic of Armenia. ISC-Star currently unites over
100 IP-communication and paging units all over the world.
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ROBERT KOCHARIAN AND MIKHAIL SAHAKASHVILI DISCUSS PERSPECTIVES OF
MORE ACTIVE MUTUAL COOPERATION
YEREVAN, July 6. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharian met the
Georgian President Mikhail Sahakashvili during his working visit to
Moscow on 2-4 July as well as the Igor Ivanov, Secretary of Russian
Security Council. As RA President Press Service told ARKA, during his
visit with Sahakashvili, the heads of two states discussed the issues
of development of mutual relationships, particularly more active
economic partnership as well as they touched upon the regional
issues. Ra President discussed with Ivanov the Armenian-Russian
bilateral relationships, regional problems and the issues related to
the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
During his visit, Kocharian received the heads of the CIS countries
in unofficial situation during which the heads were discussing the
issues of deepening of integration in the CIS, economic issues as
well actual problems of the international policy.
Ra President among the other CIS heads was present on Russian
President horse races on Moscow hippodrome. T.M. -0–
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress