CNN TO BROADCAST ADVERTISEMENT SKETCHES ABOUT ARMENIA TWO MORE YEARS
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 14:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ CNN will broadcast advertisement sketches about
Armenia during two more years, said RA Deputy Minister of Trade and
Economic Development Ara Petrosian. “According to the analysis of the
Armenian Ministry of Trade, the broadcasting of ad sketches should be
continued for at least two years to maintain the tourism development
rate in Armenia. It’s essential for consolidating influence on the
potential markets,” he said. In his words, two kinds of sketches are
being broadcast. One represents the republic and the other is targeted
at attraction of tourists.
“These sketches will attract a flow of tourists in the republic but
it’s not all we are going to do,” said the RA Deputy Minister of
Trade and Economic Development.

NO GEORGIAN SPECIAL FORCES IN AKHALKALAKI AND BOGDANOVKA
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 15:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ No Georgian special forces were deployed either in
Akhalkalaki nor in Bogdanovka, Javakhk News agency Armen Grigorian told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “The rumors must have emerged over the
accumulation of policemen at Zhdanovka customs point for inspection
of participants of the action held at the Armenian-Georgian border
on November 20. As result, 40 cars, several spades and an axe were
provisionally confiscated,” Grigoryan said.

NEW STAMP DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUED IN FRANCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 16:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A stamp dedicated to the Armenian Genocide was
issued in France. According to Chian news agency, the stamp printed
by a French philatelist is not sold in post offices. However people
can buy one for 2.5 euros and use it when sending correspondence.
The agency also informs that a conference dedicated to mutual
cooperation of national minorities in Turkey which were subjected
to annihilation and robberies will be held in Versailles November
25. The conference will focus on the past and future of Armenians,
Assyrians, Greeks and Kurds. Outstanding figures of national minorities
and scientists will attend the conference, reports RFE/RL.

ALIYEV WILL AGREE ON MEETING WITH KOCHARIAN IF ‘THERE IS EXACT TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION’
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 16:19 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Novruz Mammadov, the head of the presidential
administration’s foreign policy department told reporters November
22 that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will give his approval
to meet with the Armenian President if there is a tangible focus for
discussions. Mammadov expects that the meeting of the Co-chairs with
the Azerbaijani President will confirm the steps to be taken to achieve
certain progress in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. “I
suppose that the efforts by the co-chairs will enable progress
to be achieved within the negotiations,” he stated, reports Trend
news agency.

FRANCE INTERESTED IN CONCESSION MANAGEMENT OF ARMENIAN RAILWAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 16:42 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ France can participate in the tender on concession
management of the Armenian Railways, French Minister of Transport
Dominique Perben said during an Armenian-French business forum held
in the Parisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, reported the press
office of the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development. The
business forum was initiated by the Parisian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry and the Armenian Embassy in Paris with a purpose to represent
the Armenian economic line and attraction of French capital. The
Armenian delegation was lead by RA Ministry of Trade and Economic
Development Karen Chshmarityan.

12 ETHNIC TURKS RUN FOR DUTCH PARLIAMENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 16:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Twelve candidates of Turkish origin from
seven different parties will run in the upcoming elections in the
Netherlands, where three Turkish candidates were expelled from their
parties due to their refusal to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Approximately 12 million Dutch will vote for 150 members of the chamber
of deputies on Wednesday. None of the 26 parties is expected to win
the majority of the votes. The struggle is anticipated to be between
the rightist Christian Democrats (CDA) and the main opposition Labor
Party (PvdA). Only three of the 12 Turks can directly be elected and
the possibility of election for the other candidates is up to the
number of the votes. The previous expulsion of Turkish candidates
leads to presumptions that most of the Turkish origin people living
in the EU member country will cast their votes for Fatma Koser who is
running from D’66. She might even become a minister if the predicted
happens. More than 250,000 of the Turkish citizens in the country
have double citizenship and approximately two thirds can vote. There
are still several Turkish MPs in the Dutch parliament, reports Cihan
News Agency.

REPORT ON COMMONWEALTH REFORMATION SENT TO CIS LEADERS
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 17:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The report on the Commonwealth reformation organized
by the High Level Group (HLG) was sent to the leaders of the CIS member
states, first deputy of the chairman of the CIS Executive Committee
Vladimir Garkun told a news conference November 22. In his words, the
HLG dedicated 6 meetings in Minsk and 1 in Moscow to the elaboration
of the document. The information is closed for journalists although
it’s not marked as secret. The report will be discussed during the
CIS summit in Minsk after a preliminary consideration by the Council
of Foreign Ministers. Garkun also informed that some 1000 officials
will arrive in Minsk November 24-28 and voiced assurance that the
CIS leaders are wise enough to maintain and develop the Commonwealth,
reported IA Regnum.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HELPED TURKEY TO BECOME A STATE
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.11.2006 14:00 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey became a state after the Armenian Genocide
and that is why in case of its acknowledgement this state will stop
existing, ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Office Director Kiro
Manoian said in Yerevan today. In his words, with ‘cleaning’ Anatolia
from Armenians Turks managed to form a state and now are trying to
gain a foothold.
“Over this very reason – but not out of fear of moral and material
compensations Armenia can claim – Turkey does not recognize the
Genocide,” he remarked.
Manoian also said that recent proposal of the Turkish MFA to appeal to
international court will yield no result. “Turkey is going to appeal
not to the International Tribunal but to the International Court of
Justice that gives a historical assessment of the events. Thus, the
Turkish Foreign Ministry wished to reduce the Armenian Genocide issue
to historical assessment,” he underscored. At that he remarked that not
all Turkish diplomats share the opinion of Abdullah Gul. “Ambassadors
in European states call to restraint while diplomats supporting
Gunduz Aktan urge to appeal not to the Court of Justice but to the
International Tribunal,” Manoian said.
As for the position of the Armenian side, Manoian considers that
Armenia should not appeal to international instances for confirmation
of the fact of Genocide of 1915. “Court in not needed for talking
about history. If Armenia turns to court it will mean that it agrees
with the Turkish viewpoint,” he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TURKEY RESISTS EU DEMAND CONCERNING CYPRUS
By Hakob Chakrian
AZG Armenian Daily
23/11/2006
Finland, country in chair of EU, demands that Turkey should open
its seaports and airports to the Republic of Cyprus till December 6,
2006. The leading European mass media consider the requirement as an
ultimatum, Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and foreign
minister Abdullah Gul responded to the above demand with resistance
promises.
The Turkish Public TV informed that Gul and Erdogan discussed the issue
at the parliament with state minister and negotiator Ali Babajan. In
the beginning of the discussion, Erdogan stated in response to the
journalists’ questions that their position is clear.
“When the requirements are unacceptable, we will not meet them,”
he said.
Gul added that such issues shouldn’t be settled by means of deadlines
and blackmail.
“Turkey met the commitments of the EU and its high time for EU to keep
the promise given to the Turks of Cyprus. Thus, the issues in this
direction are still being elaborated and we still have much time,”
he underscored.

ISRAELI THROW STONES ON UN COMMISSIONER
By Hakob Chakrian
AZG Armenian Daily
23/11/2006
The Israelis attacked Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights, in Sderot city on borderline of Gaza, Palestine. Arbour arrived
in Sderot to study on the ground the harm made by the rockets shot
from Palestine. The local residents met her with acts of protest and
threw stones on her car.
Informing about this in its November 22 issue, the Turkish “Yeni
Saraf” newspaper added that the day before in the course of her visit
to Beyt Hanun city, in Gaza, Palestine, she assured the citizens of
the city who lost 20 civilians as a result of the Israeli attack that
“the world will not abandon them.”