Armenpress
HAYRUSGAZARD EYES IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS: The chief manager
of the Russian-Armenian joint venture that delivers
Russian natural gas to Armenia via Georgia, said
yesterday the company asked the government to let it
take the management of a second gas pipeline that
stretches from Iran to Armenia.
Karen Karapetian, the chief manager of HayRusGazArd
company, said the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline will have
to be connected to HayRusGazArd network. Karapetian
denied media allegations that the Iran-Armenia gas
pipeline will be handed to a Russian company. He said
the question is whether Iran-Armenia pipeline will be
an independent company or will be given to
HayRusGazArd. He said handing the Iran-Armenia
pipeline to HayRusGazArd was logical.
Forty-five percent of shares in HayRusGazArd are
owned by Russian Gazprom, 10 percent are owned by
another Russian-owned group ITERA and the remaining 45
percent belong to the Armenian government.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Oct 27 2006
AZERBAIJANI SPEAKER MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT OF OSCE PA
[October 27, 2006, 11:07:40]
Chairman of the Milli Majlis (the Parliament of Azerbaijan) Oqtay
Asadov met with visiting Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly Oleg Bilorus (Ukraine).
Mr. Asadov spoke of the history of Azerbaijan’s relationship with
Ukraine, saying that ties between the two countries have strengthened
during the years of independence and reached the level of strategic
partnership.
The Azeri Speaker stressed the important role both countries’
presidents played in developing the bilateral relations.
Oqtay Asadov also touched on the Azerbaijan-Ukraine
inter-parliamentary relations.
He said he believes this visit will give an impetus to further
development of Azerbaijan’s cooperation with Ukraine and OSCE.
On the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Oqtay
Asadov stressed Armenia’s non-constructive stance on this dispute.
The Speaker said he believes Ukraine will continue supporting
Azerbaijan’s equitable stance on this issue.
Oleg Bilorus, for his part, said this is his first visit to
Azerbaijan, adding it is aimed at discussing the prospects of further
boosting the bilateral relations between the two countries as well as
their cooperation with OSCE.
* * *
Afterwards, Mr. Bilorus met with Deputy Chairman of the Parliament,
head of Azerbaijan’s delegation to OSCE PA Mrs. Bahar Muradova,
chairman of the Milli Majlis standing commission on international
relations and inter-parliamentary ties, head of the permanent
delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Samad Seyidov, and head of the Azerbaijan-Ukraine Inter-Parliamentary
friendship group Farrukh Zeynalov.
The discussions were focused on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, ways
of further strengthening the cooperation between Azerbaijan and
Ukraine as well as cooperation with OSCE, and other topics.
* * *
Later same day, Oleg Bilorus visited Darnagul refugee camp in Baku to
familiarize himself with living conditions of the internally
displaced persons.

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ARMENIAN KHACHKARS TO BE EXHIBITED IN THE LOUVRE
[08:40 pm] 26 October, 2006
Armenian khachkars will be exhibited in the Louvre
within the framework of the year of Armenia in France.
Today, the RA Government decided to transport over 27
Armenian khachkars to France, provided they are taken
back after the exhibition. The Armenian khachkars will
be exhibited in the 2007 exhibition in the Louvre.
The marzpets of Aragatsotni, Ararat, Armavir,
Ghekharquniq, Kotayk, Syunik and Vayots Dzor were
assigned to render assistance in connection with the
transportation of the khachkars.
The RA Government ensures the safe transportation of
the khachkars.

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GALUST SAHAKYAN, «REAL CRIMINALS ARE NOT PUNISHED»
[01:01 pm] 27 October, 2006
more images Today the NA deputies started their day putting wreaths
to the memorial to the victims of October 27, 1999.
«Regardless of the fact that seven years have passed by, those who
knew the victims, those who worked with them, and those who were in
the Parliament hall that day will never forget the pain they
suffered», NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan said.
He is convinced that hatred and malice lay in the basis of the October
27 tragedy. «Those people who died that day lived for ideas, for plans
and principles. The best tribute to their memory will be the
development of Armenia, the realization of the plans and ideas for
which they lived».
Head of the Republican Party faction Galust Sahakyan informed that
seven years after the tragedy they suffer because they lost their
friends, but they also strive for the realization of their
plans. Galust Sahakyan thinks that the main criminals guilty for
October 27 are not punished yet, «and one day we will learn who
delivered the blow».
The head of the faction is sure that the blow was from outside. As for
the announcements of the October 27 criminals that the present RA
authorities realize their plans, Galust Sahakyan answered, «They are
not Marx or Engels; I am not supposed to study their words or comment
on them».

From: Sebouh Z Tashjian
Subject: October 27, 1999
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OCTOBER 27, 1999 (video)
[02:44 pm] 27 October, 2006
At 17:13 armed terrorists broke into the NA session hall and started
to shoot at the officials sitting in the first rows.
They killed:
NA Speaker Karen Demirchyan;
RA Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan;
NA deputy Speakers Yuri Bakhshyan,
and Rouben Miroyan;
deputies Michael Kotanyan, Henrik Abrahamyan, Armenak Armenakyan,
Minister of Regional Government Leonard Petrosyan.
Deputies and Ministers were injured.
Those who were alive were kept hostages in the NA session hall.
The official sources did not report about the death of the first
officials of the country for five hours.
Only after 10:00 p.m. the President?s residence made a statement
about victims.
Late in the evening the dead bodies were taken out of the Parliament
building. The negotiations with the terrorists went on until
dawn. Even the President of the country met them.
Early in the morning the hostages were set free and the terrorists
yielded themselves prisoners getting guarantees of security.
The October 27 trial started In January 2001 and lasted about three
years. In the meantime Armenia became member of the CoE, ratified the
European convention on Human Rights and its 6th protocol, eliminating
capital punishment once and for all.
The terrorists who cruelly shot the first officials of the country
were sentenced to life imprisonment.

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
ARMENIAN KHACHKARS TO BE EXHIBITED IN LOUVER
27 of Armenian cross-stones (khachkars) will be exhibited in Louver
within frames of the Year of Armenia in France from February to June
2007, governmental press service told ArmInfo today. The governors of
Ararat, Armavir, Aragatsotn, Gegharkounik, Kotayk, Suynik and Vayots
Dzor districts are responsible for transportation of the khachkars,
while Armenian government for the security of the process.

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PUTIN IS WAITING
[03:20 pm] 27 October, 2006
On October 30 President Robert Kocharyan will leave for Moscow on
official duty. The same day he will have a private conversation with
his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin in Kremlin.
Robert Kocharyan will also meet RF Prime Minister Michael Fradkov and
Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov.
The Armenian President will also participate in the opening ceremony
of the monument to renowned Armenian composer Aram Khachatryan in
Moscow.

AZG Armenian Daily #205, 27/10/2006

Middle East
AS RESULT OF WAR IN IRAQ, 3 MILLION PEOPLE BECAME IMMIGRANTS
After the March invasion of the American Armed Forces of Iraq in 2003,
about 1,6 million of Iraqi residents had left their country. According
to the UN Commission for Refugees, 1,5 million people became refugees
in the country itself. Taking into account the fact that Iraq’s
population amount to about 26 million, we can say that as a result of
the war, 12 % of the country’s residents became refugees.
According to the British The Independent newspaper, most of the Iraqi
refugees settle down in Jordan or Syria. Since 2003, Jordan accepted
500 thousand Iraqi refugees, Syria 450 thousand. Every month, about 40
thousand people leave Iraq for Syria.
In the first half of 2006, there have been 14 thousand loses among the
civil residents of the country. According to the data of the American
health Institute at the John Hopkins University, in the years of the
war in Iraq 655 thousand people died.
By Petros Keshishian

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ANACHRONISM ACCORDING TO CUNY
[03:43 pm] 27 October, 2006
Secretary of the Security Council adjunct to the RA President, Defense
Minister Serge Sargsyan received French Ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Armenia in connection with fulfilling his
diplomatic mission.
Speaking about the relations between Armenia and France, the Minister
said that the visit of the French President was an important event in
the life of Armenia.
Henry Cuny informed that he highly appreciates the warm attitude of
Armenia towards his country and added, `I have a special attitude
towards the Armenians and their culture. I’m sure that next time I
visit your country the borders will be open. Closed borders are an
anachronism which is improper for c country which has applied to join
the European family’.

AZG Armenian Daily #205, 27/10/2006

Diaspora
HEAD OF ROMANIAN-ARMENIAN COMMUNITY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF ROMANIA
IN EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Prime minister of Romania, Cãlin Popescu-Tãriceanu, has elected
senator Varuzhan Voskanian, head of the Romania’s Armenian community,
to represent his country at the European Commission. Senator
Voskanian, 48, is a mathematician and also runs the Senate’s Committee
on Finances and Budget, the Associated Press reports. Voskanian’s
candidacy is still to be confirmed by José Manuel Barroso, President
of the European Commission. Varuzhan Voskanian will take the office
as soon as Romania joins the EU in January 1 2007.