NINOTSMINDA RESIDENTS TO GET PASSPORTS AT PLACES
Lragir.am
26 June 06
The news agency A-Info reports that the Minister of Justice of
Georgia Gia Kavtaradzeh promised to open a passport department in the
region of Ninotsminda. The minister made this vow during his short
visit to Javakheti. After the reforms in the judicial system the
passport department of Ninotsminda was closed. By the way, in 2005
the department of international passports of Akhalkalaki was closed
and moved to Akhaltskha, but the surge of protest among people made
the central government to reconsider their decision.

GEORGIAN-ARMENIAN BORDER IS REINFORCED
Lragir.am
26 June 06
The Georgian Department of Defense of Borders decided to increase the
number of frontier posts on the Georgian side of the Georgian-Armenian
border. A new frontier post was installed in the village of
Kalinino. At the same time, watch on the Turkish-Georgian border was
weakened, reports the news agency A-Info. Presently, there are fewer
soldiers along the border section near the region of Ninotsminda than
the Georgian-Armenian border. In addition, the Turkish-Georgian border
is longer than the abovementioned two sections of the state border.

MESKHETI TURKS MADE A TRIP TO JAVAKHETI
Lragir.am
26 June 06
On June 21 about 40 Meskheti Turks arrived in Akhalkalaki. The
guests visited the villages of Khavet and Davni in the southwest of
Akhalkalaki, where their ancestors used to live. The Turks told the
local Armenians that they are not likely to settle down in these
places, they are here as tourists, reports A-Info, reminding that
the Turks exiled in 1944 mostly lived in the regions of Aspindza and
Adigen, where mostly Georgians live.

ARMENIA SAYS IT MAY UNVEIL DETAILS OF LAST THREE KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION OPTIONS
Armenpress
Jun 26 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 26, ARMENPRESS: Armenian authorities have reacted to
an interview by Mathew Bryza, the new US cochairman of the OSCE
Minsk Group, to the RFE/RL in which he disclosed what the RFE/RL
said were the basic principles of a framework agreement, developed
by international peace-brokers for resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
Bryza’s interview was followed by Azerbaijani president Ilham
Aliyev’s remarks that the efforts of international mediators to
resolve the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh were “hopeless”. He was
quoted by Azerbaijani news agencies as saying that Azerbaijan was
ready only to negotiate the restoration of its sovereignty over
Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev further said the failure of international
mediation was forcing him to change policy. He said Azerbaijan would
retake Nagorno-Karabakh by whatever means it takes. Aliyev also warned
Armenia that he would use Azerbaijan’s rapidly expanding oil wealth
to strengthen the armed forces.
Viktor Soghomonian, a spokesman for Armenian president Robert
Kocharian, said in response to these reports. “Provisions of an
agreement unveiled by Mr. Bryza are only some elements of a document
that is proposed to the sides, which naturally, do not reflect the core
of the draft agreement, nut have caused the emergence of irrelevant
comments. In any event, if similar revelations continue to appear in
mass media the Armenian side will expose the content of all documents
which had been discussed during the talks in the last 7-8 years-from
the draft agreement based on the principle of ‘common state’, the
option that was discussed in Key West and the latest option that
was put on the table when Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents met in
Bucharest. I am confident that this will make all things clear. By the
way, all three conflict regulation options were rejected by Azerbaijan.
As regards Azerbaijani president Aliyev’s remarks, we do not
think it appropriate to comment on his repeated statements.” In an
interview with RFE/RL Mathew Bryza, a senior US diplomat, appointed
recently to replace Steven Mann in the Minsk group, said there is a
framework agreement that calls for withdrawal of Armenian troops from
the regions which belong to Azerbaijan. He said it also envisages
normalization of diplomatic and economic relations between Armenia
and Azerbaijan, deployment of international peacemaking troops,
as well as international economic assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh .
According to Bryza, the agreement foresees, some time in future,
a referendum on Nagorno-Karabakh status. Bryza urged the leaders of
Armenia and Azerbaijan to accept the agreement. “We encourage the
presidents to accept the framework agreement, which requires political
courage,” he said.

PRIME MINISTER WILL LEAVE FOR FRANCE
A1+
[01:46 pm] 26 June, 2006
On June 26 RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan took a short
vacation. Andranik Margaryan will spend his one-week vacation in
France in order to undergo a prophylactic medical examination.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER SUMMONED TO THE OFFICE OF PROSECUTOR
A1+
[02:27 pm] 26 June, 2006
At about 11:00 AM this morning seven or eight agents in plain clothes
entered the publishing house of newspaper “Zhamanak Yerevan” and
took editor-in-chief of the newspaper Arman Babajanyan in an unknown
direction.
This is all the information the staff of the newspaper had. The
Office of Public Prosecutor confirmed the news adding that the editor
was simply summoned to the Office and they will make an official
statement later.
By the way, according to our sources from the Prosecutor’s Office,
the incident has nothing to do with Arman Babajanyan’s activity in
the newspaper.

SEVAN DEPRIVED OF DRINKING WATER
A1+
[03:24 pm] 26 June, 2006
The town of Sevan has been deprived of drinking water for the last
four days. We tried to find out the reason in the local office of the
“Armenian Water Pipes” LTD but the director was out. We called him
several hours later, but Mr. Avetisyan avoided our questions and said
that he will render a press conference this week and will answer all
the questions.
It is noteworthy that district “Dzuktrest” of Sevan has been deprived
of water for a whole month.

PACE SESSION TO CONVENE
A1+
[07:37 pm] 23 June, 2006
On June 26-30 the PACE summer session will convene in
Strasbourg. During the session no issues directly connected with
Armenia will be discussed.
Nevertheless, the name of our country will be mentioned during the
discussions of other issues, namely, the freedom of speech in the
member-countries of the PACE or the questions to the Prime Minister of
Turkey. Debates on alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state
transfers in Europe will also be conducted.
On the morning of Tuesday 27 June Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE)
will present his report on “alleged secret detentions and unlawful
inter-state transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member
states”. Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for
Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini and the European
Parliament’s rapporteur on this subject, Giovanni Claudio Fava,
will take part in the debate.
The President of the Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Mironov
will address the Assembly on Wednesday 28 June and Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko will present the Communication
from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly the following day.
The parliamentarians will also discuss domestic violence against women,
ahead of the launch of a three-year Council of Europe campaign on
this theme, with the participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on
violence against women Yakin Erturk.
The website of “A1+” will represent details about the session during
the coming week. The “A1+” correspondent will highlight the whole
course of the PACE summer session from Strasbourg.

BEGINNING FROM JUNE 1 ARMENIANS CAN SEEK JUSTICE AT CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Armenpress
Jun 26 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 26, ARMENPRESS: Chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional
Court, Gagik Harutunian, said those Armenians who would like to take
their case to the highest judicial body of the country, should first
of all learn provisions of the revised law on Constitutional Court
that was enforced on June 1.
Under the revised Armenian Constitution, beginning from July 1 all
Armenians can seek justice at the Constitutional Court but only
after exhausting chances to find it in lower courts. Harutunian said
to Armenpress that article 69 of the revised law on Constitutional
Court sets in a clear way mechanisms of how individuals can apply
to the Constitutionals Court. He said the procedure of accepting and
consideration of applications will be developed very soon.
But he predicted the majority of first applications will be those of
unaware applicants, ‘because many people still think they can take
any case to the Constitutional Court.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

JAVAKHETI DOCTORS MAY LOSE LICENSES
Lragir.am
26 June 06
On the decision of the Georgian Ministry of Employment, Health and
Social Security the doctors of the district hospitals of Akhalkalaki
and Ninotsminda need to pass a qualification test, reports the news
agency A-Info. The doctors are going to pass tests in Georgian,
and it is possible that the Armenian doctors will not get a license
because they do not speak Georgian, which they do need strongly
in treating the Armenians of Javakheti. Testing will start July 1,
when submission of applications is over.