BRYZA SUPPORTS FROZEN CONFLICTS INCLUSION IN UN GA AGENDA
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The GUAM initiative to introduce the issue of
“frozen” conflicts in post-soviet space to the UN GA agenda can have a
positive impact upon the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, OSCE MG American
Co-Chair Matthew Bryza said at a news conference in Baku.
Solution of the conflict within the OSCE will be the most balanced
and weighed, the US mediator said.
“However, any activities supporting our work can help us attain
an agreement,” Bryza underscored. At that he said there are no
discrepancies between the mediators and they will further be a team,
reports Day.az.

EU-TURKEY: EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER DISAGREES WITH CHIRAC
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU Aid and Development Commissioner Louis Michel
responded to French President Jacques Chirac, who said during a visit
to Armenia that Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide to
become a European Union member. Belgian Commissioner Michel stated on
Sunday that the EU could not produce new political criteria regarding
Turkey’s EU membership.
Commissioner Michel stressed that “some people are trying to change
the rules after the game has begun.”
“We have to understand the importance of Turkey,” he stressed. Michel
added that Turkey was important for the bloc and it played a key role
in the region, citing that one must merely look at the crossroads of
energy pipelines to see how important Turkey was.
“Turkey needs the EU, but the EU needs Turkey more,” Michel
highlighted, the Zaman Turkish newspaper writes.
When asked whether Turkey should recognize the Armenian Genocide
to join the European Union, Chirac said: “Honestly, I believe it
should. Each country grows by acknowledging its dramas and mistakes
of the past” during a visit to the Armenian capital Yerevan.

OSCE MG DOES NOT IMAGINE KARABAKH SETTLEMENT BY FORCE
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Co-chairs of the OSCE MG, within which settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict proceeds arrived in the region with
a principal to intensify the negotiations, the mediators stated at
a news conference in Baku October 2 after talks with President Ilham
Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
“The principal aim of the visit to the region is to restore direct
dialogue between parties to conflict,” US Co-Chair Matthew Bryza
said. He noted the pause in the talks during the summer and current
activation.
Russian Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov also said resumption of direct
contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan is necessary. “Talks
in Azerbaijan are over, then we will leave for Yerevan, then we
can report the time and venue of the meeting between Armenian and
Azeri FMs. Following that we can speak of a meeting between the two
Presidents,” he underscored.
In the words of French mediator Bernard Fassier the differences in the
positions of the parties are hard to overcome. “Coming meetings will
be aimed at resolving differences. Neither Russia, nor France imagine
a settlement of the conflict by force,” Fassier said, reports Day.az.

ARMENIA AND SWITZERLAND ACTIVATE BILATERAL COOPERATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today newly appointed Swiss Ambassador to Armenia
Lorenzo Amberg (residence in Tbilisi) presented credentials to
President Robert Kocharian, reports the Press Office of the Armenian
leader. During the meeting Kocharian was content with the current level
of Armenian-Swiss relations and appreciated Swiss assistance to reform
implementation in Armenia. In his words, impressive economic growth
in Armenia, stable political situation form favorable conditions for
progress and development. The diplomat said he will do his best to
strengthen relations between the two countries, especially for closer
economic cooperation.
Today Lorenzo Amberg presented credentials to FM Vartan
Oskanian. According to Armenian MFA Press Office, during the meeting
Oskanian wished success to the diplomat and expressed readiness to
deepen friendly relations. In his turn, Lorenzo Amberg underscored
that implementation of agreements, made during the visit of Swiss FM
Micheline Calmy-Ray to Armenia, is an important stimulus for boosting
bilateral relations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

FASSIER CONSIDERS STATEMENTS ON KARABAKH PARTICIPATION IN TALKS “GROUNDLESS”
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:12 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Statements of the Armenian party on the need to
join Karabakh to talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan are groundless,”
OSCE MG French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier said in Baku. “Talks proceed
in the current format and change of format is out of question,”
he underscored.
The French mediator also denied the opinion the Nagorno Karabakh talks
have no prospects. “We travel too much and our governments are not
so rich to waste money on our trips,” Fassier believes, Day.az reports.

ALL PACE MEMBERS HAVE COMMITMENTS ON PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICTS
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “I do not support giving independence to areas
populated by national minorities in Europe,” President of the Council
of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Rene van der Linden stated. In
his words, a report on Lebanon, illegal migration to Europe, situation
in Kosovo will be discussed at the PACE plenary session. Russia-Georgia
problems will be discussed between the parliamentary delegations of
the two countries and PACE authorities.
“The relations between Russia and Georgia, which are both members
of the Council of Europe and as PACE members undertook commitments
on peaceful settlement of conflicts, should be solved via diplomatic
tools,” he said.
The PACE President also commented on French President Jacques Chirac’s
statement in Yerevan over EU-Turkey talks. “It is not new that Jacques
Chirac has made such statements. The game has already started. You
cannot change the rules of the game while it is on.
Like other European states, France signed a document to start
discussions on Turkey’s EU membership.
Jacques Chirac has made a mere political statement. I do not think
this position is right,” Mr. van der Linden said. The PACE President
also said he does not agree to Chirac’s comment on the principle of
determining the fate of national minorities and stressed that he does
not support giving independence to areas in Europe where national
minorities live, APA reports.

MEMORIAL TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SURVIVORS TO BE BUILT IN CALIFORNIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Governor Schwarzenegger Monday announced the
signing of AB 1210 by Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys) that authorizes
the construction of a memorial for California’s Armenian Genocide
survivors in Capitol Park. “We should never forget the inhumanity and
brutality of the Armenian Genocide,” said Governor Schwarzenegger. “The
construction of this memorial will help all Californians remember
the unimaginable suffering genocide survivors endured,” reports
Asbarez.com.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO BAKU FOR CONTINUING KARABAKH TALKS
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 18:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Talks over settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict should not stop, thus the work of the co-chairs is an
inseparable part of the Minsk process. They will travel to the regions
and only after that the results may be summed up. I am sure the talks
should continue,” Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasily Istratov
said. He remarked that the OSCE MG co-chairs presented a document for
consideration by the parties and they now await for the responses of
Baku and Yerevan, Day.az reports.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RELATED BILL INCLUDED IN FRENCH PARLIAMENT’S AGENDA
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.10.2006 19:12 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian
Genocide has been included in the agenda of the French parliament and
will be discussed at its October 12 session, Armenian Revolutionary
Federation’s Central Committee of Western Europe reported. The bill was
introduced by Francois Holland, the first Secretary of the Socialist
Party. The ARF has welcomed the continuous efforts of the Socialist
party, and has called on its members and sympathizers to participate
in the October 12 rally in support of the bill that would make it a
crime to deny the Armenian Genocide, “Yerkir” reports.

ARMENIA EXPECTED TO HAVE BIRD FLU REFERENCE LABORATORY
Armenpress
Oct 03 2006
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS: A team of World Health Organization
(WHO) experts is expected in Armenia in mid-October to assess its
capacities for establishment of a bird flu reference laboratory.
Elizabeth Danielian, acting head of WHO Armenia Office, said the
government of Austria has pledged a 200,000 euro aid for establishment
of the laboratory that, if set up, will be the first one in the region.