Armenian MP happy about Iran’s position on Karabakh conflict
Ayots Ashkar, Yerevan
19 Jul 06
Excerpt from Vaan Vardanyan report by Armenian newspaper Ayots Ashkar
on 19 July entitled “The Armenian-Iranian relations”
An interview with the leader of the RPA [Republican Party of Armenia]
parliamentary faction, Galust Saakyan. He commented on the results
of the recent visit of the Armenian parliamentary delegation to Iran.
[Correspondent] Mr Saakyan, what was the purpose of the visit of the
parliamentary delegation to Iran? Who did you meet there? What issues
did you discuss?
[Saakyan] Members of the Armenia-Iran interparliamentary friendship
group in the National Assembly visited Iran at the invitation of
the Iran-Armenia parliamentary friendship group. Its purpose was to
discuss the current state of our relations and prospects of them. I
do not remember any visit of the parliamentary delegations held at
such a high level. We had meetings at standing commissions of the
Iranian Majlis, met speaker of parliament, discussed wide-ranging
issues of mutual interest, including economic ones.
Naturally, we also met representatives of the Armenian community of
Iran and once again were convinced that Iran’s state policy towards
ethnic Armenians is very positive. Our Iranian counterparts emphasized
correct position of the Armenian community in relations with the state.
[Correspondent] What positive steps may be expected in development
of mutual relations in the near future?
[Saakyan] Both the Iranian side and we stressed that there were all
the grounds for the development of normal relations. We do not have
religious, ethnic, political or other disagreements which may create
extra problems for cooperation. This was general position of our
delegation although the opposition representatives were also involved
in it.
[Passage omitted: the names of the opposition representatives]
As for the prospects, the Iranian side thinks that the implementation
of all joint big projects are of great significance. They proved
once again that they are ready to complete the construction of the
Iran-Armenia gas pipeline by the end of this year. The Iranian side
is concerned about the issue as we shall return consumed gas prices
with electricity which Iran needs today and Armenia has relevant
capacity. Iran is also concerned at transportation via the territory
of Armenia towards Georgian ports and then to Ukraine, western Russia
and Europe. We also discussed the importance of taking advantage of
Iranian communication system and using it for Armenia’s needs. Our
Iranian counterparts believe it is highly important if we create
normal legislative guarantees for the Iranian business in Armenia. Some
problems in the banking system should also be settled.
It was mentioned several times during the meetings that the documents
signed during the visit replenished the necessary legal and contractual
basis. At present wider prospects are being opened in the field of
economic relations.
In general, there is big unrealized potential in the Armenian-Iranian
relations which should be exploited.
[Correspondent] Did you discuss the Karabakh issue? What is Iran’s
current position on this issue?
[Saakyan] Iran’s position remains balanced and we think it is
normal. We discussed the issue and said that it was not the religious
conflict, and Iran sees the settlement only on the basis of mutual
agreements between the parties to the conflict. This is really an
impartial position if we take into account that anyway Azerbaijan is
a Muslim state.
But I should say that apprehensions over Azerbaijan are not so much
favourable in Iran. Over the meetings, our Iranian partners mentioned
that they watch Azerbaijan as a factor which may be used by the USA
to cause problems to Iran’s security.

Armenian defence minister to run for chairman of ruling party council
Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
19 Jul 06
[Presenter] The Republican Party of Armenia [RPA] will soon hold an
extraordinary congress before the parliamentary election. Some issues
will discussed at the forthcoming congress of the party. The deputy
chairman of the RPA, Razmik Zorabyan, is convinced that there will
be no surprises at the forthcoming congress. Zorabyan thinks that the
Armenian defence minister’s membership of the RPA is just a formality
because Sarkisyan has been cooperating with the RPA since 1998.
The deputy chairman of the party also said that the defence minister
will run for chairman of the party council.
[Zorabyan] Some additions will be made to the party’s regulations
to set up a post of chairman of the party council and Sarkisyan will
run for this post.

Armenian communists condemn Israeli attack on Lebanon
Arminfo
20 Jul 06
Yerevan, 20 July: “The undeclared war against Lebanon has created
a direct threat to the large Armenian community of that country,
which plays a great role in the state’s life,” the Communist Party
of Armenia said in a statement issued today.
“More than 250 Lebanese civilians, mainly women, old people
and children, have already fallen victim to Israel’s military
operations. Condemning any manifestations of terrorism and kidnapping,
we also point out that the Israeli authorities are speculating with
the capture of several soldiers and have carried out a massacre on the
territory of the neighbouring country,” the Armenian communists said.
The authors of the statement said that the United States wishes to
provoke a large-scale military conflict in the Middle East with the
help of the Jewish state and to draw the Syrian Arab Republic and
the Islamic Republic of Iran into that conflict.
The Communist Party of Armenia demands “an immediate end to the
military actions launched by the Jewish state against the peaceful
Lebanese population and coordinated by the United States of America”
and expresses its solidarity with the peoples of Lebanon, Syria
and Iran.

Presidents of Georgia, Ukraine stay away from ex-Soviet gathering in Moscow
By MIKE ECKEL
AP Worldstream
Jul 21, 2006
The Western-leaning presidents of Georgia and Ukraine on Friday
decided not to attend an informal summit of leaders from a loose
grouping of 12 ex-Soviet nations in Moscow, highlighting divisions
within the Russian-dominated body.
Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili had wanted to meet with
President Vladimir Putin for a private meeting on the sidelines of
the Commonwealth of Independent States gathering to discuss rising
tensions in two breakaway regions and Russia’s support for separatists.
But Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said the president
would not go because the busy summit schedule would not allow for a
substantive meeting with Putin. The Kremlin had never confirmed that
Putin would hold separate talks with the Georgian president.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who like Saakashvili has
sought to lessen Russian influence and turn his country Westward,
also decided not to attend the two-day meeting. Spokeswoman Iryna
Gerashchenko said he would not attend because of Ukraine’s continuing
political turmoil, four months after parliamentary elections.
Georgia’s parliament this week called for the withdrawal of Russian
peacekeepers whose presence in the two breakaway regions _ South
Ossetia and Abkhazia _ is one of a host of irritants between Tbilisi
and its former imperial master.
The parliament resolution was widely seen as a bid to strengthen
Saakashvili’s position in talks with Putin.
Russian authorities, who accuse Georgia of planning provocations as a
pretext for a forceful takeover of South Ossetia, warned this week that
Moscow would use all means to protect its peacekeepers and citizens
in the two regions _ where most residents have Russian passports.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has been embroiled in political crisis since
Yushchenko’s Russian-backed presidential rival came out ahead in March
parliamentary elections. Yushchenko has been deliberating about how to
respond to a new pro-Russian coalition’s bid to make Viktor Yanukovych
prime minister.
Created amid the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, the CIS has
been criticized by its own members as ineffective and the rise of
pro-Western leaders in Georgia and Ukraine and Moldova’s reorientation
toward the West has put further pressure on it.
Russia, meanwhile, has shored up ties with authoritarian Central
Asian nations.
Putin’s top foreign policy adviser, Sergei Prikhodko, was quoted
by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying that informal discussions on
reforming the CIS were among the items on the leaders’ agenda.
Armenian President Robert Kocharian, a close ally of Russia, will
also not attend the meeting because he has a cold, spokesman Viktor
Sogomonian said.
Turkmenistan’s President Saparmurat Niyazov was also staying away
from the summit, as he has repeatedly in the past. Tajik President
Emomali Rakhmonov’s plans were uncertain.
The informal summit was expected to include dinner Friday evening
at a waterside restaurant in an upscale Moscow suburb and a visit to
the track for a horse race dubbed the Russian President’s Cup.
___
Associated Press Writer Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili contributed to this
report from Tbilisi, Georgia.

Robert Mardian, lawyer for President Nixon’s re-election committee, dies at 82
AP Worldstream; Jul 21, 2006
Robert Mardian, an attorney for President Richard Nixon’s re-election
committee whose conviction in the Watergate scandal was overturned,
has died. He was 82.
Mardian died of complications from lung cancer Monday at his vacation
home in Southern California, said his son Robert.
The attorney long denied helping conceal the Nixon administration’s
involvement in the break-in and attempted bugging of the Democratic
National Headquarters office at the Watergate complex.
Nixon had named him head of the Internal Security Division of the
Justice Department in 1970, but Mardian left two years later to work
for Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President, known as CREEP.
He represented the committee when the Democratic National Committee
sued shortly after the 1972 break-in.
The government accused Mardian of interfering in its investigation
when he interviewed a number of key figures in the Watergate break-in,
said Arnold Rochvarg, a professor of law at the University of Baltimore
and author of the 1995 book “Watergate Victory: Mardian’s Appeal.”
“Mardian’s defense always was he was doing this as the attorney for
CREEP in the civil suit,” Rochvarg told the Los Angeles Times. “The
government’s position was he was talking to everybody as a conspirator
to obstruct justice.”
In March 1974, Mardian and six others were indicted; five went
to trial.
Mardian was charged with one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
During the trial, Mardian contradicted much of the testimony against
him, including witnesses who said he was key to getting the Watergate
burglars released from jail before the administration’s connections
were discovered.
Mardian, who was golfing on the West Coast when he learned of the
break-in, said that was impossible given his location and the time
difference.
In October 1976, a federal appeals court ruled Mardian should have
been tried separately. Rather than retrying Mardian, the special
prosecutor dropped the charge.
The youngest son of Armenian immigrants, Mardian was born Oct. 23,
1923, in Pasadena. His studies at University of California, Santa
Barbara were interrupted when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and
he joined the U.S. Naval Reserve.
After the war, Mardian graduated with honors from law school at
University of Southern California and entered private practice.
Mardian served as western regional director for Sen. Barry Goldwater’s
presidential campaign in 1964 and chairman of Ronald Reagan’s advisory
committee during the 1966 California gubernatorial campaign. Two
years later, Mardian was the Western states co-chairman for Nixon’s
presidential campaign.
After Nixon’s inauguration, Mardian became general counsel to what
was then the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and was
later appointed to be executive director of the Cabinet Committee
on Education.
After leaving government work in 1972, Mardian moved to Phoenix to
join his family’s construction business. He retired in 2002.

Azeri official says Karabakh talks reach “most sensitive point”
ANS TV, Baku
20 Jul 06
[Presenter] The Baku government has already commented on the
report prepared by the personal representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk, on fires set by Armenians [in
Nagornyy Karabakh]. Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov rated highly
the report that confirmed that Armenians set the fires.
The Baku government hopes that the expected visit of the US co-chairman
[of the OSCE Minsk Group], Matthew Bryza, to the region will have
a positive effect on the Nagornyy Karabakh settlement. Araz Azimov
commented on the situation in the settlement process in the run-up
to the visit.
[Azimov] The process has reached the most sensitive point. The latest
statements by the co-chairmen have somehow impacted on the process. If
necessary measures are not taken, this impact can be negative.
We are ready to take appropriate steps to further discussions in an
effective way. But again, like in all cases, we should be based on
law. Any idea can be considered only within the framework of these
principles.

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WEBSITE AT <;HTTP://WWW.ASBAREZ. COM 1. Karabakh: Agreement on General Principles Possible in 2006 2. ARS Central Executive Issues Appeal on Lebanon Crisis 3. ARS of Western USA Elects New Executive Members 4. Kocharian Cancels Moscow Trip 'Due To Illness' 5. Georgian Leader Stays away from CIS Summit in Protest 1. Karabakh: Agreement on General Principles Possible in 2006 YEREVAN (YERKIR)--The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process is very different in 2006 than in 1997, before the resignation of then president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, said Giro Manoyan, political director of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau, during a press conference Friday. "I believe that the first President meant that Armenia will not have to choose. In 2006 some form of an agreement on general principles is possible at best. However, the inadequate conduct of Azerbaijan will bring to naught all efforts of the mediators and the international community," Manoyan said. The ARF leader underscored that in case an agreement reached by Armenian and Azeri presidents regarding the security of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic did not serve the interests of the Armenia people, the ARF will appeal to the state leaders for explanations "in accordance with the law." Speaking about the idea of changing the format of the talks, which issues from Azerbaijan, Manoyan stressed, that it was merely a desire of official Baku, which is not a decisive one in this issue. "The format of the OSCE Minsk Group for the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict remains the same. At least for the near future," he remarked. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Masis Mayilian met Thursday with the Field Assistant of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Gunter Folk. The Karabakh Foreign Ministry press service told Armenpress that during the meeting Folk presented a report of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office on skirmishes, which took place in the border areas. As was announced earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appealed to the Office of the OSCE Personal Representative Chairman-in-Office with a request to conduct a monitoring in border region in order to provide a proper assessment of the situation and to address Azeri accusations regarding wildfires in the areas. The OSCE mission conducted a series of visits in the border region, as a result of which a corresponding report was prepared, which concluded that the Azeri side was to blame for the arsons. At present the document is being studied at the Karabakh foreign ministry. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs from Russia, the US and France, who are the only international body spearheading efforts to end the Karabakh conflict, are scheduled to meet in Paris in early August to decide on their next steps, Russian cochairman, Yury Merzlyakov, was quoted by Trend news agency as saying in an exclusive interview. He said the objective of the meeting is to hold consultations on the results of a tour to the region conducted by the recently appointed US cochairman Matthew Bryza. Merzlyakov said for the time being it was not clear whether they would adopt a resolution after meeting in Paris or whether they would discuss organization of the next round of meetings between the conflict sides. "We will resolve this issue as soon as we meet. I don't know what kind of conclusions the US co-chairman may have arrived at. Before our meeting in Paris he will have had more contacts, he will talk to both presidents and in all likelihood he will have some conclusions," he said. According to some reports, Bryza will pay a two-day visit to Nagorno-Karabakh on 29th of July from Yerevan and then he is to leave for Baku for talks from July 31 to August 1. 2. ARS Central Executive Issues Appeal on Lebanon Crisis WATERTOWN--The Armenian Relief Society Central Executive Board issued an announcement Thursday urging its members and the community to support the Armenian community of Lebanon through contribution as the Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue. Below is the text of the announcement: While the precarious situation of the Iraqi-Armenian community still remains a source of concern and worry, the Diaspora has come face to face with a new calamity which threatens one of the solid pillars of Armenian presence in the Middle East. The Armenian community of Lebanon -- whose odyssey during the long and devastating Civil War is still fresh in our minds -- again, faces an immediate threat of disruption and decimation. The on-going brutal assault on Lebanese cities and population, perpetrated in plain view of the international community, has stunned the world with its disproportionate scope and multiplicity of targets, causing countless civilian casual-ties. Leaders of world opinion have already condemned the indiscriminate destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure and demand an immediate cessation of all military action, while the conflict continues with no sign of remission. Fellow Armenians, today, the school buildings and athletic fields of our community in Bourj Hammoud are full of Lebanese refugees fleeing the zones of armed conflict, while the ARS Boulghurjian Socio-Medical Center in Beirut is treating hundreds of people who are casualties of this deadly conflict. As in the past, this time also, the Armenian Relief Society calls on our sup-porters and all caring Armenians to render the necessary humanitarian assistance to our beleaguered people in the conflict zone. You can do this by sending your tax-exempt donations for the "ARS Lebanese Relief" to your local ARS affiliate's office. In these catastrophic days for the hospitable Lebanese people, let us show the world that we are cognizant of our commitments towards all those whose generous hospitality, 91 years ago, granted new life and prosperity to our homeless multitudes, decimated, starved and brutalized by the 1st genocide of the past century.. ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board 3. ARS of Western USA Elects New Executive Members The Armenian Relief Society of Western USA's 86th Regional Convention took place at the Radisson Hotel in Whittier, California from July 13 to 16. The Convention elected the following member for a two-year term on the Regional Executive: Sonia Peltekian, Seda Khojayan, Sona Bostanian and Nvart Mooradian. The Regional Executive members whose two-year term ended were: Angela Savoian, Rita Hintlian, Nanik Kupelian and Maral Nashalian-Arsenian.The Regional Executive members who will continue to serve for another year are: Karine Barikian-Setian, Rose Altounian, Kristine Keshishian, Hourig Aintablian and Adrine Postoyan. 4. Kocharian Cancels Moscow Trip 'Due To Illness' YEREVAN (RFE/RL)--President Robert Kocharian abruptly canceled his participation in an unofficial summit of former Soviet republics in Moscow on Friday because of what his office described as a respiratory illness. A statement by the presidential press service said he was diagnosed with an "acute viral disease of respiratory tract" and could therefore not fly to the Russian capital. No other details were reported. The statement was issued less than 24 hours after an official confirmation of Kocharian's participation in a two-day meeting of the presidents of the Commonwealth of Independent States which was due to start later on Friday. He was also scheduled to hold a separate meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit. Kocharian, 51, is known as a sporty person who likes swimming, skiing and playing other sports on weekends and holidays. Incidentally, the presidential administration announced on Monday that he went on a "brief vacation" which it said will be spent in an unnamed Armenian resort. It is not clear if he caught the reported disease there. The Armenian leader was previously reported ill in February 2002 when he underwent surgery in a Yerevan hospital after suffering from acute appendicitis. 5. Georgian Leader Stays away from CIS Summit in Protest MOSCOW (AP)--Leaders of several former Soviet republics were due in Moscow on 21-22 July for an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States, but the planned talks were overshadowed when Georgia's president abruptly canceled plans to attend. President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia had wanted to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a private meeting on the sidelines of the gathering to discuss rising tensions over Russia's perceived support for separatists in his nation. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, another leader who has sought to lessen Russian influence and turn his country toward the West, also decided not to attend the two-day meeting. A Georgian Foreign Ministry official who was organizing Saakashvili's visit said he would not go because the busy summit schedule would not allow for a substantive meeting with Putin. The Kremlin never confirmed that Putin would hold separate talks with the Georgian president. Talks with Putin were "the main reason for the president's trip" to Moscow, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Merab Antadze told Georgia's Rustavi-2 television. He said Russian and Georgian officials had agreed a visit would be planned in the near future. Georgia's parliament recently passed a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers whose presence in two separatist Georgian regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, is one of a host of irritants between the two nations. The parliament resolution was widely seen as a bid to strengthen Saakashvili's position in talks with Putin. Russian authorities, who accuse Georgia of planning provocations as a pretext for a forceful takeover of South Ossetia, warned this week that Moscow would use all means at its disposal to protect its peacekeepers and citizens in the separatist provinces - where most residents have Russian passports. Created amid the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the 12-nation, Russian-dominated CIS has been criticized by its own members as ineffective and torn in recent years by the rise of Westward-leaning leaders in Georgia and Ukraine and Moldova's reorientation toward the West. Russia, meanwhile, has shored up ties with authoritarian Central Asian nations. Yushchenko's spokeswoman, Iryna Gerashchenko, said he would not attend because of his country's political situation. Ukraine has been embroiled in political crisis since Yushchenko's Russian-backed rival for the presidency in 2004, Viktor Yanukovych, came out ahead in March parliamentary elections, and the president has been deliberating about how to respond to parliament's effort to make Yanukovych prime minister. Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov was to stay away from the summit, as he has repeatedly in the past, and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov's plans were uncertain. 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SHUSHI WILL REGAIN ITS GLORY
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
21 July 2006
Vladimir Kassian, the head of the regional administration of Shushi,
says Shushi is developing too although it cannot be compared to
other regions, which have farming land. The geography and climate of
the town enable having a resort here. The leadership of the region
thinks the town can develop on tourism. “The development of Shushi
will be possible along with development of tourism and organization
of cultural events in Karabakh,” says Vladimir Kassian.
Walking in the streets of the town, one can see repaired churches
and houses beside ruined and burnt neighborhoods. Two realities exist
side by side, and the second prevails over the first. Nevertheless,
some construction is going on in the town. The central street was
covered with tarmac, the water pipelines were replaced. At present, the
roadworks are underway on the road connecting Goris-Stepanakert highway
to the central square of Shushi. A hotel, the hospital, the mosque,
apartments and houses are being reconstructed. The head of the regional
administration says next year 1 million dollars will be allocated
to Shushi, which will be spent on the repair of streets. Vladimir
Kassian says the major problems, namely repair of medical stations,
schools, have been repaired, and the focus will fall on reconstruction
of the town. He says there are foreigners who wish to open businesses
in Shushi. Some of them would like to set up a production, but they
mainly consider investing in hotel business. “Considering that good
hotels are essential for development of tourism, we may say that
quality of life in Shushi will be improving over the upcoming years,”
says Vladimir Kassian. He also pointed to the government programme
on declaring Shushi a tax-free area, which will be discussed by the
National Assembly. Besides, the mayor of Yerevan established Shushi
Foundation, and there are already funds, which will be spent on the
drinking water supply system of Shushi and the reconstruction of the
building of Khachatur Abovyan School to turn it into a museum. Vladimir
Kassian says there is unemployment, but according to him, it is not
always because there are no jobs. “It’s amazing, over 100 people are
registered as unemployed but they refuse to work on construction. They
also fail to take part in the contests for vacant positions of civil
servants in one agency or another,” he says.
SRBUHI VANIAN.
21-07-2006

NATURAL GROWTH TENDS TO GO UP
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
21 July 2006
The repair of separate sections of the Regional Hospital of Shushi
is an achievement for the region, think the people of Shushi. The
organization Country and Culture started funding the repair of the
hospital in 2004. The director of the hospital Vigen Khachatrian
says the therapeutic department and the maternity ward have been
repaired. Last year the theatre was repaired, but the work in the
department of surgery is still underway. Vigen Khachatrian says
after the repair is over the hospital will have 24-hour running
water thanks to huge reservoirs placed near the hospital. Besides
repairs they take care for medical equipment as well. The Armenian
Medical Association in France (Lyon) helps to improve conditions at
the hospital. The association provided the hospital with computers,
which are connected to the web. Vigen Khachatrian is thankful to
everybody and every organization, which assist to the hospital, namely
Archbishop of Artsakh Pargev Martirossian, Gurgen Melikian Foundation,
Shen, the Armenian Relief Fund, emphasizing that their contribution
will enable the hospital to settle all its problems. However, repaired
rooms are not enough to provide high quality medical care, and there is
focus on qualification of doctors as well. Vigen Khachatrian says the
Ministry of Health, as well as other local and foreign organizations
regularly conduct seminars for medics, and the doctors of the hospital
of Shushi also attend these seminars. For instance, in 2006 they took
part in the seminar organized by ARF in Goris, Armenia. Last year ARF
initiated special training of two doctors of the Shushi hospital in
Yerevan and organized seminars for the medical stations of the region
of Shushi. The director of the hospital participated in the annual
conference of Country and Culture in France. As for struggle against
epidemics, Vigen Khachatrian said they manage to prevent epidemics
by vaccination done on time, and these patients are provided with
medicine free of charge. There is shortage of specialists in the
hospital, namely there is no anesthetist, ENT doctor, general doctor
and neurologist, but the hospital organizes treatment of patients
so that they do not suffer; either they invite specialists from the
capital or they send the patient to Stepanakert. Vigen Khachatrian
was happy to state that Shushi is a young town, for every year 50-60
children are born, and there is natural growth.
SRBUHI VANIAN.
21-07-2006

FLATBREAD BAKED IN SHUSHI SELLS THE BEST
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
21 July 2006
A bakery was opened in Shushi four months ago (formerly it was in
Stepanakert) but has already a number of customers thanks to the
quality of bread. The manager of the bakery Saghatel Hovasapyan said
they moved to Shushi because in Stepanakert they did not have workers,
the conditions were bad. In Shushi they do not have such problems. 17
people work at the bakery, they bake 1500 flatbreads a day which are
sold in Stepanakert and Shushi. The workers are satisfied with the
conditions and say if there is demand, they can bake as much as 3000
flatbreads a day.
AA.
21-07-2006