PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
The General Secretary of the Academy of France
Carrer d’Encausse visits His Holiness Aram I
His Holiness Aram I received Carrer D’encausse, the General Secretary of the
Academy of France, member of the European Parliament, advisor to the French
president and author of many books on May 26. A delegation from Lebanon
accompanied D’encausse.
The Catholicos discussed mainly cultural and religious issues with his
guest. He gave detailed explanations about the Armenian Church.
After the meeting, the guests toured the “Cilicia” museum of the
Catholicosate and other departments. They also visited the martyrs’ chapel.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
THE president of the Court of cassation
of Lebanon VISITS ANTELIAS
The president of the Court of Cassation of Lebanon, Dr. Antoine Mikhayel
visited His Holiness Aram I in Antelias on May 26. Dr. Mikhayel is also a
member of the Lebanese Supreme Court.
The pontiff and Dr. Mikhayel discussed issues related to the situation in
Lebanon and the role of the Armenian community in the country.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
THE NORWEGIAN MINISTER OF CULTURE
VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
His Holiness Aram I met with the Norwegian minister of culture, Trond Giske,
in his office in Antelias on May 25.
The Pontiff and the minister discussed issues related to the Middle East,
the Christian-Muslim dialogue and ecumenical affairs. His Holiness also
spoke about the friendly relations between the Norwegian and Armenian
peoples and in this context referred to Fridtjof Nansen as a great friend of
the Armenian nation.
The minister and His Holiness continued their discussions over lunch.
The Catholicos also gave an interview to two important Norwegian newspapers
which had delegated their journalists with the minister.
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View photo here: tm
*****
The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Armenian officers not to attend CIS meeting in Azerbaijan
Mediamax news agency
30 May 06

Yerevan, 30 May: Armenia will not take part in the forthcoming session
of the Council of CIS Defence Ministers to be held in Baku on 31
May. The Azerbaijani authorities have not produced security guarantees
to the Armenian delegation members, Mediamax has quoted the Armenian
Defence Ministry as saying. “As the secretariat of the Council of CIS
Defence Ministers failed to get security guarantees from the
Azerbaijani authorities for the Armenian Defence Ministry delegation,
they decided not to take part in the Baku session. This has been
reported to the secretariat of the Council of CIS Defence Ministers.
“This is another evidence of the fact that Azerbaijan is not able to
fulfil its commitments and ensure security of participants in the
international event being held on its territory. For its part, the
secretariat of the Council of CIS Defence Ministers, must ensure that
equal conditions are created for the participants from all CIS member
countries at the session. We are waiting for the secretariat’s
official reaction,” the Armenian Defence Ministry said in its
statement.
[ANS radio, Baku, in Azeri, 0500 gmt 30 May 06, reported that Armenia
had not even been invited because Azerbaijan notified the Council of
CIS Defence Ministers that an Armenian delegation was unwelcome in
Baku]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

President Aliyev says Armenia-Azerbaijan gap “growing”
Azartac news agency, Baku
30 May 06
President Ilham Aliyev has said that Armenia will not be able to compete
with his country because the gap between Armenia and Azerbaijan is growing.
In a state-of-the-nation speech on Independence Day on 28 May, Aliyev said:
“Armenia will not be able to compete with Azerbaijan in the future.”
“They should think thoroughly, look a bit further ahead and see that the gap
between Azerbaijan and Armenia is growing in all spheres. Our budget has
reached 4.5bn dollars this year and will increase even more next year,” the
state-owned Azartac news agency quoted Aliyev as saying.

Armenian defense officials refuse to attend meeting in Azerbaijan, fearing
safety
AP Worldstream; May 30, 2006
Armenian defense officials refused to attend a meeting of military
chiefs from ex-Soviet republics in neighboring Azerbaijan, saying
officials there could not guarantee their safety, an Armenian official
said Tuesday.
Azerbaijani officials could not assure organizers of the Commonwealth
of Independent States defense ministers’ meeting in Baku, which begins
Wednesday, that the Armenians would be adequately protected, Defense
Ministry spokesman Col. Seiran Shakhsuvaryan said.
Azerbaijani officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Tensions between the two ex-Soviet republics remain high over
Nagorno-Karabakh _ an enclave within Azerbaijan that has been
controlled by ethnic Armenians since a war in the early 1990s that
killed 30,000 people and drove about 1 million people from their
homes. Sporadic border clashes regularly break out and a lack of
resolution has hampered development throughout the strategic Caucasus
region.
Two years ago, during a NATO seminar in Hungary, an Azerbaijani
military officer hacked an Armenian classmate to death with an axe.

PanARMENIAN.Net
Monument to Victims of Pontic Greek Genocide Opened in
Thessaloniki

29.05.2006 19:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There was an unveiling ceremony on
Sunday for a monument dedicated to the victims of the
Pontic Greek genocide in Thessaloniki. The bronze
monument erected by Kordelio Municipality on Elefteriu
Kordelio Avenue represents a woman holding a baby in
her arms. Among those present were Kordelio Mayor
Stathis Lafazanidis, Thessaloniki Governor Panayotis
Psomiadis, Deputy Culture Minister responsible for
sport George Orfanos and opposition deputies and
representatives of associations which defend the
rights of Pontic Greeks. Another Pontic Greek genocide
monument was erected there early May, a move which
increased diplomatic tension between Turkey and
Greece. Greek Parliament took a decision in 1994 that
every May 15 would be a commemoration of the Pontic
Greek genocide.

PanARMENIAN.Net
Young Armenian Brutally Killed in Moscow

30.05.2006 13:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ethnic Armenian Artur Sardaryan, 19, is killed in
Moscow. He was attacked in a Moscow electric train near Klyazma
station on May 25. However, it was known about the incident only
now. Two persons, who attacked him, stabbed him with a knife in his
neck from behind, cutting carotid artery, then stabbed 5 times in his
chest in the heart area. Then they stopped the train by means of the
emergency brake and fled. In the words of lawyer Simon Tsaturyan,
those attacking were crying out `Long live Russia!’. With the help of
witnesses law-enforcement bodies composed photofits of those, who
attacked.
Artur Sardaryan was born in Baku. He moved to Moscow in 1989 – after
mass pogroms of Armenians in Azerbaijan. Lawyer Simon Tsaturyan is
dealing with another case of murder of an Armenian in a Moscow
metro. Skinheads had slaughtered Armenian Vigen Abrahamyans in the
vestibule of Pushkinskaya metro station.

PanARMENIAN.Net
Work to Decode A-320 Flight Recorders Began

30.05.2006 13:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Works started in Moscow to decode the content of
flight recorders of A-320 Armavia air company plane, which had crashed
in the Black Sea. Containers of airborne recorders of the plane were
opened today. The media were extracted and are ready to
processing. Media with sound and parameter information are in a
satisfactory condition for processing.
In compliance with technological norms and legal procedure, Armenian,
Russian and French specialists will engage in decoding the flight
recorders. The decoding of the data is expected to take a month, RIA
Novosti reports.
On the night of May 3 a Yerevan-Sochi flight of Armavia national
carrier crashed in the Black Sea 6 km away from Adler airport killing
all of 113 people aboard, including 6 children and 8
crewmembers. Among them were 26 Russian citizens, one Ukrainian and
one Georgian citizen, while all the rest of the passengers were
Armenian citizens.

PanARMENIAN.Net
Lavrov: `We Observe Progress in Karabakh Talks’
30.05.2006 13:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Head of Azeri parliamentary delegation to the PACE
Samed Seidov asked a question to Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on the way
Russia was going to use CE experience in settlement of the Karabakh
conflict, taking into account Russia being a co-chair of the OSCE
Minsk Group, a respective CE resolution is adopted over the NK and
there is a subcommittee on the conflict. Lavrov diplomatically
answered, `Of course any experience is important to us. The OSCE Minsk
Group deals with settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. It is
pleasant to me to note we observe progress in the talks.’
In Seidov’s opinion, at this phase the EU does not conceal it wants to
engage in Karabakh conflict settlement, however it is the OSCE MG,
which has the mandate for that. In his words, non-productiveness and
even sometimes idleness of the OSCE MG sometimes results in containing
the settlement process, reports Trend.
Russia will preside the CE in the coming 6 months.