Turkey May Follow Israel Example and Send Troops to Iraq
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.07.2006 15:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey can follow the example of Israel and send
troops to Iraq to destroy bases of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK),
Head of Hay Dat Office, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau Responsible for
Foreign Policy Affairs Kiro Manoyan stated in Yerevan. In his words,
Turkey may venture to do it only with the support of the US. At
that the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau representative underscored that
Turkish PM Erdogan’s latest statements are meant for internal use
first of all. “Elections will be held in Turkey soon and its quite
understandable that Erdogan has to made populist statements. This
refers to possible Turkish membership at the EU as well. They
understand very well themselves that 10-15 years of negotiations
are not a limit and Turkey might never become a full EU member,”
Manoyan said.
He stressed that election of Erdogan as President will not put an
end to the Kemalist era. “Islamists, whom the PM leads, merely want
to limit the sphere of activities of the General Staff, determining
the foreign and internal policy of Turkey,” Manoyan underscored.

Arab-Israeli Conflict Dangerous to Middle East Armenian Community
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.07.2006 16:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A few months will be necessary for attaining any
peace in the Middle East, Head of Hay Dat Office, ARF Dashnaktsutyun
Bureau Responsible for Foreign Policy Affairs Kiro Manoyan stated
in Yerevan.
In his words, preservation of Lebanon as an independent state is the
point. “In worst case Lebanon will face civil war: if relations between
Hezbollah and Lebanese exacerbate. Then the Armenian community will
have to leave the country. Unfortunately, our country cannot host that
number of refugees and they will probably go to the West. Moreover,
the current Arab-Israeli conflict is dangerous to Middle East Armenian
community,” Manoyan stressed.
He also added that if the international community cannot stop Israeli
invasion, 20-25km of South Lebanon will be annexed. “This war is a
conflict between two branches of Islam, it is not another Arab-Israeli
conflict. The Iranian factor is present as well and it proves its
superiority over the US forces in Iraq almost every day,” Manoyan said.

Bryza to Visit Karabakh During Regional Visit
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.07.2006 17:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ US Co-Chair of the OSCE MG for settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict Matthew Bryza will visit Stepanakert
on a two-day working visit July 29, NKR MFA Press Service
reports referring to the Office of Personal Representative of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. During the visit to Stepanakert NKR
President Arkady Ghoukassian will receive the US mediator, reports
Novosti-Armenia.

OSCE MG to Discuss Outcomes Bryza Regional Visit in Paris
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.07.2006 17:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Co-Chairs of the OSCE MG for settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict intend to hold next consultations in Paris
in early August, said Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian co-chair of OSCE
Minsk Group.
The main goal of the meeting is consultation on the outcomes of
regional visit of US Co-Chair of the OSCE MG Matthew Bryza. In
Merzlyakov’s words, it is not known now which decisions may be adopted
at the meeting and whether the issue of organization of the next round
of meetings between the parties will be discussed. “We will decide,
when we will meet. I do not know the evaluations that the US co-chair
will make,” the Russian diplomat underscored, reports Trend.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Sargsyan Heads Council of Republican Party of Armenia
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.07.2006 14:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At today’s extraordinary 10th session of the
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) changes were made in the statute
and regulations of the Party. The post of Chair of the Party Council,
which is the First Deputy Chairman and is commissioned to make official
statements, is restored. RPA Deputy Chairmen are also commissioned
to make statements.
Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan, who lately became RPA member, has
headed the Council of Republican Party of Armenia. The Council is
composed of 70 people, who will convene once a month according to
the new regulations.

Baku Aggressive Policy Hampers Karabakh Settlement
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.07.2006 13:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A package of proposals of the OSCE MG co-chairs over
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict could have been acceptable,
Chair of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prime Minister Andranik
Margaryan stated in Yerevan. In his words, Azerbaijan’s aggressive
policy hampers it.
“The RPA is committed to peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. This includes international recognition of NKR, impossibility
of NK being part of Azerbaijan, securing NKR population, a common
border with Armenia,” Margaryan said. He underscored that NK should
take part in the talks without fail. “The solution of the conflict
should be acceptable to all parties,” the RPA Chair said.
From: Baghdasarian

CIS Leaders Discuss Commonwealth Reform
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.07.2006 15:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ When opening the meeting Russian
President said that he knows the Chairman has prepared proposals on
development of the organization. Thus Putin suggested focusing on
it. He gave the word to CIS Chairman Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Kazakh
President reminded that yesterday via the Embassy a project was sent,
which they would like to present for consideration. “This is one of
the proposals. Anyone can add something,” he explained. “The reforms
have one common goal, i.e. find parameters, which fit all of us,
and for the states not consider themselves deprived in any matter,”
Nazarbayev remarked.
The Russian President thanked all participants of the meeting
for considering possible to arrive in Moscow yesterday and have
an informal meeting today. Putin noted that yesterday the summit
participants had an opportunity to speak in an absolutely informal
atmosphere. In his words, after the meeting in the Kremlin the CIS
leaders will continue discussion outside Kremlin wall, will touch
upon bilateral and multilateral matters. Specifically, the CIS leaders
will be present at the horse races for the Russian President’s Prize,
reports RIA Novosti.
The President of Armenia could not take part in the informal summit
of CIS leaders due to illness.

Azeri Journalist Asks Armenian People Pardon
PanARMENIAN.Net
22.07.2006 15:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Luiza Poghosyan did not call the Genocide a myth. She
merely wanted to say that the myth is the conviction that the Genocide
not being recognized by Turks hampers us in developing relations
with Turkey. This is stated by a letter of Azeri participant of South
Caucasus Alternative Alekper Aliyev, received by PanARMENIAN.Net. As
we reported earlier, Aliyev has somehow distorted the text of the
statement of editor of web-site Luiza Poghosyan
at a six-sided meeting of citizens and NGOs of Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Nagorno Karabakh, Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, held in Yerevan
July 8-13.
Aliyev interpreted her words as, “The myth on genocide, we are
stuffed with, has become a complex for the Armenian society and made
it sick. We raise our children in hatred towards Turks. In this case
Turks for us are Turkey and Azerbaijan. We are told we won a war,
however, actually our entire region lost, specifically we lost. No
development is observed, nothing good is taking place. How long can
this hatred propaganda last? We cannot work for the future, constantly
thinking retrospectively.”
“It turned out that I misunderstood Luiza’s first sentence. Luiza
Poghosyan was saying a totally different thing. I exacted it from my
friends, who participated in that meeting. I ask Armenian people’s
and my friend’s pardon!” Alekper Aliyev writes.

AZG Armenian Daily #137, 22/07/2006
OSCE Fact Finding Mission
OSCE FACT FINDING MISSION CONFIRM ARMENIANS DON’T SET
ON FIRE BORDERLINE AREAS
NKR Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian met with
Gunter Volk, Field
Assistant of the Personal Representative of OSCE
Chairman in Office, on July 20.
The press service of NKR Foreign Ministry informed
that Mr. Volk handed the OSCE report on the fires in
the forests near Azerbaijan-NKR border to Mr. Mailian.
At present the report is being studied at NKR Foreign
Ministry. It’s worth mentioning that as a result of
the monitoring activities, the OSCE Fact Finding
Mission found no trace of harm made by the fires to
Azeri settlements near the borders, which was claimed
by Azerbaijan.
By Nana Petrosian

AZG Armenian Daily #137, 22/07/2006
Opinion
ARMENIAN POLITICAL EXPERTS DISCUSS ISSUE OF NAGORNO KARABAKH PEACEFUL
SETTLEMENT
The Conflict and Peace Research Armenian Association initiated a
political experts’ dedicated to the discussion of the recent statement
by OSCE MG Co-Chair Matthew Bryza. Khachik Galstian, Head of the
Association, gave a positive evaluation to the settlement project. He
said that the new suggestions by the OSCE MG are meant to settle the
contradictions in the principles for the self-determination of the
nations and the territorial integrity of the states.
Mr. Galstian believes that it is impossible to reach that within
the project’s framework, as it does not emphasize the priority to
the determination of Nagorno Karabakh’s status. Stephan Grigorian,
a political expert, noted that in the program the cessations
by Armenia and Azerbaijan are not balanced: the Armenians receive
nothing in exchange of withdrawing the military forces and returning
Azeri refugees. Galstain stated that the weak point in the settlement
scheme is the issue of considering and imposing the deployment of the
peace keeping forces in the zone of the conflict. The cornerstone of
the issue is the very formula for these forces formation that may
yield unexpected results in cases they are not perfect. Moreover,
the deployment of the peacekeepers may break the current balance of
the forces based on solely the political will of the sides in conflict
for peaceful settlement. In his turn Aleksander Manasian, political
expert, stated that the co-sponsors of the peaceful settlement
process see the settlement only at political layer, as they consider
that from solely the political viewpoint. He added that the Azeri
side that put the stress on the issue of Azerbaijan’s territorial
integrity misled the international organizations. As a result,
it’s impossible to find the solution to the given problem. While
Stepan Grigorian, political expert, emphasized the importance of the
settlement of conflicts in Montenegro and soon in Kosovo, when the two
international basic principles are considered in the same context and
at a same level. Aleksander Iskandarian , Head of the Caucasian Mass
media Institute, stated that “the whole expertise of the problem is
through and this is no intellectual problem any longer.” He added
that the conflict may be settled only politically and depends on
the international political developments. Manvel Sargsian, said that
disclosure of the settlement scheme is a kind of an attempt to exert
pressure on the parties.