IAC to Furnish Outcomes of A-320 Crash Late July
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 16:42 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Late July the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
will furnish the final outcomes of A-320 jet crash, IAC chairperson
Tatyana Anodina said. In her words, the investigation of the crash
reaches the final stage. “The IAC possesses the essential data for
objective clarification of the crash causes and no pressure was
exerted upon the committee during the investigation,” she underscored.
To remind, on May 3 night Airbus-320 owned by 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 the rest were Armenian citizens.

System Corporation Interested in Privatization of Mars Enterprise
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 17:01 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia-based System Corporation is interested in
privatization of Mars Armenian enterprise, which was conveyed to
Russia several years ago according to Property for Debt Treaty,
Russian Minister of Transport, Co-char of the Russian-Armenian
intergovernmental committee Igor Levitin told said at today’s press
conference. In his words, Corporation proposed the Russian government
to sell or convey the administration of Mars to it. “The company should
furnish its project coordinated with the RA government,” Levitin said.
For his part Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan voiced assurance
that in the near future Mars will start functioning. He also informed
that in October a special subcommittee will submit the program on
the Armenian enterprises conveyed to Russia.

Egypt Ready to Develop Interstate Ties with Armenia
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 17:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian
met with Egyptian Ambassador to Armenia Abla Mohammad Abd-El Rahman
Osmani to discuss the interparliamentary ties. Tigran Torosian
remarked that the Armenian-Egyptian interparliamentary relations
should not yield to intergovernmental ones, since the two states have
common interests. He also stressed that the matter includes bilateral
meetings, exchange of legislative experience and cooperation within
international structures.
For her part Abla Rahman Osmani conveyed the Egyptian National Assembly
President’s greeting, which says that Egypt is ready to promote
interstate ties between the two countries. The interlocutors also
referred to issues of mutual interest, reported the RA NA press office.

Armenia-Russia Commodity Turnover Increased Twice
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 17:51 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ June 12 the Co-chairs of the Russian-Armenian
intergovernmental committee on economic cooperation Igor Levitin and
Serge Sargsyan met in Yerevan to discuss the outcomes of the work
carried out during the initial half of 2006. The parties referred
to the agreement signed by Gazprom and the Armenian government on
Gazprom’s engagement in the energy projects in Armenia as well as
cooperation in communication and information technologies field.
Igor Levitin remarked that during the period of January-April 2006
the commodity turnover between the two states made $130.3 million
and increased almost twice against the last year index. Export has
grown with 135.7 % and reached $107.1 million. Import has grown
with 9% and totaled in $23.2 million. Levitin and Sargsyan noted the
importance of perfection of the normative-legal basis. A protocol was
signed upon completion of the meeting. The recurrent sitting of the
Russian-Armenian intergovernmental committee will be held in Moscow
October 200

Azeri Justice Ministry Going to Press for Safarov’s Extradition
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 17:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Azeri Justice Ministry intends to inquire the
Hungarian Ministry of Justice about the possibility of extradition of
Azeri lieutenant Ramil Safarov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment
for the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan. According to
head of the department of international legal cooperation at the
Azeri Justice Ministry Zaver Gafarov, the process will start after
the consideration of the appeal on Safarov’s verdict. In Gafarov’s
words, the appeal will be issued within the frames of the European
Convention of 1981 “On legal assistance between the CoE member states”
and will be considered this fall, reported Day.az.
To remind, the Budapest Court sentenced Azeri officer Ramil Safarov to
life imprisonment for the murder of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan
on February 19, 2004. Both officers were taking an English course
within the Partnership for Peace NATO program in the Hungarian capital.

Armenian and Azeri NGOs Should Communicate without Any Terms
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 18:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Let’s fancy that one of the Armenian NGOs has
recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. This cannot
change anything,” Azeri writer and publicist Alekper Aliyev said when
commenting to PanARMENIAN.Net on the statement of some Azeri NGOs
which are ready to cooperation with those Armenian non-governmental
organizations which recognize the “territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan”.
“If we are prohibited from communicating the Azerbaijani authorities
should formally ban communication. If we are not, it’s not serious
to take into account a statement made by a group of NGOs,” he
remarked. “Even if someone in Armenia recognized the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan it should not be taken seriously,” Alekperov
added.

There Will No Be Balkanization of Karabakh Conflict
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 18:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There will be no balkanization of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, since the deployment of peacekeeping forces in
the region is the topic of far away future, ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat and
Political Office Director Kiro Manoian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
In his words, such scenario of the conflict settlement is not supposed.
To note, the OSCE MG proposal maintains a provision on deployment of
peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone.

UK Ready to Support Turkey’s EU Bid
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.07.2006 18:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Margaret
Beckett said on Tuesday that there are many European Union member
states ready to do their best for Turkey to successfully proceed
with its EU membership talks. Delivering a speech at Johns Hopkins
University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
(SAIS) in Washington, D.C., Beckett evaluated debates about a possible
“train crash,” as put by European Enlargement Commissioner Olli
Rehn, during Turkey’s negotiations with the Union over the Cyprus
stalemate. Underlining there can be a variety of problems for all
candidate states during negotiations with the 25-nation bloc, Beckett
said, “However there’s no doubt that there’s a tremendous goodwill
among member states for talks with Turkey to lead to an agreement.” “I
hope there isn’t a train crash during Turkey’s negotiations with the
EU over the Cyprus issue, or any other issue,” said Beckett, assuring
Ankara of the EU’s goodwill for talks with Turkey and underlined that
this isn’t only Britain’s position, reported The New Anatolian.

BRUSSELS DEMANDS RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FOR TURKEY’S ADMISSION TO EU
AZG Armenian Daily #130
13/07/2006
Foreign Political Developments
The Committee for Foreign Affairs at the European Parliament is going
to consider “Turkey’s progress on its path to EU membership process”
in the course of the July 12 sitting. The Armenian Federation of Europe
informed that the European Parliamentarians should make the conclusion
of the report elaborated by deputy Camiel Eurlings (Netherlands)
concerning the application of about 343 amendments by Turkey.
According to the source, many of the members of the main European
political groups call for including the issue “on the recognition
of the Armenian Genocide in 1915” and “on unblocking borders with
Armenia without any preconditions” as preconditions for Turkey’s
admission to the European Union.
It’s worth mentioning that Turkey should also settle the issue of the
Kurds and improve the human rights situation, as well as the national
minorities issues in the country for entering EU.
By Nana Petrosian

MEETING: TIGRAN TOROSIAN MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF LEBANON
AZG Armenian Daily #130, 13/07/2006
Tigran Torosian, Speaker of RA National Assembly, met with Fawzi
Salloukh, Foreign Minister of Lebanon. The sides touched upon
the prospects for development of the Armenian and Lebanese inter
parliamentary relations.
The Press Service of RA National Assembly informed that Mr. Torosian
emphasized the importance of the relations between Armenia and
Lebanon not only from the viewpoint of the historical background but
also by the fact that at present there is a large Armenian community
in Lebanon. Mr. Torosian expressed satisfaction with the relations
between Armenia and Lebanon, emphasizing the importance of the balanced
position of this country in the Nagorno Karabakh issue. The sides
stated in the meeting that the Armenian-Lebanese economic relations
have great potential for development.
In his turn, Ambassador stated that the countries should deepen the
inter parliamentary relations and promised that the newly-elected
parliament will also shape MP friendship groups with Armenia. He
added that Lebanon condemns any form of genocide. As for the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement issue, he emphasized the importance of
peaceful settlement acceptable for all of the sides in conflict.
By Nana Petrosian