GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT GOING TO INVEST $200 MILLION IN JAVAKHETI DEVELOPMENT
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28.06.2006 14:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Georgian government intends to invest some $200
million in the development of the Armenian-inhabited Samtskhe Javakheti
region of Georgia, Georgian Foreign Ministers Gela Bejuashvili said
at a joint news conference with Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian June
27. “The total amount of the investments both within the Millennium
Challenge Account and our own funds will make some $200 million,” he
said. The Minister remarked that the Georgian party informed Armenian
counterparts on the intentions of the Georgian government in the region
and the reforms carried out in the country,” reported Georgia Online.

RF MINISTER OF INTERIOR: ARMENIA-RUSSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL INFLUENCE
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28.06.2006 15:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia and Armenia should activate cooperation for
counteracting economic crime, Russian Minister of Interior Rashid
Nurgaliyev stated Wednesday at the sitting of the United Board of
the Russian Ministry of Interior and the Armenian Police.
“The economic ties between Armenia and Russia are watched and
influenced by criminal structures,” Nurgaliyev said. In his words, the
commodity turnover between the two states increases year by year. “In
2005 it grew with 40%. One quarter of the authorized capital stock of
the banks registered in Armenia belongs to Russia,” the Minister said.
Nurgaliyev added that the law enforcement bodies of the two states
exchange information on the organizations engaged in the economic
activities. “The successful disclosure of economic crimes such as
contraband, swindling, illegal business undertakings, is conditioned
by the improvement of information exchange between the Russian and
Armenian law enforcement,” he said, reported RIA Novosti.

GERMANY DISPUTES OVER TURKEY’S ACCESSION TO EU
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28.06.2006 15:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
called not to question the talks on Turkey’s accession to the EU. In an
interview with Bild newspaper he said the goal of the talks is Turkey’s
full membership in the EU. These comments were caused by the recent
statement made by Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber, who excluded
such possibility. Mr Stoiber pointed out to the economic situation
in Turkey and the difference in social and cultural traditions,
reported Deutsche Welle.

COUNCIL OF EUROPE ACCUSES SOME EUROPEAN STATES OF COLLABORATION WITH CIA
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28.06.2006 16:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Fourteen European states have colluded with the CIA
in secret US flights for terror suspects, a report for Europe’s human
rights watchdog has concluded. The seven-month inquiry was sparked by
media allegations that the US intelligence agency ran secret jails
abroad for terror suspects. The US admits to picking up terrorism
suspects but denies sending them to other countries to face torture.
Swiss senator Dick Marty has reported to the Council of Europe
that 14 European governments have colluded with the CIA over the
transport of terror suspects around the world for interrogation
– a practice known as “extraordinary rendition”. Spain, Turkey,
Germany and Cyprus provided “staging posts” for rendition operations,
while the UK, Portugal, Ireland and Greece were “stop-off points”,
the report said. Italy, Sweden, Macedonia and Bosnia allowed the
abduction of residents from their soil, it said. Mr Marty also said
there was evidence to back suspicions that secret CIA camps are or
were located in Poland and Romania – allegations both countries deny.
His conclusions are based on air traffic logs, satellite photos and
accounts of prisoners who say they were abducted, reported the BBC.

NO NARCOTIC PLANTS CULTIVATED IN KARABAKH
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28.06.2006 16:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nagorno Karabakh is not a transit territory for drug
flow, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanian stated in
Moscow during an international conference dedicated to the problem
of drug traffic from Afghanistan. He refuted the allegation by Azeri
Deputy FM Halaf Halafov, who said that various narcotic plants are
being cultivated on the “uncontrolled” territories around Nagorno
Karabakh and then conveyed to European states.
“Azeri politicians often say that Nagorno Karabakh is a transit
territory for drug flow. These statements are false,” he said quoting
one of the reports on the drug flow from Afghanistan published in the
U.S. The report says that Azerbaijan itself is a transit territory
for drug traffic.
“If Nagorno Karabakh is not recognized by the intentional community
it does not mean that this territory is beyond control,” Gegham
Gharibjanian underscored, reported Novosti-Armenia.

BAKU POLITICIZES FIRES IN KARABAKH SECURITY ZONE
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28.06.2006 16:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan as always is engaged in spreading
misinformation and tries to politicize the fires in the NKR security
zone, head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE, RA NA Speaker Togran
Torosian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, June 15,
2005 the NKR authorities urged the PACE CiO to conduct a monitoring
in view of the reports on arsons.
“Two years ago the NKR requested Baku to hold a joint monitoring to
prevent such occurrences but was refused. If the Azeri authorities
agreed the current developments would not take place,” Tigran
Torosian said.
To note, head of the Azeri delegation to the PACE Samed Seidov told
Trend news agency that Tigran Torosian confirmed the fact of arsons
on the “seized Azeri territories.”

ROBERT KOCHARIAN CONDOLED ON KILLING OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS IN IRAQ
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28.06.2006 17:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Robert Kocharian conveyed
condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the killing of
Russian diplomats in Iraq.
The condolence message says in part, “With pain and indignation
the Armenian people learned of the barbarian murder of the Russian
diplomats. This tragedy once again proved that we must struggle against
the inhuman essence of terrorism.” The Armenian leader also expressed
condolences to the relatives of the killed diplomats and the Russian
people, reported the RA President’s press office.

“OTTOMAN EMPIRE: THE WAR MACHINE” DOCUMENTARY CANCELLED IN U.S.
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28.06.2006 17:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ History Channel, which broadcasts in a number of
countries worldwide abruptly cancelled the scheduled showing of a
documentary on the Ottoman State. The documentary titled “Ottoman
Empire: The War Machine” scheduled to be shown on June 22-23-24 was
cancelled without a prior notice or explanation.
Turkish viewers, who tuned in the program’s scheduled hour were
astonished. Those who complained to the network about the sudden
cancellation were told: “The montage wasn’t ready yet.” Immediately
following this statement, it was announced the documentary would
be shown on July 24. The DVD of the documentary was on sale on the
channel’s web site when the statement was made. Internet sales of the
DVD were later discontinued. After the scheduled broadcast date of July
24 was announced online, it was replaced by the notice: “We apologize,
but the program scheduled for this hour will not be shown” The film
documents the stages of the Ottoman State from its rise to decline,
reported Zaman.

OSCE MISSION HELD MONITORING OF KARABAKH SECURITY ZONE
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28.06.2006 17:56 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ June 28 a recurrent monitoring was held at the
contact line of the Karabakh and Azeri armed forces’ contact line
near the settlement of Yusifjanly, reported the NKR MFA.
Field assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Peter Kii (UK), Irzhi Aberle (Czechia) and Hunter
Folk (Germany) conducted the monitoring from the Karabakh side.
The monitoring was held according to the schedule. No ceasefire
violations were fixed. The representatives of the NKR Foreign Ministry
and Defense Ministry, who accompanied the OSCE mission, remarked that
despite the allegation on arsons by the Azeri side the monitoring
participants did not fix any cases of arsons in the NKR security zone.

THE RA LEADER SATISFIED WITH COOPERATION BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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28.06.2006 18:03 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian received
Russian Minister of Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev, who is in Armenia for
a joint board of the law enforcement bodies of the two states. The RA
leader pointed out to the fruitful cooperation between the Armenian and
Russian law enforcers. For his part Rashid Nurgaliyev briefed on the
issues discussed by the board, reported the RA leader’s press office.