OPPOSING RUSSIA TO EU UNACCEPTABLE TO ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.04.2006 21:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s urge to expand relations with the EU and
NATO is not aimed against Russia, Armenian Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan
said. “I am for us developing our relations with the EU intensively
and purposefully integrate in various European structures, including
the Council of Europe,” Baghdassaryan told journalists in Saint
Petersburg. At the same time, he emphasized, “this does not meeting
Armenia’s cooperation with the EU should worsen relations with Russia.”
“Opposing Russia, who is our best reliable partner, to the EU
is unacceptable to us,” he remarked. Touching upon NATO-Armenia
relations, he said, “we have the Individual Partnership Action Plan
(IPAP), however the matter concerns not only cooperation. The issue of
possibility of Armenia’s accession to the NATO is not on the foreign
policy agenda,” Artur Baghdassaryan said, reports Interfax.

FORGED DOCUMENT GROUP BUSTED IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
27 Apr 06
Khabarovsk, 27 April: Members of a criminal group involved in the
production of forged documents for illegal immigrants have been
arrested by officers of the Federal Security Service’s directorate for
Khabarovsk Territory. Russian and Armenian nationals were among them,
the directorate’s press service told ITAR-TASS.
The operatives have found two underground printing shops.
Eighty-seven forged migration cards, over 30 Russian passports, several
police IDs, college graduation certificates, insurance policies and
letters of authority, as well as 250 forged stamps of various offices
and firms have been seized.
The security officials believe that “the forged documents have been
used to create channels for illegal immigration”. Criminal proceedings
into the case have been launched.

NKR DELEGATES MIGHT APPEAR AT PACE SOME DAY
Lragir.am
27 April 06
Economic cooperation between Karabakh and Armenia must improve, stated
Deputy Speaker of Armenia Tigran Torosyan in Stepanakert, after the
meeting of the Parliamentary Commission of Armenia and Karabakh in the
capital of NKR. He emphasized that this question would by all means
appear on the agenda of the commission. In answer to the question of
the Lragir why the question occurred now, Tigran Torosyan said there
are issues which require a solution.
Tigran Torosyan told about the activity of the Armenian delegation
to the PACE. In the beginning it was stated that the NKR members of
parliament cannot be included in the Armenian delegation to the PACE.
“They may dream of the day, of course, when they participate as a
separate delegation,” he said. The deputy speaker of Armenia said
the Karabakh issue is intensively discussed by European organizations
in the recent 1 or 2 years. In 2005 the PACE adopted the resolution
#1416 on the conflict over Karabakh, several days ago a resolution
on refugees was adopted and a document on missing persons is being
prepared. Even an ad-hoc committee has been established.
Tigran Torosyan emphasized that so far the Armenian delegation has
managed to insist on the necessity of recognition of the right for
self-determination of the Karabakh people. And it is accepted. For
the PACE resolution, the parties are called for stopping militaristic
statements and preventing another war. However, Tigran Torosyan says
the resolution does not provide for sanctions. Perhaps, the mandate
of the committee of Russell Johnston was prolonged to control the
fulfillment of the resolution.
Commenting on Aliev’s recent statement about a settlement based on
the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, Tigran Torosyan said we honor
the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan but it has nothing to do with
the right of NKR for self-determination. The international community
already accepts this, however it finds that the will for fulfillment
of this right must be confirmed. “Nobody doubts the results of another
referendum if it is ever held,” said Tigran Torosyan.
For the Iran-United States relations, Tigran Torosyan said specific
events by all means have an impact on specific conflicts, however,
“the possible strike of America is not the question that should be
discussed during the meeting of a joint commission.” “I hope America
will not strike, and if it does, it will not affect the settlement
of the conflict,” said Tigran Torosyan.
The question of the Constitution of NKR was also discussed during
the meeting. NKR Deputy Speaker Rudik Hyusnunts announced that the
constitution will have been adopted by the end of this year.
Currently 2 out of 8 chapters are being worked out. In this context
Tigran Torosyan commended the fact that a large number of laws in
the NKR legislation comply with European standards.
Both the Armenian and Karabakh parties assessed the meeting of
the commission as practical. It was stated that the meetings of the
commission are to be held twice a year. Tigran Torosyan promised that
the schedule will be fixed, and another meeting will take place in
the fall. He noted that the level of the meeting with the parliament
of Karabakh is as high as that of meetings with other parliaments.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

POLICE AND NATIONAL SECURITY AGENTS IN NEW TIMES
Lragir.am
27 April 06
The announcement of the leader of the political party Nor Zhamanakner
(New Times) Aram Karapetyan, that there are 6 police and 8 national
security agents in his party, whose names and aliases will soon be
published, aroused great interest in political circles. The Democratic
Party suggested that Aram Karapetyan display his ability to unmask
agents. On April 27 at the Pastark Club Aram Karapetyan briefly
explained the technique of revealing agents, “One needs to have money,
not to take the money home. The struggle should be serious and one
needs to have their own network of agents.”
Aram Karapetyan says he learns about every decision made by force
agencies within an hour, sometimes without money. For instance, recent
information from the National Security Service. During the meeting
of the college of the National Security Service the chiefs of two
departments complained of law salaries. In answer the leadership told
them to live on whatever they can. Aram Karapetyan asks, “Imagine,
for instance, the department of reconnaissance lives on whatever
they can – catches a spy, extorts money and lets him go free.” Aram
Karapetyan assures that Robert Kocharyan watched the video of the
raid of the National Security Service and after the second watching
the president said, “Aram Karapetyan is a difficult case.” Whereas,
the force agencies are not supposed to become engaged in political
developments. On April 28 Aram Karapetyan invited to a rally and
a march; among other slogans the phrase “Gorik, go away” will be
chanted. Gorik is the chief of the National Security Service Gorik
Hakobyan.

WHAT CAN THE DECISION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT GIVE RESIDENTS WHO LOST THEIR HOUSES?
Lragir.am
27 April 06
The present and potential victims of development of the city center
of Yerevan are coming together. The residents of Kozern neighborhood
and Dalma Gardens joined the residents of Buzand Street and North
Avenue. Their weapon is the decision of the Constitutional Court,
which assesses the government decisions on development of the City
Center, depriving the residents of their property, unconstitutional.
In a press conference on April 27 at the office of the People’s
Party the residents and their lawyers presented the opportunities of
restoring their rights, enabled by the Constitutional Court.
Lawyer Arthur Grigoryan states that there are two options, which
are determined by the “status” of a resident. The chances of
residents whose houses have been pulled down are not big. “In fact,
the decision of the Constitutional Court cannot have a practical
effect for them, because their houses have been wildly demolished,
bulldozed, and their houses do not exist any more. If the decision
of the Constitutional Court is used to review those decisions,
their houses cannot be returned to them. For payment of damages,
the decision of the Constitutional Court might involve the problem
that the legislative and the executive decide the regime and size
of compensation,” says Attorney Arthur Grigoryan. At any rate,
the residents should claim for compensation. The first ombudsman of
Armenia Larissa Alaverdyan believes that the residents demand payment
of moral damages apart from material damages.
The decision of the Constitutional Court may favor the citizens
whose houses have not been pulled down yet but the orders are already
there. Attorney Arthur Grigoryan says these people can go to court
again, because the decision of the Constitutional Court is a new
circumstance. “In this case the citizens keep the immunity of their
property if no procedures are established on the basis of new legal
acts,” says the lawyer.
“We will go all the way until we win. We live in this country, we
are the masters of this country, not the robber, pardon, government,”
says Vachagan Hakobyan, the leader of the residents of North Avenue.
Attorney Arthur Grigoryan says the government, the City Hall or
the agencies dealing with development cannot go to court and get a
ruling on eviction of residents, if the legal acts, recognized as
unconstitutional are made to comply with the Constitution. “If such
acts are applied, if it is ever reported that the court accepted
a similar claim, I announce that such a decision would be a vivid
example of voluntarism,” says Arthur Grigoryan.

NOBODY STRUGGLES AGAINST CORRUPTION
Lragir.am
27 April 06
There is no struggle against corruption in Armenia. 79 percent of
readers who participated in the poll of Lragir.am think so. This does
not suggest, however, that the rest of participants think there is
struggle against corruption in Armenia. Our poll lasted for a week,
and over this period not a single reader of Lragir.am replied “yes”
to the question “Is there real struggle in Armenia?” Besides the 79
percent who answered “no,” 14 percent of the readers of Lragir.am,
who voted, find that the struggle is biased. 7 percent chose the answer
“partly.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN ARYAN UNION EXPECTS RESOLUTE MEASURES FROM RF PRESIDENT AND STATE DUMA FOR PUTTING AN END TO “ANTI-ARMENIAN HYSTERIA”
Noyan Tapan
Apr 27 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Aryan Union sent a letter
to RF President Vladimir Putin and to the State Duma, in which it calls
attention to the increase of the wave of murders and violence towards
Armenians in Russia and especially in Moscow, in St Petersburg, in the
Krasnodar territory. “What is taking place in the state headed by you
by means of the so-called skinheads, causes serious anxiety. These
skinheads, being guided by Hitler Nazi (that has nothing in common
with the Russian nationalism) ideas receive state assistance from
certain (known to us) forces and purposefully and with impunity commit
terrible crimes. In the recent years the target of these gangs become
especially Armenians, and we resolutely protest against it and express
our indignation,” the document read. The Armenian Aryan Union also
cannot understand some steps, which are far from being pro-Armenian,
undertaken by RF authorities, the “unintelligible and non-friendly
treatment to the Republic of Armenia – the “property for debt”,
the uzurpation of the energy system through raising the tariff for
gas, the political “ban” on making the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline
transit. “We express the hope that resolute steps aimed at putting an
end to the anti-Armenian hysteria will be undertaken, otherwise we do
not exclude that willy-nilly, maybe by the instigation of a third side,
an anti-Russian wave will rise in Armenia that will endanger not only
the interests of Russians of Armenia but also those of RF general
policy,” the Armenian Aryan Union declares. As the party affirms,
such a policy will also question the necessity of existence of the
Russian military bases, “which cannot be considered as a reliable
structure in the context of these anti-Armenian manifestations”.

RA PARLIAMENTARIANS WILL PROMOTE THE PROCESS OF ELABORATION OF NKR CONSTITUTION
ArmRadio.am
27.04.2006 17:40
The two-day sitting of the Parliamentary Cooperation Commission of
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh came to an end.
Head of the Press Service of the NKR National Assembly Mickael
Hajyan informed that Vice-Speaker of Parliament Rudik Hyusnunts
spoke about the role of cooperation of Armenian and NKR Parliaments
in the development of the NKR Constitution. Head of the Armenian
delegation, RA NA Vice-Chairman Tigran Torosyan confirms that RA
Parliament will assist its colleagues in the process of elaboration
of the NKR Constitution.
The Armenian delegation headed by Tigran Torosyan comprises Galust
Sahakyan, Mnatsakan Petrosyan, Gagik Avetyan, Areg Ghukasyan. The
Deputies will meet also NKR President Arkadi Ghukasyan.

SHELL THROWN BY AZERBAIJANIS BLOWS UP ON ROOF OF ONE OF HOUSES IN VOSKEPAR: PERISHED FREEDOM-FIGHTER’S FAMILY SAVED BY A MIRACLE
Noyan Tapan
Apr 27 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On the Commemoration Day of the
Armenian Genocide, April 24, fire was opened from the positions
of Azerbaijan in the direction of the village of Voskepar, Tavush
region. At about 11:30 am, the shell of the grenade thrower hit the
house of perished freedom-fighter Hrachik Alaverdian. The perished
freedom-fighter’s wife with her two under-age children was at home
at that moment. Fortunately, they did not suffer.

KIRO MANOYAN: FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMAND TERRITORIAL COMPENSATION FROM TURKEY
ArmRadio.am
27.04.2006 18:00
“The recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Osman Turkey has not
only a moral, but also a political aspect: Turkey has committed a
crime and it should respond for its results,” said Kiro Manoyan,
member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau.
In his words, Turkey would have recognized the Genocide long ago if
it knew it would have no political implications.
“Despite the fact that Armenia has recognized the current Turkish
borders and the issue of territorial reimbursement is not included
in the agenda of official Yerevan, it does not mean that our next
generations cannot demand compensation for the Armenian Genocide in
the future,” Kiro Manoyan declared.
According to him, today’s policy of official Yerevan in the
international recognition of the Armenian Genocide yields its results.
“It has been recognized by 18 countries already, the European
community is exerting pressure over Turkey regarding this question,”
Kiro Manoyan mentioned.