SERGO ERITSYAN DIDN’T REMAIN WITHOUT A POST
A1+
[11:56 am] 15 June, 2006
According to the decree of Robert Kocharyan Sergo Eritsyan was
appointed the councilor of the RA President.
According to another decree of the President Ara Ayvazyan was dismissed
from the post of the RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to the Republic of Chile and Eastern Republic of Uruguay and Vladimir
Karmirshalyan, RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
the Republic of Argentina was appointed instead.

TEHRAN USES KARABAKH ISSUE AS “TRAMP CARD” AFTER UNREST – AZERI ACTIVIST
Yeni Musavat, Baku
7 Jun 06
The press secretary of the World Azerbaijani Congress, Ali Nicat,
has said that Tehran is trying to exert pressure on Azerbaijan, by
using Karabakh as its “tramp card”, the Baku-based opposition paper
Yeni Musavat has reported.
In an interview with the paper on 7 June, Nicat said that “the Persian
regime started to doubt Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity after the
developments in southern Azerbaijan”.
Quoting sources in northwestern Iran, Nicat said that “Iranian state
TV channel Iran TV-1 insulted the dignity of Azerbaijanis in its
newscast in the afternoon of 5 June. The TV channel carried a report
on the Bucharest meeting between [Azerbaijani President] Ilham Aliyev
and [Armenian President] Robert Kocharyan and later dwelled on the
Karabakh problem. It said that ‘the independent Nagornyy Karabakh
republic announced its independence 15 years ago. However, Azerbaijan
has territorial claims to the independent Nagornyy Karabakh republic.”
In reaction to the issue in question, a spokesman for the Iranian
embassy in Baku told Yeni Musavat: “The official position of our state
on this issue is known. I do not think that anything like this will
happen. We cannot comment on the remarks by every passer-by. If you
have facts, we will be happy to discuss them.”
Yeni Musavat said that the Southern Azerbaijan information centre had
been set up in Baku on 6 June to keep the public properly informed
about the developments in northwestern Iran.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ALIYEV: “IT IS NECESSARY TO CARRY KARABAKH PEACEFUL RESOLUTION THROUGH”
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.06.2006 18:29 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “I am sure the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be
settled within the framework of international norms and principles,”
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev told NBC TV channel. In his words,
terms of settlement of the Karabakh issue depend not only on
Baku. “Territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is recognized by the
international community and all countries, except Armenia. We will
never agree to secession of NK, we will provide it widest autonomy
within territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,” Aliyev underscored.
“They advice our country not to think of settlement by force. We
believe that until there is an opportunity to settle the conflict
peacefully, it is necessary to carry that way through,” Aliyev said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

“ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE THE CONFLICT IN PEACEFUL WAY WAS MISSED”
A1+
[03:44 pm] 08 June, 2006
“The window is open, we mustn’t exclude any development, hope dies
but last; we must anchor hope that we shall be able to come to an
agreement on the matters of principle,” RA Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian announced in today’s press release.
The latter didn’t exclude the possibility of meeting with his Azeri
counterpart at any moment but he didn’t go into details and didn’t
inform anything about that forthcoming meeting. “Every meeting is
held when there are new approaches and new offers,” noted Vartan
Oskanian and added that he didn’t see any ground for new offers
yet. He connected the efficiency of the Bucharest meeting with the
offer which is in the process of discussions and with the complication
of the matter. “Unfortunately we failed; the matter under question
was rather complicated. It was also put in front of the Presidents
in Rambouillet and it was again a failure. The new approaches were
not approved either.”
Yesterday the Azeri deputy informed the Armenian journalists that the
Armenian side refused to take the Armenian forces out of 6 regions
and turned down the offer to allocate the peace-keeping forces
instead though they had agreed beforehand. Asked the question by
“A1+” whether the announcement of the Azeri deputy was grounded and
whether the offer was finally turned down Mr. Oskanian answered, “Today
all the questions connected with the conflict settlement are put on
the table. Our foremost task is the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh
status. As for the elimination of the consequences it must be done
after the NKR recognition.”
By the way, if one-page document was put in front of the presidents
during the Paris meeting, it turned into two-page document in
Bucharest. Asked the question what the length of the document is
determined by Vartan Oskanian answered jokingly, “Not by the budget”
and then added that there were no many changes in the contents only
the length of the document changed.
As for Serge Sargsyan’s announcement that Azerbaijan is likely to lose
its chance to settle the conflict in peaceful way Oskanian answered
diplomatically, “After each negotiation we think that another chance
to settle the conflict in peaceful way was missed.”
Vartan Oskanian once more claimed that the NKR conflict has no military
solution; if it had it would have been settled long ago. The Armenian
side frequently announces about the necessity of peaceful negotiations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AGO GROUP SATISFIED WITH MEETING BETWEEN AZERI AND ARMENIAN FMS
Author: R. Abdullayev
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
June 14 2006
“We are glad that by the totals of meeting between Azeri and Armenian
FMs the conditions for ongoing cooperation in the settlement of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been preserved”, – reportedly said
Ronald Wegener, German diplomat and head of AGO group at Council
of Ministers of CE, speaking on the totals of negotiations at Azeri
Foreign Ministry June 14.
Wegener said the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was one of
top priorities on the day agenda.
Alongside, German ambassador said, quoting, “Azeri, Armenian FMs came
to agreement on continuation of conversations during their yesterday’s
meeting in Paris. We know the meeting took more than 4 hours and was
very tense. FMs also discussed the issue of Presidents’ meeting”.

MP CITES POOR LIFE IN ARMENIA
AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
June 14 2006
An Azeri parliament member who has recently visited Armenia said
there is hardly any population in the countryside and cited poor
living conditions in these areas.
“There is not a living soul in most villages that used to be settled
by Armenians or those Azerbaijanis were ousted from,” Musa Guliyev
told AzerNEWS.
An Azeri delegation has visited the Armenian capital to attend a
session of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC)
Parliamentary Assembly.
Guliyev said they had traveled to Yerevan through Georgia by car
and witnessed no amenities being provided or activity to improve the
situation in rural areas.
“Along the way, we saw dilapidated buildings. The same situation was
observed in the towns we passed through. We then learnt that most of
these were built back in the Soviet times.”
Guliyev said the only positive development was the good condition
of roads, and the only reason for this was the considerable funding
provided by an Armenian millionaire living in the United States.
The MP said that in the center of Yerevan, however, extensive work
was underway to improve its plight. Foreign nationals visiting the
city often stay at the hotels located in the area. “They are thus
trying to create a vision that everything is great in Armenia.”
Guliyev said that along with members of a Turkish delegation, the
Azeri MPs had a conversation with local Armenian residents outside
the hotels they stayed in.
“They complained about their conditions. They said that by making
the downtown area look better, the government is trying to create an
illusion that the living standards in the country are improving.”

KARABAKH ISSUE TO BE SETTLED AFTER “COLLAPSE OF RUSSIAN EMPIRE”, AZERI POLITICAL SCIENTIST CONSIDERS
PanARMENIAN.Net
09.06.2006 13:56 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “International structures with undisguised
assurance reiterated the year of 2006 will become the year of
settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. They attempt to force
Azerbaijan to concessions, that is cede Nagorno Karabakh, Lachin
and Kelbajar to Armenia,” Azerbaijani ex-President Heydar Aliyev’s
former advisor for external political affairs Vafa Guluzade told
Zerkalo Baku-based newspaper. In his words, all these attempts are
absolutely fruitless. “Azerbaijan’s position is precisely outlined. It
means that the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is not a subject
of discussion and our state is guided by the fulfillment of the U.N.
Security Council Resolution on withdrawal of all occupying troops
form the Azerbaijani territory,” he remarked.
As for Armenia, the Azeri political scientist considers that this
state sounds the position of its “elder brother” – Russia. “The core of
Armenia’s position is that it has no intention to renounce Karabakh’s
independence supported by Russia. Russia prohibited Armenia from
signing any peaceful document with Azerbaijan. I have stated many
times that we should wait for the collapse of the Russia Empire. I
foretell it will happen in 10 years. All my forecasts have proved
true so far,” the Azeri political scientist said.

SPEAKER OF NA INTERRUPTED IRRELEVANT “LECTURE” BY TURKISH DEPUTY
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
June 14 2006
Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosyan has met
joint delegations of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly sub-committees
of Defense and Security Committee and Committee on Civil Dimension of
Security, a REGNUM correspondent is told in the Armenian parliamentary
press office.
It was noted that UK representative Frank Cook was working out a
regional report. Speaking on the report, Tigran Torosyan pointed
out a number of positions that should be improved. In particular,
the report says “countries favorable to Armenia” believe that it was
the Armenian Genocide in 1915, however, the wording should be changed
to “EU member-countries and the European Parliament that recognized
the Genocide.” In response to this, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on
Future Security and Defense Capabilities of the Defense and Security
Commission of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Vahit Erdem (Turkey)
tried to reject the fact of the genocide. According to him, in 1915,
there was no Armenian Genocide, as there was no official order, and
the matter concerned 400-500 thousand people, who in a result of a
provocation by Russians were first to attack Turks. Tigran Torosyan
interrupted the “lecture in history” by the Turkish MP and calling
him upon being more correct found his behavior incompatible with his
post in the international institution. Torosyan reminded that Vahit
Erdem had no right assessing neither the Genocide, nor the European
Parliament or countries that recognized the Genocide.

RICH IN IRONY: SOROS AGAINST IRAQ BACKTRACK
George Soros
New York Daily News, NY
June 14 2006
Billionaire George Soros spent a fortune trying to pry President
Bush out of the White House. But the Democratic Midas agrees with
the President that we can’t pull out of Iraq now.
“Unfortunately, many countries have a national narrative that condemns
them to keep on defending a cause that is really indefensible,”
the Open Society founder said Monday at the Core Club party for his
book “The Age of Fallibility.” “The Turks can’t admit the massacre of
Armenians, for example. We have been better in the past at recognizing
our sins. I’m afraid that we have to recognize that was a terrible
mistake.
“I can’t expect President Bush to do that,” Soros allowed. “That
would be out of keeping for anybody. What’s worse, I think we
actually have to stay in Iraq for a while. If we left, we would have
a conflagration. We are sitting on a civil war. Therefore, American
soldiers have to continue giving their lives to a bad cause.”
Soros said Bush was right to invade Afghanistan, because that “was
where Bin Laden was located.” He also conceded that, since pre-war
Iraq was “a magnet for general terrorists,” the U.S. occupation may
“have deflected a terrorist attack” here. But Soros argued that,
thanks to Bush’s policies, “The danger of a terrorist attack is
greater since 9/11. We may actually be growing terrorist cells.”
P.S.: Soros was downright courtly toward the Bushies compared with
Sen. John Kerry’s spokesman, David Wade, who yesterday snarled at
White House adviser Karl Rove for accusing Kerry and fellow Vietnam
vet Rep. John Murtha of “cutting and running” from the war.
“The closest Karl Rove ever came to combat was these last months
spent worrying his cellmates might rough him up in prison,” said
Wade. “This porcine political operative can’t cut and run from the
truth any longer. When it came to Iraq, this administration chose
to cut and run from sound intelligence and good diplomacy. … In
November, Americans will cut and run from this Republican Congress.”

COURT OFFICERS ARE “CLOSING” “A1+”
A1+
[03:07 pm] 09 June, 2006
Today the court officers visited the editorial office of “A1+” and
tried to evict the “A1+” staff from the building. They mentioned that
they will not wait even a minute more and even if there’s nowhere to
go, “A1+” will have to take its property out of the building.
Let us remind you that the building on Grigor Lousavorich occupied
by “A1+” has been allotted by the RA Government to the Institute
of Linguistics of the National Academy of Science, and “A1+” has
been offered a territory on Buzand street without telephone and
electricity. Besides, “A1+” does not have legal ground for moving in
as we have not signed an agreement with the Government yet.
After long negotiations we reached an agreement with the court officers
according to which “A1+” was given one more week.