ARMENIA UNDERSTANDS ITS LOSS IN WAR – AZERI MP
Author: J.Shahvediyev
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
June 14 2006
The Azerbaijani delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE) have drafted 8 documents in connection with
the Armenian damage on the nature of occupied territory of Azerbaijan,
MP Rafael Huseynov, the Azerbaijani parliamentary representative to
the PACE, told Trend.
He noted the poisoning of water, burning and cut of forests, burial
of nuclear wastes, as well as establishment of dangerous laboratories
in the Azerbaijani areas occupied 15 years. “Along with the military
aggression Armenia still pursues policy directed at damaging the
genetic fond of Azerbaijan,” he stressed.
Armenians well understand that hey have lost the war though they
still keep under control the occupied areas with the help of foreign
forces. “Realizing their loss, they allow such cases of vandalism and
through committing provocation hinder the talks. But it is senseless,”
he emphasized.
Huseynov said that in case the vandalism acts continue it will be
necessary to take reply steps. “In time consideration of the issue
at the Council of Europe and support by this organization will make
Armenians to step back from taking muddy steps,” Huseynov underlined.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

MPS DENY CONGRATULATING ARMENIAN SPEAKER
AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
June 14 2006
The reports suggesting that the Azeri parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov
has congratulated his Armenian counterpart Tigran Torasian on being
elected to the post are wide of the mark, says an Azerbaijani MP who
attended a meeting of the regional organization in Yerevan last week.
Armenian media reported on Thursday that the Azeri speaker’s message of
congratulation was read out by a member of the Azerbaijani delegation
at the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) Parliamentary
Assembly, Asaf Hajiyev, at a plenary session in the Armenian capital.
Hajiyev called these reports a “flagrant lie” and yet another
provocation by Armenians, saying that such a letter was never
presented.
“The speaker’s father, Sabir Asadov, struggled against Armenian
atrocities all his life and wrote several books on Armenian
vandalism. In such case, what congratulatory letter by Asadov can we
talk about?” he enquired.
The MP dismissed speculations that the Armenian delegation had been
individually invited to the next meeting of BSEC PA due in Baku on
November 22-23.
“After Azerbaijan assumed chairmanship in the organization, I invited
all members of the Assembly to the gathering, but no special invitation
was forwarded to Armenians.”
Another MP who attended the session, Musa Guliyev, dismissed the
Armenian media reports alleging that he spoke of possible economic
cooperation between the two countries in his interviews. “I said such
collaboration could be possible only after the sides sign a peace
accord,” he stressed.
Guliyev added that he had underscored that if the Garabagh conflict
is not resolved in peace, Azerbaijan will free its territories from
Armenian occupation through military action.
Following the statement, the Armenian speaker warned that Azeri MPs
should not resort to belligerent rhetoric.
“He told us that this could create problems to our security,”
Guliyev said.

RA AND AR FMS AGREED TO CONTINUE KARABAKH TALKS
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
June 14 2006
According to an agreement RA and AR Presidents reached in Bucharest
June 13 the two states’ FMs Vardan Oskanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov
met in Paris.
According to the information DE FACTO got at the RA MFA Press
Service, the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia),
Bernard Fassier (France) and the OSCE Chair-in-Office’s Personal
Representative Andrzey Kasprzyk also participated in the talks.
In the course of the meeting the parties discussed the principles and
positions of the conflict settlement raising controversy. Armenian
and Azeri FMs agreed to continue the talks aimed at the rapprochement
of the stands.

“ARARAT” TRIES TO FIGHT THE CRISIS
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[01:26 pm] 12 June, 2006
After several defeats in the National championship of Armenia “Ararat”
finally celebrated a victory beating “Kilikia” 3:2. Despite the fact
that Nshan Erzroumyan from “Kilikia” scored first, three goals (two
from Edgar Sarafyan) from “Ararat” gave them the desired three points.
As for “Kilikia”, this was their last game before the start if
the Intertoto Cup. On June 17 “Kilikia” will play with “Dinamo”
from Tbilisi.
“Ulis” suffered another defeat, this time from “Gandzasar” (2:1).

AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIAN FMS AGREED TO CONTINUE TALKS ON CONFLICT REGULATION
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 14 2006
On June 13 in Foreign Ministry building of France Azerbaijan and
Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanian held
the next round of talks on regulation of Nagorno Garabagh, within
“Prague process.”
Foreign Affairs Ministry Press and Information Policy Office chief
Tahir Taghizade has told APA that agreed issues were discussed in the
meeting, the ministers came to accord to continue the talks. In the
negotiations, OSCE Minsk Group Russia and France co-chairmen –Yuri
Merzlyakov and Bernar Fasie, as well as OSCE chairman in- office
personal representative Andrzey Kasprzyk have participated. American
co-chair, Steven Mann, terminating his duty did not participate
in Paris. No information is given on the date of the ministers’
next meeting.

ANNUAL CAMP OF “YOUTH FOR ACHIEVEMENTS” ARMENIAN NGO TO BE HELD IN TSAGHKADZOR FROM JULY 17 TO AUGUST 1ST
Noyan Tapan
Jun 13 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 13, NOYAN TAPAN. About 600 pupils of comprehensive
schools of Armenia will participare in the camp to be organized by the
“Youth For Achievement” Armenian NGO which will be held this year from
July 17 to August 1 in Tsaghkadzor. As Susanna Manukian, the Press
Secretary of the organization informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent,
this program has been implemented since 1995.
The “Youth For Achievement” Armenian NGO is an organization
implementing educational programs which has functioned since
1992. On the initiative of Armenuhi Hovhannisian, the Executive
Director of the organization, “Human Rights,” “Civil Education,”
“State and Right” subjects were involved in the education programs of
the comprehensive schools of the republic. According to S.Manukian,
children will deepen in the camp theoretical knowledge got on those
subjects by educational games.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

U.S.DEPT OF STATE
12 Jun 2006
U.S. Plans “Significant” Contribution to New Black Sea Fund
Public-private grant-making trust will promote democracy, regional cooperation
By Vince Crawley
Washington File Staff Writer
Washington — The United States plans to make a substantial
contribution to the Black Sea Trust, a new multimillion-dollar fund
promoting democracy and cooperation among nine countries in southeast
Europe, President Bush’s deputy national security adviser says.
The trust will provide grants to focus on enhancing economic and
security cooperation, crisis management and democracy in Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey
and Ukraine.
In remarks at the Black Sea Forum June 5 in Bucharest, Romania,
Deputy National Security Advisor J. D. Crouch said the United States
would participate in and make a significant financial contribution to
the trust in partnership with the German Marshall Fund, the Romanian
government and other donors.
Crouch said the United States is supporting other initiatives such
as the Black Sea Economic Cooperation initiative and the Southeast
European Cooperative Initiative. “We want to hear your ideas on how
to cooperate more effectively to address a broader range of issues,”
Crouch added.
“For centuries, these lands have been a cultural crossroads —
connecting Europe to the Middle East and Central Asia,” Crouch
said. The flow of communication through the region was stifled during
the Cold War, he added, “but today your nations have a new opportunity
to build stronger links with each other — and thereby reclaim your
historic position as a region of connections between East and West.”
The German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States announced
the creation of the trust on June 5 during the Black Sea Forum in
Bucharest, Romania. The GMF said it anticipates launching operations
of the Black Sea Trust in the fall, with initial contributions
of more than $20 million, climbing to more than $40 million as the
trust matures. Contributors include the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Romanian
government and other private and public donors from the United States
and Europe.
The trust is expected to provide grants to local organizations —
including civic groups and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
local and regional governments, educational institutions and media,
according to a news release by the German Marshall Fund. Grants will
be awarded for civic-participation programs as well as projects that
promote cross-border cooperation in the region.
“Approximately $2 million in rolling grants will be given out each
year,” said the GMF, which will staff the trust. “Individual grants
would range from $1,000 to $75,000 with an average size around $15,000
or $20,000, and will be approved monthly by a grant-making committee
that will include GMF representatives and one representative from
each of the donors to the Trust.”
The German Marshall Fund is also in negotiations with the Romanian
government to base the trust’s operations in Bucharest. (See related
article.) The U.S. State Department recently signed agreements with
Bulgaria and Romania to share military bases near the Black Sea
coast. (See related article.) The GMF, USAID, and the Mott Foundation
previously joined forces in 2003 to create the Balkan Trust for
Democracy, a $30 million fund that has given out millions in grant
money toward promoting regional cooperation and reconciliation,
civil society development, and democracy-building ideas and
institutions throughout the Balkans. The Balkan Trust for Democracy
“has successfully grown and added new partners after its founding,
a process the Black Sea Trust will emulate,” the GMF said. (See
related article.) In March, the German Marshall Fund co-sponsored a
conference aimed at promoting cross-border cooperation, particularly
in disaster response planning, and some of the same countries attended
that were represented at the Black Sea Forum. (See related article.)
The U.S. Embassy in Bucharest has posted the full text of Crouch’s
remarks on its Web site. The Black Sea Trust press release is posted
on the Web site of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
The Southeastern Europe Cooperative Initiative (SECI) is a law
enforcement consortium that allows authorities to share intelligence
and coordinate activities in the pursuit of criminals across
jurisdictional lines.
Information on SECI’s work against human trafficking is available in
a USINFO Electronic Journal article “European Alliance Combats Human
Trafficking” and the Web site of the SECI Center in Bucharest.
Additional information is available on the Web site of the Black Sea
Economic Cooperation, to which the United States was recently granted
observer status.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

“PLANT AN IDEA, PLANT A TREE” PUBLICATION TO BE PRESENTED 16 JUNE
ArmRadio.am
14.06.2006 17:26
Presentation and discussion of a new publication entitled “Plant an
Idea, Plant a Tree”, published with the support of the OSCE Office
in Yerevan and the Armenia Tree Project will take place on 16 June
in the Public Environmental Information (Aarhus) Center.
Representatives of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Armenian Ministry of
Education and of Nature Protection, Armenia Tree Project, teachers
and experts in the field will participate in the discussion.
The book is written by Karla Wesley, Ph.D. and is recognized by the
National Institute of Education as a Science Teachers’ Manual for
public schools.

SPRING SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVER
ArmRadio.am
14.06.2006 17:40
The National Assembly of Armenia concluded today the spring
session. Before leaving on a summer vacation, the last sitting was
held today in the hall of sittings. Even on the last day the Deputies
did not refuse from the tradition of using insulting expressions.
Before the start of today’s work, some conflicts in the Parliament
found their expression through direct or circuitous abuses. The
newly elected Chairman of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan had
to remind the Deputies who they are and where they are.
>>From the very beginning it became apparent that the NA Deputies
and the President of the Central Bank of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan
were on different sides of the barricade. The latter was not in the
Parliament today, but his yesterday’s statements served as a reason
for the conflict voiced by Secretary General of the “Justice” block
Viktor Dallakyan. In his words, the President of the Central Bank
publicly insulted the Parliament.
The irritation and position of the opposition Deputy were shared also
by Republican Hamlet Harutyunyan. Chairman Tigran Torosyan chose a
more delicate way to defend the colleagues. In Tigran Torosyan’s
words, this should serve as a motive for everyone to demonstrate
corresponding attitude toward the Parliament’s dignity, which should
find its expression in the statements in the speeches.
Nevertheless, the spring session of the National Assembly was over
today.

CHARGE PRESENTED AGAINST LEVON CHAKHMAKHCHYAN’S COLLEAGUES
ArmRadio.am
14.06.2006 17:55
General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia has presented a charge against
two colleagues of the member of the Federal Council of Russia Levon
Chakhmakhchyan.
“According to point 4 of the Article 159 of the Criminal Code of
Russia a charge has been presented against Chief Accountant of the
Armenian-Russian Business Cooperation Association and Assistant to
the auditor of the Counting Chamber of Russia Armen Hovhannisyan,”
Official Representative of RF General Prosecutor’s Office Natalya
Vishnyakova told “InterFax.”
She informed that according to the preliminary investigation, the
arrested demanded US$1.5 million to exclude the negative information
from the report prepared in the result of audit of the Counting
Chamber.