“WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT, THE REGIME SATISFIES
PERSONAL SELF-INTERESTS,” “ZHARANGUTYUN” PARTY FIXES
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The “Zharangutyun” (Heritage) party
is sure that healthy forces stood for a justice struggle for the
good future of Armenia, with the society’s active assistance, will
come out of the difficult ordeal of withstanding all the inner and
outer challenges with honour. It is said in the resolution accepted
at the 4th congress of the party on August 1. At the same time the
regular quick fall of the inner and foreign policy, social-economic,
spiritual-cultural and other spheres is fixed. According to the
“Zharangutyun” estimation, the gathered negative phenomena threaten the
sovereignty, democratization, national security and stable development
of Armenia.
In the resolution an anxiety is particularly expressed relating
to just, democratic relations’ being in danger what fraughts with
threat of reproduction of the illegal authorities. “Castration of the
electoral system brought to the one that formation of the authorities
in Armenia remains depending on outer forces being accountable to
which, the regime is inhibited while making decisions and leading a
policy arising of national and sovereign interests of the country,”
is said in the resolution adopted by the congress. It is mentioned that
the people’s belief towards elections as a just and effective institute
of expressing the public opinion has seriously been shaken: “In the RA
elections in no way become a mean of expressing the majority’s will,
solution of political contradictions and formation of the political
elite, no legitimate authorities are formed.” Such elections, according
to the resolution, not only do not secure the political stability,
but, the opposite. become ground for straining of inner-political
confrontations. “Castration of the electoral system brought to the
one that formation of the authorities in Armenia remains depening
on outer forces being accountable to which, the regime is inhibited
while making decisions and leading a policy arising of national and
sovereign interests of the country. It, in its turn stimulated the
yet unfinished process of endowing the country’s riches to foreigns,
turning the public property into trade,” is said in the resolution.
According to authors of the document, only interests of the regime,
to the detriment of Artsakh, are on the international stage. It is
mentioned that the world of protection of the rights of Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh will not lend an ear while within the international
and regional context, the regime satisfies its personal, group
self-interests. And “our possibility to confront dangers depends just
on Azerbaijan’s making mistakes, but never on Armenian diplomatic
steps,” is said in the resolution of the 4th congress of the
“Zharangutyun” party.
According to the estimation of the “Zharangutyun” party, “all
those defective phenomena hour by hour threaten the sovereignty,
democratization, security and stable development of Armenia.”

LILIT MKRTCHIAN TAKES FOURTH PLACE IN KRASNOTURINSK INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
KRASNOTURINSK, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The Ladies Chess International
Big Tournament finished in the city of Krasnoturinsk of the Sverdlovsk
region of the Russian Federation. At the last 9th stage representative
of Armenia Lilit Mkrtchian was defeated by Nadezhda Kozintseva (RF)
and took the 5th place gaining 5 points from 9 possible ones.
And 16 years old Yekaterina Lahno (Ukraine) was recognized the
tournament winner, having 7 points.

ONLY 20% OF MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND DANGEROUS FACILITIES IN ARMENIA REGISTERED
YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. In accordance with the RA Law on
State Regulation of Technical Safety that took effect on January 1,
2006, the person operating a dangerous production facility has to
get registered at the National Center of Technical Safety of the
RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development until September 1,
2006. It is possible to extend the deadline for registration only
in case of making the appropriate amendment to the law. Major
General Ashot Petrosian, the center’s director, stated this at
the August 1 press conference. According to him, only 20% of more
than 10 thousand dangerous facilities operating in Armenia have
been registered and undergone technical safety tests. He exlained
that mines, hydro-structures, elevators, gasoline filling stations,
etc. are considered dangerous facilities. He said that out of 4,600
elevators in Yerevan, only 1,000 have been registered at the National
Center of Technical Safety. In case of failure to get registeted,
a fine in the amount of 1,000 minimal salaries (1-2 mln drams or
about 2,440-4,880 USD) is envisaged. In the words of the center’s
director, the registration of such facilities will allow to prevent
technical accidents, reduce their damage to the society and economy,
etc. A. Petrosian said that 7 man-caused accidents have been registered
at dangerous facilities in the first half of this year.

NKR PRESIDENT ATTACHES IMPORTANT TO ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL OFFICER CORPS IN
CREATING EFFICIENT ARMY
STEPANAKERT, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. NKR President
Arkadi Ghukasian attached importance to the role of the professional
officer corps in the affair of creating an efficient army and keeping
peaceful and creative life of the NKR people at the July 31 annual
traditional meeting of officers of the NKR Defence Army having got
education at military institutions of highest education out of the
NKR borders. Arkadi Ghukasian mentioned that the state in its turn
year by year increase steadily the volumes of works being done in
the direction of improving military service’s and officers’ families’
social-life conditions. The President congratulated the graduates on
the occasion of finishing their education with “excellent” and “good”
marks and stated with confidence that they will with honour continue
their service in the Fatherland. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the
NKR President’s Acting Press Secretary, Lieutenant General Seyran
Ohanian, the NKR Defence Minister, participated in the meeting.

HUMANITARIAN AID ALLOCATED BY GOVERNMENT OF ARMENIA REACHES LEBANON
BEIRUT, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The humanitarian aid
allocated by the Government of Armenia reached Lebanon on July 28. It
was sent through the territory of Syria and given to the Lebanon
Highest Commission on Humaniatarian Aid. 7.5 tons of humanitarian
load which consisted of 52 titles of medicine and medical means of
first necessity will to some extent make easy the state of the Lebanon
population suffered from the war. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the
RA Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department, Lebanon mass
media fixed that humanitarian action. Materials telling about the aid
of Armenia were published both in Lebanian Armenian and in foreign
language periodicals among which the “Al-Mustakbal,” “As-Safir,”
“An-Nahar,” “Al-Balad” dailies were, as well as materials on the
mentioned theme were broadcast by the biggest “Al-Mustakbal,” “LBC”
and “NBN” TVs of Lebanon.

ANOTHER CHURCH RE-CONSECRATED IN JAVAKHK
AKHALKALAK, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The ceremony of
re-consecrating of the Surb Haroutiun Church took place on July 29
in the Pokr Samsar village of the region of Akhalkalak. The church
was built in 1891 and functioned till establishing Soviet orders
in Javakhk. In autumn, 2006, on the initiative of Husik Abgarian,
a businessman from Pokr Samsar living in Russia, the church was
fundamentally re-constructed, a khachkar (cross stone) was placed
in the yard of the church. According to the “A-Info” agency, the
church was consecrated by Babken Salbiyan, locum tenens of
Samtskhe-Javakhk of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Representatives of
the regional administration and of the Armenian public organizations
of Samtske-Javakhk were present at the ceremony.

ARMENIAN THEATER OF TBILISI TO BE ON TOUR IN JAVAKHK
AKHALKALAK, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Tbilisi
Armenian State Dramatic Theater after Petros Adamian will be on
tour in Javakhk on August 1-3. Armen Bayandurian, the Director
and Artistic Head of the theater mentions that this year the 150th
anniversary of the theater is, and tours dedicated to that jubilee
start in Javakhk. The theater will perform in Akhalkalak, Ninotsminda,
Aspindsa. According to Armen Bayandurian, after Javakhk, tours will
be in the Republic of Armenia as well, and in autumn the theater will
perform in Tbilisi. According to the information of the “A-Info”
agency, both already performed and quite new works will be staged
during the jubilee tours.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TSALKA-NINOTSMINDA-AKHALKALAK RAILWAY BEING RESTORED
AKHALKALAK, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The
Railway Department of Georgia started restoration the
Tsalka-Ninotsminda-Akhalkalak railway. This railway tying Javakhk
to Tbilisi by Tsalka was put into operation and in 1987 it functioned
till 2004. It is already two years that the railway does not operate
for being unsafe, and it is possible to re-put it in action only after
restoration. Restoration works of the railway will finish in September.
The “A-Info” agency also emphasizes that in spite of the circumstance
of plenty of manpower in Javakhk, the majority of workers working on
the railway are brought from outsite.

WORKS OF SALE OF TERRITORIES OF 3OTH DISTRICT TO START DURING COMING 1-2 MONTHS
YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. It is already a week that
works of making inventory of the Yerevan “Kozern” district have
started. As Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian informed at the July 31
press-conference, inhabitants having no property certificate will
be given certificates during 2-3 months. He mentioned that works
of building of the “Kozern” and “Kond” districts will be worked out
only after that. The Mayor also informed that works of building of
territories of the 30th district (“Firdusnots”) will start during
coming 1-2 months. Unlike other territories, according to Y.Zakharian,
all inhabitants of the 30th district will be proposed flats in the
same district and only in the case of refusal they will be given
compensation.

ANASTAS AGHAZARIAN APPOINTED MEMBER OF RA STATE COUNCIL ON STATISTICS
YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. By RA President Robert Kocharian’s
July 27 decree, Hrachia Petrosian was dicharged the post of a member
of the RA State Council on Statistics on the occasion of the end
of his officiating term. According to the information submitted to
Noyan Tapan by the RA President’s Press Office, bya another decree,
Anastas Aghazarian was appointed a member of the RA State Council
on Statistics.