ARMENIAN APPLICANTS MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES IN TSU BRANCH IN
AKHALKALAKI
Lragir.am
21 July 06
Akhalkalaki, July 21. A-Info reports that the Javakheti Armenians
may ancounter difficulties at the Akhalkalaki branch of Tbilisi State
University in this academic year as well.
The problem is that admittance exam in Georgian will be the same
level for the graduates of both Armenian and Georgian schools.
Perhaps this is the reason why less Armenians, about 45, applied to
the University.
By the way, in the last academic year only four students from
Javakheti entered the Akhalkalaki branch of Tbilisi State University,
two Armenians and two Georgians.

Non-official summit of CIS leaders to start in Moscow
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 11:08
Non-official summit of CIS leaders is starting in Moscow today. The
discussions will focus on the reforming of the Commonwealth. As
CIS President, the President of Kazakhstan will present the program
of reforms.
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan may meet in the framework of the
summit, but only with mediation of the Russian President. Presidents of
Russia and Georgia Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Saakashvili are scheduled
to meet to discuss the situation at the zones of South-Ossetian and
Abkhazian conflicts. To remind, a few days ago the Georgian Parliament
adopted the decision to withdraw the Russian peacekeepers from the
conflict zones.

EU Special Envoy for the South Caucasus to arrive in Baku
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 12:05
EU Special Envoy for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby will arrive in
Baku today. During the meeting with Azeri leadership issues related
to the cooperation with Azerbaijan in the framework of the European
Neighborhood Policy will be discussed.

OSCE Mission confident the Karabakh people have not inflamed their own forests
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 13:18
On July 20, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Masis Mayilian received Field Assistant of Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (PRC-i-O) Gunter Folk.
During the meeting Mr. Folk delivered NKR Deputy Foreign Minister
a report of the Office of the OSCE PRC-i-O on inflammations at the
contact-line of Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh armed forces.
As it was informed before on June 15, 2006, the NKR Ministry of
Foreign Affairs addressed the Office of the Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office with a request to conduct a monitoring
at the border with Azerbaijan for estimating the situation and making
certain of the strained accusations of Baku on the alleged burnings
of the adjoining settlements on the territories controlled by the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic. On July 3-5 the OSCE Mission conducted a
series of observations at the boundary zone. A corresponding report
was prepared in the result of the monitoring.
At present the document is being studied at the NKR Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and one can already assert that the OSCE mission did not reveal
any facts of damage caused by fire to the settlements, situated in
the NKR security zone, as the Azerbaijani side tried to present.

Two Armenian boxers reach the semifinal of the European Championship
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 14:30
Two out of nine Armenian boxers continue the struggle in the European
Championship under way in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv.
Hovhannes Danielyan (48 kg) of Yerevan Hrachya Javakhyan (60 kg)
of Vanadzor have reached the semi-final.
In the quarterfinal held July 20th Vachagan Avagyan (51 kg) of Yerevan
lost to Samir mamedov from Azerbaijan. Gevorg Tamazyan yielded to
Hungarian Dyula Kate.
RA Boxing Federation informs that the Armenian boxers were expected
to show better results, especially after the successful start. In the
semifinal Hovhannes Danielyan will fight David Hayrapetyan of Russia.

RA President’s visit to Moscow cancelled
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 14:13
RA President Robert Kocharyan’s visit to Moscow to participate in the
non-official summit of CIS leaders has been cancelled because of the
President’s health condition.
According to the diagnosis of the doctors, virus infection of
respiratory tracts has been revealed with the President.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

EU Special Envoy Peter Semneby to visit Armenia 23-25 July
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 15:25
EU Special Envoy for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby will be paying
a visit to Armenia July 23-25.
During the visit Mr. Semneby will have meetings with RA President
Robert Kocharyan, NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan, Defense Minister Serge
Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan, Human Rights Defender
Armen Harutyunyan and President of the Central Bank Tigran Sargsyan.
The meeting with Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan will be followed
by a joint press conference.

Georgian President delays his visit to Moscow
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 16:00
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili postponed his visit to Moscow,
where he had to participate in the non-official summit of CIS leaders,
Georgian President’s Press Service informs. The reasons for delay
are not announced.
This was a complete surprise for the persons, who were to accompany the
President to Moscow. The journalists to accompany Mikhail Saakashvili
had already arrived at the airport. Georgian state diplomats do not
notify whether Saakashvili will leave for Moscow today or tomorrow
or not.

Kiro Manoyan: The situation in the Middle East has overshadowed the
settlement of the Karabakh conflict
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 17:03
“The situation in the Middle East has overshadowed the resolution
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” said Kiro Manoyan, Head of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political
Affairs Office.
In his opinion, the Karabakh conflict cannot be settled in 2006. The
Co-Chairs are still anticipating an agreement on the principles and
not the final resolution of the issue.
The situation in the Middle Eeast and Turkey’s will to invade Northern
Iran can cause a new balance of powers in our region.
Member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Kiro Manoyan predicts
that the Middle East conflict will come to an end in a few months.
“However, it is not the end, the civil war is more dangerous,”
Kiro Manoyan said, adding that the struggle between the two wings of
Islam – Shias and Sunis – may bring to a civil war. In his opinion,
in this case the Armenian community will have to get involved. Kiro
Manoyan considers that the relations between Iran and Armenia are
indispensable, and in case sanctions are executed against Iran,
Armenia will have to violate these.
How did Israel manage to attack Lebanon? According to Kiro Manoyan,
the reason for Israel’s courage was the weakness of the Lebanese state.

219 RA citizens and Armenians arrived in Yerevan from Aleppo this morning
ArmRadio.am
21.07.2006 17:35
This morning 219 RA citizens and Armenians arrived in Yerevan from
Beirut with the assistance of RA Embassy in Lebanon. Acting Spokesman
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Karapetyan told “ArmInfo”
that they arrived in two planes. According to the source, the number
of the names included in the Embassy lists has not increased.
“Our citizens apply our Embassy,” Vladimir Karapetyan noted, commenting
on the reports of the foreign media, according to which Armenians leave
Lebanon through Cyprus or with the assistance of foreign diplomatic
missions. Most probably the question here refers to Armenian citizens
of other states. Vladimir Karapetyan noted that there are no reports
on Amenians wounded or killed in the result of teh military actions.