ALIYEV: “AZERBAIJAN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY HAS TO BE RESTORED”
Today, Azerbaijan
March 27 2006
Azerbaijan’s position on Nagorno Karabakh conflict remains unchanged
-territorial integrity of the state has to be restored.
The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev said at the flag handling
ceremony during an opening of a museum and monument of Heydar Aliyev
at the Ministry of National Security Academy, Trend reports.
Azerbaijan still follows the strategy of peaceful negotiations,
but unfortunately, they do not yield any results.
“In that case we have to introduce changes into our policies,”
Aliyev said.
“Armenia disrupted the February meetings in France, showing a lack
of constructivism. Their desire to drag out the negotiating process
is obvious. However, the peace process’ potential has not yet been
completely exhausted,” he said.
“There is an impression of prolonging time and imitating the
negotiations. Armenia should know that we are capable to solve the
problem militarily,” he said.
Azerbaijan annually expands state budget expenditures on defense and
they will continue to get increased, the president stated.
“This is country’s sovereign right to increase defense expenditures.
It is a natural process for a country engaged in a military conflict
and with a violated sovereignty,” he concluded.
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WORKING VISIT OF A. BAGHDASARYAN TO SPAIN
National Assembly of RA, Armenia
March 27 2006
>From March 29 to April Artur Baghdasaryan, President of the National
Assembly of the Republic of Armenia will pay a working visit to
Spain. During the visit the meetings of NA President with Javier
Rojo, President of the Senate of Spain and Manuel Marin Gonzalez,
President of the Congress of Deputies are envisaged.
On March 29 Artur Baghdasaryan, NA President and Ann Marie Lizin,
Chairwoman of the Senate of the Belgian Kingdom will open the fifth
forum of the World Alliance of the Cities Fighting against Poverty,
during which four cities of Armenia will become the alliance.
During the visit other meetings are also envisaged.

OSCE MG BERNARD FASIE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN REGION IN APR – ELMAR MAMMADYAROV
Author: R.Abdullayev
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
March 27 2006
Bernard Fasie, the French co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, is
expected to arrive in the South Caucasus region in April, Trend
reports quoting Elmar Mamdyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister,
as saying to journalists on Monday.
“During the last visit to Baku Steven Mann, the U.S. co-chair of
the OSCE, voiced the proposal on possible visit of Fasie to Baku,”
Mammadyarov stressed. The same time he said that the exact date of
the visit had not been determined yet.
Besides, Mammadyarov noted that he had not received any proposals on
meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vardan Oskanian. As to discussion
of new initiatives, the Azerbaijani Minister said that most elements
had already been unified. “We know the way, which we will adhere to,”
he added. The same time, Mammadyarov admitted that some serious issues
still remained unsolved.
“These are principal issues and we are working on them,” he underlined.

AZERI DM REPEATEDLY DISSEMINATES MISLEADING INFORMATION
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
March 27 2006
“The Armenian party is tired of refuting the Azeri fabrications on
the ceasefire violations”, RA Defense Minister’s Spokesman Seyran
Shahsuvaryan stated.
According to him, all the statements made by the Azeri Defense
Ministry are false, PanARMENIAN.Net reports. It should be reminded,
that the Azeri MOD press service reported that “March 26 at 3.15-7.35
p.m. the Armenian units periodically fired upon the emplacements of
the Azeri armed forces and the village of Mazamli.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ALIYEV: “ARMENIA TRIES TO GAIN TIME BY DEMONSTRATING UNCONSTRUCTIVE STANCE”
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 27 2006
“Azerbaijan-Armenia, Nagorno Garabagh conflict can be settled in a
political, diplomatic and military way. Though there is still peace
potential, we should be ready for any variant. Armenia should bear
it in mind,” Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said today in his
speech before the staff of National Security Ministry Academy named
after Heydar Aliyev.
The head of state stressed that the conflict can be solved only in the
framework of international juridical norms. President Aliyev underlined
that Armenia tries to gain time by demonstrating unconstructive stance
regarding the settlement of the problem.

GEORGIANS CONSIDER RUSSIA A HOSTILE NATION – POLL
Interfax Russia
March 27 2006
TBILISI. March 27 (Interfax) – Russia is the most hostile nation to
Georgia, a poll conducted by the popular Georgian newspaper Kviris
Palitra has indicated.
According to the poll, published on Monday, 94.4% were of the opinion
that Russia was the nation most hostile to Georgia.
The second most hostile nation was considered to be Belarus (33.7%)
followed by Armenia (28.1%), Turkey (4.7%), Iran (3.8%), Azerbaijan
(1.6%) and Iraq (1.5%).
Seven hundred adults in across Georgia were requested to name the
two most hostile nations to Georgia.

JAFAROV: “CREATION OF TURK STATES’ PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY WORRIES ARMENIA”
Today, Azerbaijan
March 27 2006
Talks on creation of Turk States’ Parliamentary Assembly worries
Armenia seriously.
“Armenian media writes that Turk nations will create Turan State
(Great Turkish State) and claims that and this state will be against
Armenians,” Turkish-Azerbaijani Parliamentary Friendship Group
chairman, Nizami Jafarov, told APA.
He said that creation of Turk States’ Parliamentary Assembly does
not mean creation of Turan State.
“Establishment of such an assembly is important for harmony in the
world and is not in contradiction with international juridical norms.
On the other hand, Armenians are very trifle in Turks’ imagination.
Turks are 100 million in the world while Armenians are up to 10 million
only. However, after creation of Turk States’ Parliamentary Assembly,
Armenian issue will be discussed there,” Mr. Jafarov said.
Jafarov also said that Turkey and Azerbaijan discussed creation of
this organization and talks will be held with other Turk states in
near future as well.
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VISION EXPANDS INTO ARMENIA
Financial Mirror, Cyprus
March 27 2006
Vision International People Group Public Ltd. announced the expansion
of its operations to Armenia through the establishment of Armenia
Vision LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary. The aforementioned company
operates the downstream selling and distribution activities of the
Company and commenced trading on March 25, 2006 from its new centre
in Yerevan.
In a separate announcement, Vision International People Group Public
Ltd announced the resignation of Stuart J.Ord from the position
of Investor Liaison Executive of the Company. The Company will be
appointing a new Investor Liaison Executive shortly.

AZERBAIJANI GRANDMASTER SHAHRIYAR MAMMADYAROV: “I WILL QUIT THE NATIONAL TEAM”
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 27 2006
“Azerbaijan Chess Federation leadership shows disrespect,
ill-discrimination for the chess players.
They involve who they want in the national team. Just imagine that
those selected to participate in the Olympiad have less rating and
experience than those who are not selected,” two times world champion
among youth, Shahriyar Mammadyarov, told APA exclusively. Saying
weak chess players have been involved in the composition of our
team of women to participate in Olympiad in Turin, Italian city. Mr.
Mammadyarov thinks that the strongest should represent Azerbaijan in
this competition.
“Firuze Valikhanli, Ilaha Gadimova, Turkan Mammadyarova and others
gained experience in international tournaments. They are the
strongest chess players in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan gained higher
places in Olympiads held in 2002-2004 thanks to them. They shared
-5-8th places winning Armenians in the competition. They have been
removed from the national team now. Do they deserve this disrespect?
Federation leadership is not right”.
He also stressed that he will quit the national team.
“We-most grandmasters are of the same opinion. We plan to quit the
team objecting to this bias. If the federation does not correct its
errors and does not end discrimination against the chess players,
I will quit and will not represent the federation any longer”.
National team chief coach Fikrat Sideifzade told APA that he had
spoken with Mammadyarov about this matter.
“Even we requested him to join the Olympiad. But it is a pity that he
wants to quit the national team because the problem has no relation
to him”.

ARMENIA TO JOIN MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS EXERCISE IN EUROPE
RIA Novosti, Russia
March 27 2006
YEREVAN, March 27 (RIA Novosti) – Armenia will take part in an annual
U.S. European Command-sponsored military communications exercise in
May 2006, an official said Monday.
Colonel Seiran Shakhsuvaryan said Armenian military experts had
participated in the final exercise-planning meeting in Georgia on March
21-24 and added that the country would establish a satellite link with
the communications center in Germany that will coordinate the exercise.
The exercise aims to check the communications capabilities of the
participating states.
According to the USEUCOM Web site, “Combined Endeavor 2006 is an
annual, U.S. European Command-sponsored, ‘in the spirit of’ NATO’s
Partnership for Peace, exercise focused on the integration and
interoperability of command, control, communications and computers
(C4). The exercise achieves interoperability between multiple nations,
developing operational joint multinational C4 networks.”
The exercise involves NATO-countries, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine
and several ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia.