TREND Information, Azerbaijan
July 7 2006
Majority of participants of meetings of PA OSCE committees in
Brussels positively assessed appearances of Azeri representatives
Source: Trend
Author: V.Sharifov
07.07.2006
All members of Azerbaijani delegation delivered a report on
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the meetings of the committees of the
Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE in Brussels. The member of Azerbaijani
delegation in PA OSCE Eldar Ibrahimov noted that during the meeting
of the economic committee of PA OSCE, the participants were informed
about the fires committed by Armenians in Azerbaijan’s occupied
territories and destruction of the flora and fauna, cultural and
historical monuments, Trend reports with reference to ATV TV channel.
A majority of the participants positively assessed the appearances
of Azerbaijani representatives, Ibrahimov told.
On July 6, the meetings of the OSCE committees were completed. And on
July 7, the head of this organization will be elected and a Brussels
statement will be adopted.

ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER TO TRAVEL TO GEORGIA FOR 3-DAY VISIT
Arka News Agency, Armenia
July 7 2006
YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister, Andranik Margaryan,
to head to Georgia on Friday for three-day visit, governmental press
service reports.
The premier is set to attend the fifth regular session of
Armenian-Georgian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation
to be held on June 7 to 10 in Batumi, Georgia.
Priorities in economic and humanitarian cooperation between the two
countries are planned to be outlined at the commission’s routine
session. Other issues are also to be discussed.
A business forum will be held as part of the session.
The forth session was held in last September in Yerevan. The countries’
Foreign Ministers signed an agreement on launching a vigorous joint
crackdown on car hijacking.
Besides, it was decided at the then session to draw an agreement on
geographic names and trade marks recognition and protection and to
set up a group for working out a package of proposals on trade and
economic cooperation as well as to spur cooperation between the two
countries’ trade-industrial chambers. M.V. -0–

AB Haber, Belgium
EU-Turkey News Network
July 7 2006
STATEMENT BY PROF. YAKUP KEPENEK, MEMBER OF THE TURKISH DELEGATION TO
THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
PLENARY SESSION
(6 JULY 2006)
15TH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
(3-7 JULY 2006, BRUSSELS)
Mr. President,
Dear Colleagues,
In our deliberations throughout the week, we have taken a number of
significant decisions for strengthening human security in the OSCE
region. The debate on the resolutions and the supplementary items has
given us the opportunity to exchange views on issues of common
concern and to reinforce our dialogue in order to address challenges
we all face. We thank all the rapporteurs and the authors of the
amendments for their hard work. We also welcome Montenegro as a new
participating State in this dialogue.
In our debate, it has become clear once again that the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly is a unique platform for sincere and
constructive political dialogue for enhancing peace and security.
Most of the interventions have lived up to that standard and
expectations. There were only a few who regrettably have chosen to
use the proceedings of this august body to extend biased and
misleading allegations. To facilitate smooth running of the Committee
proceedings we have not responded to those unwarranted allegations
one by one.
Allow me now to make a few comments on what one delegation has said
on the Cyprus question in all three Committee meetings. They talked
about the so-called “Turkish occupation” of the northern part of the
island as a violation of the international law and commitments.
Furthermore, they referred to Turkey’s EU accession process and
claimed a link between this process and the Cyprus question. I have
to be straightforward to get my messages through:
Cyprus question did not start when Turkey intervened in the island in
1974. The question started much earlier and in 1963 the Turkish
Cypriots were ousted by force from all organs of the Republic of
Cyprus established as a partnership state in accordance with the 1960
London and Zurich Agreements. The intervention in 1974 based on
Turkey’s rights emanating from the international treaties of 1960 was
a reaction to the attempt by the military regime in Greece to annex
the island through a military coup. The Turkish intervention brought
peace to the island which lasted until today.
Since 1974, both Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots have supported the
efforts carried out under the good offices mission of the United
Nations Secretary General towards finding a just and viable
settlement to the Cyprus question. However, the Greek Cypriot side
rejected various draft proposals for settlement, more recently the
Comprehensive Settlement of the Cyprus Problem, the well-known Annan
Plan in April 2004. The Turkish Cypriot people approved the Annan
Plan by a clear majority (over 64 per cent). The affirmative vote has
been applauded by the UN and the rest of the international community
which was accompanied by calls for restoration of direct economic,
trade and cultural activities of the Turkish Cypriots. Until today,
not much has changed in the daily lives of the Turkish Cypriots and
the forty-year long isolation and embargoes imposed on them continue
unabated.
The accession of the Greek Cypriot Administration into the European
Union without a comprehensive settlement played a significant role in
increasingly uncompromising policy of the Greek Cypriot side who
rejected the Annan Plan. We regard fairness and objectivity as our
guiding principles in the relations between Turkey and the EU. We
also expect our partners in the EU to fulfil their commitments they
have made both towards Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots. Putting an
end to the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots including starting
direct trade is but one of them. Turkey is determined to continue its
efforts towards the solution of the Cyprus problem under the auspices
of the good-offices of the UN Secretary General based on the Annan
Plan.
Mr. President,
In conclusion, a few words on the Southern Caucasus. Southern
Caucasus region is strategically important for Turkey and for the
entire Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian region not least because of the
energy and transport corridors between Europe and the Caspian basin.
The “frozen conflicts”, including in Upper-Karabakh, obstruct
regional cooperation perspectives and initiatives. The peaceful
resolution of the Upper-Karabakh conflict would not only contribute
to the regional cooperation but also to the normalization of the
Turkish-Armenian relations.
The Turkish people is united in its determination to foster peaceful
relations with all its neighbours based on mutual respect and the
spirit of cooperation for a better future. With this conviction, we
will continue to support the activities of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly in fostering dialogue and cooperation across the OSCE region
and particularly in the zones of conflict.
Thank you.

Russian VimpelCom cell giant 2005 net profit rises 130%
14:56 | 07/ 07/ 2006
RIA Novosti, Russia
July 7 2006
MOSCOW, July 7 (RAIA Novosti) – VimpelCom (RTS: VIMP) said Friday
its net profit calculated according to Russian accounting standards
increased by 130% to 16.73 billion rubles ($621.66 million) in 2005
year-on-year.
Russia’s second largest mobile phone operator said its 2005 revenues
had risen three times to 72.89 bln rubles ($2.71 billion), and the
gross profit increased by 190% to 51.72 bln rubles ($1.92 billion)
year-on-year.
The VimpelCom group includes cell phone operators in Russia, Kazakhstan
and, following recent acquisitions, in Ukraine, Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan. The group is licensed to provide mobile phone operations
to a region home to 232 million people, and covers 94% of Russia’s
population in 78 out of 88 regions.
VimpelCom is listed in the Russian Industrial Leaders Index (RUXX)
– a composite economic index of 20 Russian companies with financial
instruments (shares and depository receipts) placed on bourses,
including the New York Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange,
the Nasdaq and AMEX.
The company, which operates under the Beeline trademark in Russia,
said in June it would be among four bidders for a 90% stake in Armenian
telecom company ArmenTel, which with about 330,000 users as of late
March 2006 counts just over a tenth of the country’s population as
its clients. The winner of the tender is expected to be announced
after July 20.
The announcement came in the wake of a recent demand for 1.91 billion
rubles ($70.5 million) in back taxes for 2003-2004 by Russia’s tax
authorities. The demand included 1.5 bln rubles ($55.5 mln) in tax
arrears, as well as 405 mln rubles ($15 mln) in fines and penalties.
VimpelCom said it would contest the results of tax authorities’
checks for 2003-2004. The company said its tax records showed it had
over-paid for 2003 and 2004 by 796 mln rubles ($29.44 mln), and that
it had sent its demands to the tax authorities.
The authorities accepted the company’s claim, the statement said,
and informed VimpelCom that it would refund 795 mln rubles ($29.4 mln).

Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly is Over
National Assembly, Armenia
July 7 2006
The extraordinary session of the National Assembly began with voting
on July 7: the National Assembly passed the drafts debated in the
previous four-day sittings On the Property of Physical Entities and
the Declaration of Their Incomes, On Making Addenda to RA Law On the
Organization and Carrying out Check-ups, on Amending to RA Law On
Higher Educational and Post-Graduate Specialized Education. The MPs
passed the package of the drafts debated the previous day proposing
amendments in RA Criminal Proceedings and other laws, the package
of the drafts proposing amendments On Alienation of Property for
the Needs of Society and State and other laws, drafts On Making
Amendments to RA Law on Insurance, on Making Addenda and Amendment
in RA Civil Proceedings Code, On Draft Resolution of RA National
Assembly On Declaring Amnesty, ratified the Convention on International
Accessibility of Justice (with enclosed reservations and declarations)
and agreements on Financing Between the Republic of Armenia and
Development International Association (Program Confronting the Bird
Flu) and on Creating Favorable Legal, Economic and Organizational
Conditions for Expanding the Leasing Activity in the Commonwealth
Independent States.
According to the decision of the National Assembly, the MPs debated
and completely passed the draft On Amending the RA Law on Insurance
and the package of the drafts proposing Amendments and Addenda in RA
Criminal Proceedings Code and amendments in other laws.
Exhausting the agenda, the National Assembly completed the work of
the extraordinary session.

Herald Sun (Australia)
July 6, 2006 Thursday
SECOND Edition
Bomber lives among us now
by Mark Buttler and Anthony Dowsley
A MAN convicted of a terrorist bombing in Melbourne 20 years ago can
never be deported for his crime.
Levon Demirian was a key figure in the 1986 bombing of the Turkish
consulate in South Yarra, in which his accomplice died.
Demirian’s Australian citizenship allowed him to avoid banishment to
his native Lebanon when his prison sentence ended. He is living in
Sydney.
Leaders of Australia’s Turkish community have voiced disgust that
Demirian, who was jailed in 1986, was not sent home.
His accomplice, Hapog Levonian, died when 6kg of explosives detonated
in a car park beneath the consulate building in Toorak Rd, South
Yarra.
Police believe many more would have died if the bomb, detonated at
night, had gone off during the day, as intended.
The consulate bombing was not the first time Demirian had come to the
attention of investigators.
In 1980 he was questioned over the assassination of Turkish
consul-general Sarik Artyak and his bodyguard in Sydney. They died in
a hail of machinegun bullets fired by the pillion passenger of a
motorcycle.
Demirian, 54, was originally sentenced to a minimum of 25 years’ jail
for Levonian’s murder, but that was later quashed.
The appeal court found a conspiracy charge proved and reduced his
sentence to 10 years after pointing out that Demirian, who migrated
to Australia in the 1970s, could be deported upon release.
The appeal judges said the crime’s seriousness was compounded by
Demirian’s abuse of the sanctuary offered him by Australia.
At one time, Demirian was rated the highest security risk in the
prison system.
Levonian and Demirian were allegedly motivated by the genocide of
Armenians in 1915.
Interviewed in Sydney, Demirian said the bombing was a long time ago
and he wanted it left in the past.
Denouncing terrorism, he said: “Something happened that I was
convicted of and I’m forgetting about it. I don’t want to bring that
up again.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Modeling of the last crash flight of the Armenian A-320 completed in
Toulouse
ArmRadio.am
07.07.2006 17:50
Today in Toulouse the International Aviation Committee completed the
modeling of the last crash flight of the Armenian A-320.
Specialists managed to restore the model of the last flight of
the plane, applying the voice and parameter records of the black
boxes. The Chief Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia informed
that new data has been revealed, which will be compared with the
existing facts. The subcommittees studying the results of the crash
will complete the professional discussions on July 10.

ICG: Karabakh Process Enters Horrific Stage
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.07.2006 13:30 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The statement submitted by the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-chairs in Vienna June 22 to the OSCE Permanent Council is a very
important document, International Crisis Group Caucasus project
director Sabine Freizer said. In her words, the statement maintains
a common approach to the conflict settlement. “It appears to be the
most sincere and self-critical statement made by the mediators so far,
as for the first time since the beginning of the talks in 1994 they
have declared of inanity of their activities,” Freizer said.
She said she is surprised that Armenia and Azerbaijan hold little talk
about it. “As a matter of fact the OSCE Minsk Group’s statement proves
the absence of any international format of the talks. It turns out that
the sides can proceed with the talks without mediators. Will another
mediator be appointed? If the United States, Russia and France recede
which international forces possess sufficient authority for performing
the mediating mission” I do not believe in a new mediator. We gradually
enter a horrific stage where there is no place for peaceful talks
between the sides. Such situation has occurred for the first time
since 1994,” Freizer underscored, reported Azeri-Press.

Azerbaijan Wants Karabakh without Armenians
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.07.2006 13:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “In order to make us content with the conflict
settlement we should proclaim Nagorno Karabakh without Armenians. All
the other variants will be given hostile reception by a good half
of our population, which is divided into two camps,” head of the
Center of Innovations and Political Technologies Mubariz Ahmedoglu
said in Baku. In his words, a part of the Azeri public sees the OSCE
MG latest statement on Nagorno Karabakh in tragic light. As for the
statements by U.S. Co-chair Matthew Bryza, Ahmedoglu considers these
were not his personal thoughts.
“Matthew Bryza has made public the general principles of the Karabakh
conflict settlement, which were elaborated during 8 years of the OSCE
MG activities,” the political scientist said.
He also supposed that “the issue of 7 seized regions around Nagorno
Karabakh is almost settled. The succession of their liberation is
the only stumbling block left,” Zerkalo Baku-based newspaper says.

A-320 Crash Investigation Results to Be Announced in Near Future
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.07.2006 14:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the near future the technical committee will
announce the results of the investigation of Armavia-owned A-320 jet
crash, Russian Minister of Transport Igor Levitin said in Paris. “The
last minutes of the A-320 flight were modeled in Toulouse by French,
Russian and Armenian pilots,” Levitin said. In his words, the modeling
was based on the data received from the flight recorders.
“Modeling is the final stage of the investigation. Now we have to sum
up the information collected earlier, after what the commission will
announce the outcomes,” the Russian Minister of Transport said.
To remind, on May 3 night Airbus-320 owned by Armavia national carrier
crashed in the Black Sea 6 km away from Adler airport killing all of
113 people aboard, including 6 children and 8 crewmembers.