Prime News Agency, Georgia
June 2 2006
Armenia To Export Agricultural Products Via Georgia

Tbilisi. June 02 (Prime-News) – Russia will import fruits and
vegetables from Armenia via Georgia, Sergey Dankvert, Head of the
Russian Agriculture Supervision Service told journalists on June 2.
Russia prohibited import of vegetables via Georgia on May 21 on the
ground of falsification of sanitary certificates.
`We decided to resume trade with Armenia via Georgia, as we think
that relevant measures have been taken for prevention of violations’,
Dankvert said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

RosBusinessConsulting, Russia
June 2 2006
Sistema eyeing Armenian operator
RBC, 02.06.2006, Moscow 19:51:45.Sistema has submitted a bid in
a tender for the acquisition of Armenian operator ArmenTel, Chairman
of Sistema’s Board of Directors Vladimir Yevtushenkov told
journalists today. This asset is not of strategic priority, but this
acquisition would make sense from the point of view of expanding
coverage to all former Soviet republics, he noted.
The outcome of the tender will be determined on the basis of
reasonable price feasibility, Yevtushenkov stressed, pointing out
that due to the price of Serbian mobile operator Mobi-63 being
overstated, Sistema had withdrawn the bid for its purchase.
Commenting on the company’s plans to enter the Iraqi market,
Yevtushenkov said that there had been no progress in this direction
because it is a “complex country”, but the company was still doing
its research into the global market. The official also added that
Sistema was looking into potential acquisitions in Vietnam, but he
declined to mention any specific names noting only that “many of them
were of interest”.

Sydney Morning Herald. Australia
June 3 2006
Briggs gets second shot at Pole, as Darchinyan aims at Mexican
Brad Walter
June 3, 2006
PAUL Briggs yesterday was guaranteed a second title shot, while
Australia’s only current world champion, Vic Darchinyan, prepared to
take on undefeated Mexican flyweight Luis Maldonado in Las Vegas this
weekend.
Briggs, who lost a majority points decision to Tomasz Adamek last
May, will again fight the Polish champion after the WBC ordered him
to stage a mandatory defence of his light-heavyweight title against
the Brisbane-based former kick-boxing champion.
As the No.1 contender, Briggs has been awaiting the re-match for some
time but Adamek has so far refused to give him a re-match.
However, WBC president Jose Sulaiman said yesterday that Adamek would
be stripped of his belt if he did not fight Briggs.
“The World Boxing Council has always been very proud of world
champion Adamek, considering him one of the most powerful champions
nowadays; he was also elected 2005 boxer of the year, and for such
reason we are puzzled about his strange and unexpected behaviour,”
Sulaiman said.
No date was given for the title fight but Sulaiman said it would have
to take place “in the very near future”.
Trained by Johnny Lewis, 30-year-old Briggs will use his coming fight
against Argentina’s Jose Alberto Clavero at Brisbane’s Chandler Arena
on June 16 as a warm-up for Adamek.
Meanwhile, Darchinyan, who will put his IBF and IBO belts on the line
in the main undercard to the third showdown between lightweight
Mexican warriors Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales, predicted he
would stop Maldonado inside the 12 rounds tomorrow (AEST).
Of his 25 fights since turning professional after representing his
native Armenia at the 2000 Olympics, Darchinyan has won 20 by
knock-out, but Maldonado boasts an impressive record and is expected
to be the Jeff Fenech-trained 30-year-old’s toughest opponent since
winning the IBF title from Irene Pacheco 18 months ago.
“Maldonado is undefeated, a good fighter and this will be an exciting
fight,” Darchinyan said. “[But] I’m in very good shape. I will knock
him out.”
Darchinyan indicated he would consider moving up a weight division if
he won the fight.

Concordia Journal, Canada
Concordia University
June 2 2006
Haig Balian travels to Sri Lanka
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The winner of a $20,000 fellowship, Haig Balian is in Sri Lanka to
help promote journalistic ethics. He said journalism is the perfect
way to combine all of his interests, which include world travel and
politics.
Photo by allison martens
Haig Balian has scooped a $20,000 Journalism Fellowship from the
International Development Research Centre to promote media education
in Sri Lanka.
He will work with Voices of Reconciliation, a non-government
organization (NGO) that seeks to instruct the media in constructive
and conflict-sensitive reporting practices.
`In Sri Lanka, the media and NGOs don’t trust one another. NGOs are
seen as imperialist and viewed suspiciously,’ Balian said.
`They feel like what they’re trying to achieve isn’t accurately
portrayed by the media,’ which is frustrating whether they are trying
to improve health and education in the country or mediate a peaceful
resolution to the ethnic conflict there.
He will help media organizations and NGOs to understand one another
better. Similarly, he will encourage fairer and more accurate
reporting on everything from natural disasters to the ongoing civil
strife.
`It’s so important to the peace process to have a fair press. If
people don’t know what is going on, it could be a recipe for
disaster.’
Balian’s own parents left Beirut in the 70s at the height of the
Lebanese Civil Wars. Their ancestors had first settled in the Middle
East after fleeing the Armenian genocide in the early 1900s.
Peter Downie, Graduate Program Director in Journalism, says this
fellowship is a great way for Balian to kick start his career.
`Increasingly, our students are energized by international projects
that allow them to use the journalism skills they learned with us in
places other than the mainstream media.’
Balian also holds a BA in political studies from Queen’s. He has
traveled extensively throughout Asia and Oceania, and lived in
Australia for a year and a half.
He was attracted to journalism because, among other things, it would
permit him to work anywhere in the world.
`I like to create and to write. It’s a perfect fit that rolls all my
interests into one.’

Turkish Press
June 2 2006
Press Review
STAR
ERDOGAN MEETS WITH VISITING RUSSIAN FM
Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday was
received by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Parliament
Speaker Bulent Arinc. During their meeting, Erdogan sought Russia’s
support for ending the isolation imposed on the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Lavrov praised the positive Turkish and
Turkish Cypriot position in the Cyprus dispute, especially after the
2004 referendum held for the Annan plan, and expressed the
willingness of Russian businesspeople to invest in the TRNC. The
Iranian nuclear dispute and so-called Armenian genocide claims were
also discussed at the meeting. During the meeting with Erdogan,
Lavrov presented the Turkish premier with a Russian state medal sent
by Russian President Vladimir Putin. /Star/

Turkish Press
June 2 2006
Press Review
TURKIYE
NETHERLANDS PARLIAMENT FACES BILL CRIMINALIZING REJECTION OF ARMENIAN
`GENOCIDE’
Following France and Belgium, the Netherlands’ Parliament is also set
to consider a bill which would criminalize rejection of the so-called
Armenian genocide. The proposal was prepared by the Christian Unity
Party represented by three deputies in the 150-seat Parliament.
Meanwhile, a bill regarding pro-Armenia Belgium’s genocide in Congo
has been presented to Britain’s Parliament. The bill, initiated by
the efforts of a joint British-Turkish platform, calls on the Belgian
government to face its massacre in Congo in 1885-1908 and apologize
to the Congolese people./Turkiye/

Turkish Press
June 2 2006
At Last, A French Acknowledgement
Published: 6/2/2006

BY OZDEMIR INCE
HURRIYET- A May 18 column by Alexander Adler published in French
daily Le Figaro made me say, `At last!’ Adler is a French historian
who is fair about the Armenian and Kurdish question. On the day when
the bill to criminalize denial of the so-called Armenian genocide was
debated in the French Parliament, Alexander went one step further and
reminded the French of their responsibilities in this tragedy: `It is
certain that there won’t be any regret over how, during the 1915
genocide, France was fighting against the Ottoman Empire. The same
France helped those Armenians who could survive the genocide to
settle in the south and even fight against the new republic of
Mustafa Kemal in French uniforms.’ (Le Figaro, `Glasnost torque sur
la question armenienne.’)
It was the first time I’d read a Frenchman acknowledge that the
Armenians were wearing French military uniforms. I talked about this
hidden fact with my friends at the meeting of the European Poetry
Academy. Members from France, Belgium and Luxembourg didn’t know this
fact. After asking why there are so many Armenians in France, I
talked about the French occupation of (Antep) Gaziantep, Cukurova and
Hatay. They didn’t know about it.
So what should be done? After the bill wasn’t voted on in the French
Parliament, this doesn’t mean that the problem has disappeared. We’ll
face it again, like in the US House of Representatives and the
Senate. It is possible to explain the French role on Ottoman soil,
the French occupation and Armenian Legionnaires in French uniforms.
Therefore, the Foreign Ministry and the Turkish Institution for
History should prepare a booklet in Turkish, French, English and
Armenian. Proof from the French archives should be given in this
booklet, which should be distributed to universities, Parliament
deputies, political parties and the French media, including the
regional organs. If we don’t do this, we’ll have to resort to
economic threats.

RIA Novosti, Russia
June 2 2006
Experts start analysis of Black Sea Airbus flight recorders
16:56 | 02/ 06/ 2006

MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – Investigators have started analyzing
data from the black boxes of an Armenian Airbus that crashed May 3
into the Black Sea with the loss of everyone on board, Russian
prosecutors said Friday.
Rescue teams recovered the cockpit voice recorder on May 22 and the
flight data recorder May 24.
“Experts instructed to conduct a forensic examination and experts
from the Interstate Aviation Committee have started analyzing the
data from the flight recorders,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said
on its Web site.
The airliner, operated by Armenia’s Armavia, crashed while flying
from the Armenian capital, Yerevan, in stormy weather 6 kilometers
(3.7 miles) from Russia’s Adler airport, which services the popular
resort of Sochi. All 113 people on board died.

TREND, Azerbaijan
June 2 2006
National movement in Southern Azerbaijan to continue

Source: Trend
Author: S.Ilhamgizi

02.06.2006

On June 2, the Congress of World Azerbaijanis (CWA) held a press
conference on `National-liberation movement of Southern Azerbaijan is
continuing’. The conference informed about the events, protest
actions taking place in Southern Azerbaijan, Trend reports.

According to information provided by CWA press service, 24 persons
have been killed, 44 wounded and 106 arrested during the actions in
different cities of Southern Azerbaijan. During the conference, the
journalists were submitted the list of victims, wounded and arrested
men. The member of Mejlis of CWA Ajdar Tagizade stressed that the
process in Southern Azerbaijan turned into a national movement, and
our demand is independence, Turkism and union. Denying the talks on
the issue that as though the movement in the south was realized by
America or Kurds, he noted that the southern Azerbaijanis were free
in their policy. The head of the CWA Baku representation professor
Pahsa Galbinur pointed out that Azerbaijan Republic was described as
`Northern Iran’ and Karabakh was described as the territory of
Armenia in the map published in the newspaper `Misag’ in Iran. The
same newspaper was looked through at the conference.
Sarvar Masimli who participated in the action held in cities of
Southern Azerbaijan – Julfa, Marand, and Tabriz, told that the police
forces blockading these cities prevented the actions. According to
Masimli, the national movement has already created in Southern
Azerbaijan. However, in Azerbaijan Republic, this issue draws little
public attention. The CWA representatives attending the conference
pointed out that all political forces, intellectuals and community in
Azerbaijan should keep Southern Azerbaijan on the focus of attention
because Baku plays a very important role in this national movement.
The head of the CWA press service Ali Nijat said that actions and
demonstrations in Southern Azerbaijan have lasted for already two
weeks.

Today, Azerbaijan
June 2 2006
Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents to have tete-a-tete meeting in
Bucharest

02 June 2006 [17:10] – Today.Az

Armenian President Robert Kocharian will pay two-day working visit to
Romania June 4.

According to APA, he will participate in the Black Sea Forum for
Dialogue and Partnership in the capital Bucharest.
Kocharian is expected to meet with Romanian President Traian Basescu
and have other bilateral talks.
In addition, Azerbaijan and Armenian Presidents are due to meet in
Bucharest. The meeting will start by presence of Foreign Ministers of
the two states, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister
Karel de Gucht as well ad OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Steven Mann
(US), Bernard Fassier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and
Andrzei Kasprzyk, personal representative of the OSCE chairman, and
then there will be one-on-one meeting between the Presidents.
The MG co-chairs are assembling in Bucharest. They will hold a
consultation on preparation for Ilham Aliyev-Robert Kocharian meeting
in Bucharest on 3-4 June.

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