The Messenger, Georgia
May 30 2006
Music is the universal language, especially in the Caucasus
Caucasus Chamber Orchestra to play in Sokhumi, Beslan, along with
Yerevan and Baku
By Tiko Giorgadze
“Mshvidobita Shenita” (“With Peace”), a classical music festival,
will open in early June with the patronage of the First Lady of
Georgia, Sandra Roelofs and the support of the U.S., Italian, and
German Embassies.
At a May 25 press conference, director of the Caucasus Chamber
Orchestra, Uwe Berkemer, announced that the orchestra, which is
comprised of Georgian, Russian and Armenian musicians, will perform
June 3-8 in the main hall of the Tbilisi Conservatory.
“Music is a universal language. Everybody in the world understands
that people can communicate through music,” Berkemer told The
Messenger.
He also noted that their main goal is: “to make good music and
promote Caucasian music throughout the Caucasus. Another important
aim is to transport the message of peace all over the world, because
I think if people see how Caucasus people can work together without
fighting, then the orchestra can be regarded as a symbol of stability
in the Caucasus.”
Uwe Berkemer created the new chamber orchestra last year, and its
first festival was held in Batumi in 2005. Now the Caucasus Chamber
Orchestra is planning festivals in Tbilisi, Sokhumi, Azerbaijan, and
Armenia and other Caucasus regions.
“I think it’s definitely a good and interesting idea since music is
really a global language – nobody can argue with that. The fact that
the music of the Caucasus is being used as a sort of initial symbol
of peace – like a dove – is also really important,” explained
Minister of Culture, Goka Gabashvili.
He expressed his gratitude towards the First Lady of Georgia, the
embassies that are supporting the festival and the director of the
orchestra Uwe Berkemer, who he said “is not originally from the
Caucasus but can see the importance of Caucasus music for
establishing peace in the region,” Gabashvili said.
The First Lady believes it is truly a great initiative that will help
the Caucasus people establish peace and friendly relations with each
other.
“The orchestra is going to visit Beslan and Sokhumi where the people
are expecting them with great interest because concerts and the
cultural life are not as developed in there like in Tbilisi.” Sandra
Roelofs told the journalists.
“Our desire is to present this music to all the Caucasus and assure
people that in this way we are able to achieve cooperation, tolerance
and friendship,” the First Lady added.

NDTV, India
May 30 2006
Chess: Anand draws with Georgiev

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 (Turin):
Indians had a mixed outing in the eighth round of the 37th Chess
Olympiad.
The men scored a 2.5-1.5 victory over Bulgaria, while the women
suffered defeat from Armenia.
Viswanathan Anand played out his fifth draw on the trot, settling for
peace with former world junior champion Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria.
National Champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly suffered went down against
Alexander Delchev.
It was only thanks to a late onslaught by Krishnan Sasikiran and
Sandipan Chanda against Ivan Cheparinov and Vasily Spassov
(respectively) that the Indian men were able to get past unscathed.
Fumbling down
Indian mainstay Koneru Humpy fumbled against Lilit Mkrtchian and
suffered her first defeat in the event as the Indian women lost to
Armenia by a 1-2 margin.
D Harika also went down while the lone saving grace was Swati Ghate
who won an engrossing battle on the third board to thwart a
whitewash.
At the top of the tables, the Armenian men yet again proved that they
are the frontrunners this time with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over
Cuba.
The Russian men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Czech Republic
which meant that Armenia took a two point lead over their nearest
rivals.
In the women’s section, Russia drew with Czech Republic raising
Ukraine’s title hopes. The result narrowed Czechs’ lead to half a
point. The Ukrainians cruised to an easy 2-1 victory over Hungary.
(PTI)

Regnum, Russia
May 30 2006
Baku failed to provide security guarantees for Armenian defense
ministry delegation
The Armenian Defense Ministry issued a statement concerning a session
of Defense Ministers’ Council of CIS member-countries to be held in
Baku on May 31. As REGNUM is told by Spokesman for Armenian Defense
Minister Seyran Shakhsuvaryan, the statement particularly says:
`Taking into account that the Secretariat of CIS Defense Ministers’
Council failed to obtain security guarantees from the Azerbaijani
authorities for delegation of the Armenian Defense Ministry, a
decision was made not to take part in the meeting of Defense
Ministers’ Council of CIS member-countries, which is planned to be
held in Baku on May 31. A letter about it has been sent to the
Secretariat of the CIS Defense Ministers’ Council.’
Besides, the statement says that the fact has confirmed once again
that Azerbaijan failed to fulfill its duties, to provide security for
participants of the international event held in its territory. `From
its part, the Secretariat of the CIS Defense Ministers’ Council is to
provide equal conditions of participation to all CIS
member-countries. We expect an official reaction to what happened by
the CIS Defense Ministers’ Council,’ the ministry’s statement says.

Prime News Agency, Georgia
May 30 2006
OSCE Delegation to Visit Tskhinvali Region
Tbilisi. May 30 (Prime-News) – A delegation of the OSCE member states
is to visit the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone on Tuesday and
meet the de facto South Ossetian officials.
The aim of the visit is to study the situation in the conflict zone
in details, Prime-News was told by Carlos Sanchez de Boardo, Spanish
Ambassador to OSCE.
The delegation of four OSCE officials paid a working visit to the
breakaway region on May 28th. The delegation arrived in Georgia from
Armenia and after the visit to Tskhinvali leaves for Baku.

Interfax Russia,
May 30 2006
Nationalists murder ethnic Armenian in commuter train near Moscow
MOSCOW. May 30 (Interfax) – A 19-year-old ethnic Armenian was stabbed
to death in a commuter train near Moscow.
Lawyer Simon Tsaturian told Interfax on Tuesday that a group of young
men attacked Artur Sardarian, a permanent resident of the town of
Pushkino, in a commuter train northeast of Moscow in the evening of
May 25, stabbing him many times.
Quoting eyewitnesses, the lawyer said that the attackers were
shouting “Glory to Russia!”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
May 30 2006
Paris hopes for advancements in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement

Source: Trend
Author: S.Agayeva

30.05.2006

Official Paris, alongside Washington and Moscow, hopes for
advancements in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peaceful settlement, Trend
reports with reference to the release of French Embassy to Azerbaijan
issued on occasion of Azeri president Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Paris.
Mentioning talks with French president Jacques Chirac and Senate
speaker Christian Ponselet within the visit program, Embassy
officials state Nagorno-Karabakh problem among the other themes of
these talks.

Following Azeri-Armenian meeting in Rambouit February 10 to 11,
France jointly with other co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group boosted its
activity in order to arrange the next meeting between the parties in
early June. Namely with this purpose high officials of Foreign
Ministries and co-chairs visited Baku and Yerevan in late May.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Democratic, Azerbaijan
Ïðàî ûáîðà, Azerbaijan
May 30 2006
Days Of Azerbaijan Held In Hungary
30.05.2006

Recently the Days of Azerbaijan were held in Hungary. The main
purpose of arrangement organized by the State Committee for the Work
with Azerbaijanis living abroad together with the Embassy of
Azerbaijan to Hungary, was to familiarize Hungarian people with rich
and old culture of Azerbaijan and to make public awareness all truth
of our country. The objective reasons of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict
existing between Azerbaijan and Armenia for a long time were informed
during the arrangements.
According to agenda, first day of arrangement scientific symposium
devoted to History & Culture: Hungary – Azerbaijan in which the
distinguished scholars of both states who reported about historic
ties between our nations and countries, attended, was held at the
Academy of Sciences of Hungary. Then Hasan Hasanov, the Ambassador of
Azerbaijan to Hungary, told about rich culture of Azerbaijan and
social & economic reforms and measures being carried out for
integration of Azerbaijan to international community and true reasons
and results of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict.
Yagub Mahmudov, the Director of Institute of History of Azerbaijan
National Academy of Sciences, Member of Parliament, a Doctor of
Historic Sciences, Nizami Jafarov, the Director of Ataturk Center in
Azerbaijan, a Doctor of Philological Sciences, a MP, Naila
Velikhanli, a Member of ANAS, and other distinguished scholars of
Azerbaijan reported about history and culture of our people. Then the
distinguished scholars of Hungary who had told about
Azerbaijan-Hungarian bilateral relations followed. Approximately 70
Hungarian scholars attended the symposium. The discussions held
during the arrangement welcomed the initiatives concerning
establishment of the Society of Azerbaijan Studies.
It is known that recently one of the most popular TV channels of
Hungary Duna TV covered Azerbaijan. Its broadcasts expounded
information of history of culture of Azerbaijan.

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MOSNEWS, Russia
May 30 2006
Young Armenian’s Killing Near Moscow May Be Race-Related
MosNews
Prosecutors have opened a hate crime investigation into the fatal
stabbing of an Armenian teenager at a Moscow suburban train station,
a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. Artur
Sardaryan, 19, was killed on Thursday in the latest in a string of
racially-motivated attacks in Moscow and throughout Russia, The
Associated Press reports.
Three young men approached Sardaryan as he was sitting on a commuter
train around 11:30 p.m. and stabbed him for no apparent reason. He
died later on the way to a hospital, Yelena Rossokhina, a spokeswoman
for Moscow regional prosecutors, told journalists.
Lawyer Simon Tsaturyan said that witnesses reported the youths
yelling `Glory to Russia!’ and `Long Live Russia!’, Ekho Moskvy radio
said.
Russia in recent years has seen an increase in racially-motivated
attacks on foreigners and migrants from the poorer Caucasus region
and Central Asia. Last month, a skinhead fatally stabbed an Armenian
student on a central Moscow subway platform.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Prime News Agency, Georgia
May 30 2006
Parliamentary Commission To Discuss Restoration of Railway Movement
Via Abkhazia
Tbilisi. May 30 (Prime-News) – Irakli Ezugbaia, Director General of
Georgian Railways Ltd is to deliver a report to the Interim Committee
of the Parliament of Georgia for Restoration of Territorial Integrity
of Georgia on Tuesday.
The subject of discussion will be the ongoing talks on restoration of
the Georgian-Russian railway movement via the breakaway region of
Abkhazia, Prime-News was told by representatives of the Commission.
According to them, the discussion is attributed to the May 04th
agreement reached in Moscow, according to which the Georgian,
Abkhazian, Russian and Armenian parties signed a protocol on creation
of the Black Sea Railways Consortium, which must supervise
rehabilitation of the railway bed in Abkhazia.

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
May 30 2006
JH. TUYMEBAEV: ‘AZERBAIJAN IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR KAZAKHSTAN’
[May 30, 2006, 16:02:42]
`The Azeri-Kazakh interstate relations are high level: Azerbaijan is
of great importance for Kazakhstan’, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to
Russia Jhanseid Tuymebaev told AzerTAc correspondent.
Dealing with joining of Kazakhstan the transportation of oil through
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the diplomat said Kazakhstan is going
to take part in transportation of energy resources via this pipeline,
and currently the question is in the process of elaboration.
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia also stated that Kazakhstan is for
closer cooperation with Azerbaijan in numerous fields, including in
raising commodity turnover between two countries.
Responding to the question whether Kazakhstan will as CIS chairman
for current year lift the issue of settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the diplomat said
that in the frame of heads of the Commonwealth, are discussed complex
of questions of multilateral cooperation among the countries.
`Kazakhstan is for peaceful settlement of all the problems in the
post-soviet space’, the Ambassador noted.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress