ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 21 2005
SHARJA EMIR PRESENTS FOUR ARAB HORSES TO ARMENIA
YEREVAN, September 21. /ARKA/. The member of the Supreme Council of
the United Arab emirates (UAE), Emir of Sharja Muhammad Al-Kasimi
presented four Arab horses to Armenia. At the Yerevan hippodrome he
sated that all horses are Arab horses with a touch of Egyptian and
Spanish blood. “Two of the four horses are winners of prestigious
competitions, and I hope that they will continue their way of winners
in Armenia,” Al-Kasimi said. According to him, it is the first step
in the development of horse-breeding in Armenia. Al-Kasimi expressed
a hope that the horses will retain their breed in the future. In his
turn, RA minister of Culture Hovik Hoveyan thanked the Sharja Emir
and expressed a hope that this visit will not be the last his visit
to Armenia.
According to unofficial information, the cost of the horses is
$300,000. A colt in the UAE costs $50,000. P.T. -0–

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 21 2005
WE MUST STRENGTHEN OUR STATE: ARMENIAN PREMIER
YEREVAN, September 21. /ARKA/. Today we do not have to discuss
whether we need independence or not, stated RA Premier Andranik
Margaryan, who visited the Yerablur memorial complex on the occasion
of the 14th anniversary of Armenia’s Independence. “We must be able
to strengthen our state in the future, ensure its stability and
security,” he said. Margaryan added that social problems need first
of all to be resolved, and conditions for the return of emigrants
should be created, “for them to be able to participate in building up
a free state with us.”
In his turn, RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan said that the most
important achievement of independence is the right to free life. On
the other hand, “we too late started dealing with social problems of
the guys that sacrificed their lives and health for independence.”
President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Arkady Ghukasyan
said that “independence is a military, moral, economic, and political
victory.” “Without Armenia’s independence, Karabakh’s independence
would not exist. When we speak of Armenia’s independence, we mean
independence of the entire Armenia people,” he said. P.T. -0–

Azerbaijani TV Channel One, Baku, in Azeri
19 Sep 05
AZERI ELECTION: RULING PARTY ACCUSES OPPOSITION OF TIES WITH ARMENIA
Ali Ahmadov, executive secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party,
slammed Musavat Party leader Isa Qambar for “lying”. He disproved a
statement by Isa Qambar that only wages of rapid reaction forces were
raised. Ahmadov also tried to disprove Isa Qambar’s statement that
allegedly officers in the army were paid less than police. He accused
the opposition of supporting Armenians. Ahmadov said that orange
flags carried by the Azadliq election bloc and shirts worn by
representatives of this bloc resemble Armenia’s flag.
Malik Islamov from the Liberal Party of Azerbaijan said that he had
resigned from the law-enforcement agencies in protest against
lawlessness and arbitrariness. He slammed the head of the Azizbayov
district executive authorities and election officers for interfering
in the election and propagating for a candidate of the ruling New
Azerbaijan Party. He urged voters to be careful and attentive in
making their choices. By voting for me, you will vote for democracy,
justice, he concluded.
Rauf Arifoglu, deputy chairman of the Musavat Party, said that he had
planned to speak on certain issues. However, as the first speaker in
the election broadcast, Ali Ahmadov, slammed Musavat Party leader Isa
Qambar, he decided to change his topic and disprove what “the
representative of the tribal regime” tried to say. Azerbaijanis want
to be free from the current clan regime, Arifoglu said. He said that
the only possible way to get rid of the clan and tribal regime is to
vote for opposition representatives. He rejected President Ilham
Aliyev’s statement on creation of 300,000 jobs as incorrect.
Speaking on behalf of the New Policy (YeS) election bloc, the
director of the Media Rights Institute, Rasid Hacili, said that a
businessman had wanted to commit suicide at the Azerbaijani Supreme
Court. He stated that bureaucracy in courts runs against the
president’s statements to create suitable conditions for the private
sector. Equality and justice will always be violated if courts make
decisions against the constitution and without respecting human
rights. He called to vote for candidates who are really able to live
up to their pledges and change the country.

ARMINFO News Agency
September 21, 2005
INDEPENDENCE IS NOT FOR SALE – IT IS LIFESTYLE: ARMENIAN PM
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21. ARMINFO. Life itself has proved the necessity
of independence. Independence is inevitable. It is not for sale – it
is a lifestyle, Armenia’s Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan said at
Yerablur Memorial today.
Now the key tasks of independent Armenia are to ensure frontier
security, to improve living standard and to create conditions for
repatriation.
Armenian Parliament Speaker Artur Bagdassaryan said that Armenia is
slowly but steadily moving towards its goal. Of course we would like
the progress to be quicker and so each year we come to Yerablur to
swear to the graves of our comrades that we will do our tasks quicker
and better, Bagdassaryan said.

ARMINFO News Agency
September 21, 2005
ARMENIA’S INDEPENDENCE IS INDEPENDENCE OF NKR: NKR PRESIDENT
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21. ARMINFO. Armenia’s independence is the
independence of Nagorno Karabkh Rpeublic, NKR Presidnet Arkady
Ghoukassyan said at Yerablur Memorial today.
Armenia’s independence is the pan Armenian military, political,
economic and moral victory. Without it there would be no independence
of NKR. Speaking about the Karabakh peace process Ghoukassyan said
that the process is underway. It might have been quicker but this
depends not on us only. We knew that this would be a long and hard
road, Ghoukassyan said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMINFO News Agency
September 21, 2005
ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISIT ERABLUR MEMORIAL
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21. ARMINFO. The top political leadership of
Armenia visited the Erablur Memorial today to lay flowers to the
graves of national heros on occasion of the Day of Independence.
Attending the ceremony were Armenia’s President Robert Kocharyan,
Parliament Speaker Artur Bagdassaryan, Prime Minister Andranik
Margaryan, Defence Minister Serzh Sargsyan, Nagorno Karabakh Republic
President Arkady Goukassyan and other top officials.
Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Army Mikael Haroutyunyan
told journalists that a highly capable army has been created since
the victorious early 90s. “For me independence starts here from the
graves of my comrades,” Haroutyunyan said.

AAP NEWSFEED, Australia
September 21, 2005, Wednesday 5:41 AM Eastern Time
Box: Promoters queue for Darchinyan
By Adrian Warren
SYDNEY
Australia’s only remaining male world boxing champion, Vic
Darchinyan, has been treated like a superstar in his native Armenia,
while back home, three promoters vie for the right to stage his next
world title defence against Irishman Damaen Kelly.
Darchinyan, who relocated from Armenia to Australia after the Sydney
2000 Olympics, has returned to the country of his birth for the first
time since winning the IBF flyweight title last December.
“He has been absolutely swamped over there as a superstar, he’s been
absolutely flat out doing media and doing guest slots on television,”
Darchinyan’s manager Robert Joske said.
“He’s finding it difficult to walk down the streets without getting
swamped by autograph hunters and he can’t wait to get home.”
Joske said Darchinyan was “most distressed” when he told his client
his former opponent Mzukisi Sikali had been killed by robbers in
South Africa last week.
He said the mandatory defence against Kelly would probably happen
between late October and mid-November.
Australian citizen Darchinyan is his adopted country’s only remaining
male world boxing champion after super featherweight Robbie Peden
lost his title to Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera in Las Vegas last
weekend.
Joske said he was “reasonably confident” the mandatory defence
against Belfast based boxer Kelly would not go to a purse bid and a
deal would be finalised in the next week or two.
He was waiting for a response from a number of Australian promoters
and revealed Darchinyan had received an offer to defend the title in
Ireland.
“They have made an offer, to fight in Belfast, I’ve knocked that
offer back, at this stage, and indicated that we will be coming back
with a counter offer to which they were most receptive,” Joske said.
“I’ve offered it to three Australian promoters, I’m now waiting for
them to respond with the best deal for Vic.
“Vic really wants to fight again in Australia and if we can make that
happen, then we are going to.”
Australia’s IBF number one ranked middleweight Sam Soliman has
challenged the leading WBC and WBA contender Ronald “Winky” Wright to
a fight, and proposed the winner should fight the victor of the
December 3 rematch between undisputed middleweight world champion
Jermain Taylor and former champion Bernard Hopkins.
Soliman could sit tight for a couple more weeks and wait for the IBF
to strip Taylor for not making a mandatory defence against him, which
would leave the Australian fighting IBF second ranked Kingsley Ikeke
of Nigeria for a vacant title.
However, Soliman’s manager Stuart Duncan said a fight with Wright
would be far more financially rewarding for his charge than a title
bout with Ikeke.
“We sit back and risk fighting Kingsley for $50,000 or do we go and
fight ‘winky’ for $350,000?,” Duncan said.
“Why don’t we unify the number one spot with the winner guaranteed to
meet Bernard Hopkins or Jermain Taylor.”
Taylor, who was injured in the first fight with Hopkins, was expected
to be fit for the rematch, but Duncan said Soliman would be willing
to step in, if the champion had to withdraw.
Duncan said he was also chasing a rematch for Jason DeLisle against
IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods, who beat the Australian
in his last fight before winning the title.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Bahrain News Agency
September 21, 2005 Wednesday 11:25 AM EST
King sends Cables
HM KING HAMAD SENDS CABLES
Manama, Bahrain
21 (BNA) HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent cable of congratulation
to President of Armenia Robert Kocharian, President of Malta Edward
Fenech Adami, and General Governor of Belize Colville Young marking
their countries National Days.
HM wished the presidents continued health and further progress and
prosperity for their peoples.

IRNA, Iran
Sept 21 2005
President felicitates Armenian counterpart on Independence Day
Tehran, Sept 21, IRNA Iran-Armenia-Ahmadinejad President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Wednesday expressed felicitations to his Armenian
counterpart Robert Kochariyan on Armenia Independence Day (September
21).
In a message to Kochariyan, Ahmadinejad said that ties between Iran
and Armenia would enjoy further boost through understanding and
mutual efforts.

Qatar News Agency
September 21, 2005 Wednesday 9:12 AM EST
EMIR SENDS CABLE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA
Doha, September 21
H.H. THE EMIR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI SENT A CABLE OF
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS
COUNTY S NATIONAL DAY.
H.H. THE DEPUTY EMIR AND HEIR APPARENT SHEIKH TAMIM BIN HAMAD AL
THANI SENT A CABLE TO THE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA CONGRATULATING HIM ON
THE OCCASION.