FRENCH EXPERTS ARRIVE IN ARMENIA TO SELECT ARTIFACTS FOR ARMENIAN EXHIBITION IN PARIS

   YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS: Armenian culture minister Hovik
Areyan met today in Yerevan with Nelly Tardivier, an advisor to
French president on cultural affairs and Gianny Douran, a curator of
the world famous Louvre Museum in Paris, to discuss some details of a
display of Armenian art at the Museum as part of an extensive range
of events in France in 2006-2007, declared as Armenia’s Year in
France.
   Areyan said the display will show pre-Christian, medieval and
modern Armenian art.
   Nelly Tardivier spoke about the centuries-old French-Armenian
friendship, the Armenian community of France, about the interest of
French students towards Armenian people and their history, saying
this will b definitely reflected in 2006 and 2007.
   Nelly Tardivier and Gianny Douron will spend five days in Armenia
to visit local museums and select artifacts which they would like to
be exhibited in France.

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90 SECOND PROOF OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

   YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian Assembly of America
(AAA) said on March 22, 2005 Ross Vartian, Executive Director of the
AAA, was interviewed by Al Hurra TV network (a U.S. State Department
sponsored TV network broadcast to the Arabic speaking world).
   Mr. Vartian was given 90 seconds to answer the question:
“Armenians claim that the Turks committed genocide – what proof is
there?” If his response was longer than 90 seconds, it would have
been edited. Mr. Vartian used the full 90 seconds without going over
that time limit.
   Below is the English version of Mr. Vartian’s response.
   “The U.S. National Archives contain thousands of pages documenting
the premeditated extermination of the Armenian people. The official
records of many other countries corroborate the evidence gathered by
U.S. diplomats, including Ottoman Turkey’s WW I friends and foes.
   At the end of WW I, a Turkish Military Tribunal was convened. The
Prime Minister, the Minister of War, the Minister of the Navy and the
Minister of Education were declared guilty by unanimous vote of the
Tribunal.
   Adolph Hitler understood the world’s tendency to not act on its
moral outrage and to move on when he said on the eve of his invasion
of Poland, “Who, after all, speaks nowadays of the annihilation of
the Armenians.”
   Today a growing list of nations and intergovernmental bodies has
affirmed the facts of the Armenian Genocide.
   Additionally, 126 Holocaust and Genocide scholars declared the
Armenian Genocide an incontestable fact, urged all democracies to
recognize this crime and called upon Turkey to do the same.
   The International Center for Transitional Justice was asked to
study the applicability of the UN Genocide Convention to this crime
against humanity. It found that “the events, viewed collectively, can
thus be said to include all of the elements of the crime of genocide
as defined in the Convention.”
   Pope John Paul, Nobel Laureates Bishop Desmond Tutu and Elie
Weisel, and most recently renowned Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, all
have affirmed the truth. To enhance its standing in the international
community, to come to terms with its genocidal legacy, and for the
sake of its evolving democracy, Turkey should face the facts of
history.”

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Azeri Speaker, CIS chief discuss Karabakh, elections

Space TV, Baku
6 Apr 05

[Presenter] The recent tension on the front line was the main subject
of discussion at a meeting between CIS Executive Secretary Vladimir
Rushaylo and Milli Maclis [Azerbaijani parliament] Speaker Murtuz
Alasgarov today.

[Correspondent over video of the meeting] Touching on the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict, the Milli Maclis speaker said that opinions are
being voiced about the [OSCE] Minsk Group bringing new settlement
proposals to Azerbaijan.

[Murtuz Alasgarov] There are reports that the Minsk Group members will
come up with new proposals soon. You cannot impose them on Azerbaijan
and Armenia when one side is an aggressor and the other is a victim
of aggression. The Minsk Group itself should take the initiative in
the peaceful settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict.

[Correspondent] The speaker also told Rushaylo about the latest
frequent cease-fire violations. Alasgarov said that the problem
should be solved within the framework of international legal norms
and Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Nagornyy Karabakh can be
granted only the highest degree of autonomy within Azerbaijan.

[Murtuz Alasgarov] Armenia should withdraw its troops from the occupied
territories. Nagornyy Karabakh can be granted the highest degree of
autonomy that our former national leader [Heydar Aliyev] spoke about
at the [1996] Lisbon summit – the highest degree of autonomy within
Azerbaijan. Refugees should return home. Azerbaijan believes that
this is the only way to resolve the Nagornyy Karabakh problem.

[Correspondent] In turn, Mr Rushaylo touched on the forthcoming
parliamentary elections and stressed that these elections will be an
important milestone in Azerbaijan’s future development.

The meeting continued behind closed doors.

ACRA TO PASS TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLE

   YEREVAN, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS: ACRA Credit Bureau, established to
provide risk assessment solutions to financial institutions and
commercial entities, said it will pass soon to corporate governance
system after being reorganized in May 2004 into a closed joint stock
company in an effort to attract the stakeholders of Armenian
financial community.
   Lusine Vardanian, head of marketing and public relations
department, said ACRA will have an advisory board with participation
of the EBRD, USAID, German KfW bank. She said negotiations are
underway with World Bank to attract its representative in the
advisory board, which she said would be a weighty factor in terms of
attracting new investments in Armenia’s economy. She also said
presence of these institutions in the advisory board is evidence of
ACRA’s transparency.
   She said also Dun&Bradster and German Schufa credit bureaus, which
according to Vardanian, also provide a broad range of related
information to their clients, are expected to invest in ACRA. ACRA is
expected to join the European Credit Bureaus Association.
   Among main services of ACRA are development and maintenance of
complete, reliable, and up-to-date database, market-driven decision
making processes, innovative spirit, application of progressive
technologies, etc.
   The principle of corporate governance was developed in
collaboration with Grant Thornton International (France) as a
component of its development plan, which reflects its overall
attitude towards developing sound management and business
environment, corresponding to internationally accepted standards
among successful corporations, including credit bureaus.

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Former resident has a new cookbook of Armenian recipes
BY LYNDA REGO

Tuesday, March 22, 2005
[email protected]

If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to eat healthier, you might
want to check out “Simply Armenian,” a cookbook by Barbara Ghazarian,
formerly of Barrington. Inspired by her mother and grandmother,
Barbara learned to cook. But, after years in this country, the menu
had become decidedly mixed. “My family’s Armenian identity was melting
into the American pot,” she said.

Then, because her Armenian husband enjoyed the classic dishes, she
began to cook Armenian.

The Ghazarians lived in Barrington for a year and a half, before
husband Vatche’s job took them to Monterey, Calif., in December of
2003. But, they divide their time between California and Middletown,
where they have a condo, and they still subscribe to the Barrington
Times.

Barbara, who is half Armenian, credits her Barrington neighbors for
providing a sounding board as she chose recipes for the book. She
wanted dishes that would appeal to the American family and that would
be easy to understand and prepare.

“During the final stages … my neighbors were my primary
taste-testers,” she said, and three former Primrose neighbors, Lisa
Fucile, Betsy Gould and Diane Kelly, are mentioned in the book’s
acknowledgments.

Barbara said sharing is an important part of enjoying cooking and
food. She recommends inviting a friend over to cook and doubling the
recipe, so you each have a dish to enjoy or serve your family.

“Sharing cuisine on Deerfield Drive was not a one-way street,”
Barbara said. “My daughter, who was weaned on hummus, enjoyed her
first peanut butter and jelly sandwich at a neighbor’s house.”

Lisa Fucile, who has 10-year-old twins, a boy and girl, Samantha and
Cameron, turned Barbara’s daughter on to peanut butter; actually,
“Peanut butter and rocks (peanut butter and mini-mini-chocolate
chips). It’s the healthy version of a peanut butter cup,” Lisa said,
laughing.

“Barbara makes it pretty easy,” Lisa said of the cookbook. “She really
does cook like a regular person. It’s not like gourmet cooking where
you have to be afraid. Even her daughter eats all of it.

“I was a taste-tester. My whole family was. She would have us over to
taste recipes and ask our opinion.” Barbara would prepare the recipe
with different seasoning amounts and keep perfecting it.

This is Barbara’s second cookbook. The first was “The Kindred
Kitchen,” published in 1995. An experienced cook with a laboratory
science background, she also wrote a weekly culinary column for a
Los Angeles newspaper and taught culinary writing in Boston. She
lectures from coast to coast on Armenian-related topics and also is
the author of “Descendants of Noah: Stories of Armenian Apostolic
Faith and Heritage.”

Her attempt to make Armenian cooking more accessible is a hit. The
book has garnered good reviews and sales. It’s popular with dieters
because the recipes utilize lots of vegetables and olive oil instead
of butter. Plus, bulgur (pre-cooked cracked wheat) is a whole grain
that has fewer carbohydrates than rice or potatoes.

“I have taken the intimidation factor out of Armenian fare, but not
the taste, smells and exotic look of the food,” Barbara said. “It’s
time to learn the magic of creating a feast out of a basket of fresh
vegetables and a handful of bulgur.”

‘Simply Armenian: Naturally Healthy Ethnic Cooking Made Easy”

Barbara Ghazarian’s cookbook is easy to read and simple to follow. All
of the recipes are easily prepared by someone familiar with a kitchen,
and they range from quick and easy to a two-day process to make
spiced jerky.

* The 7×9-inch soft-cover book contains 296 pages and more than 150
recipes, including appetizers and spreads, salads, soups, stuffed
pastries, main dishes, breads, pizzas, drinks, desserts, and fruits
and candies.

* Because Armenian cuisine relies heavily on vegetables and grains,
more than half of the recipes are meat-free. And, the Armenian Orthodox
calendar has 180 fasting days a year, so Lenten dishes are marked.

* Included are classics from stuffed grape leaves, hummus and baba
ghanoush to dishes familiar to most Americans, such as rice pilaf,
shish kebab, lentil soup, roast lamb, paklava (baklava is the Greek
name) and other sweets.

* Recipes include not only a list of ingredients, but also if any
“special equipment” is needed; although, this includes items most
modern kitchens have (or can easily buy), such as a food processor,
blender, wooden skewers, cake pans of various sizes and a candy
thermometer. The least-owned item is probably a mortar and pestle. And,
there are mail-order sources listed in back if you can’t find some of
the herbs and spices locally. And, for the more exotic ingredients,
substitutions are usually suggested.

* Lamb is the preferred meat, but beef can be substituted
everywhere. Other staples are chicken, eggplant, nuts and fruits.

* For the gardener, the cookbook is an inspiration to plant purslane,
mint, Swiss chard and flat-leaf parsley.

* To order a copy of the book, visit Barrington Books on County Road
or send a check for $17.95 plus $4 for shipping to Enfield Books,
P.O. Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748; 603/632-7377.

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Feta Cheese Topped Eggplant Rounds

Makes 12

Here’s a totally vegetarian, pizza-style dish that many proclaim to
be one of the best original recipes in the collection.

* Non-stick cooking spray

* 1 large eggplant, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rounds

* Salt

* 1/2 pound feta cheese, crumbled (about 1 1/2 cups)

* 2 large eggs

* 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper

* 1/2 green bell pepper, minced

* 1 tbsp. olive oil, plus 1/4 cup for brushing

* 1/2 onion, minced

* 2 tomatoes, minced

* 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

* 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray two baking sheets evenly with
cooking spray. Set aside.

2. Soak the eggplant rounds in a large bowl of generously salted
cold water for at least 15 minutes. Soaking the rounds eliminates any
bitterness, inhibits oil absorption, and firms the rounds to better
support the topping.

3. While the eggplant is soaking, mix together the feta, eggs, and
black pepper in a large bowl and set aside.

4. Cook the green pepper in a skillet with 1 tbsp. olive oil
over low heat until the pepper softens, about 10 minutes. Add the
onion. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are
tender, another 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and combine with the
feta mixture. Add the tomatoes, parsley and lemon juice. Toss until
the topping ingredients are mixed well.

5. Now it’s time to remove the eggplant rounds from the water. Pat
them dry with paper towels, brush the top and bottom of each slice
with olive oil and arrange the oiled rounds on the prepared baking
sheets. Spread a spoonful of feta mixture on top of each round until
covered.

6. Bake for 25 minutes.

7. Serve warm as an appetizer or as a side, complementing any of the
grilled lamb dishes.

Grilled Lemon Chicken

Serves 8

n 2 pounds skinless chicken thighs (small breasts or legs are fine,
too)

The Marinade:

* Juice of 3 lemons

* 3 tbsp. balsamic vinegar

* 1 tbsp. dried mint

* 1 tsp. ground cumin

* 1 tsp. salt

* 1/2 tsp. oregano

* 1/2 tsp. thyme

* 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper

* 1/4 tsp. cayenne

1. Place the chicken in a large baking dish or plastic container.

2. Combine the marinade ingredients in a separate bowl, mixing
well. Pour over the chicken, cover and refrigerate for at least 2
hours. Turn the chicken pieces over halfway through the marinating
time.

3. Prepare a charcoal or gas grill and grill the chicken over
a medium-hot fire, turning as needed, until done, about 12 to 15
minutes a side.

4. For a fabulous summer meal, serve this snappy chicken with a side
of pilaf, grilled eggplant and a salad.

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Barbara Ghazarian, author of “Simply Armenian: Naturally Healthy
Ethnic Cooking Made Easy,” will visit Barrington Books on County Road
on Thursday, March 31, from 7 to 9 p.m. for a “Taste of Armenia”
book signing. Mrs. Ghazarian will talk about cooking Armenian food
and explore the culture a little. Armenians love sweets. Delicious,
easy to make apricot squares and traditional sugar syrup-drenched
phyllo triangles stuffed with ground nuts and a hint of cinnamon will
be served at the event, along with Mrs. Ghazarian’s signature quince
preserves. Starbucks will provide the coffee. The event is free and
open to the public.

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Azeri MP links truce violations to international pressure on Armenia

Space TV, Baku
6 Apr 05

[Presenter] The reason for the [recent] frequent truce violations
is the difficult political situation in Armenia, because the
international community has lately stepped up pressure on Armenia,
the deputy speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament has said.

[Deputy Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov] At present, Armenia and the Armenian
leadership are in such a situation that it is time for them to have
their final say. They have to sit at the negotiating table and have
their final say. I believe that they are trying to avoid having their
say and deliberately violating the cease-fire to give the international
community the impression that stability is being disrupted. If you
remember, [Armenian Defence Minister] Serzh Sarkisyan had blamed this
on us.

They are trying to give international organizations the impression that
Azerbaijan is allegedly breaking the peace talks and cease-fire and
that’s why they cannot say anything specific about this issue. But in
fact, I think that Armenian politicians and the Armenian leadership
have reached deadlock, which is why they resort to such provocation
and violate the cease-fire on the border. But I would like to say that
sooner or later, they’ll have to sit at the negotiating table because,
I think, the international community has lately stepped up pressure
on them, because all norms and principles of international law are
on Azerbaijan’s side, all the organizations of the world have already
realized that Armenia is really an aggressor, it has occupied 20 per
cent of Azerbaijan’s territory and there are more than 1m refugees
in Azerbaijan. It is necessary to put an end to this.

Azeri Defence Ministry reports more truce violations on Karabakh front

Space TV, Baku
6 Apr 05

The cease-fire has been violated in some parts of the front line
again. The Defence Ministry press service reports that Armenians used
assault rifles and machine guns last night to fire at the positions
of the Azerbaijani national army from the eastern part of the occupied
village of Namirli in Agdam District from 0010 to 0135 [1910-2035 gmt
on 5 April] and from their positions located in the southern part of
the village of Ahmadagali from 0400 to 0410 [2300-2310 gmt on 5 April].

Another truce violation was registered on 5 April. This time Armenian
armed forces used large-calibre machine guns to fire at the positions
of the Azerbaijani national army from their positions in the eastern
part of the occupied village of Tap Qaraqoyunlu in Goranboy District
from 2030 to 2125 [1530-1625 gmt].

In all three cases, the enemy was silenced with retaliatory fire. The
Azerbaijani side sustained no casualties.

The NKR foreign minister upbeat on international recognition of Karabakh

Nagornyy Karabakh Foreign Ministry, Stepanakert
6 Apr 05

Excerpt from press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic on 6 April headlined “The NKR foreign
minister: Nagornyy Karabakh will obtain international recognition of
its independence”

6 April 2005

Delivering a speech at the 29-30 March hearings on “The problem of
Nagornyy Karabakh. The ways of settlement” at the Armenian parliament,
the NKR [Nagornyy Karabakh Republic] foreign minister [Arman Melikyan]
stated the NKR’s intention to consecutively obtain its international
recognition.

The minister stressed the impeccability of the legal basis and the
procedure of declaring the NKR independence, on the basis of which
Stepanakert was constructing its foreign policy. At the same time,
Arman Melikyan noted that the NKR leadership deferred the goal of
achieving international recognition of the NKR for the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict settlement. “The goal of the settlement comes from
the one of liquidation of the consequences of the war unleashed by
Azerbaijan, and cannot follow the goal of achieving international
recognition of the NKR. We conduct this process separately and we
intend to lead it to its logic end,” he noted. According to the
NKR foreign minister, the Karabakh leadership found the necessary
prerequisites for international recognition of the NKR and aspired
to create them in its practical policy for achieving the aim.

Speaking on the current situation in the negotiation process on the
Karabakh settlement, Arman Melikyan noted the presence of the elements
in it causing Stepanakert’s definite anxiety. Nagornyy Karabakh was
actually ousted of the frames of the negotiation process in the period
of the so-called Paris process, when, as it was confirmed, the parties
were very close to the mutual understanding and compromises. However,
via the denial of the compromise variant, the Azerbaijani party tried
to present Armenia as an aggressor and has conducted this policy up
to this day. “It causes our anxiety. We think it necessary to take
effective steps to overcome the Azerbaijani policy consequences which
become more noticeable,” Melikyan said.

At the same time, the NKR foreign minister stated that he could not
affirm that the situation developed negatively for international
recognition of the NKR. “There are changes that can actually lead
to international recognition of the NKR in future and we will try to
quicken this process,” Melikyan said. In this connection, he noted that
on 29 March at the session of the NKR government a package of draft
laws had been discussed which were aimed at organizing the activity
in the foreign policy sphere. This package includes also draft laws on
the NKR joining two international conventions on diplomatic relations
and on consular relations.

[Passage omitted: details of documents]

He considered necessary to recall one more important factor
which “being fundamental, for some reason is withdrawn from the
negotiations process”. The issue regards the Armenians who once lived
in Azerbaijan. When the talk touches upon refugees, as a rule, they
usually mean Azerbaijani displaced from Armenia and Nagornyy Karabakh
to Azerbaijan, and partly – the Armenians who escaped from the NKR
Shaumyan , Mardakert Districts and other Karabakh territories,
which are fully or partly occupied by Azerbaijan. “We constantly
forget about a great number of people, who found themselves out of
the process and whose interests are not protected by anybody at the
international stage. The NKR authorities consider it their duty,”
the head of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed.

Trying to follow these people’s destiny, the Karabakh leadership held
a monitoring in one of the regions of Russia, where many Armenians
lived. According to the data received, about 45,000 Armenians
from Azerbaijan have found refuge in that Russian region since the
beginning of the Karabakh events. Almost half of them got Russian
citizenship. A small part of them about 1,000-1,500 people – became
citizens of Armenia. The rest have no citizenship yet.

Melikyan noted that such was the situation only in one region of
Russia. He pointed out the necessity of consecutive dealing with
this problem, like Azerbaijan did, and the ability to present
the interests of the Armenian refugees at the international stage
including the restoration of the material and other losses suffered
by them. “It is a very important goal at the resolution of which the
law on citizenship worked out in the NKR is directed. It is almost
ready. After the experts’ examination, in the nearest 10-15 days,
the draft law will be discussed,” Melikyan said.

Melikyan called the development of democracy and democratic
institutions in the republic the most important part of the NKR
policy. The minister called the upcoming June elections to the
NKR National Assembly a regular test on this way. “We expect that
representatives of political forces of Armenia will attend the
elections as observers. Observers from other states will also be
invited but Armenia’s attitude to this event is very important for us”,
the head of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The minister pointed out also the necessity of taking into
consideration the international situation and the development of world
processes. Melikyan said that various international organizations
with the ulterior motive observed the development of the events
around Nagornyy Karabakh and tried to affect them proceeding mainly
from good intentions, though sometimes negative influence also took
place. “But that is not the point. We must clearly realize that
we are not alone in the world, and be able to correlate our steps
with serious international interests which become apparent today in
serious changes in the world. It is both the expansion of Europe and
the idea of Greater Middle East, as well as the processes taking place
in more remote regions. If we cannot correlate the processes taking
place in our country, with the ones which have global international
implication, we can face quite serious difficulties,” Melikyan said.

Answering the questions of the participants in the hearings, Melikyan
said that the recently exaggerated idea of conducting a referendum
in Nagornyy Karabakh was regarded in the NKR as recognition of
the Nagornyy Karabakh people’s decisive voice in the issue of
its self-determination. At the same time, the minister stressed
the necessity of concrete defining the region of conducting the
referendum and Azerbaijan’s readiness to admit its results. Only if
these issues found their answers, it would be possible to talk about
the prerequisites for conducting a referendum, he said.

Answering the question on the current border between Nagornyy Karabakh
and Azerbaijan, Arman Melikyan said that the actual border of the
NKR and Azerbaijan passed along the contact line of the NKR and the
Azerbaijani armed forces.

The minister noted that the regions of Nagornyy Karabakh Shaumyan,
Shankhor , Xanlar etc, which were occupied by Azerbaijan, were actively
settled, and according to the present data, not only by refugees
from the territories which had passed under the control of Nagornyy
Karabakh in the course of the war, but also other Azerbaijanis. At
the same time, Arman Melikyan expressed his dissatisfaction with the
process of settling by the Armenians the territories controlled by
the Karabakh party. “There are definite omissions in this process”,
Melikyan said.

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PRESERVING ANCESTRAL VOICES

THROUGH THE THEATRE AT NAASR

The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
will present a lecture by playwright, professor, and director Dr.
Nishan Parlakian entitled “Preserving Ancestral Voices: The Theatre
and Armenian Identity” on Thursday, April 7, at 8:00 p.m., at the
NAASR Center, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA.

How can Armenian identity and the voices of our ancestors be
transmitted across the generations? What are the most effective
ways of preventing these voices from being lost? Unquestionably,
the theatre is one of the most potent vehicles for conveying the
shared experiences of Armenian group and family life in a way that
will continue to be meaningful with each passing generation.

Dr. Nishan Parlakian has been one of the leading exponents of
Armenian-American theatre for several decades. He will explore the ways
in which drama can entertain, excite interest in Armenian culture and
history, and maintain Armenian identity, in a lecture that will also
include readings by Parlakian from Watertown-born playwright Barbara
Bejoian’s Dance Mama, Dance and by Joyce Van Dyke from her acclaimed
play A Girl’s War.

Experienced Writer, Translator, and Director

Parlakian is professor emeritus of drama at John Jay College in New
York City. He is a playwright whose works include Grandma, Pray For
Me and an experienced theatrical director who has staged plays in
Armenian and in English. He has written extensively on Armenian
theatre and has also translated numerous dramas from Armenian,
including Shirvanzade’s For the Sake of Honor and Evil Spirit.
He is the co-editor, with S. Peter Cowe, of Modern Armenian Drama: An
Anthology, and the recently-published Contemporary Armenian American
Drama: An Anthology of Ancestral Voices. All of these books will be
on sale and available for signing.

The NAASR Bookstore will open at 7:30 p.m. The NAASR Center and
Headquarters is located opposite the First Armenian Church and next to
the U.S. Post Office. Ample parking is available around the building
and in adjacent areas. The lecture will begin promptly at 8:00 p.m.

ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO USA MEETS WITH CONDOLEEZZA RICE

   WASHINGTON, APRIL 6, ARMENPRESS: Armenian embassy in the USA said
on April 5, 2005, Ambassador Tatoul Margarian met with Secretary of
State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, and presented the copy of the credentials
accrediting him as Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to the United States of America.
   During the meeting with Dr. Rice, issues of mutual interest to the
United States and Armenia, such as U.S.-Armenian bilateral relations,
and regional developments and challenges were discussed.
   Ambassador Margarian expressed gratitude for the continuous
support of the United States Government since Armenia’s independence
and for constructive involvement of the United States in the
settlement of regional problems, and expressed his readiness to exert
every effort to enhance the bilateral relations and partnership
between the United States and Armenia.

–Boundary_(ID_ZHuciFTP+oy3t+wwO/c9vw)–

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress