ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SURE THAT AZERBAIJAN’S MILITARY
STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN FAVORED BY USA

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11. ARMINFO. <I military statements have not been
favored by the USA,> says Secretary of the Presidential National
Security Council, Defense Minister of Armenia Serge Sargsyan in
response to the questions of the readers of “Yerkir” newspaper.

As regards Azerbaijan’s direct threats to resume military actions,
they are for both “internal and external consumers,” he says, i.e. 11
years have passed since the cease-fire agreement and the staff of
the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has not changed practically. That is
why the ministry tries to prove the fighting efficiency of its army,
which is allegedly able to solve the problem in the military way.
Otherwise, <the domestic political opponents will ask themselves a
question that rather big funds are spent to keep the army, so why it
yields to the Armenian army as to it combativity,> Sargsyan says.

Meanwhile, the “external consumption” of the Azerbaijani military
statements is a way to exert pressure both on the Armenian party and
the mediators to catch compromises in favor of Azerbaijan, he says.
Maybe it is to some extent simplified, but the aforementioned is most
likely to be the goal of the militarist statements of Azerbaijan,
which are, undoubtedly, a style to work, Minister Sargsyan says.

Karabakh leader names new deputy police chief

Arminfo, Yerevan
11 Feb 05

Stepanakert , 11 February: The president of the Nagornyy Karabakh
Republic [NKR], Arkadiy Gukasyan, has signed a decree appointing
Col Sergey Grigoryan to the post of deputy chief of the NKR Police,
the press service of the NKR president has told Arminfo news agency.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

“PEACE TO KARABAKH”

Azg/arm
12 Feb 05

Vladimir Kazimirov Surveying Events of 1992-1996 on Pages of Daily Azg

Vladimir Kazimirov, representative of former Russian president on
Nagorno Karabakh, former head of Russian mediatory mission and former
co-chair of OSCE Minsk group, will post a series of publications
on Karabakh conflict at his () and daily
Azg’s websites.

Citing the words of Alexander Tvardovski “Let it be true no matter
how bitter it is”, Kazimirov notes that the “events of not remote
past unfortunately suffer unintentional confusion and deliberate
distortion”.

Six publications by Kazimirov – “Why?”, “Prologue”, “First restrictions
of military operations”, “December fraud of 1993”, “The Bishkek
protocol”, “A break-through to ceasefire”, “What part did Russian
mediation play in reaching ceasefire?” – are already available in
Russian. The English translation of Mr. Kazimirov’s publications will
be available with time.

It should be noted that few views of the Russian diplomat perhaps
contradict views existing in Armenian reality.

By Tatoul Hakobian

PRESS RELEASE

Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web:

PO Box 70 317

Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I IN GENEVA

His Holiness Aram I on Saturday 12 February 2005 traveled to Geneva. In
the coming two weeks His Holiness will chair the meetings of the
Executive and the Central Committees of the World Council of Churches
(WCC). He will also chair at the headquarters of the WCC the Officers’
meeting and other ecumenical meetings.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the
history and the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer
to the web page of the Catholicosate, The
Cilician Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is
located in Antelias, Lebanon.

Turkey tells Azeris no plan to open Armenia border

Reuters
02/10/05 17:11 ET

ANKARA, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Turkey reassured its ally Azerbaijan
on Thursday it had no plans to open its border with Armenia while
Armenian forces occupied part of Azeri territory. Turkey shut its
border in 1993 to show solidarity with oil-rich, Turkic-speaking
Azerbaijan in its long and bitter dispute with Armenia over the
territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Despite Armenia’s continued occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is
inside Azerbaijan’s borders, some Turkish businessmen and media have
called for an opening of Turkey’s border and a resumption of trade.

“The continued occupation (by Armenia) and the fact that nearly a
million of our Azeri brothers are refugees remain an obstacle (to
opening the border),” Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said
after talks with his Azeri counterpart.

“From this point of view I hope talks towards a peace settlement
will be productive … and that the occupation will come to an end.
Then all relations can be normalised,” Gul told reporters.

Azerbaijan suffered a humiliating defeat in a 1988-94 war with Armenia
over Nagorno-Karabakh after the region’s mainly Armenian population
tried to break
away from Azeri rule.

An estimated 35,000 people were killed and one million refugees fled
to Azerbaijan, where they remain. At the same time, thousands of
ethnic Armenian refugees fled to Armenia.

A ceasefire ended the conflict but the dispute persists despite
international efforts to broker a deal.

Turkey’s relations with Armenia are also clouded by Armenian claims
that Ottoman Turkish troops committed genocide against its people
between 1915 and 1923. Turkey denies the claims.

Turkey is due to begin entry talks with the European Union. Some
in the EU, especially in France, home to Europe’s biggest Armenian
diaspora, say Turkey must open its border with Armenia and recognise
the “genocide” before it can join the bloc.

Film classics at the Trianon

Organized by the Greek Film Center, tribute takes
place on Saturday afternoons and runs to April 23

Kathimerini (Athens)
Thursday February 10, 2005

A multitude of new films may be released at cinemas
around Athens every week, but there are still chances
to watch old classics. Once more, the Greek Film
Center presents the “Appointment with the Classics”
series at the Trianon Filmcenter, a program which
began last November and will run to April 23.

Screenings take place every Saturday at 4.30 p.m. and
the program for the coming weeks is as follows: this
Saturday, February 12, features Polish filmmaker Jerzy
Kawalerowicz’s 1961 film “Matka Joanna od aniolow”
(Joan of the Angels), set in the 17th century, in
which a Catholic official is summoned to exorcize a
nun in a convent in a small town. The film stars
Lucyna Winnicka and Mieczyslaw Voit. Five shorts by
Alain Resnais will be screened on February 19,
including “Nuit et brouillard” (Night and Fog), a 1955
short which proves that cinema is not just about
viewing but also about memory.

A love story that unravels the legends and the pace of
life in an Armenian village is next on the agenda, in
Sergei Parajanov’s 1964 film “Tini zabutykh predkiv”
(The Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors), starring Ivan
Mikolajchuk and Tatyana Bestayeva, which will be shown
on February 26, while Krzysztof Zanussi’s “Bilans
Kwartanly” (A Woman’s Decision) of 1975, a film where
the director seeks the truth in the face of a woman
who tries to halt the ravages of time, will be
screened on March 5. Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972
documentary “Chung Kuo-Cina” (China) will give the
audience a taste of China on March 19, to be followed
by Dziga Vertov’s “Chelovek s kinoapparatom” (The Man
with a Camera) of 1929 on March 26, considered one of
cinema’s most modern films, in which a man goes around
the city with a camera on his shoulder and documents
urban life.

Saturday, April 2’s screening will feature Grigori
Kozintsev and Iosif Shapiro’s take on “Hamlet,” in
their 1964 “Gamlet,” starring Innokenti Smoktunovsky
in the lead role; Alain Resnais’s 1959 drama about
love and memory, “Hiroshima Mon Amour” (Hiroshima My
Love), starring Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada, a film
that was also shown in open-air cinemas last summer,
will be screened on April 9.

The series will end with Leo McCarey’s classic 1933
comedy “Duck Soup,” featuring the Marx Brothers, on
April 16, and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Mamma Roma” of
1962 on April 23, the story of a middle-aged
prostitute in Rome who decides to quit and stars the
striking Anna Magnani.

The Trianon Filmcenter is situated at 21 Kodringtonos,
tel 210.822.2702.

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PRESS RELEASE

Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web:

PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

GREAT LENT SEASON SERVICES INITIATED IN ANTELIAS

Antelias, Lebanon – The services to be held during the forty days
of the Great Lent season were initiated by a sunrise service held
on Wednesday, the 9th of February in St. Gregory the Illuminator
Cathedral. The sermons of the coming days will concern issues related
to spiritual and moral reawakening.

In order to further involve the people in the church services, the
Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia had
in the last few years published a book containing the hymns of the
Sunrise and Lenten Vespers services. Two years ago the Catholicosate
also published a book of the Sunrise and Lenten Vespers services
in both archaic and modern Armenian. Thanks to these initiatives,
church attendants have started to participate in the services held
during the Great Lent season.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about
the jurisdiction and the Christian Education activities in both the
Catholicosate and the dioceses, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

PRESS RELEASE

Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web:

PO Box 70 317

Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

ARAM I IS INVITED TO GIVE A SPEECH DURING THE INTER PARLIAMENTARY
CONFERENCE OF ORTHODOX CHURCHES

Antelias, Lebanon – His Holiness Aram I held a meeting with the council
responsible for the preparation of the inter parliamentary conference
of Orthodox countries. The council is headed by Costas Mikdalis from
Greece and Alexy Valery from Russia. Representatives from the Greek
and Russian embassies of Lebanon are also members of the council.

The delegation visited His Holiness in order to officially invite him
to the conference. The Catholicos met with the delegation for over
an hour, discussing various issues related to the conference. Issues
related to Orthodox countries in general and Europe in particular
were also discussed during the meeting.

The inter parliamentary conference of Orthodox Churches will be held on
17-19 April 2005 in Athens. His Holiness will give a speech entitled
“Nation and Church”. Representatives of the European Parliament and
European community will also speak during the conference.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about
the history and the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may
refer to the web page of the Catholicosate,
The Cilician Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church
is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

New website on Upper Garabagh conflict

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Feb 10 2005

A new website on the Upper Garabagh conflict ()
has been set up. Jahid Ismayiloghlu, Editor-in-Chief of the website,
says that the site, released in honour of Azerbaijan’s National
Hero Chingiz Mustafayev, provides opinions from different experts,
as well as information, articles and books about the conflict.

The webpage, which is available in Russian and English, also includes
regular information about Azerbaijan’s historical heroes.

The goal of the website is to incorporate major websites and convey
the realities of Azerbaijan to the world community, Ismayiloghlu
said. He added that particular attention must be paid to creating
similar websites in Azerbaijan.

OMBUDSMAN TO WORK IN NAGORNO KARABAKH

Azg/arm
11 Feb 05

The parliament of NKR held the first sitting of this year. Deputies
adopted amendments to a number of laws, as well as adopted some
new ones. In particular, the law “On Ombudsman” was adopted in the
second reading.

The decree of NKR president “On Prolonging Military Situation” caused
some disputes among the lawmakers. Artur Mosiyan, head of Defense,
Security, and Law Enforcement Committee at NKR Parliament, member
of ARF Dashnaktsiutiun faction, spoke against this decree, saying
that the military regime is an artificial one, in fact. Taking into
account the military-political situation in the region, the majority
of the parliament voted for preserving the military regime in NKR

The Parliament also adopted the Regulation of NKR TV and Radio Company.

Mavrik Ghukasian, NKR Public Prosecutor, represented the work of
the Prosecutorâ~@~Ys Office in the course of 2004. According to
him, a huge work was done in this sphere to protect human rights,
the rights and the interest of NKR citizens, as well as the rights
of the republic. They also revealed the reasons for many violations
of law and secured all the conditions for legal work.

By Kim Gabrielian in Stepanakert

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