Politics

Are forests burnt?

30.06.2006

“If there are fires breaking out in residential areas in the Azeri territories occupied by Armenians, then there are problems concerning the Karabagh conflict negotiations process”, said president of the European Council Rene Van Der Linden in Strasburg. Azerbaijan says that “Armenia burns forests in their occupied territories”. According to Rene Van Der Linden, this …

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Presidents are given time

30.06.2006

It seems that the West openly pressures Armenia to solve the problem. The newly appointed American co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk group, Matthew Bryza made some new announcements recently. In his interview Matthew Bryza informed about the issues that were being discussed by the presidents in that phase. According to him, the draft under discussion …

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He will be on the list anyway

30.06.2006

The Armenian Republican party is planning to hold an out-of-turn meeting on July 22. According to head of the parliamentary Republican faction, Galust Sahakyan, it is expected to make some reforms in the party’s charter during the meeting. Based on the reforms, some Republicans holding positions may have the chance to become members of the …

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Is Armenia going to declare war on the U.S.?

30.06.2006

Robert Kocharyan’s press secretary Victor Soghomonyan has threatened the U.S. after hearing the announcement of OSCE American co-chairman Matthew Braiza. “If the mass media starts talking about these kinds of falsifications, then the Armenian side will bring up documents talking about the negotiations during the past 7-8 years,” he said. Head of the Armenian National …

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Direct and indirect pressure

30.06.2006

Last week, OSCE American co-chairman Matthew Bryza went against the Karabagh conflict negotiators and revealed the main provisions of the Karabagh conflict resolution negotiations. It is worth mentioning that Bryza’s announcements were the same as before. There had already been information about this a while back and besides that, some Western analyst groups had held …

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U.S.A. congratulates.A. congratulates

27.06.2006

The U.S. State Department congratulates Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan for signing a contract enabling Kazakhstan to export its oil through the Baku-Jeyhan pipeline. Based on the contract signed by the presidents of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan can export 25 million tons of oil through Baku-Jeyhan pipe line.

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Aliev threatens

27.06.2006

On June 23, Ilham Aliev said that he had lost his hope for international organizations and their regulatory mechanisms. According to him, the decisions made by the international organizations stayed on paper, such as the decison made by the UN Security Council to dislocate the military troops based in the seized territories of Karabagh. “Armenia …

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Matthew Bryza discovers new things

27.06.2006

The newly appointed American co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk group, Matthew Bryza has completed the draft of the main principles of the Karabagh conflict negotiations, which is put on the table for discussion. “We have an agreement, according to which Armenia must dislocate its military forces based in the territories of Azerbaijan”, said Bryza to …

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Advocacy campaign in Gyumri

27.06.2006

According to our information from the city of Gyumri, the mayor of Gyumri, Vardan Ghukasyan, told the municipality staff and his close friends that he was going to do everything he could to make sure the Republican party gets the least number of votes during the upcoming parliamentary elections. Furthermore, he has ordered his colleagues …

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Protecting Evans

27.06.2006

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is going to organize a social event called “60 seconds” dedicated to protecting US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans. According to “ARKA” news agency, ANCA petitions Americans to call their senators and ask them to respond to the U.S. State Department’s decision to call the Ambassador back. “This …

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