SESSION OF COMMITTEE OF SECRETARIES OF ACS MEMBER-COUNTRIES' SECURITY COUNCILS STARTED IN YEREVAN

April 26, 2001 - 19:19 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. The session of Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) of member-countries of the Agreement on Collective Security (ACS) started in Yerevan today.

LEGAL PROCEDURES OF ARMENIA TO ACT IN NAGORNO KARABAKH

April 26, 2001 - 19:18 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. There is already a legal base for transfer to a new judicial system in Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR), Head of the NKR State Administration on Justice, Robert Hayrapetian told Mediamax.

DATE OF GENEVA TALKS NOT SPECIFIED YET

April 26, 2001 - 19:18 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. State Department Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker said he didn't have a specific date or details on the next round of peace talks on Karabakh.

STATE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE CALLED GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN TO RESPECT ITS CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY

April 26, 2001 - 19:17 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. State Department Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker stated: "As we have said before, the Government of Azerbaijan should respect its citizens' rights to freedom of assembly."

TURKEY'S POLICY TODAY IS GRANDIOSE AND PRETENTIOUS, ARMENIAN MINISTER SAYS

April 26, 2001 - 19:17 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. "Unfortunately, Turkey's regional policy today is grandiose and pretentious", Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said in the exclusive interview to Mediamax.

ARMENIAN COMMUNITY WILL BRING THE GENOCIDE ISSUE TO THE U.S. CONGRESS THIS YEAR, OSKANIAN IS CERTAIN

April 26, 2001 - 19:17 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. "I'm certain that this year, too, the Armenian community will bring the Armenian Genocide issue to the U.S. Congress," Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian said in the exclusive interview to Mediamax.

IMPROVED ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WILL MAKE POSSIBLE A COMPROMISE SOLUTION OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT

April 26, 2001 - 19:16 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said in the exclusive interview to Mediamax that "Turkey can - by removing the blockade, and by adopting a more even-handed approach regarding the conflict - expand Armenia's security options, decrease our concerns about certain issues, and thus make possible a compromise solution of the conflict".

YEREVAN IS NEGATIVELY DISPOSED TOWARD THE PROPOSAL TO HOLD ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI-TURKISH MEETING

April 26, 2001 - 19:16 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said in the exclusive interview to Mediamax that he thinks Armenian-Azerbaijani-Turkish meeting to discuss the resolution of the Karabakh conflict is impossible.

TURKEY'S POLICY FURTHER AGGRAVATED ARMENIA'S DISTRUST TO THIS COUNTRY, ARMENIAN MINISTER THINKS

April 26, 2001 - 19:15 AMT  06:22 GMT
YEREVAN, April 26. /Mediamax/. "It is unfortunate, but true, that Armenian-Turkish relations today are - if we don't say non-existent - then completely unsatisfactory", Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian said in the exclusive interview to Mediamax.
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