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SUMMIT OF LEADERS OF CSTO STATES TO BE HELD IN KAZAKHSTAN JUNE 18-19

June 2, 2004 - 00:01 AMT  14:51 GMT
Within the framework of the summit meetings of CSTO Defense and Foreign Ministers are scheduled.

ARMENIAN CUSTOMS OFFICIALS REVEALED CONTRABAND MOTOR SPARES AND OIL FROM RUSSIA

June 1, 2004 - 23:48 AMT  14:51 GMT
The providers were trying to transport the cargo of over 30 tons, supplied by Mercury-A joint venture, in a roundabout way to overreach the customs control and avoid taxation.

ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN COMMISSION FOR INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION TO MEET IN YEREVAN TOMORROW

June 1, 2004 - 23:12 AMT  14:51 GMT
Commission Co-Chair, member of the Council of the Federation of Russia Nikolai Ryzhkov will head the Russian delegation.

ARMENIA INTENDS TO INCREASE DEFENSE SPENDING

June 1, 2004 - 22:55 AMT  14:51 GMT
Armenian Defense Minister, Secretary of the Security Council of the country Serge Sargsian said this today upon the completion of the parliamentary hearings on fulfillment of the 2003 budget.

IF TURKEY ENTERS EU, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO BIND IT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, FRENCH HISTORIAN CONSIDERS

June 1, 2004 - 21:01 AMT  14:51 GMT
In Alexander Benval's opinion, if Turkey wishes to become part of Europe, it has to act in the way Germany has acted in its time.

ARMENIANS CREATED REGIONAL UNION IN NORTH OF RUSSIA

June 1, 2004 - 20:22 AMT  14:51 GMT
The inauguration of a regional branch of the Union of Armenians of Russia has been held in Arkhangelsk Russian city.

CHAIRMAN OF UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA MET WITH GEORGIAN PRESIDENT IN MOSCOW

June 1, 2004 - 19:44 AMT  14:51 GMT
Ara Abrahamian was among the five principal businessmen, with whom the Georgian President met in private in the course of a Russian-Georgian business forum recently held in Moscow.

DISSATISFIED ARMENIAN CLIENT SHOT DOWN MOTOR MECHANIC IN MOSCOW

June 1, 2004 - 19:07 AMT  14:51 GMT
Native Armenian Artur Sargsian, 22, shot down motor mechanic of a service center, as it seemed to him that the latter demands too much money for the car repair.

EUROPEAN INVESTORS, RUSSIA AND TURKEY INTERESTED IN OPENING ABKHAZIAN RAILWAY

June 1, 2004 - 19:05 AMT  14:51 GMT
Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania stated it, noting talks on resumption of communication via the Abkhazian part of the Transcaucasian railway were possible after the return of Georgian refugees to the Gali region of Abkhazia.

NO PARALLELS CAN BE DRAWN BETWEEN ABKHAZIA, OSETIA AND KARABAKH

May 25, 2004 - 05:00 AMT  14:51 GMT
According to the newspaper ''Echo'', Baku, demonstrations of protest demanding to give Karabakh back to Azerbaijan are being held in Stepanakert. None of the sources confirmed this information. Our colleagues in Stepanakert assured there were no demonstrations in Karabakh. It is evident that this is another falsification.
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