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"VIRK" PARTY UNIFYING ARMENIANS OF GEORGIA STATES ACTIVATION OF CRIMINAL ELEMENTS IN JAVAKHETIA IN INTEREST OF TURKEY

May 15, 2002 - 23:42 AMT  11:32 GMT
"Virk" party operating in the Georgian Samtskhe-Javakhetia province populated by Armenians has come out with a statement on activation of criminal elements in the territory.

"ARMENTEL" TO FINANCE PROJECT OF BUILDING MEGHRI-MARAND FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATION LINE

May 15, 2002 - 23:42 AMT  11:32 GMT
Meghri-Marand fiber-optic communication line, whose length will make 150 kilometers, will let strengthen the connection between the telecommunication systems of Armenia and Iran and will make Armenia into a telecommunication transit zone.

TURKISH DIPLOMAT SUGGESTS ANKARA ESTABLISHING TRADE RELATIONS WITH YEREVAN

May 15, 2002 - 23:35 AMT  11:32 GMT
Former senior officer of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuksel Soylemez, who is engaged in activity concerned with Armenia, suggested opening a Turkish trade center in Yerevan.

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT US SANCTIONS WILL APPLY TO ONE ARMENIAN FIRM ONLY

May 15, 2002 - 23:31 AMT  11:32 GMT
Let us remind that a day or two ago the US Department of State stated that Washington was imposing sanctions against Armenian, Moldavian and Chinese private companies, accused of supplying Iran with equipment and technology, which could be used to produce mass extermination arms.

ACCORDING TO AZERI OPPOSITIONIST'S DATA MINSK GROUP NEW PROPOSALS WILL REST ON PARISIAN PRINCIPLES

May 15, 2002 - 23:29 AMT  11:32 GMT
Sulhaddin Akper considers that the superpowers will exert pressure on Aliyev to make him accept the Parisian principles.

ARMENIA'S ENROLLMENT AS NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY ASSOCIATED MEMBER TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE TURN OF MAY

May 15, 2002 - 23:27 AMT  11:32 GMT
NATO Parliamentary Assembly chairman Rafael Estrella, who is in Yerevan at present, stated it in the course of the meeting with National Assembly Speaker Armen Khachatrian.

TURK-MESKHETIANS SECRETLY POPULATING JAVAKHETIA

May 15, 2002 - 23:26 AMT  11:32 GMT
The migrants are registered as Georgians in official documents and have Georgian surnames.

RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPER CRITICIZED AZERBAIJAN FOR RELUCTANCE TO RECOGNIZE KARABAKH SEPARATE PARTY OF CONFLICT

May 15, 2002 - 23:26 AMT  11:32 GMT
Former plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President at the negotiations on the Armenian-Azeri conflict settlement, ambassador Valdimir Kazimirov has published an article in "Vremya-MN" Russian newspaper criticizing the position of official Baku, which refuses to recognize Nagorno Karabakh as a separate party of the conflict.

NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN VISITED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL

May 15, 2002 - 23:25 AMT  11:32 GMT
He also familiarized himself with the genocide museum exposition.

CE EXPERTS TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH COURSE OF FULFILLMENT OF OBLIGATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY ARMENIA

May 15, 2002 - 23:23 AMT  11:32 GMT
Today a group of the Council of Europe experts, headed by CE Italian representative Pietro Erkole Ago, is arriving in Yerevan.
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