CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES PRESENT IN ALIENATION OF JERUSALEM ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE LANDSSeptember 7, 2002 - 00:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Israeli supreme legal court has not yet passed a decision on alienation of the Jerusalem Armenian Patriarchate lands to build a security fence between Israel and Palestine, as negotiations between the Patriarchate and the Israeli defense army are still in process. Jerusalem Armenian Patriarch, Archbishop Torgom Manukian told Armenian Assembly of America about it. In his words, the army command has agreed to build the wall along the southern border of the Patriarchate territory, not in the middle as planned before. Nevertheless, there are certain difficulties in this regard, which are discussed at present. The question is the following, "to narrow the width of the land lot necessary to build the wall" and demand compensation for damage caused by the Israeli defense forces to the Armenian church estate. The Patriarch expressed hope for the problem to be solved justly, but noticed that the negotiations are at a rather "sensitive" stage.![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |