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CIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HEAD VLADIMIR RUSHAYLO TO VISIT ARMENIA MARCH 2-4

February 28, 2005 - 22:31 AMT  00:14 GMT
During the meeting the parties will discuss the issues regarding CIS reforming as well as the events dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of the victory in the World War II.


GERMAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION PARTY SUBMITTED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BUNDESTAG

February 28, 2005 - 21:03 AMT  00:14 GMT
Germany should urge Turkey to confess perpetration of the Armenian Genocide.

AZERI LEADERSHIP DISCONTENT WITH JOHN EVANS'S STATEMENTS

February 28, 2005 - 18:42 AMT  00:14 GMT
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry made a statement on this occasion.

ANDRZEJ KASPRZYK TO PROPOSE TO INCREASE NUMBER OF MONITORINGS AT CONTACT LINE OF AZERI AND KARABAKH ARMED FORCES

February 28, 2005 - 17:41 AMT  00:14 GMT
OSCE is concerned over the violations of cease-fire regime in the conflict zone of Nagorno Karabakh.

NKR FOREIGN MINISTRY: AZERBAIJAN CARRIES ON MISINFORMING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

February 28, 2005 - 17:28 AMT  00:14 GMT
Official Baku and Turkey are collaborating on the issue.

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DID NOT ANSWER TO AAE CLAIM

February 28, 2005 - 16:56 AMT  00:14 GMT
The Assembly of the Armenians of Europe (AAE) claimed the European Court to adopt a resolution on impossibility of Turkey's EU membership without Armenian Genocide recognition.

OSCE AND CE JOINT EXPERT GROUP TO VISIT ARMENIA MARCH 3-4

February 28, 2005 - 16:49 AMT  00:14 GMT
In the course of the visit the expert group is examine the issues regarding the constitutional and electoral reforms.

NKR PRESIDENT: "THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO KARABAKH CONFLICT PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT"

February 28, 2005 - 16:44 AMT  00:14 GMT
By rejecting the possibility of talks with Karabakh Azerbaijan is to account for the absence of active negotiation process within the frames of the OSCE Minsk Group, Arkady Ghukasian considers.

US STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: "JOHN EVANS'S STATEMENTS CAN BE VIEWED AS "PERSONAL ATTITUDE EXPRESSED DURING PRIVATE MEETING"

February 28, 2005 - 16:26 AMT  00:14 GMT
They do not correspond to the official stand of the United States.

ABOLISHION OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN GEORGIA

February 26, 2005 - 04:00 AMT  00:14 GMT
The prime minister of Georgia Zurab Nogaidely is going to achieve the abolition of local governance bodies of lower level. The head of the government holds that the village councils, called "Sacrebulo", should be liquidated and only regional councils should keep functioning. Nogaideli informed about this initiative in the parliament when he was presenting the program of activities of his cabinet. The opposition, associations of local governance bodies and ethnic communities of the country are quite indignant at the intention of the prime minister. Georgian Armenians are also alarmed at the ideas of the new premier.
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