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ARMENIA TRYING TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE CONNECTED WITH TRANSPORTATION OF ARMENIAN CARGOES FROM BATUMI PORT

May 4, 2004 - 00:31 AMT  17:42 GMT
Yerevan negotiates with Georgian party on transporting 63 carriages with goods destined for Armenia from Batumi to Poti.

ARMENIA SUSPENDED ENERGY EXPORT TO GEORGIA

May 3, 2004 - 22:23 AMT  17:42 GMT
The decision was taken together with Telasi Georgian Energy Company in view of the fact that Georgia does not require energy at present.

OPPOSITION BLAMES ARMENIAN LEADERSHIP FOR MISINTERPRETATION OF PACE RESOLUTION

May 3, 2004 - 22:03 AMT  17:42 GMT
Shavarsh Kocharian denied that the Armenian opposition representatives were collecting signatures, "moreover of the Turkish and Azeri parliamentarians", in order to put the issue of the situation in Armenia on the PACE agenda.

YEREVAN NOT DISCUSSING ISSUE OF ARMENIAN EMBASSY REACTIVATION IN BAGHDAD

May 3, 2004 - 21:31 AMT  17:42 GMT
Taking into account the situation in Iraq, Yerevan does not discuss the issue of reactivation of the Armenian Embassy in Baghdad at present, Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian said.

TURKISH DEPUTY DEMANDED SCHWARZENEGGER TO ABANDON ASSESSMENTS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY

May 3, 2004 - 21:30 AMT  17:42 GMT
Member of People-Democratic party of Turkey, deputy Atilla Bashoglu sent a letter to governor of California State Arnold Schwarzenegger in view of his recent statement regarding the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SAYS THERE ISN'T AND WON'T BE ANY OIL IN AZERBAIJAN

May 3, 2004 - 19:34 AMT  17:42 GMT
In the words of Leonid Kuchma, "in this view Ukraine should be guided by sober economic interests without participating in the game of politics imposed by West".

ALL ARMENIANS' CATHOLICOS LEFT FOR SOUTH AMERICA ON MINISTERIAL VISIT

May 3, 2004 - 19:15 AMT  17:42 GMT
Garegin II will offer his benediction to the Armenian flock of Brazilia, Uruguay and Argentina.

VISHWANATHAN ANAND TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT DEDICATED TO TIGRAN PETROSIAN'S 75-TH BIRTHDAY

May 3, 2004 - 19:05 AMT  17:42 GMT
Viswanathan Anand, the famous Indian grand master refused from participation in the coming chess championship in Lebanon in order to train for the international tournament dedicated to the 75-th birthday of 9-th world champion Tigran Petrosian.

GEORGIAN LEADERSHIP DECIDED TO REPAIR ROADS OF JAVAKHETIA

May 3, 2004 - 18:37 AMT  17:42 GMT
Georgian government allocated 2 million laris (about $1 million) for the repair of the roads in the Armenian-inhabited Samtskhe-Javakheti region.

BAKU ASSURES ISSUE OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER OPENING REMOVED FROM AGENDA

May 3, 2004 - 18:35 AMT  17:42 GMT
In the words of Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mamedyarov, Ilham Aliyev's visit to Ankara as well as the negotiations of the Azeri and Turkish FMs resulted in removing the issue from the agenda.
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