FBI AGENT: INVESTIGATION ON ILLEGAL ARMS TRAFFIC CONDUCTED JOINTLY WITH APPROPRIATE ARMENIAN BODIESMarch 21, 2005 - 12:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The investigation on the illegal trade in arms in the US was initiated over a year ago and was conducted jointly with the appropriated Armenian bodies, Bryan Parmar, FBI special agent, US's juridical attaché in the Caucasus stated at today's press conference in Yerevan. When commenting on the role of Georgia and possibly Azerbaijan, he noted that Georgian specialists also take part in the investigation, while Azerbaijan has nothing to do with it. As for the participation of the Armenian military or the Russian military bases, the FBI agent stated that he possesses no information in this regard but did not rule such a possibility. Agreeing with the statement that no single weapon was taken out from Armenia, the FBI representative stated that there was efficient ground for the arrest of the gang. When answering the question whether Solomonyan's words were mere bluff, intended for a possibility to earn some money. Mr. Parmar noted that the bargain was not carried through and the arms could fall into wrong hands. "If everything did not go beyond photos we would not pay serious attention to it", he noted. Mr. Parmar also confirmed that Artur Solomonian mentioned of enriched uranium but did not revert to the topic afterwards. According to the FBI representative, several sources of weapons are located in the Caucasus. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |