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TWO AZERIS CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN
FEBRUARY 11. Two Azeris were captured by federal
forces during the anti-terror operation in Afghanistan.
According to Baku media, they have sent letters to their families
through the International Committee of Red Cross. The two prisoners
are being held at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba. One of
them is a Russian citizen and the other a resident of Baku. Both were
recruited to the combat actions by Wahabbis.
STRONG ARMENIA-ISRAEL RELATIONS TO PAVE WAY FOR ISRAEL'S RECOGNIZING
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY
FEBRUARY 11. Strengthening of the Armenia-Israel
relations may pave the way for Israel's recognizing the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, Press Secretary of Armenia's Foreign
Ministry Dzyunik Aghajanyan has told ARMINFO, commenting on the
statement by Israel's Ambassador to Armenia Rifka Cohen that one
should not draw parallels between the Armenian Genocide and the
Holocaust.
Aghajanyan regretted that the political leadership of Israel, a
nation which has gone through Holocaust, continues maintaining such
an attitude for some unknown political reasons.
As of today Tel Aviv has not officially recognized the Armenian
Genocide insisting that it was not a genocide but massacres of
Armenians.
COMPUTER CLASSROOM NAMED AFTER SAINT PETERSBURG GOVERNOR VLADIMIR
YAKOVLEV OPENED IN GIUMRI
FEBRUARY 11.A computer classroom named after Saint
Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev opened in one of Giumri
schools. Yakovlev presented this classroom to A.Pushkin school of
Giumri during his visit to Armenia in September 2001.
Minister-Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Armenia Sergey Kapinos,
Russian Consul General in Giumri P.Sulimko, Governor of the Armenian
region of Shirak Feliks Pirumyan, as well as the director of the
above school and other public representatives attended the opening
ceremony, the press-service of the Russian Embassy in Armenia told
ARMINFO.
Speaking at the ceremony, Sergey Kapinos pointed out the importance
of the given event in the activation of interregional contacts and in
efficient development of humanitarian relation between the Shirak
region and the Russian regions. Earlier in 2001, Russia provided the
Armenian schools with manuals. He pointed out that the above school
was reconstructed in 2001 by combined efforts of the Russian and
Armenian builders. All this create a new direction of humanitarian
cooperation. Besides, many new projects are expected to be
implemented in this sphere, including the improvement of youth
exchange between the two countries, Kapinos said.
In his turn, Shirak Governor Feliks Pirumyan said the opening of the
classroom is a concrete contribution of the Saint Petersburg's
Administration to development of educational system in the region of
Shirak, as well as confirmation of the attention the Russian Embassy
pays to the disaster area population, Pirumyan said.
The ceremony participants emphasized the importance of the support
rendered by the Russian part to the Armenian school, adding that it
will contribute to the improvement of the growing generation;s
educational level in the spirit of Russian-Armenian long-standing
friendship.
"BLUE MOSQUE" IN YEREVAN BRILLIANT SYMBOL OF ARMENIAN-IRANIAN
FRIENDSHIP
AARWA DEMANDS PASSING NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE ON ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO
ARMENIA
PART OF FOUR-STOREYED BUILDING COLLAPSED IN CENTER OF YEREVAN
FEBRUARY 11. Part of a four-storeyed building belonging to Armenian-German Banking and Finance College collapsed in the center of Yerevan today. Fortunately no victims were registered. A Commission was convened at the Yerevan Municipality to find out the reasons of the collapse and to determine the damage, Head of the press-service of the Extraordinary Situations Department attached to the Armenian Government Nikolay Grigoryan told ARMINFO. The Armenian Ministry of Education and Science made a decision to complete the repair works by March 1 to continue the lectures in this building. NO POLITICAL MOTIVES IN MURAD BOJOLYAN'S ARREST: RUBEN BALABANIAN FEBRUARY 11. There is no political motive in the arrest of the specialist in Turkic philology Ruben Bojolyan, Ruben Balabanian, Bojolyan's lawyer, told ARMINFO. According to the lawyer, the reason for Bojolyan's arrest may have been his cooperation with Turkish mass media, in particular, with the TV 6 channel. This fact aroused Armenian special services suspicion. At the same time, the lawyer expressed doubts that the information reported to the aforementioned mass media might contain political or other state secrets. "It is yet early to say how well the charge brought against Murad Bojolyan is grounded," the lawyer said, commenting on the statement made by Deputy Minister of National Security Grigory Grigorian that there is ample evidence for bringing charges against Bojolyan. The lawyer did not say whether or not Bojolyan pleaded guilty, alleging the interests of his client. According to the lawyer, Bojolyan was interrogated only twice: once as a suspect and once as accused. Both the times the interrogations were conducted in the absence of the lawyer. Balabanian himself has not yet began his client's defense. He also said that neither his client nor he intends to appeal the minor court's decision on applying arrest to Bojolyan as preventive punishment. He also pointed out he does not intend to make any petitions now.
ARMENIA EVANLGELICAL SOCIETY REPAIRS KINDERGARTENS IN KARABAKH
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FEBRUARY 11.The "Blue Mosque" in the center of
Yerevan is a brilliant symbol of the Armenian-Iranian friendship,
Cultural Consullar Head of the Iranian cultural center, Embassy of
Iran in Armenia, Mohsen Aboutalebi told ARMINFO.
According to him, the agreement on the reconstruction of the mosque
is of high importance to the Iranian side. "Iran gratefully
appreciated the agreement on the reconstruction of the mosque signed
in 1995, and carried out repair works during the following 5 years
it, which cost over 1mln. USD," Aboutalebi said, adding that all the
works were carried out on archival materials, and the building
materials were made in Iran with the use of a special technology. At
present, the reconstructed "Blue Mosque" is not only an Islamic holy
place, but also a cultural monument which attracts numerous tourists.
The mosque also testifies that all necessary conditions are created
for Moslems in Armenia, no cases of racial or religious
discrimination are registered. "If there is one mosque in Armenia,
you should know that over 60 churches, most of them being Armenian,
are functioning in Iran," the Iranian diplomat said. He emphasized
that the Armenian authorities consider the "Blue Mosque" first
of all their own value.
The "Blue Mosque" in Yerevan was constructed in 1765. The area of the
mosque is 7,000 sq. meters. In the south-eastern part there is a
24-meter-high minaret. The mosque has 20 pavilions. The mosque
functions from the first days after its construction to the beginning
of World War I.
FEBRUARY 11.The Armenian Aryan Race-Worshipping
Alliance (AARWA) demands passing a no-confidence vote on
Israeli Ambassador to Armenia Rivka Koen (the residence in Tbilisi).
The reason for that is the ambassador's statement that the Armenian
Genocide in Ottoman Turkey early in the 20th century has nothing in
common with the Jewish Holocaust.
The AARWA regards such statements as cynical and as interference in
Armenia's internal affairs. In its statement the AARWU points out
that the Israel officially denies the Armenian Genocide, supporting
Turkey and Azerbaijan in their anti-Armenian policy.
The statement also points out that the number of Jew killed during
the Holocaust, 6,000,000, is exaggerate. According to the AARWA, Jews
representing Young Turks were participating in the Armenian Genocide
(which is proved by indisputable evidence), which is the reason for
their denying that fact. Besides, the AARWA voiced its protest with
Armenian President Robert Kocharian against Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanian's statement on the impossibility of developing the
Armenian-Iranian cooperation in the security sphere. The AARWA also
demands the adoption of the Law "On the Armenian Genocide", which
would stipulate punishment for denying the fact of the Armenian
Genocide.
