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KOCHARIAN-ALIYEV MEETING IN ALMA-ATA UNDECIDED: FM
FUNERALS IN ARMENIA TO TAKE PLACES WITHIN LAW
FEBRUARY 21.Armenia's government today approved
the bill on organizing burials.
As the minister of town-building of Armenia David Lokian today
informed the journalists, the bill regulates the problems of
assigning places in grave-yards, the order of priority of its
assignment, the sizes of places and other problems. The minister
pointed out that hence these problems are regulated by 6 governmental
decisions and now it is necessary to adopt a single law.
According to him, 450 ha have been allotted for grave-yards in
Armenia and in the nearest future it is planned to open two more new
burial-grounds.
OTE HAS NOT FULFILLED INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS
FEBRUARY 21.The data of the interdepartmental
commission, which examines the activity of the "ArmenTel", testify
about that the company OTE has not fulfilled its investment
commitments. The deputy of Armenia's National Assembly Arshak Sadoyan
today told the journalists.
According to him, even the issue of instituting criminal proceedings
against one of similar organizations is on the agenda in Greece. The
company OTE has not fulfilled its obligations on introducing the
system of digital communication in rural areas, which are attached
both to the agreement and license. It's enough for the "ArmenTel"
company to be deprived of the monopoly in the sphere of
telecommunications. The company has caused approximately $150 mln
damage to Armenia, Sadoyan mentioned.
REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIA'S POLITICAL FORCES ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH
THE BILL ON MASS INFORMATION
FEBRUARY 21. Today the representatives of political forces of Armenia expressed dissatisfaction with the provisions of the bill on mass information, approved by the government of the country. Thus, the representative of the party "Orinats yerkir" Sergo Yeritsian pointed out that any bill, directed to limitation of freedom of speech and hindering the activity of mass media, is doomed to failure. He said that the bill does not correspond to international standards and contradicts the democratic principles. In his turn, the leader of the fraction of the ARF Dashnaktsutiun Aghvan Vardanian pointed out that this draft law is a nonsense. According to the deputy, the law on mass information must ensure maximum freedom of activities of the journalists. At the same time, Vardanian said that the representatives of mass media must bear responsibility for published information. The parliamentarians think that the atmosphere of irresponsibility, intrinsic to native mass media, is simply unacceptable. SENTENCE PASSED ON PRESIDENT'S BODYGUARD GLARING TESTIMONY TO LACK OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN ARMENIA: AVETIK ISHKHANIAN FEBRUARY 21. The sentence passed on the president's bodyguard Aghamal Harutiunian is a glaring testimony to the lack of judicial system in Armenia, Chairman of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia Avetik Ishkhanian told ARMINFO. According to him, the sentence is a strong evidence that the country's judicial system depends on the executive power. Ishkhanian expressed confidence that in Armenian society, where the trust in the judicial system is shaken, the atmosphere of distrust will be aggravated. The country lacks legal bases of statehood, he said. Ishkhanian said that the sentence testifies that a person is defenseless in Armenia. Moreover, the right ot life is not protected in Armenia, and any person can be done away with without any punishment to follow. Ishkhanian said that the sentence records that a Lynch law is in effect in Armenia now.
7.7% GDP GROWTH REPORTED IN JAN 2002
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FEBRUARY 21. The meeting of the Armenian and
Azerbaijani Presidents, Robert Kocharian and Heydar Alivyev remains
undecided, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian told ARMINFO.
According to him, the prospects of the meeting of the Armenian
and Azerbaijani presidents "still remains uncertain."
As was reported earlier, during an informal CIS summit in Alma-Ata
on March 1, a regular meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents was to be held. During the meeting the sides were to
discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
