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ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS BRUTAL KILLING WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO. The Armenian Assembly strongly condemned the murder in Hungary Thursday of an Armenian army lieutenant by an Azerbaijani officer, and said the brutal killing at a NATO training facility was a reflection of the belligerence and anti-Armenian mood set by Baku. "The killing is a blow to the very principles of NATO's Partnership for Peace Program which had brought both the Armenian and Azerbaijani officers to Hungary to attend special English language courses," Assembly Executive Director Ross Vartian said. "Ongoing bellicose remarks by Azerbaijani leaders fuel anti-Armenian hysteria at a time when both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh are pursuing a peaceful approach to the conflict with their neighbor," Vartian said. "The brutal killing is not only a deplorable act, but also a clear and direct result of the anti-Armenian tone set by the Baku leadership. It is long past time for Azerbaijan's leadership to behave responsibly, starting with President Aliyev's condemnation of this vicious murder," Vartian said. The killing, at the Hungarian University of National Defense, came a month after Azerbaijan refused to allow three Armenian officers to attend a conference held in Baku under the aegis of the NATO/PfP program. While both NATO and the United States spoke out against the ban, the leader of the Baku government-sanctioned Azerbaijani "Organization for Liberation of Karabakh" Akif Nagi promised even more drastic action. "They have nothing to do in our land," Akif told a rally in Baku. He said "unpleasant surprises" and more "radical measures" will await any Armenian delegation that tries to attend the NATO-sponsored joint military exercise in Baku later this year. Any such visit by the Armenians, Nagi said, "will turn into tragedy and blood for them." In Budapest, Hungarian police said the Armenian officer attending a NATO Partnership for Peace program was hacked to death "with unusual cruelty" early Thursday morning with an axe and a knife by an Azerbaijani participant. "We say unusual cruelty because besides a number of knife wounds on his chest, the victim's head was practically severed from his body," Budapest police Maj. Valter Fulop told reporters. He identified the victim as Lt. Gurgen Markarian, 26, of Armenia and the suspect as Lt. Ramil Safarov, 27, of Azerbaijan. "We detained the suspect, who did not put up a resistance and his interrogation, along with the questioning of witnesses - including Markarian's Hungarian roommate - is continuing," a Budapest police spokesman said. In Yerevan, a spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry said the brutal murder was "a result of bellicose anti-Armenian propaganda, unleashed by the authorities of Azerbaijan lately." Also condemning the killing, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said: "This crime is the logical consequence of the anti-Armenian hysteria that has been left unchecked by the Azerbaijani authorities over the years and the warmongering militarist propaganda of recent months, which consistently infects all Azerbaijani society. It is evident that such state policy has crossed the bounds and officials, representing Azerbaijan abroad, can commit cold-blooded murder." AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN OFFICE ISSUES STATEMENT ON INCIDENT IN BUDAPEST BAKU, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO-TURAN. The Foreign Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan regrets the accident that occurred in Budapest, on February 19, when an Armenian officer was killed, and offers condolences to his colleagues and family, says a statement issued by the Azerbaijani Foreign Office. "The Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov, who was detained on suspicion of murder, comes from a refugee family from the Jabrail region, which was occupied by Armenians in 1993. During the occupation the family's effects were plundered, some of the officer's relatives were killed. According to the information available, the Armenian servicemen made repeated statements insulting the Azerbaijani officer's honor and the memory of the victims of the Armenian aggression." All that affected Ramil Safarov's emotional state. "The Azerbaijani side urges the Armenian side to restrain from accusations against Azerbaijan and its people. The accident in Budapest cannot be allowed to catalyze the aggravation of strained relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The accident once more confirms the need for intensification of the international community's efforts towards a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within international law," says the statement of the Azerbaijani Foreign Office. NATO COMMAND COMMENTS ON TRAGEDY IN BUDAPEST YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO. The NATO command qualifies the accident in Budapest as a crime and denounces it, the NATO Spokesman told the Radio Free Europe, commenting on the murder of an Armenian officer by an Azerbaijani one. The officers were in Budapest under NATO's program of English language training. As regards the possibility of transferring NATO training from Azerbaijan to another country, he stated that the NATO Command is not considering this issue now. However, he did not rule out that this issue will be discussed at the next conference on planning NATO training, which will be attended by Armenian and Azerbaijani representatives. EX-PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA LEVON TER-PETROSSYAN ENGAGED IN INTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO. Ex-president of Armenia Levon-Ter-Petrossyan is not in an isolation as he is spoken about at present, he is engaged in an intensive scientific activity, the former chairman of the Armenian Parliament, one of the ideologists of the former ruling party, the Armenian Pan-National Movement (APNM), Babken Ararktsyan said at a press-conference at the National Press Club today. He said that the first volume of the multi-volume scientific work Ter-Petrossyan is currently preparing will be published in the nearest future. Ararktsyan said that he often met Levon Ter-Petrossyan and had an arrangement with him on the three o'clock, but he refused from meeting Ter-Petrossyan in the presence of journalists. AZERBAIJAN'S GOVERNMENT MUST THINK WHEN PROPAGANDA OF IDEOLOGY OF HATRED YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO. Azerbaijani government must seriously think over its ideology of hatred against the neighbor Armenia, with whom they will have to live in peace sooner of later. It is said in the appeal of the Chair person of the Armenian committee "Zinvori mayr" (Mother of soldier) Greta Mirzoyan to a number of NGOs of Azerbaijan and Georgia - participants of the Caucasian Forum. In her appeal Greta Mirzoyan mentions that in our uneasy time every citizen of Armenia and Azerbaijan worries about the health of own people and his security. "A small wrong step may result in irreparable consequences, after which it will be difficult to find the initiators", said in the document. According to the information, the brutal murder of the lieutenant of the Armenian army Gurgen Margarian in Budapest by a citizen of Azerbaijan causes a pain and fear in the hearts of the mothers for the future of the children. "Stop the process of "Sumgait" - fraught not only for us Armenians, but also for the region as a whole", Greta Mirzoyan said. YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO. The resolution of Armenian government to deprive the "ArmenTel" of monopoly on cellular communication and internet will come into force since May of the current year. Press Secretary of justice minister of Armenia Ara Saghatelian told ARMINFO. According to him, the resolution of the executive power from Feb 19 limits the monopoly of the company by making amendments to the license no.60. The license was given by the government of Armenia to the company "ArmenTel" on June 25, 1997 and fixed monopoly rights for the term of 15 years. Saghatelian said that the resolution of the government must come into force in order, fixed by law, if till May 31 the arbitral court in London doesn't make a decision which contradicts this resolution of the government. In this connection the Ministry of Transport and Communication and the Justice Ministry of Armenia have been instructed to make a proposal to the government concerning the decision of the arbiter. The government has passed a resolution to deprive the company "ArmenTel" of monopoly in connection with the violation of contractual obligations by the company. The government accuses the monopolist of low-quality mobile communication, nonfulfillment of obligations on investments and installation of telephones in the republic. LYCOS/ARMENIA PLANS TO LAUNCH SECOND CENTER IN ARMENIA ON TRAINING OF SPECIALISTS IN IT SPHERE YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO. The Armenian representation of the company Lycos Europe in association with the Yerevan State University and Enterprises Incubator Foundation plans to open the second center in Yerevan on training of specialists in the sphere information technologies. Director of the company Lycos/Armenia Hovhannes Avoyan told ARMINFO. According to him, the second center will be situated in the territory of the Yerevan State University and will have 20-25 students. "We have already finished the mounting of equipment in the auditory and now we receive applications from the entrants", Avoyan informed. He mentioned that this center will be called "Web development training center". Mainly the applications are received from the students of the faculties of applied mathematics, physics and radiophysics, but the Lycos also examines the applications of the students of other faculties. The selected students will receive two-year intensive education, then they will receive diplomas of both the company Lycos and from the Yerevan State University, Avoyan informed. The head of the Armenian office of the company Lycos didn't exclude that further the students of the Center will receive a special scholarship. It should be noted that earlier the Lycos had created a similar center jointly with the Yerevan Engineering-Architectural University and Enterprises Incubator Foundation. According to the head of the company, it is supposed to spend $500,000 during the next two years for maintenance of the centers.
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20. ARMINFO. Adoption of a bill on organization of
technoparks will become an impetus for development of IT-industry in
Armenia, Director General of the Armenian-American company
He said that a relevant document has already been elaborated and
submitted to the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development of
Armenia. Vardanyan said the document aiming regulation of technical,
legal and organizational issues, will allow a creation of some 6
effective technoparks in Armenia having by 20 companies each. Up to
50 people will be employed in every such company.
Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development Tigran Davtyan said
that the document is considered at the Ministry. He said the adoption
of the document not in a status of law, but as a Governmental
decision would be more expedient as it is of organizational nature.
Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan instructed the ministry to consider
this issue within the shortest term.
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