The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear frends! Arminfo news agency inform REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO PACE TRY TO ENLIST SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS IN KARABAKH PROBLEM, CONTACTING WITH THEM THROUGH E-MAIL, SHAVARSH KOCHARIAN STATES YEREVAN, JANUARY 13. ARMINFO. Representatives of Armenian delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe try to enlist the support of their European counterparts when discussion of the draft report of David Atkinson on Nagorny Karabakh in PACE by electronic correspondence. Member of Armenian delegation to PACE, representative of the opposition Justice bloc Shavarsh Kocharian stated talking to ARMINFO. "It is difficult to enlist the support of European parliament members in the Karabakh problem sitting here in Armenia, that's why the members of the Armenian delegation are trying to use personal contacts with representatives of European delegations, contacting with them through e-mail", Shavarsh Kocharian thinks. A certain work is carried out with European colleagues during the sittings of the PACE commissions as well. The deputy also assured that when discussion of the draft report for Nagorny Karabakh in PACE the representatives of the opposition and pro-power forces in the Armenian delegation will come out with common positions. At the same time Shavarsh Kocharian stressed that the draft report of David Atkinson regarding Nagorny Karabakh is the failure of not the Armenian parliamentary delegation to PACE, but the foreign policy of Armenia. FRENCH ARMENIAN WOMAN GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE DEMANDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE YEREVAN, JANUARY 13. ARMINFO. An Armenian woman has gone on hunger strike in France demanding a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac during which she is going to lay her demands for the Armenian Genocide acknowledgement by Turkey, reports Azg newspaper (Armenia). 44 year old mother of 4 children Kulas Karpinyan has been on hunger strike in the Armenian church of Marseilles for 7 days already. neither the press nor the local Armenian community have reacted to her demands yet. "But I am resolved to go till the end," Karpinyan told an Azg correspondent. VLADIMIR KAZIMIROV'S STATEMENTS ON KARABAKH PROBLEM REFLECT RUSSIA'S OFFICIAL POSITION: AZERI POLITOLOGIST YEREVAN, JANUARY 13. ARMINFO. People like Vladimir Kazimirov speak on behalf of the official Kremlin, says ex FM of Azerbaijan Tofik Zulfugarov. "His statements show his incompetence," he adds. "Armenia insists that Nagorny Karabakh be given independence which would break Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. So Armenia must be pressured. It is very rough now because it feels Russia's backing," says Zulfugarov. He says that in early 90s both parties said that the key to the problem is in Moscow who does not however want it to be solved as this problem is a lever for it to pressure both Azerbaijan and Armenia. "It is playing into Moscow's hands to constantly delay the conflict settlement. That's exactly what Kazimirov is proposing," says Zulfugarov. The head of the Azeri community of Nagorny Karabakh Nizami Bahmanov says that "Kazimirov's statements show that people like him are the key obstacle to the conflict settlement." "Late Haydar Aliev told him repeatedly to stop supporting Armenia. So it is not strange that Kazimirov is talking such nonsence." Bahmanov says that unless the international community tries to settle the problem Azerbaijan will resort to any means including military ones. If the talks fail the parties will resume war. "Our patience is not endless, we want to get back the lands of our ancestors and diplomats like Kazimirov must know that Karabakh will never be independent." "Armenia and the Karabakh Armenians have in fact suffered a serious social, political and diplomatic defeat. The Armenian population of the occupied Azeri territories is in dire state. People are leaving Karabakh on a mass scale." "Nagorny Karabakh is our homeland and we will go back there without fail," says Bahmanov. CONCERT CONDUCTED BY BRITISH MAESTRO TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN YEREVAN, JANUARY 13. ARMINFO. A concert of Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, headed by British Conductor Paul MacAlindin, will be held at the concert hall after Aram Khachaturian in Yerevan on Jan 14. Paul MacAlindin has arrived in Armenia by the invitation of the British Council in Armenia and Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. According to MacAlindin, the staff of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra is notable for talented musicians. GEORGIAN POLICE WANTS TWO ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS TBILISI, JANUARY 13. ARMINFO-BSP. The Georgian police wants two especially dangerous criminals Garik Kostanyan and Denis Kvarelashvili, the members of the gang part of which has been arrested in the 12 January special operation in Tbilisi, a BLACK SEA PRESS reporter was informed at the Interior Ministry press center. The police have arrested six men suspected of committing grave crimes: racket, robbery, and murders. All of them had already pleaded guilty. They are Giorgi Nemsadze, 45, a resident of Kobuleti, with previous conviction; residents of Tbilisi Giorgi Kuparadze, 35; Ruben Tumasyan, 49; Tengiz Gogiashvili, 53; Givi Surguladze, 37; and wanted for murder Denis Kvarelashvili, 22. Pistols, grenades, cartridges, and false documents had been confiscated from their apartments. The investigation has established that on 30 April 2004 Garik Kostanyan and Rudik Tumasyan had brought two Azeri nationals brothers Ilkham, 32, and Rasim, 37, Ogly Gasanovs under pretext of a car sale. In the house basement the criminals beat the Gasanovs and threatening with arms demanded $20,000 from them. After the brothers refused to give them the money, they were killed and buried in the yard of the house. Since last May the brothers had been searched as missing. The Didube-Chughureti prosecutor's office is investigating into the case. 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