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CHAIRMAN OF CIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ARRIVES IN ARMENIA TODAY

YEREVAN, MARCH 2. ARMINFO. Chairman of CIS Executive Committee, Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushaylo is arriving in Yerevan on a three-day visit today.

Rushaylo is to meet with Armenia's President Robert Kocharyan, Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Defence Minister Serzh Sargsyan, Deputy Foreign Minister Gegam Garibjanyan, WWII veterans.

He is to discuss issues concerning reformation of the CIS and celebration of the 60th anniversary of the WWII Victory.

MONUMENT TO ADMIRAL ISAKOV TO BE ERECTED IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MARCH 2. ARMINFO. Secretary of the National Security Council at Armenia's President, Defence Minister Serje Sargsyan met today with the Chairman of CIS Executive Committee, Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushaylo.

Minister's press-secretary, colonel Seyran Shakhsuvaryan informed ARMINFO that a number of issues concerning the cooperation of CIS countries and their Defence Ministries, as well as the joint Air-Raid system were discussed during the meeting. The parties also discussed a program of actions within the framework of celebrating the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic war. Sargsyan presented in details the festive program and stressed that a monument to admiral Isakov will be opened on Isakov avenue on May 9. Monuments to marshals Babadjanyan and Khudyakov will be erected within the nearest three years, too.

US SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR NOT RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

YEREVAN, MARCH 2. ARMINFO. It is shameful that the U.S. has not publicly recognized the Armenian Genocide, says Hellenic News of America.

The world community and the academic community overwhelmingly recognize the Armenian Genocide. The Library of Congress held a major conference on the Armenian Genocide several years ago. Yet the State Department continues its opposition to recognition. The U.S. should also publicly call for the removal of Turkey-s illegal economic blockage of Armenia which also prevents U.S. humanitarian aid to Armenia.

The U.S. media has failed to cover adequately the situation in Turkey for decades. They have taken handouts and statements from U.S. officials without serious questioning or investigation. Speeches and interviews by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman for years have contained blatant falsehoods, misleading statements and serious omissions of fact regarding:

To remind, during his recent meeting with US Armenians US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans characterized the 1915 events in Ottoman Empire by the term "genocide" saying that it was his personal opinion. But the US official policy on the issue has not changed as the US has traditional ties with Turkey in the framework of NATO.

INTEL AND UNICOMP TO CONDUCT UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR IT-SPECIALISTS

YEREVAN, MARCH 2. ARMINFO. Intel Corporation and Unicomp Armenian company will organize the University program for IT-specialists at Armenia's State Engineering University (ASEU), March 15-18. Using of wireless Internet-technologies is the program's main task. Unicomp company's director Armen Baldryan informed ARMINFO. He said that 5 invitee specialists of Intel will conduct lessons in 3 demo-laboratories organized at ASEU. They will conduct 3-4 lessons every day with about 50 students. About 300 students will be involved in the lessons in all. Besides, organizers plan to set out a demo-stand to investigate the results of their work. A traditional prize-drawing will be hold after completing the University program. Baldryan informed that they plan to conduct the similar actions for students of the Yerevan State University as well. He also said that they negotiate with Intel on founding the permanent laboratory in Yerevan. To note, UniComp company is the premier-provider of Intel in Armenia.

TIGRAN SARGSYAN REELECTED TO POST OF CHAIRMAN OF ARMENIAN CENTRAL BANK

YEREVAN, MARCH 2. ARMINFO. The Armenian Parliament has approved the candidature of the Chairman-in-Office of the Armenian Central Bank Tigran Sargsyan running for the second term, today. Tigran Sargsyan has been reelected due to 89 votes "for" and 4 "against."

Biography of Tigran Sargsyan: Born in 1960 in the Armenian town of Kirovakan. In 1977 he graduated from the secondary school in Yerevan. In 1978-1980 he studied in Yerevan Institute of Agriculture and continued his education at Leningrad Financial-Economic Institute after N.A.Voznesenskiy in 1980-1983. In 1983-87 he received post-graduate study and presented a dissertation on the topic "Planning of regional socio-economic development on the example of Armenia." In 1987-1990 he occupied the post of Head of the Department for Economic Ties at the Research Institution of Economy and Planning. In 1988-1993 he was Chairman of the Republic Council of Scientists and Young Specialists. In 1993-1994 he taught banking at Yerevan State University. In 1990-1995 he was deputy of the Supreme Council of Armenia and occupied the post of Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for Financial and Credit and Budgetary Affairs, In 1995-1998 he occupied the post of Director of Scientific ands Research Institution of Public Reforms and combined his post as Chairman of the Association of Banks of Armenia. Since March 3 1998 he has occupied the post of CB Chairman. He is a non-party man, married, has two children.

FLASH COMPANY RAISES RETAIL PRICES FOR PETROL REGULAR-91

YEREVAN, MARCH 2. ARMINFO. One of the largest oil traders in Armenia, the company Flash, has increased today the retail price for petrol (Regular-91) by 10 drams per liter from the previous 290 to 300 drams per liter. Flash LTD told ARMINFO that retail prices for petrol Premium-95 - 320 AMD/l, Super-98 - 350 AMD/l and diesel - 230 AMD/l did not change.

As regards wholesale prices for petrol and diesel, then from March 1 Flash Ltd offers Regular-91 - 269-274 AMD/l, Premium-95 - 278-284 AMD/l, Super-98 - 299-304 AMD/l and diesel - 215-219 AMD/l.

On the whole, from Jan 10 to March 2 Flash LTD reduced wholesale prices for petrol by 1-2 points, diesel by 30-31 points. As regards retail prices, petrol price at filling stations was left unchanged, but diesel fuel was reduced by 20 points from Jan 10 to March 2.

HEADLINES OF MARCH 2

UNIBANK PLANS 30% INCREASE IN CREDITING IN 2005

BY JUNE 2005 UNIBANK TO START ATTRACTING NEW JUBILEE DEPOSITS

UNIBANK TO ISSUE 5,000 VISA CARDS BY THE END OF 2005

AMD DROPS AGAINST USD IN FEB

0.7% DEFLATION REGISTERED IN ARMENIA IN FEB 2005

LEADER OF NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TURKEY TO COUNTERACT TO REMOVE ARMENIAN CAUSE FROM TURKEY'S AGENDA

POPULATION IN ARMENIA TO DROP BY 500,000 BY 2050: UN

ATIAD STATED THAT TURKEY HAD ENTERED A PATH OF NO RETURN, AND WOULD BECOME AN EU MEMBER WHETHER THE CDU AND CSU WANTED IT OR NOT

9.6% GROWTH IN CARGO TURNOVER REGISTERED IN ARMENIA IN JAN 2005

WE RECOGNIZE SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE OF AZERBAIJAN AND DO NOT KNOW A STATE LIKE NAGORNY KARABAKH: US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN

SOME TURKISH BUSINESSMEN ADVOCATE OPENING BORDER WITH ARMENIA TO DESTROY IT ECONOMICALLY: AZERI MP

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF ARMENIA HAD SPEECH AT NEW YORK SITTING OF UN COMMISSION FOR WOMEN

LEADER OF TURKISH OPPOSITION: "THE EU IS TRYING TO MAKE 'GENOCIDE' RECOGNITION A PRECONDITION FOR OUR ACCESSION TALKS"

CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE AND HARD SOCIAL-ECONOMIC SITUATION IS DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF FALSIFICATIONS OF RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 2003: STEPAN DEMIRCHIAN

BLOC "JUSTICE" OPEN FOR COOPERATION WITH POLITICAL FORCES IN COUNTRY ASPIRING FOR RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER IN ARMENIA

DEMOCRACY IN ARMENIA IS OF FORMAL NATURE ONLY: LEADER OF NDU

STEPAN DEMIRCHYAN: POST-ELECTORAL EVENTS IN ARMENIA DIFFER FROM SITUATION IN UKRAINE AND GEORGIA

ON MARCH 3 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS OF GEORGIA TO HOLD ACTION OF RECONCILIATION BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN CHURCHES

CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER VIOLATED IN ARMENIA: ASHOT MANUCHARIAN

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN OF CUSTOMS COMMITTEE

DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARMENIA AND CIS HEAD OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DISCUSS ISSUES OF REFORMATION OF COMMONWEALTH

SECRETARY OF THE CIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CALLS RHETORICAL THE QUESTION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COMMONWEALTH

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS UNABLE TO GUARANTEE FAIR ELECTIONS

GEORGIA DOES NOT REFUSE TO PAY OFF DEBT TO ARMENIA FOR USED ELECTRICITY IN 1998-1999: ARMEN MOVSISIAN

ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES IN FIRST READING BILL ON EDUCATION OF PERSONS NEED FOR SPECIAL STUDY CONDITIONS

12.1% INCREASE OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO POPULATION REGISTERED IN JAN, 2005

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION OF ARMENIA ANNOUNCES DAYS OF REPUBLICAN SCHOOL OLYMPIADS

UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL IN ARMENIA MADE UP 9.2% IN LATE JAN, 2005

PRIME MINISTER OF ARMENIA: NORMAL WORKING ATMOSPHERE TRIUMPHS INSIDE RULING COALITION

FORMER STUDENT OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMY OF ARMENIA SHOOTS AT DEAN

TATUL MANASERYAN: NOMINATION OF ONE CANDIDATURE POST OF CB CHAIRMAN IS SLAP IN FACE OF ALL FINANCIERS-PROFESSIONALS

ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT ADOPTS IN SECOND READING BILL ON FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

SECRETARY OF CIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS FULFILLMENT OF DECISIONS OF LAST CIS SUMMIT IN ASTANA WITH POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN ARMENIA

U.S. EMBASSY OPENS COMPUTER LAB FOR ASPIRING JOURNALISTS AT THE GYUMRI STATE PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE

24% OF ELECTORS OF ARMENIA DO NOT HAVE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE PARLIAMENT. PROPOSES THREE VARIANTS OF CORRECTING SITUATION

POSITION OF US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA JOHN EVANS IN ISSUE OF KARABAKH AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE: ARMENIAN MP

ADDITIONAL DRAFT OF PROGRAM OF ARMENIA FOR SUBMISSION TO AMERICAN CORPORATION "MILLENNIUM CHALLENGES" READY

CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION TOTALED 2.9 BLN DRAMS IN JANUARY, 2005

EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TO INTENSIFY RELATIONS OF EUROPEAN UNION WITH COUNTRIES OF SOUTH CAUCASUS

OPINIONS OF POLITICAL FORCES OF ARMENIA ON REPORT OF US DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIFFER

ARAM SARGSYAN: STATEMENT OF USA AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA IS MADE PURPOSELY AND AIMS TO PLEASE ARMENIA AND ONE MILLIONS ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF USA

ILLEGAL RESIDENTS INCLUDING ARMENIANS TO BE EXPELLED FROM STAVROPOL

ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT MEETS WITH HEAD OF UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA

NKR GOVERNMENT APPROVES A NUMBER OF BILLS