The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear frends! Arminfo news agency inform SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ 2ND TIME VETOED THE CANDIDACY OF U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. For the second time, Senator Robert Menendez has vetoed the candidacy of Richard Hoagland that was proposed by President George W. Bush for nomination as the new U.S. Ambassador to Armenia. Mr. Menendez's stated that Mr. Hoagland is an experienced and respected diplomat who had honestly and devotedly served USA, Radio Liberty reports, referring to the Senator's office. However, taking into consideration the contradictions about the candidacy the best way to resolve the situation, a new candidacy will be, proposes Senator Menendez. MISLEADING INFORMATION ON KfW'S BRANCH IN ARMENIA Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. "The information that Armenia actively negotiates with German side to open a branch of German state development bank KfW in Armenia - as stated by an insurance information site ForINSURER.com, does not represent the facts", Karapet Gevorgyan, Head of the KfW Representative Office in Yerevan, told ArmInfo today. He said that as per KfW's regulations, the bank's branches could function only in Germany. However, the bank can open its representative offices abroad to implement economic development and technical support programs. Mr. Gevorgyan pointed out that KfW representative office in Armenia was set up in October 1998. ARMENIAN LOBBY OF USA INTENDS TO PRESSURIZE US PRESIDENT THROUGH CONGRESS Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. By January 15, the Armenian lobby in the USA intends to present a resolution to the US House of Representatives appealing to President George Bush to use the word "Genocide>, Kiro Manoyan, the head of the representative office in Armenia and a member of the ARF Dashnaksutsyun Party, said at the "Urbat> discussion club, Thursday. To remind, at the latest elections to the US Congress, the Democratic Party gained the majority of seats in the House of Representatives. In K.Manoyan's opinion, this allows to hope that the situation in the American parliament will change in the Armenian lobby's favour. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY TO BE PRESENTED IN US CONGRESS NEXT WEEK Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. A group of US Congressmen, including Adam Schiff, George Radanovich, Frank Pallone, Joe Knollenberg, addressed a letter to the members of the US House of Representatives, informing about their intention to present the draft resolution on recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire in the US Congress next week. According to the "Zaman> Turkish newspaper, in the letter the Congressmen appeal to their colleagues to support this initiative. The source reminds that the voting on a similar resolution was rejected at the last minute in 2002 when Republican Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives decided to leave it for the consideration of the White House's administration. Meanwhile, during the last parliamentary elections, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the present Speaker of the House of Representatives, promised her voters to support this resolution. IT IS TACTLESS TO APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE OF NON-TRADITIONAL SEXUAL ORIENTATION AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA: HAKOB AVETIKYAN Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. It is tactless to appoint Richard Hoagland, a representative of a non-traditional sexual orientation, as the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia which is a country of strong traditions, Hakob Avetikyan, the editor-in-chief of the "Azg> newspaper, said at the "Urbat> discussion club, Thursday. In his turn, Kiro Manoyan, the head of the "Hay Dat> office in Armenia and a member of the ARF Dashnaktsutsyun Party, noted that it is undiplomatic and tactless of Armenia to make any statements about the appointment of Richard Hoagland. This issue should be addressed in the USA, moreover, the "Hay Dat> office has already expressed a discontent in its message to the Senate. Particularly, the message runs that R.Hoagland will fail to properly represent the interests of the USA in Armenia, K.Manoyan said. He added that Armenia should wait for the further course of events. To remind, US President George Bush has twice failed to appoint Richard Hoagland as US Ambassador to Armenia. For the first time, the voting in the US Senate for confirmation of R.Hoagland's nomination for a new US Ambassador to Armenia was suspended in September 2006. The Armenian community of the USA came out against Hoagland's nomination, as he denies the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915. U.S. SENATE RE-STUDIES RICHARD HOAGLAND'S CANDIDACY AS THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. Richard Hoagland's candidacy is in the agenda of U.S. Senate for nomination of the new U.S. Ambassador to Armenia. In the U.S. diplomatic mission to Armenia the ArmInfo correspondent was told that President George W. Bush has once again proposed Mr. Hoagland's candidacy for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia. Liz Zentos, Information Officer of the U.S. Embassy to Armenia, said - "First the Senate foreign relation committee will have to vote on Hoagland's nomination, if it is approved by the committee the nomination will go to the Senate for a vote." Ms. Zentos added that, as per the Senate's regulations, the candidacy could be approved or refuted even if the Parliament considers that the candidacy should not be re-reviewed again. In September 2006, Senator Robert Menendez blocked Hoagland's candidacy and together with Senator Harry Reid requested President George W. Bush for a new candidature for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia. Hoagland's nomination will be studied by the 110th Congress where Democrats are in lead after the November elections. OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE: FROZEN CONFLICTS IN GEORGIA, MOLDOVA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH DEMAND SPECIAL ATTENTION Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. The frozen conflicts in Georgia, Moldova and Nagorno-Karabakh demand special attention, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos said at a conference in Vienna, Thursday. The conference covered the issues of terrorism, ecology and pluralism. The Chairman added that in the settlement of these conflicts, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will pay special attention to establishing relations between communities and nations, the OSCE told the ArmInfo news agency. In each of these conflicts the wall dividing the nations into two parts should be pulled down, A.Moratinos said. For a favorable settlement of the conflicts the OSCE should interfere now and build a base for further progress, he noted. ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT REIMBURSED ARMAVIA'S COSTS FOR PEOPLE TRANSPORTATION OFF LEBANON-ISRAEL CONFLICT ZONE Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. Armenian Government allocated 1165.00 mln AMD (315 thnd USD), from the reserve fund stipulated by the state budget for 2007, to reimburse Armavia's costs for transportation of people off Lebanon-Israel conflict zone to Armenia and for humanitarian cargo transportation, governmental press service reports. Hundreds of refugees were transported to Armenia by Armavia's special flights to Syria during combat actions in Lebanon. HEAD OF "HAY DAT" ARMENIAN OFFICE: PROBABILITY OF PASSING OF RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF US CONGRESS VASTLY INCREASED WITH VICTORY OF DEMOCRATS IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. The probability of passing of resolution on Armenian Genocide by the House of Representatives of US Congress has vastly increased with the victory of democrats in the recent parliamentary elections, the head of "Hay Dat" Organization's Armenian Office, Karo Manoyan, said today in "Urbat" club. At that, he made a slip in speech that it is his personal opinion. POSSIBLE ACQUITTAL OF ARRESTED ZHIRAIR SEFILYAN TO CREATE NEGATIVE IMAGE OF RA LAW MACHINERY IN DIASPORA'S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY: EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF "AZG" NEWSPAPER Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. A possible acquittal of the arrested Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the public-patriotic organization "In defense of Liberated Territories", accused of calls to the armed subversion of the constitutional system, will create a negative image of RA Law machinery in the Diaspora's Armenian community, the Editor-in-Chief of "Azg" newspaper, Akop Avetikyan, said today in "Urbat" club. According to him, if Sefilyan is acquitted and it becomes clear that he was accused groundlessly, the image of Armenia's law machinery will be undermined. "The Diaspora has always treated and still treats the Armenians with heroic past too emotionally", Avetikyan said. MEDIA OF ARMENIAN DIASPORA AND MASS-MEDIA OF ARMENIA PERFORM DIFFERENT TASKS: EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF "AZG" NEWSPAPER Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. The Mass Media of the Armenian Diaspora and the Mass Media of Armenia perform different tasks, the Editor-in-Chief of the home "Azg" newspaper, Akop Avetikyan, said today in "Urbat" club. A. Avetikyan reminded that he had been the editor of another "Zartonk" newspaper, edited in Beirut, for 13 years. Therefore, he is well aware about the Armenian newspapers of Diaspora, what is called, from inside. According to him, very often these are newspapers of one man, whish combine the editor, journalist, corrector and issuer in one person. Very often, it is a family business, when the representative of one family are the owner of a newspaper for tenth of years. If the newspapers, issued in Armenia, have as an object to inform the reader of the events in Armenia and in the world, the newspapers of Diaspora broadcast, first of all, the events of the Armenian community of the country where they are issued. In hid turn, the Head of the "Hay Dat" Armenian Office, Kiro Manoyan, said he is also well aware of the Armenian newspapers of Diaspora, since he used to head the "Horizon" newspaper, issued in Canada. Neither Manoyan nor Avetikyan agreed with the opinion that the newspapers of the Armenian Diaspora are "isolated" from the Armenian reality. On the contrary, they are very well aware of it. AR DEPUTY FM: CONSTRUCTIVE WAYS ARE SEARCHED TO COORDINATE POSITIONS FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. "Azerbaijan has demonstrated a constructivism and political will, necessary for the Karabakh conflict settlement and now it is Armenia's turn to show a similar approach", the deputy FM of Azerbaijan, Araz Azimov, told ANS TV Company, Day.az reports. According to Azimov, all the issues of the shortly coming meeting of the two countries' Foreign Ministers are known and "constructive ways are searched to coordinate the positions". "Azerbaijan has taken all the possible measures to reach this constructivism. It may sound trivial, however, the ball is at the Armenian side since we have made our presence felt", he said. A. Azimov called the mediator-countries to develop the settlement principles in detail and to commit them to paper for their further implementation. ""All this work can be done within a month or it may my not happen even during 5 years. All depends on the political will. Now it is a matter of the adverse party", he said. FRENCH SPORTS AND CULTURE UNION "PROVANCE-ARMENIA" INTENDS TO BUILD SPORTS COMPLEX IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH Stepanakert, January 11. ArmInfo. The objective of our visit to Nagorno-Karabakh is to help children going in for taekwondo. We have given them suits and bags. We are also planning to help 250 orphans and children from poor families. I have asked my friends in France for help and they have given me clothes for Karabakh children, the chairman of the Provance-Armenia sports and culture union (France) Agobik Khalchadourian said during a press-conference in Stepanakert. He also said that the Union and the Karabakh authorities are going to build a sports complex in Nagorno-Karabakh. The project is to be launched in June 2007. Pop stars from Armenia and France will take part in the ceremony of laying of the first stone. The Union is also planning to build a culture and education complex in Kotayk region, Armenia. EARTHQUAKE IN TERRITORY OF CASPIAN SEA Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. Earthquake with magnitude 5 happened today morning at 7:58 AM by local time in the territory of Caspian Sea in 90 km to the east of Makhachkala town. The earthquake shock in epicenter was of force 6-7, National Seismic Protection Service told ArmInfo. VTB-ARMENIA BANK ADDED TO ITS TOTAL ASSETS TO 26 MLN USD Yerevan, January 11. ArmInfo. By January 1, 2007, VTB-Armenia bank's net profit added 6.7% to the bank's total assets making up 9.333 bln AMD that is 26 mln USD. VTB told ArmInfo that VTB's registered capital underwent no amendments by January 1, 2007, and was fixed at the rate of 19.7 mln USD. Its net profit as per the 2006 results made up 746.344 mln AMD that is 2.1 mln USD. As per the sources, assets in the context of the year grew up by 10.1% making up 45.649 bln AMD that is 125.5 mln USD by January 1 2007. VTB's obligations in the context of the year grew up by 11% making up 36.315 bln AMD that is 99 mln USD. 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