Today Arkadi Ghukasyan, the president of Nagorno Karabagh, met with journalists in the Nagorno Karabagh Armenian representation office.He said that attempts to give Karabagh back to Azerbayjan will lead to a new war. He also thinks that the negotiation process of Karabagh conflict solution in the framework of the OSCE Minsk group may be restarted during the forthcoming 1-2 months and the OSCE Minsk...

The constitutional draft of "the 6" is under discussion in the National Assembley. The draft will be devided into 3 parts (human rights, governing system, court system and local government) for one-by-one discussion. The draft considers cancellation of capital punishment. Due to the draft any Armenian with permanent residence in Armenia will be issued Armenian citizenship. Citizens of Armenia, enjoying...

The Caspian Information Agency reported that Turkey has delivered a number of protect notes to Azerbayjan. The direction of Azeri foreign policy does not meet the spirit of brotherly cooperation, Azerbayjan does not consult with Turkey while taking important decisions, claims Turkey. Turkey is outraged that Azerbayjan did not make a statment on the report of Europarliament which recognize the Armenian genocide.

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The vice-head of the Armenian Parliament Gagik Aslanyan informs that the Constitutional drafts will be discussed by turns. The 6 parties draft discussion will take place tomorrow. After the discussion is over the Parliament will discuss the constitutional reforms project suggested by Robert Kocharyan. Tomorrow before the drafts are discussed the deputies will make decission when and how the Constitutional...

"The liberalism authorities' idea is being developed in Armenia". The "Liberalism prospects in Armenia and Germany" seminar participants came to this conclusion after the two days' discussions. The Armenian liberalists assured that the sociaty will have to elect them. The former authorities are sure that in that case being discredited even by the present authorities won't be of vital importance. "Only...

Armenia is a full as well as a self-assured member of UNO. As the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan said it took 10 years since Armenia became a member of UNO to achieve self-assurance. Vardan Oskanyan stresses with pleasure the fact that during those 10 years Armenia appeared as an author of few formulas and as a member of many committees. Now Armenia aspires to become a provisional...

A delegation headed by Irani Islamic Republic Defence Minister Admiral Ali Shamhani arrived in Yerevan today. Iran intends together with political economical and cultural cooperation to develop the military one, which will not be directed against any third country, Admiral Shamhani said. The minister also expressed his concern about the presence of the U.S. military forces in Georgia, as Iran has...

"The country will become a parliamentary republic of 1001.jpg%Besides, the president's version includes elements dangerous for the nation which will hit at the author's interests and then at our State system. The "Self-Determination" party is categorically against the death sentence to be currently in force. About the demand to sentence to death the 27 th October criminalists, Mr. Hayrikyan noted...

"Armenia won't meet any half-ways untill the Karabagh conflict is solved,- announced Galust Sahakyan, the head of Parliament "Miasnutyun" party. He noted that we will agree only when Karabagh is a part of Armenia. And the Armenian people will make decision about the compromises as well as the government, he says. Mr. Sahakyan stressed that the Meghri version is excepted anyway. What is for the...

"Armenia needs a powerful president, Parliament and Government but all these can exist only if the constitutional version suggested by the president is in force",- said Ruben Mirzakhanyan, the head of the Armenian Ramkavar Azatakan Party. He announced that in spite of some shortcomings the party supports the presidential version on the constitutional reforms. Talking about the Karabagh conflict...

Today Hrach Hakobyan, the executive director of the Military and National Research Armenian centre represented the annual report of the centre activity. As a result of the year activity the experts came to the conclusion that the authorities act regardless of citizen's rights and interests. The Minister of Defense Serj Sargsyan's statement about the liberated territories return confirms that. Research...

"There's no second version for the Constitution and can not be any". This statement of Armenian president is somewhat of an order to the Parliament and the parties carrying out his will,- today announced 6 parties supporting the Parliamentary version of the Constitution. Despite the pre-electorial promisses given by him on the constitutional reforms the president of Armenia making many mistakes tries...

Turkey Parliament's 6 groups have made a special statement after European Parliament came up with the report on South Caucasus and European Union relations. The report urged Turkey to cease the Armenia blokade and recognize 1915 Armenian genocide, as MEDIAMAX news agency informs. EP decision was called in the statement an "indecent attack" against Turkey.

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Discussions on the Armenian Constitution and constitutional amendments drafts will take place in a special order in the Parliament. The constitutional amendments' provisional committee has approved that order today. The constitutional discussions' process will be recorded and broadcasted by the Public TV. The draft authors will be given 90 minutes each to represent the projects. As the supporters...

The minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan didn't inform what kind of points are to be represented during the CIS presidents' non- official summit that will take place in Alma-Ata. But he noted that some management issues will be discussed. Though Armenian president's press agency released that Robert Kocharyan will meet the Russian president Vladimir Putin as well as the Georgia and Turkmenistan...

Unlike the president of the country, the head of "Orinats Erkir" (Country of law) party Artur Baghdasaryan is not afraid of being beaten up by the intelligence. The party has represented a new legislation draft to stimilate spreading the Europe languages ecspecially the Russian. Mr Baghdasaryan is sure that the new legislation draft doesn't contradict with the law "About the language". He also thinks...

"The death sentence can not be banned in our country as we have a feeling of revenge",- said the leader of the "Republic" party Aram Sargsyan. He also noticed that the trial on 27-th of October case lasts more than a year and doesn't meet needs of the public and some political powers. The party head Albert Bazeyan noted that our foreign policy regresses. Karabagh conflict is spoken about like Levon...

Today the president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has met the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmen Rudolf Perina, Philip de Syurmen and Nikolay Gribkov in Vienna. After the meeting the OSCE Minsk group French co-chairman de Syurmen said that the mediators '' were highly pleased '' with the meeting Armenian president. But the mediators refused to tell details from new suggestions stressing that the Armenian...

"We have handed our victory to triators". This way the Artsakh war commanders interpreted the Minister of Defence Serj Sargsyan's statement that "Armenia is ready to meet half-ways "We won in the battle field, but the war is not over yet, the victory can not be privatized",- the commanders warn the authorities. The country is in danger now - maybe much more than in the beginning of the Artsakh movement...

The Socialistic Armenia union members carry on their propaganda to realize the national model of Democratic Socialism in Armenia. Their next visit was to Hrazdan city. Aram Sargsyan said that they are sure the project realization will make drastic changes in Armenia.The new system inner structure will eliminate the fallacious phenomena that are in Armenia now. The people of Hrazdan were interested...

"A country waging war and having territorial problems is not advised to have a Parliamentary ruling system'',- the Parliament "Union'' group leader Galust Sahakyan said as a contrary argument to the alternative version of the Constitution.He also believes that the "Republician'' party is the ruling one and will try to keep being that. Recently many republicians in the government system were deprived...

The delegation headed by Armenia's president Robert Kocharyan left for Slovakia for a day-long official visit. Robert Kocharyan is to meet with his counterpart and Speaker of National Assembly as well. After Bratislava Armenian president leaves for Vienna. In Austria he is expected to sign a number of documents. The president will return to Armenia on February 27.