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    ARKA News Agency
    March 2 2005


    Head of CIS Executive Committee meets with RA Deputy Foreign Minister

    Customs sector remains in center of President's attention

    RA President meets with UAR President

    Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Rushailo arrives in
    Yerevan

    Karabakh conflict assumes character of cold war - head of
    National-Democratic Union of Armenia

    PPA for strategic alliance with Russia

    RA Central Bank Chair Tigran Sargsyan reelected

    Vladimir Zhirinovsky: The Scenario of `Orange' Revolution May Take
    Place in Armenia


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    HEAD OF CIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS WITH RA DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER


    YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. Head of the CIS Executive Committee
    Vladimir Rushailo has met today with RA Deputy Foreign Minister
    Gegham Garibjanyan. The Press and Public Information Department, RA
    Foreign Office, reports that Rushailo presented the issues put on the
    agenda of a meeting of the Council of the CIS Foreign Ministers,
    which is to be held in Minsk, Belarus, on March 18. The sides also
    discussed issues of reforms of the CIS and of arrangements to
    celebrate the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great patriotic War.
    P.T. -0--

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    CUSTOMS SECTOR REMAINS IN CENTER OF PRESIDENT'S ATTENTION

    YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharian held a
    working meeting today with Chief of the Ra Customs Committee Armen
    Avetisyan. The RA presidential press service reports that Avetisyan
    reported to the President on the execution of previously received
    instructions. The sides discussed the Committee's further activities,
    particularly issues of the planned surveys aimed to reduce the share
    of the shadow sector on the consumer goods market. President
    Kocharian stressed that the customs sphere will remain in the center
    of his attention. P.T. -0--

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    RA PRESIDENT MEETS WITH UAR PRESIDENT

    YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharian held a
    meeting today with President of the Union of Armenians of Russia
    (UAR) and of the World Armenian Congress (WAC) Ara Abramyan. The Ra
    presidential press service reports that the sides addressed issues of
    holding arrangements to mark the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
    Genocide, the 1600th anniversary of creation of the Armenian
    alphabet, as well as of celebrations of 2005 as a year of Russia in
    Armenia. P.T . - 0--

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    CHAIRMAN OF THE CIS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VLADIMIR RUSHAILO ARRIVES IN
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee
    Vladimir Rushailo arrived in Yerevan today. He informed the reporters
    in Yerevan Zvartnots Airport that the visit is of working character
    and he plans to conduct a number of meetings, including those with
    political authorities of Armenia. `Issues to be discussed are the
    execution of the decisions of the summit of CIS Heads of State
    Council in Astana ', said Rushailo. He also said that a number of
    important sessions are being prepared now, in particular, the session
    of CIS Foreign Ministers Council on March 18 in Minsk and the session
    of CIS Head of State is scheduled to be held in the end of April in
    Tbilisi. In addition, the session of CIS Heads of State Council will
    be held in Kazan. According to Rushailo, the agenda of talks includes
    discussions on execution of decisions dedicated to celebrations of
    60th anniversary of Victory in great Patriotic War. Meetings with RA
    President Robert Kocharian, Premier Andranik Margaryan, Defense
    Minister and Secretary of the Security Council Serge Sargsian, Deputy
    Foreign Minister Gegham Garibjanyan are scheduled in the framework of
    Rushailo's visit to Armenia. Rushailo will also meet with veterans of
    Great Patriotic War and workers of the rear. L.V.--0--

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    KARABAKH CONFLICT ASSUMES CHARACTER OF COLD WAR - HEAD OF
    NATIONAL-DEMOCRATIC UNION OF ARMENIA

    YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. Karabakh conflict assumes cold war
    character, as stated Vazgen Manoukyan, the leader of
    National-Democratic Union of Armenia. According to his forecast, the
    settlement of the conflict will be delayed for tens of years and both
    sides will be waiting for the `collapse of the other'. `Karabakh
    issue can be settled neither by external force, nor by mutual
    concessions ', noted Manoukyan.

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    PPA FOR STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH RUSSIA

    YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) is for
    a strategic alliance with Russia, PPA Chairman Stepan Demirchayn told
    a press conference. However, he stressed that he is against the
    formula `enterprises against debt', which resulted in the giants of
    Armenian industry being transferred to Russia. The enterprises remain
    idle.
    On December 4, 2002, as part of Armenian-Russian economic
    cooperation, the RA Parliament ratified an agreement transferring to
    Russia five Armenian enterprises against Armenia's $93mln national
    debt to Russia. The enterprises transferred to Russia are: the `Mars'
    CJSC, Yerevan Research Institute of Mathematical Machines CJSC,
    Yerevan Research Institute of Automated Control Systems CJSC, Yerevan
    Research Institute of Materials' Science, and the Hrazdan TPP. P.T.
    -0--

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    RA CENTRAL BANK CHAIR TIGRAN SARGSYAN REELECTED

    YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. Armenian National Assembly reelected RA CBA
    Chair Tigran Sargsyan for a seven-year term by secret vote. According
    to the Head of Parliamentary Counting Commission Gagik Melicyan, 92
    MPs participated in the vote, of which 86 cast their votes for and 4
    against his candidacy. Two ballots announced invalid. After his
    reelection, Sargsyan thanked Armenian President Robert Kocharyan for
    putting forward his candidacy and lawmakers for approving it. He
    promised to justify confidence. `I'll try to strengthen this
    confidence and hope that cooperation with the Parliament will promote
    the country's economy flourishing'. Sargsyan said. He stressed that
    Armenia would face new challenges and the country must be prepared
    for them. `I hope the confidence in me will enable me to resist these
    challenges', he said.
    Under clause N 18 of the Law on Central Bank, the Chair of the
    Central Bank is being nominated by Armenian President for a
    seven-year term and approved by National Assembly.
    Current head of CBA Tigran Sargsyan took office in March 4, 1998.
    M.V. -0--

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    VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY: THE SCENARIO OF `ORANGE' REVOLUTION MAY TAKE
    PLACE IN ARMENIA

    MOSCOW, March 2. /ARKA/. The scenario of `orange' revolution may take
    place in Armenia, the Leader of LDPR faction of RF State Duma, Deputy
    Chairman of RF State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky stated to ARKA's
    reporter in Moscow. According to Zhirinovsky, some circumstances may
    contribute to it: small population, hence it would be easier to
    bribe, Georgian factor, where the revolution has already happened, as
    well as hostile neighborhood of Turkey and Azerbaijan. `Armenia is in
    a difficult state, it's surrounded with enemies from three borders,
    and Azerbaijan and Turkey are implacable enemies of Armenia ', he
    said.
    With regard to Middle Asia, Zhirinovsky said that he didn't
    anticipate any revolutionary upheavals there: those countries are
    ruled by the regimes that firmly hold the engines of power and do not
    allow left powers and strong pro-western opposition. That's why,
    according to him, everything will be there `all right, including
    Azerbaijan, where lham Aliyev adheres to the policy of his father, a
    man quite experienced in policy'.
    On the whole, according to Zhirinovsky, LDPR is not going to support
    `any revolution in any way'. `I am against any `orange' versions and
    against CIS', he said. Zhirinovsky doesn't like the CIS, as it `lives
    at the expense of Russia'. Transcaucasia is not an exception, and his
    attitude to Transcaucasia is quite critical, since `emigrants from
    there occupy scarce work places and take out Russian capital'. Thus,
    according to Zhirinovsky, 2 mln of Azerbaijanis living in Russia
    currently take about USD 2 bln away from the country, Georgians -
    about USD 1 bln. And with regard to Azerbaijani oil and Georgian
    tangerines used before, `the country was different then', Zhirinovsky
    said. `We separated and live now in different apartments, different
    states, and if it's not convenient, then we should look for other
    types of cooperation ', he said. In his opinion, such should be
    mutually advantageous union on voluntary basis, obliteration of all
    borders, adoption of dual citizenship, two state languages, that is
    Russia and local language, and a single type of currency- Russia
    Ruble. A.H. -0--
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