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    MONEY IN RETURN FOR TERRITORIES, SAYS ARAM KARAPETYAN

    Lragir.am
    31 March 06

    "Though the Millennium Challenge Corporation implements programs in
    different countries, the debate on funding us lasted for a long time,
    and I do not think it contains only an economic component," stated
    Aram Karapetyan, the leader of the Nor Zhamanakner Party on March
    31. Because, he said, the programs to be funded will not have any
    importance for the development of industry. The political context
    is one, believes Aram Karapetyan, Nagorno Karabakh Republic and the
    final settlement of the status of the liberated territories.

    "Especially after the visits of Bryza and Fried there is opinion that
    peacemaking forces are going to be stationed in these territories in
    July-August. This also implies that American troops will be stationed
    at the northern border of the Islamic Republic of Iran. As far as I
    know the structure of the troops is still debated.

    The Millennium Challenge, in other words, Money for Dayton. You surely
    remember negotiations in Dayton. The money is given to organize
    Dayton. This opinion prevails within the opposition," elucidates
    Aram Karapetyan.

    Republican Gagik Minasyan disagrees. The stipulations of the Millennium
    Challenge are absolutely different: democratization, struggle against
    corruption, establishment of a civil society. Aram Karapetyan objects
    to this. There was no serious and effective solution of these problems
    in Armenia. "But the funds were allocated. It means there was another
    context." Aram Karapetyan is not quite optimistic about the future of
    the American money, considering the experience of the money of the
    American LINCY Foundation. "As far as I know, there were cases of
    abuse. And I have learnt from press that they demand from Artashes
    Tumanyan to return a sum of 3 million. Every day they call him to
    the sixth department, the National Security Service. Perhaps they
    demand something from him if they keep calling him. I think part of
    the money of the Millennium Challenge will be stolen and dissipated."

    Gagik Minasyan did not answer to the question on wasting, but he
    agreed that there are objective and subjective problems that need to
    be discussed.
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