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    1) Karabagh Celebrates Victory Day
    2) Erdogan Asks French Firms to Help Defeat Genocide Bill
    3) Azeri And Armenian Foreign Ministers to Meet Next Week
    4) Armenians Participate in Fourth European Social Forum
    5) FC MIKA Wins Armenian Cup

    1) Karabagh Celebrates Victory Day

    STEPANAKERT (Armenpress)The Soviet victory in WWII, the liberation of Shushi,
    and the creation of the Mountainous Karabagh Defense Army were celebrated
    Tuesday in the Mountainous Karabagh Republic on Victory Day.
    Columns of MKR Defense Army units marched solemnly in the Stepanakert
    streets.
    Meetings with veterans of WWII and the Artsakh War, concerts, sporting events,
    and art expositions took place all over the republic.
    The events ended with fireworks in the Republic's Square of Revival.

    2) Erdogan Asks French Firms to Help Defeat Genocide Bill

    (Combined Sources)--Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with
    representatives of French companies Tuesday and warned them that a French bill
    criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide would damage relations between their
    countries, the state-owned Anatolia news agency reported. Erdogan's spokesman
    confirmed the meeting took place.
    The French Parliament will discuss the proposed bill next week, which would
    make it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman
    Turks at
    the beginning of the 20th century constituted a genocide.
    The French bill was proposed by the opposition Socialist Party and submitted
    to the French parliament. It is similar to a law making it a crime in
    France to
    deny the Holocaust of World War II.
    On Monday, Turkey recalled its ambassador to Paris, Osman Koroturk, over the
    proposed bill. Koruturk, who went to Ankara to offer an official analysis
    through diplomatic channels, will return to Paris by this weekend.
    Turkey is exerting efforts in diplomatic, political and economic channels
    against the bill in question.
    Turkey has used economic leverage before to punish France for its stance on
    the Armenian genocide: in 2001, Turkey canceled millions of dollars worth of
    defense deals with French companies after lawmakers in France recognized the
    Genocide.
    Erdogan reportedly told the assembled company representatives in Ankara that
    he wanted them to pressure the French government not to enact it.
    "We expect executives of French firms to react to the draft law," Erdogan was
    quoted as saying, warning that its passage would negatively affect relations.
    Erdogan added that the law was not conducive to freedom of thought and
    expression, Anatolia reported.
    As part of the concerted efforts, the Turkish Parliament Foreign Affairs
    Commission went to Paris Tuesday to meet with representatives of political
    parties represented in the French Parliament and ask for the motion to be
    withdrawn.
    The Turkish deputies are expected to warn the French politician that the
    motions' becoming law may lead to irreparable damages in bilateral relations.
    Also, earlier this month, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was widely quoted in
    the Turkish news media as asking his French counterpart, "Will you throw me in
    jail too?" if he stated that the killings were not genocide, which is official
    Turkish government policy.
    Meanwhile, France's Ambassador to Ankara, Paul Poudade, said that he does not
    think that there will be a big crisis between the two countries.
    Poudade said France's relations with Turkey are important, but added, "at the
    same time, keeping ties with France, a European Union member, is also to the
    advantage of Turkey."
    Ankara also does not expect rocky relations with Paris at this point. It has
    not taken any extreme measures, such as officially withdrawing the Turkish
    ambassador.
    The temporary recalling of the ambassador, however, was a strong statement by
    Turkey, which faces an uphill battle to win over the French public in hopes of
    gaining eventual entrance to the European Union.
    Turkey also recalled its ambassador to Canada over the Genocide issue, saying
    remarks by the Canadian prime minister recognizing the Genocide could
    seriously
    harm Turkish-Canadian relations.
    Turkey has said it would return both ambassadors after consultations in
    Ankara.

    3) Azeri And Armenian Foreign Ministers to Meet Next Week

    BAKU (Armenpress)--The Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers, Vartan Oskanian
    and Elmar Mamedyarov, will meet on May 18-19 in Strasbourg, France.
    Mamedyarov confirmed Oskanian's statement Wednesday that the two would
    meet in
    Strasbourg to discuss the possibility of holding a meeting between the
    Presidents of the two countries in June.
    The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk will also join the talks to be held between
    Oskanian and Mamedyarov.
    Meanwhile, Russian co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Yury Merzlyakov, said
    that he and his two counterparts from the US and France, Steven Mann and
    Bernard Fassier, were waiting for reaction to their latest proposals from
    officials in Yerevan and Baku.
    These new proposals were delivered to the Azeri and Armenian governments by
    Fassier during his latest visit to the region.
    "I think it was the most important visit following our meeting in Moscow to
    formalize these proposals," Merzlyakov said.

    4) Armenians Participate in Fourth European Social Forum

    (Combined Sources)Approximately 30,000 people gathered in Athens on May 4-7
    for
    the fourth annual European Social Forum (ESF) to discuss the war in Iraq,
    neoliberalism in Europe, and immigrant rights.
    The forum, which brings together all social movements in Europe, featured
    hundreds of seminars, booths sponsored by various organizations at the event's
    main fair, and a meeting on Friday night to hear anti-war activists.
    At the end of the forum, over 80,000 people joined a demonstration through
    the
    center of Athens, where "hands off Iran" echoed through the streets.
    Two representatives from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) youth
    organization of Armenia and five ARF youth organization members from Greece
    participated in the Forum.
    The delegates ran a booth during the fair, where they handed out
    informational
    packets and brochures educating attendees about the organization, the Armenian
    genocide, and selling Armenian CDs.
    With over one thousand Turks also participating in the forum, representatives
    of the two groups had a chance to discuss some of the most pertinent issues in
    Armenian-Turkish relations.
    The Armenian delegates spoke to their Turkish counterparts about the
    importance of Genocide recognition.
    The Turkish participants agreed that Turkey must recognize the Armenian
    genocide and acknowledged the wrongdoing of their government.
    Although the Armenian and Turkish delegations got a chance to meet and
    discuss
    important issues, the ESF did not have any plenary sessions where participants
    could debate some of the major issues facing the movement.
    Organizers of the ESF reported that it was the biggest political gathering in
    Greece since the student uprisings of the 1970s.

    5) FC MIKA Wins Armenian Cup

    FC MIKA won their fifth Armenian Cup after a 1-0 win against FC Pyunik in
    Tuesday's final. Both teams played a great game, but it was Armen
    Shahgeldyan's
    23rd minute
    goal that clinched the game for MIKA.
    MIKA and Pyunik are the only two teams to have won the Armenian
    Cup since 2000, but they had never played each other in the final before.

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