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    ARKA News Agency
    Aug 18 2004


    RA Foreign Minister receives UNHCR Chief Inspector

    Memorial service takes place in St. Echmiadzin on the 10th
    anniversary of decease of Vazgen I, the Catholicos of All Armenians

    The newly appointed German Ambassador to Armenia presents her
    credentials to the RA President

    An exhibition -sale of Armenian books printed in Armenia and abroad
    takes place in Yerevan

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    RA FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES UNHCR CHIEF INSPECTOR

    YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian
    received Chief Inspector of UN High Commissioner for Refugees on his
    visit to RA Tahiar Ali. As RA Foreign Ministry Press Service told
    ARKA, the main purpose of the inspection visit is summarizing the
    works performed in the region since 1988 towards improving of the
    refugee's state as well as to evaluate the activity of UN High
    Commissioner for Refugees.
    During the talk, the Minister highly appreciated the activity of the
    UNHCR in RA and expressed a hope that in the future this important UN
    structure will be more actively involved in all works, related to
    refugees performed by RA Government.
    The sides also touched upon the issues related to social integration
    of refugees into the society. Tahir Ali to leave from RA for Georgia
    and then to Azerbaijan. After his regional visits he will submit a
    report to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. T.M. -0--

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    MEMORIAL SERVICE TAKES PLACE IN ST. ECHMIADZIN ON THE 10TH
    ANNIVERSARY OF DECEASE OF VAZGEN I, THE CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS

    YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. Today, memorial service on the 10th
    anniversary of decease of Vazgen I the Catholicos of All Armenians
    took place in Echmiadzin Holy See. According to the Press Service of
    Echmiadzin Holy See Chancellery the memorial service was served with
    the assistance of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II. In his
    speech, the Head of St. Echmiadzin Chancellery, Archbishop Nerses
    Pozapalian spoke about the productive life of Vazgen I and emphasized
    the efforts of the Armenian Patriarch aimed at the glorification of
    Echmiadzin Holy See. As the press release states, the ceremony was
    attended by clergymen of high rank and a group of Romanian Armenians.
    L.V.--0--

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    THE NEWLY APPOINTED GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA PRESENTS HER
    CREDENTIALS TO THE RA PRESIDENT

    YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. The newly appointed German Ambassador to
    Armenia Haike Renate Paitsch presented today her credentials to RA
    President Robert Kocharian. According to the Press Service Department
    of RA President, during the meeting, the sides expressed satisfaction
    concerning the current level of Armenian-German relations and
    mentioned that these relations were developing especially dynamically
    recently. Paitsch expressed confidence that good bilateral relations
    will intensify in future through even closer cooperation. She
    conveyed to Robert Kocharian the friendly message of Horst Keller,
    the President of Germany.
    In his turn, the RA President noted that Armenia attaches special
    importance to partnership with Germany. He highly appreciated the
    assistance of the German Government in the process of reforms in
    Armenia. According to Kocharian, the economic component occupies a
    particular place in the agenda of bilateral relations and mentioned
    the efficiency of cooperation programs in energy and financial-
    technical areas. L.V.--0 -

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    AN EXHIBITION -SALE OF ARMENIAN BOOKS PRINTED IN ARMENIA AND ABROAD
    TAKES PLACE IN YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, August 18. /ARKA/. An exhibition -sale of Armenian books
    printed in Armenia and abroad takes place in the open air on the
    square after Charle Aznavour in Yerevan. The Chairman of the National
    Association of Editors of RA Vahagn Khachatryan told reporters that
    about 1000 titles of books, 50 publishing houses and printing houses
    of the country, like `Arevik', `Luis', `Lusabac', `Anahit', `Noyan
    Tapan', `Nahapet' are presented on the exhibition. As he said, the
    exhibition presents mainly the books in the field of science, art,
    culture, and moral values issued for the last 2-3 years. Also works
    of a very famous foreign authors such as Shakespeare, Gabriel Garcia
    Markes, Moris Metterlink are exhibited. The books of the writers
    representing Diaspora have a separate stand, on which research and
    historic materials devoted to the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman
    Turkey, the Karabakh liberation movement and the Armenians in
    Javakhq. Works of both old authors and modern writers representing
    Diaspora such as Peter Balakyan are exhibited. Khachatryan stated
    that the majority of authors from Diaspora will be exhibited on th
    eeother exhibition which will take place on August 30 in the RA
    National Library.
    According to Khachatryan, the goal of the exhibition is to develop
    publishing house, restore the love to reading books, transfer
    cultural values to the Armenian nation through books. Khachatryan
    noted that recently the quality of the Armenian publications has
    improved.
    The Exhibition-Sale of Armenian books is held for the second year and
    this time it's held in the frames of the festival `One Nation-One
    Culture'. The first Exhibition-Sale was organized last year. The
    finances gained from the sale of the books exhibited will go into the
    maintenance of publishing -houses in the country. A.H. -0 -
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