ARKA News Agency
July 19 2004
Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabashvili to arrive in Armenia
with official visit on July 21-22
US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs internet web-site
renewed
Catholicos of All Armenians receives German Ambassador to Armenia on
the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission
The Editor in Chief of Armenian Lane Russian-language journal
murdered in Moscow
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GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SALOME ZURABASHVILI TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA
WITH OFFICIAL VISIT ON JULY 21-22
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. Georgian Foreign Minister Salome
Zurabashvili will arrive in Armenia with official visit on July
21-22, RA MFA told ARKA. The visit envisages meetings with RA
President Robert Kocharian, RA NA Chairman Arthur Baghdasarian, Prime
Minister Andranik Margarian, and Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian.
During the visit Zurabashvili will lay a wreath on Memorial of 1915
Armenian Genocide Victims, will visit St. Echmiadzin, Georgian Church
in Noragavit and the museum of Sergey Paradjanov. L.D. --0--
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US DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS INTERNET WEB-SITE
RENEWED
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. The internet web-site of the US Department
of State Bureau of Consular Affairs will be presented to the users
fully renewed. According to the Press Service Department of the US
Embassy in Armenia, the site has become more user-friendly. The
web-site has been improved both practically and functionally; new
classification tools are introduced for information search, which
will allow the users to quickly find the necessary precise
information. The press release also says that the new web-site will
allow the traveling US citizens register with the help of IBRS
(Internet-based registration system). The system will give the US
citizens the opportunity to keep necessary data, which will keep them
in touch in emergency situations in particular. Besides, countries'
and regions' updated data necessary for safe traveling are placed on
the web-site L.V.--0--
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CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS RECEIVES GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA ON
THE OCCASION OF THE COMPLETION OF HIS DIPLOMATIC MISSION
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. The Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the
Second received German Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to Armenia Hans-Wulf Bartels on the occasion of the completion of his
diplomatic mission. As ARKA was informed in the press-chancellory of
St. Etchmiadzin, in the course of the meeting the Head of the
Armenian church highly appreciated the longstanding activity of the
Ambassador targeting at strengthening the Armenian-German relations,
and expressed his satisfaction with tight connections between the
German Embassy in Armenia and St. Etchmiadzin.
As it is mentioned in the press release, at the end of the meeting
Garegin the Second wished H. W. Bartels success in his further
diplomatic work. A.A.-0 -
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THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF ARMENIAN LANE RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE JOURNAL
MURDERED IN MOSCOW
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. Cheremushka interregional prosecutor's
office of Moscow instituted proceedings about the murder of Pail
Piloyan, the Editor in Chief of Armenian Lane Russian-language
journal, according to NezavisimayaGazeta writing that the body of the
reporter with wounds in stomach caused by a knife and signs of
beating was found by Moscow police on Saturday in the district of the
43rd km of Moscow Circular Highway (MCH). According to Moscow Home
Administrative Department, the corpse of Piloyan was discovered at 7
a.m. on Saturday on the outer side of MCH near the pedestrian
crossing in the region of Tepli Stan. Experts-specialist in crime
detection found out that the reporter was killed at about 2 a.m.: the
wound caused by a knife was fatal. Operative -investigating group at
the head of Alexander Krokhmal, the Chief Deputy Prosecutor from
Moscow prosecutor's office went to the place of murder. The staff of
the prosecutor's office is not hurrying with making conclusions
regarding the motives of the murder of 37 year old reporter.
The administration of the Armenian Embassy in Russia also makes no
assumptions about the motives. The Press Secretary of the Armenian
diplomatic mission in Moscow Armen Ghevondyan expressed his
condolences about the murder of the Editor in Chief of Armenian Lane
journal and stated that `the Armenian Embassy together with
law-enforcing structures of Russia takes all measures to find out the
details of the murder of Pail Piloyan'. According to him, when the
representatives of RF Ministry of Internal Affairs sends official
note of the death of the reporter and the circumstances of the death,
`the Embassy will use the whole mechanism: send condolences, possibly
return the body to Armenia, and consular service will begin set to
its work'.
Meanwhile, according to the sources of Nezavisimaya Gazeta in Moscow
police station, the version that the murder of Piloyan is connected
with his professional work is not the main one. Armenian Lane is a
belles-lettres in Russian telling about the Armenian literature and
cultural values. The criminalsts consider some versions of the murder
of Piloyan, among which is the murder because of the so-called
everyday life reasons, as well as murder on the base of national
dislike. A.H. - 0 -
July 19 2004
Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zurabashvili to arrive in Armenia
with official visit on July 21-22
US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs internet web-site
renewed
Catholicos of All Armenians receives German Ambassador to Armenia on
the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission
The Editor in Chief of Armenian Lane Russian-language journal
murdered in Moscow
************************************************** *******************
GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SALOME ZURABASHVILI TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA
WITH OFFICIAL VISIT ON JULY 21-22
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. Georgian Foreign Minister Salome
Zurabashvili will arrive in Armenia with official visit on July
21-22, RA MFA told ARKA. The visit envisages meetings with RA
President Robert Kocharian, RA NA Chairman Arthur Baghdasarian, Prime
Minister Andranik Margarian, and Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian.
During the visit Zurabashvili will lay a wreath on Memorial of 1915
Armenian Genocide Victims, will visit St. Echmiadzin, Georgian Church
in Noragavit and the museum of Sergey Paradjanov. L.D. --0--
************************************************** *******************
US DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS INTERNET WEB-SITE
RENEWED
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. The internet web-site of the US Department
of State Bureau of Consular Affairs will be presented to the users
fully renewed. According to the Press Service Department of the US
Embassy in Armenia, the site has become more user-friendly. The
web-site has been improved both practically and functionally; new
classification tools are introduced for information search, which
will allow the users to quickly find the necessary precise
information. The press release also says that the new web-site will
allow the traveling US citizens register with the help of IBRS
(Internet-based registration system). The system will give the US
citizens the opportunity to keep necessary data, which will keep them
in touch in emergency situations in particular. Besides, countries'
and regions' updated data necessary for safe traveling are placed on
the web-site L.V.--0--
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CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS RECEIVES GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA ON
THE OCCASION OF THE COMPLETION OF HIS DIPLOMATIC MISSION
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. The Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the
Second received German Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to Armenia Hans-Wulf Bartels on the occasion of the completion of his
diplomatic mission. As ARKA was informed in the press-chancellory of
St. Etchmiadzin, in the course of the meeting the Head of the
Armenian church highly appreciated the longstanding activity of the
Ambassador targeting at strengthening the Armenian-German relations,
and expressed his satisfaction with tight connections between the
German Embassy in Armenia and St. Etchmiadzin.
As it is mentioned in the press release, at the end of the meeting
Garegin the Second wished H. W. Bartels success in his further
diplomatic work. A.A.-0 -
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THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF ARMENIAN LANE RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE JOURNAL
MURDERED IN MOSCOW
YEREVAN, July 19. /ARKA/. Cheremushka interregional prosecutor's
office of Moscow instituted proceedings about the murder of Pail
Piloyan, the Editor in Chief of Armenian Lane Russian-language
journal, according to NezavisimayaGazeta writing that the body of the
reporter with wounds in stomach caused by a knife and signs of
beating was found by Moscow police on Saturday in the district of the
43rd km of Moscow Circular Highway (MCH). According to Moscow Home
Administrative Department, the corpse of Piloyan was discovered at 7
a.m. on Saturday on the outer side of MCH near the pedestrian
crossing in the region of Tepli Stan. Experts-specialist in crime
detection found out that the reporter was killed at about 2 a.m.: the
wound caused by a knife was fatal. Operative -investigating group at
the head of Alexander Krokhmal, the Chief Deputy Prosecutor from
Moscow prosecutor's office went to the place of murder. The staff of
the prosecutor's office is not hurrying with making conclusions
regarding the motives of the murder of 37 year old reporter.
The administration of the Armenian Embassy in Russia also makes no
assumptions about the motives. The Press Secretary of the Armenian
diplomatic mission in Moscow Armen Ghevondyan expressed his
condolences about the murder of the Editor in Chief of Armenian Lane
journal and stated that `the Armenian Embassy together with
law-enforcing structures of Russia takes all measures to find out the
details of the murder of Pail Piloyan'. According to him, when the
representatives of RF Ministry of Internal Affairs sends official
note of the death of the reporter and the circumstances of the death,
`the Embassy will use the whole mechanism: send condolences, possibly
return the body to Armenia, and consular service will begin set to
its work'.
Meanwhile, according to the sources of Nezavisimaya Gazeta in Moscow
police station, the version that the murder of Piloyan is connected
with his professional work is not the main one. Armenian Lane is a
belles-lettres in Russian telling about the Armenian literature and
cultural values. The criminalsts consider some versions of the murder
of Piloyan, among which is the murder because of the so-called
everyday life reasons, as well as murder on the base of national
dislike. A.H. - 0 -