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    ARKA News Agency
    July 29 2004


    Goods turnover between Armenia and Ukraine in five months of 2004
    grew twice and amounted to $31.1 million

    Nagorno Karabakh has stable trend toward decrease of crime level

    Armenian society is deprived of strictly formed value reference
    points

    RA Ministry of Defense denies the statement by AR Ministry of Defense

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    GOODS TURNOVER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND UKRAINE IN FIVE MONTHS OF 2004
    GREW TWICE AND AMOUNTED TO $31.1 MILLION

    YEREVAN, July 29. /ARKA/. Goods turnover between Armenia and Ukraine
    in five months of 2004 grew twice and amounted to $31.1 million,
    Ukrainian Embassy to Armenia told ARKA. Export of Ukranian goods
    increased twice and amounted to $26.8 million. Export of Armenian
    goods grew 1.7 times and made $3.3 million.
    Foreign trade operations of Ukraine were conducted with partners from
    184 countries. L.D. --0 -

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    NAGORNO KARABAKH HAS STABLE TREND TOWARD DECREASE OF CRIME LEVEL

    STEPANAKERT, July 29. /ARKA/. Nagorno Karabakh has stable trend
    toward decrease of crime level, it was stated during the sitting of
    NKR Police in result of operative work of the department in first
    half of 2004.
    It was noted during the sitting that 281 crimes were registered in
    report period, which is 16% less that in the same period of 2003.
    In the whole according to NKR Police, operative situation in the
    republic remains stable and controllable. L.D. --0 -

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    ARMENIAN SOCIETY IS DEPRIVED OF STRICTLY FORMED VALUE REFERENCE
    POINTS

    YEREVAN, July 29. /ARKA/. According to 88% of the Armenian experts,
    the Armenian society hasn't strictly formed value reference points,
    as it was stated by Stephan Safaryan, the expert from the Armenian
    Center for Strategic and National Research (ACSNR), the results of
    `Value and Ideological Guiding Lines. Imperatives and Alternatives'
    expert survey conducted by ACSNR on July 12-27 testify to it.
    According to Safaryan, 50% of the respondents think that the system
    of values in the Armenian life was formed during the period of
    independence, 20% - during the Soviet period. At the same time, as
    Safaryan stated, 84% of the respondents are against the existing
    system of values in Armenia. He added that 48% of Armenian experts
    think that reference points of the Armenian society must be defined
    by liberal democracy, and according to 36% of the respondents, social
    democracy and national ideology must be such kind of reference
    points. At the same time 92% of the respondents think that the values
    in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Laws of
    the country are not deep-rooted or ingrained at all. Besides,
    according to Safaryan, 54% of the respondents considered the
    authorities' conduct to be the reason of this, and 20% - the
    unsatisfactory level of political consciousness among the society.
    Safaryan also said that 36% of Armenian experts think that the
    influence of external factors on the formation of the system of
    values in the country to be big and 66%- considerable. 50 experts
    took part in the survey. 82% of the respondents were holders of
    master's degree, 14% - candidates of science, 4% - bachelors. A.A.-0-

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    RA MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DENIES THE STATEMENT BY AR MINISTRY OF DEFENSE


    YEREVAN, July 29. /ARKA/. RA Ministry of Defense (MD) denied the
    information about the breach of ceasefire regime on the border of
    Armenia and Azerbaijan late in the evening on July 27. According to
    RA MD Press Service Department, there is no such information about
    the breach of ceasefire regime.
    Azerbaijani MD Press Service made a statement on July 28, according
    to which the Armenian side twice opened fire on the positions of the
    Azerbaijani army: `on July 27 beginning from 11:30 p.m. for about
    half an hour Armenian subdivisions began firing of the Azerbaijani
    army's positions located near Alibeili village of Tovus region. The
    fire was opened from submachine guns and machine-guns from Berd
    region of Armenia. The same day from 11:55 p.m. for 15 minutes
    Armenian subdivisions began firing of the Azerbaijani army's
    positions from Berkaber village of Berd region of Armenia', according
    to the statement. A.H.--0--
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