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    ARKA News Agency, Armenia
    Jan 19 2005


    Session of Intergovernmental Commission on Cooperation between
    Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh held in Yerevan

    Statements of deputy US Secretary General Elizabeth Jones did not
    pursue the goal to criticize authorities of Nagorno Karabakh

    Administrative court to start functioning in Armenia beginning with
    2006

    Statement on Nagorno Karabakh of Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant
    Secretary of State, shocks Armenian diaspora of America

    The policy of the State Department of the USA in respect of
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict hasn't changed

    ************************************************** *******************

    SESSION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON COOPERATION BETWEEN
    ARMENIA AND NAGORNO KARABAKH HELD IN YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. The session of the Intergovernmental
    Commission on Cooperation between Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh was
    held in Yerevan today. According to the Public Relations and Press
    Department of RA Government, provisions of events program on
    long-term cooperation between the two Governments were discussed
    during the session. Currently, the program is being developed by the
    working groups of the Commission, which will present it to the
    corresponding Ministries and Departments of the two countries till
    February 5 in order to develop sub-programs for separate spheres. The
    RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan emphasized the importance of
    further development of Armenian and NKR economic relations and gave
    commissions to render professional and methodological assistance to
    the working groups for the determination of a more pragmatic and
    feasible tasks. L.V.-0--

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    STATEMENTS OF DEPUTY US SECRETARY GENERAL ELIZABETH JONES DID NOT
    PURSUE THE GOAL TO CRITICIZE AUTHORITIES OF NAGORNO KARABAKH

    STEPANAKERT, January 19. /ARKA/. Statements of deputy US Secretary
    General Elizabeth Jones did not pursue the goal to criticize
    authorities of Nagorno Karabakh, NKR MFA press service told ARKA that
    it was stated by assistant of OSCE MG Co-Chairman from USA Elizabeth
    Ruth during telephone conversation with NKR Regular Representative to
    USA Vardan Barsegian. Ruth said that statements of Jones considered
    policy conducted by Russia.
    The policy of the State Department of the USA in respect of
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict hasn't changed, according to the statement
    of Press Service Department of the US Embassy to RA referring to
    official Washington. It's stated in the press release of the Embassy
    that the USA doesn't recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent
    state, and the authority of NKR is not recognized at the
    international level, or by the USA. The USA defends the territorial
    integrity of Azerbaijan and considers that the further status of
    Nagorno-Karabakh should be determined by means of the negotiations
    process in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group', according to the press
    release, stating that the USA continues its active contribution to
    the peaceful settlement of the conflict through OSCE Minsk Group. `We
    are encouraged by continuing consistent negotiations held between the
    Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan', according to
    the press-release.
    As statement of the US Embassy to RA referring to official Washington
    states that according to the comments in Moscow Times, the Deputy US
    Secretary General Elizabeth Johns puts emphasis on the necessity of
    joint cooperation between the USA and Russia regarding the issue of
    the law priority and increasing transparency in the settlement of
    conflicts in conflict regions. `We realize that each conflict has its
    own and specific circumstances', according to the press-release.
    To remind, according to Mass Media, Elizabeth Jones stated in her
    interview to journalists in the course of the video- conference with
    Moscow on January 13 that US President Jorge Bush is alarmed by the
    lack of enough efforts on the part of Russia to settle
    Pridnestrovski, North Ossetian, Abkhazian and Karabakh conflicts.
    `These four conflicts will be discussed at the meeting of Bush with
    Putin in the capital of Slovakia. It's in the interests of Russia
    that the situation in Pridnestrovie, North Ossetia, Abkhazia and
    Nagorno-Karabakh be stable, corruption be combated, and criminal
    elements be eliminated in the echelons of power', she noted. L.D.
    -0--

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    ADMINISTRATIVE COURT TO START FUNCTIONING IN ARMENIA BEGINNING WITH
    2006

    YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharian held a
    working meeting with RA Minister of Justice David Harutunyan.
    According to the OPress service of RA President, in the context of
    judicial-legal system, Kocharian attached importance to the
    establishment of administrative courts and work on development of
    legislative packages. The system of administrative courts, widely
    applied in world practice, will allow protecting the interests of
    citizens and legal entities in disputes with the official structures
    through specialized courts. It is supposed, that administrative
    courts should start functioning in Armenia already beginning with
    2006.
    During the meeting, the Justice Minister presented to the RA
    President other directions of work scheduled for 2005. In particular,
    he laid stress on the successful implementation of the second stage
    of judicial-legal reforms and considerable improvement of services
    for compulsory fulfillment of judicial and criminal-executive acts.
    L.V. -0--

    ************************************************** *******************

    STATEMENT ON NAGORNO KARABAKH OF ELIZABETH JONES, US ASSISTANT
    SECRETARY OF STATE, SHOCKS ARMENIAN DIASPORA OF AMERICA
    YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. Armenian Diaspora of America is shocked
    by the statement on Nagorno Karabakh of Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant
    Secretary of State. According to the Armenian National Committee of
    America (ANCA), `these remarks undermine the Karabakh peace process'.
    `Assistant Secretary Jones's comments seriously weaken the foundation
    of our role - as Americans - as impartial mediators of the Nagorno
    Karabagh conflict. Her remarks unfairly attack the right of the
    people of Nagorno Karabagh to express themselves democratically
    through elections and they also- very significantly - embolden the
    growing chorus in the Azerbaijan government that are calling for
    renewed aggression against Nagorno Karabagh', said ANCA Chairman Ken
    Hachikian. To remind, Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant Secretary of
    State, stated in her interview to journalists during the video-
    conference with Moscow on January 13 that US President George Bush is
    concerned with lack of sufficient efforts on behalf of Russia to
    settle the conflicts of Pridnestrovje, North Ossetia, Abkhazia and
    Karabakh. `These four conflicts will be addressed in the Bush-Putin
    meeting in the capital of Slovakia It is in Russia's interest for
    these areas, for Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia,
    Nagorno-Karabakh, for these areas to be stable, for corruption to end
    there, for the criminal secessionists who rule there to be removed.
    ', noted Jones. It is known that Karabakh conflict will become one of
    the issues that the Presidents of the USA and Russia are going to
    discuss in the meeting in February in Bratislava, the capital of
    Slovakia. L.V. --0--

    ************************************************** *******************

    THE POLICY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE USA IN RESPECT OF
    NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT HASN'T CHANGED

    YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/. The policy of the State Department of
    the USA in respect of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict hasn't changed,
    according to the statement of Press Service Department of the US
    Embassy to RA referring to official Washington. It's stated in the
    press release of the Embassy that the USA doesn't recognize
    Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state, and the authority of NKR is
    not recognized at the international level, or by the USA. The USA
    defends the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and considers that
    the further status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be determined by means
    of the negotiations process in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group',
    according to the press release, stating that the USA continues its
    active contribution to the peaceful settlement of the conflict
    through OSCE Minsk Group. `We are encouraged by continuing consistent
    negotiations held between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
    and Azerbaijan', according to the press-release.
    As statement of the US Embassy to RA referring to official Washington
    states that according to the comments in Moscow Times, the Deputy US
    Secretary General Elizabeth Johns puts emphasis on the necessity of
    joint cooperation between the USA and Russia regarding the issue of
    the law priority and increasing transparency in the settlement of
    conflicts in conflict regions. `We realize that each conflict has its
    own and specific circumstances', according to the press-release.
    To remind, according to Mass Media, Elizabeth Johns stated in her
    interview to journalists in the course of the video- conference with
    Moscow on January 13 that US President Jorge Bush is alarmed by the
    lack of enough efforts on the part of Russia to settle
    Pridnestrovski, North Ossetian, Abkhazian and Karabakh conflicts.
    `These four conflicts will be discussed at the meeting of Bush with
    Putin in the capital of Slovakia. It's in the interests of Russia
    that the situation in Pridnestrovie, North Ossetia, Abkhazia and
    Nagorno-Karabakh be stable, corruption be combated, and criminal
    elements be eliminated in the echelons of power', she noted.
    To note, the Karabakh conflict will become one of the issues that the
    Presidents of the USA and Russia are going to discuss at the planned
    meeting in February in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. A.H.
    --0--
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