"If in a normal country someone like Spartak Eghiazaryan came from Oshakan and made announcements about electoral fabrications, there would be a political scandal, a Parliamentary ed-hoc committee would be created in order to investigate the issue and all the Presidents of the electoral committees would be summoned to court"

Today in club «Mirror» leader of the Democratic Liberal Union of Armenia Seyran Avagyan and political scientist Alexander Manasyan tried to find ways of settling the Karabakh conflict favorable for Armenia and to comment the results of the last two meetings of Kocharyan and Aliev.

NA deputy Hrant Khachatryan, the head of the Constitutional Right Union, is ready to give up his mandate if he is elected President of the Central Electoral Committee. Mr. Khachatryan considers the reduction of his authorities a concession but thinks that he will be able to control the next elections.

“There are conflicts in the region but the bases of the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the BSEC must be the existing general values,” announced NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan summing up the work of the 27th BSEC plenary session.

“Azerbaijan thinks that all the possible measures of the conflict peaceful settlement are not exhausted yet. When they are all exhausted there will be an urgent need to seek new methods for conflict settlement and I think it is not wise and in due place to interpret these words that a new war will be launched,” said Asaf Hajiev in today’s press release after the BSEC session while referring to the announcement of Azeri delegate Musa Gulieyev...

Our authorities finally realized that the economic growth is only obvious in Yerevan. It is necessary to promote the economic growth of rural areas as well in order to provide compete development of the country.

“The window is open, we mustn’t exclude any development, hope dies but last; we must anchor hope that we shall be able to come to an agreement on the matters of principle,” RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian announced in today’s press release.

According to NKR politician David Babayan the meeting of the presidents held in Rambouillet is seemingly a failure only at the first sight.

“The manifestations of fascism appeared in Russia after the defeat of the Soviet Union”, said NA Deputy Speaker Vahan Hovhannisyan referring to manifestations of race discrimination in Russia.

During the opening of the monument to Tigran Petrosyan RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan referred to the results of the Bucharest meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, “I have not been present at the negotiations but the President of the country has informed me about them. In my opinion the Azeris are missing their chance of settling the conflict peacefully”.

“First the Armenian side agreed to the offer of the CE according to which the Armenian armed forces were to leave the Azeri territories and peace-keeping forces were to be allocated there. They agreed first, but then changed their mind. I think it was a good offer”

“The member countries of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) are guided with the principle of egality, non of the member countries pursues its objectives and there is no threat that Armenia will be omitted from the regional programs,” announced general secretary of the BSEC Leonidas Chrisanthopoulos in Yerevan today.

Albert Bazeyan, chairman of the party “National Revival” expresses his opinion on the procedure of the Karabakh conflict settlement and negotiations.

The leaders of the youth wings of three parties assembled today to discuss corruption in educational sphere and its outcome among the youth.

Bugharest, 6 June 2006 - The three Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which deals with the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, have issued a statement following their June 4 meeting in Bucharest with the presidents and foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“Certain people think that pressure must be exerted on the Armenian authorities and they should make unilateral decisions so that the society might have a chance to recover and change the present authorities,” claims Albert Bazeyan, chairman of the party “National Revival” and adds that such approach is inadmissible for them as the Karabakh conflict is all national and the representatives of each power will inherit what we have today.

The OSCE Minsk group American Co-chair Steven Mann will take up another job in the USA State Department according to the agency “Trend.”

Today Robert Kocharyan made a speech in the Dialogue and Cooperation Black Sea Summit. Representing the importance of the work and cooperation within the framework of the structure for Armenia Robert Kocharyan mentioned what separated the members of the structure from each other, «Unresolved ethnic conflicts and certain deficit of trust, caused by the negative experiences of the history of the region».

RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan does not hurry to inform if Serge Sargsyan’s will name will be included in the proportional list of the Republican Party. “Time will come and you will know everything”, he said during the briefing with the journalists.

There were no statements after today's meeting of Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliev. And we can only guess what the two Presidents discussed during the meetings and what offers were made for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

“State officials must have a modest life. He find pleasure in work and not in luxurious cars and palaces,” said Vahram Nersisyants, RA President’s chief adviser on economic issues in «Pakagits» club in answer to the question of «A1+». He was awarded to today «for exceptional activity».

Levon Chakhmakhchyan representing the Parliament of the Republic of Kalmikia in the RF Council was arrested while getting a bribe of 300 thousand USD, Russian Mass Media report. The workers of the Security Federal Service arrested him on June 2 and found the mentioned sum in his bag.

Today a statement was made according to which the members of “Amiryan” regional pedagogic union are leaving the Orinats Yerkir party. And as far as the pedagogues do not want to leave the political field they have found the political power which together with which they can “help the political-social development of the country”.

Yesterday Robert Kocharyan met Ilham Aliev in Romania. The conversation lasted several hours. After the meeting the Presidents did not meet the journalists and no information was given about the course of negotiations.