In the past two years Armenia-Iraq relations
have been strengthened as Armenia opened
an embassy in Baghdad. In 2001, Minister
of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian met with
Saddam Hussein to discuss cooperation between
the countries. Since, members of Parliament
have made trips to discuss business deals,
including acquiring oil from Iraq.
About 100 residents of Yerevan met near
the Cascade last Sunday to add their voices
to some 136 countries where demonstrations
were called to protest war in Iraq.
The head of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly
in Vanadzor has been arrested for resisting
arrest in connection with his attempt to
organize a meeting protesting voting violations
in the March 5 Presidential runoff.
Charged: Vazgen Sargsyan's
brother under arrest in death of Tigran
Naghdalyan
By Vahan
Ishkhanyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
On March 15 Armen Sargsyan brother of assassinated
Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan was arrested
and charged with organizing the December
murder of Tigran Naghdalyan, head of Public
TV of Armenia. Sargsyan is the ninth to
be arrested since the Presidential runoff
March 5. (Another Sargsyan brother, Aram,
was a candidate in the preliminary round
of elections before throwing his support
to Opposition runoff candidate Stepan Demirchyan.)
Members of "Mister and Miss Armenia", an organization
that produces children's pageants and contests held a beauty
protest outside the United States Embassy in Yerevan Thursday.
The kids recently were in Iraq, and wanted to demonstrate
their feelings to the US presence here.
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