From: farid@mem.odu.edu (F. H. Miandoab)
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Subject: -->>> Lachin is freed! <<<--
Date: 8 Oct 1992 00:33:37 -0500
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   COMBAT EPICENTER IN THE REGION OF LACHIN

    BAKU (3 OCTOBER) TURAN: Azeri defence ministry reports on
the azeri frontier villages of the regions of kazakh and
zangelan being shelled today from positions in the republic of
armenia.
    As the turan agency was informed, today in the occupied
region of lachin, the armenian army has launched an attack on
the village of gochaz, controlled by the azeri sub-units. Azeri
sub-units  managed to repel the armenian attacks on the village,
though the azeri casualties are reported to be heavy. Combat is
continued in the region.--0--


    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PHYSICISTS IN ZAGULBA

     BAKU (3 OCTOBER) TURAN: The 30-th annual physicist's
conference of the high pressure section of the
european physics society is set to be opened in baku's
health-resort suburb of zagulba on october 5.
     The subject on the agenda of the conference is " thick
substances and chemical transformations under pressure". 40
Scientists of 11 european states will participate in the
conference.
    Deputy chairman of the conference's organization committee
kyarim allakhverdiyev said to the turan agency "it is for the
first time ever that this international conference will be held
on the territory of the former ussr. The scientists are going to
discuss the problems of solid's transformations and food tinning
under pressure."
   The conference will end on october 9.--0--


  HEIDAR ALIYEV LAID THE FOUNDATION, ABULFAZ ALIYEV BUILDING
  AZERI ELECTRONIC HOUSE

     BAKU (3 OCTOBER) TURAN: President of azerbaijan issued the
edict on creation of the state committee to assess the potential
of the azeri electronic industry and prospects of its
development.
     Under the edict, the committee should make within 3 months
inventory of the industry, prepare a package of measures to
push it out of crisis and work out a concept for the industry's
development.
    In azerbaijan, there are 15 industrial associations
specializing in electronic and defence production. A major
basis of the azeri electronic industry has been laid in 1960-70
under the h.Aliyev's leadership.
    After the downfall of the ussr and conversion of her
military-industrial complex, russia has curtailed placing of its
orders in azerbaijan.--0--


   "IF THE HISTORY WENT ANOTHER WAY, AZERBAIJAN MIGHT HAVE
    ACQUIRED THE PATRIOT-TYPE DEFENCE SYSTEM"

    BAKU (3 OCTOBER) TURAN: General vladimir timoshenko, once a
high-ranking person in the ex-ussr air defence, said to the turan
correspondent, if it were not the downfall of the ussr, his
department was to modernize in 1992-93 the whole system of the azeri
anti-aircraft system.
   The general stressed the azeri air defence was out-of-date
and should be renewed. " To safeguard big chemical and
hydrotechnical establishments, you, first of all, are to acquire
patriot-type missiles", said the general.--0--


    GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO RAISE THE OIL PRICES

    BAKU (3 OCTOBER) TURAN: Turan agency was informed that in
near future azeri government intends to drive the oil prices in
azerbaijan up to the level of russian prices.
    Earlier, a number of azeri high-ranking officials declared
oil prices would not be increased until the end of this year.
    Azeri average oil prices without added value account for
1,716 rubles a ton. The oil, extracting on land and requiring
more investments, costs 3,368 rubles a ton. The sea-extracted
oil is much more cheaper, only 1,341 rubles a ton.
    Oil prices in azerbaijan have increased by more than 10
times since january of this year.--0--

  CIS MEMBERSHIP IS THE TOP ITEM ON THE AGENDA

   BAKU (6 OCTOBER) TURAN: A majority vote of the national
council of the azeri parliament has decided to place on the
agenda the question of entry of the republic of azerbaijan into
the commonwealth of independent states.
   A member of the national council and chairman of the supreme
court, tahir kyarimli, says he would step down, if the parliament
passes the decision on the azeri joining the cis.
   This is the second time when the deputies discussed the
question. On december 1991, the deputies voted down the
proposal on azeri joining the cis. Despite that, the president
mutalibov of that time had signed the treaty on creation of the
cis. But up to now, azerbaijan has not entered the commonwealth.
  The current leadership of azerbaijan believes the cis, in the
given framework does not offer prospects for improvement. The
leadership boosts for bilateral intergovernmental relations.--0--


AZERI-RUSSIAN BOUNDARY TREATY

   BAKU (6 OCTOBER) TURAN: Azeri official delegation, headed by
the state secretary panah huseynov, left for moscow today to
sign the treaty on temporal status of the russian frontier
troops based on the territory of azerbaijan.
   The treaty, ratified by the sides in baku on august 2 of this
year, includes 25 clauses, regulating the activity of the
russian frontier troops and fixing the schedule of their
withdrawal from azerbaijan.
   Under the treaty, the russian frontier troops are bound to
leave azerbaijan up to june of 1993. In accordance with the
schedule, the russian frontier guards were fully withdrawn from
the republic of nakhichevan by september 29 of this year.
   The state committee for protection of the azeri borders
reports the treaty does not stipulate the full package of
measures to be taken to delimit the azeri-russian common border.
The sides decided it would be enough to set up only check-points
along the border.--0--


AZERI PRESIDENT MADE HIS CHOICE

    BAKU (6 OCTOBER) TURAN: Yesterday president a. Elchibey of
azerbaijan received the representatives of 36 local newspapers
and news agencies in connection with their appeal to the
president to give his principled assessment of the acts of
assault and battery, committed by the interior minister
i.Hamidiov upon the journalists of the local newspapers
"aydinlig" and "zerkalo"/ayna/.
    The president allowed the press's claim and stressed his
solidarity with the journalists.
    In his address to the azeri mass-media, the president
assured the journalists that he would always act as "a guarantor
of democracy, freedom of press and human rights."
    Having taken into consideration hamidov's services for
the country in prevention of organized crime, the president
refrained from official reprimand of the interior minister,
but, in line with that, called on the sides to act within
law.
    A number of the representatives of the oppositional
press are still in favour of impeaching the minister for
malicious hooliganism under the article 207, clause 3 of
the azeri criminal code.--0--


AZERI SUB-UNITS ENTERED LACHIN

    BAKU (6 OCTOBER) TURAN: Turan correspondent reports from the
region of lachin that azeri sub-units, forcing their way
from the region of kelbajar in the western direction, have
entered the town of lachin this morning and hoisted the colours.
The town itself and a part of the mainroad lachin-shusha are
taken under the azeri control. Another group of the azeri
forces is approaching the town of lachin from the east.
Fierce combats are reported in this region.--0--


    AZERI FOREIGN MINISTER LEAVES FOR ALMA-ATA

    BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN : Azeri foreign minister tofig gasimov
gave his consent to participate in the meeting of the foreign
ministers of armenia, azerbaijan and kazakhstan, which is due to
be opened in alma-ata on october 10, to arrange the three-sided
presidential summit.--0--


     AZERBAIJAN NOT ENTERING THE CIS

    BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: Turan agency received information
that the majority of the national council has voted against (43
votes to 1) the proposal on the azerbaijan joining the cis.
    The voting was preceded by the president's appearance, who
had objected to the cis membership. But the president stressed,
it was not at all to the interest of azerbaijan to break
relations with the commonwealth. " The republic will participate
in the cis as an observer or as an associate member."
    The president has also said the azeri government was not
backing the cis membership because the republic could see
perfectly clear the dark prospects of the commonwealth. The
president said these were the central asian republics with the
post-communist regimes seeking to stay in power that were the
most active partisans of the commonwealth.
    The president informed the deputies that he and president
yeltsin would sign a bilateral agreement on azeri-russian
co-operation in moscow on october 12. An analogous agreement
will be signed by azerbaijan and ukraine in near future.
   As it is known, one third of the milly mejlis had voted
against the joining the cis last year.--0--


   BILL ON EDUCATION PASSED

   BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: Today, the milly mejlis of azerbaijan
has passed a bill on education.
   According to the bill, school education will consist of three
stages, that is, primary, basic and secondary.
   The pupils, finishing the 8th level and desiring to receive
the secondary education which covers 9-11 levels, have to take
additional tests.


    AZERI GOVERNMENT GIVING ASSURANCES FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

     BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: Today the first vice-premier
v. Ahmedov received the presidents of three big american
companies,  r.Houson of the "macdermot" company, m.Khumani of the
"unesco international l.T.D" and s. Ahmedov of "translay
trading".
    " Our co-operation is going to be fruitful and the
azeri government will feel it very soon", said the president of
macdermot, mr. Houson to v. Ahmedov during the meeting.
     These three company have decided to join in their
efforts for mutual production of oil equipment in azerbaijan.
The macdermot company and industrial association of
'shelfproyektstroy" have already established the alliance
"macdermot - shelf" for production of sea-permanent platforms.
    V.Akhmedov assured the western businessmen "azeri government
guarantees foreign investments and working out appropriate
security measures."
    In the afternoon, the president of azerbaijan a.Elchibey
received the western businessmen. During the meeting, the
president stressed "azerbaijan is greatly interested in
co-operation with the west, which is going to result in an
influx of advanced technology to azerbaijan and rise in the
skill level of local specialists." --0--



   AZERI RELUCTANT ASSENT TO THE ASHGABAD's CONDITIONS

    BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: Azeri official delegation returned
from ashgabad, where they negotiated the question on the
turkmenistan's gas deliveries to azerbaijan.
    The gas conflict heated up on august 6 of this year, when
turkmenistan cut off its gas deliveries to azerbaijan as the
republic refused to pay for gas at new prices -3,500 rubles
per 1,000 cubic meters.
    An account of 800 million rubles presented by turkmenistan
to azerbaijan, has become the stumbling-block among these two
republic. Baku refused to settle the account, saying
turkmenistan had not notified the republic about the fourfold rise
in his gas prices.
   In course of the negotiations, turkmenistan, owing
azerbaijan  1.3 Billion rubles, refused to settle this debt
through mutual agreements.
    Turan agency received the information from the cabinet of
ministers that it was the azerbaijani need in 4 billion cubic
meters of the turkmenistan natural gas that forced the republic
to bow to the conditions of his central asian neighbour.
Azerbaijan will transfer the sum of 800 million rubles to the
turkmenistan's banks by the middle of october.
   Azerbaijan also agreed to settle further mutual accounts
through clearing.
    Azeri side represented to ashgabad the roll with more
than 100 names of goods liable to exchange.--0--


   EDITORIAL STAFF LOST HIS OFFICE

  BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: The local newspaper "khalg
ordusu" under the azeri defence ministry has suspended its
activity from october 7 by the order of the defence minister.
   Full editorial stuff was dismissed from office due to their
failure to issue an up-to-date military newspaper.
   The minister announced an editor-in-chief- vacancy. Only
non-party military journalists may take part in the
competition.--0--


  AZERI SUB-UNITS LIBERATED 22 SETTLEMENTS IN LACHIN

   BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: Press-centre of the azeri defence
ministry reports that yesterday, the sub-units of the armenian
expeditionary corps, launching an attack on the western
karabakh, captured four azeri villages in the region of
khojavend.
   In their turn, azeri armed forces conducted a successful
tactical operation in the region of lachin, occupied by
armenians in may of this year. Azeri sub-units, starting their
attack from the north and south of the region of lachin in the
early morning of october 6, have liberated 22 lachin villages
by yesterday's evening.
   The same source reports that azeri armed forces seized 8
strategic heights in the region of lachin.  Thus, by this
morning, the azeri army has taken under its control practically
all of the shusha-lachin road.
   Turan agency received information that the town of lachin has
been also recaptured.--0--


  RUSSIAN FRONTIER TROOPS WILL LEAVE AZERBAIJAN BY JUNE 1 OF
  1993

    BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: Azeri-russian boundary treaty
"on temporal status and mechanism of activity of the russian
frontier troops, based on the territory of azerbaijan" has been
signed in moscow yesterday.
   The treaty stipulates the stage-by-stage withdrawal of the
russian frontier troops from azerbaijan by july 1 of 1993.
   This is the first treaty of such kind russia has signed with
his former republic.
   The implementation of the boundary treaty will fix de-jure
the sovereignty of the azeri boundaries.--0--


   AZERI PRESIDENT VISITING MOSCOW

   BAKU (7 OCTOBER) TURAN: President of azerbaijan abulfaz
elchibey will leave for moscow for an official visit on october 12.
   In the russian capital, the presidents will sign the russian-
azeri treaty on the principles of relations among the two states.
The treaty includes a package of agreements on intergovernmental
co-operation in various spheres.--0-
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