From: senel@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Hakan)
Subject: Haberler / News Part III   (forwarding)
Originator: senel@irlsp
Organization: Takanumi University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 14:57:38 GMT


    MOSCOW APPEALS FOR LENIENCY FOR RUSSIAN OFFICER ON DEATH
ROW IN AZERBAIJAN
    MOSCOW (SEPT. 9) - RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE APPEALED TO
AZERBAIJAN TO PARDON A RUSSIAN OFFICER WHO HAD BEEN
SENTENCED TO DEATH BY AN AZERI MILITARY COURT.
    THE RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY AND THE COMMITTEE ON THE
AFFAIRS OF SERVICEMEN AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE ISSUED
AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT ABULFAZ ELCHIBEI AND OTHER AZERI
LEADERS TO STAY THE EXECUTION OF LIEUTENANT YEVGENY LUKIN,
WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD ON AUGUST 31 BY
THE AZERBAIJAN SUPREME COURT'S MILITARY COLLEGIUM.
    RUSSIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL VALENTIN STEPANKOV HAS
INFORMED PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN AND SPEAKER RUSLAN
KHASBULATOV ABOUT THE APPEAL AND ASKED THEM FOR HELP IN
RESOLVING THE MATTER.
    ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1991 LUKIN, GUARD COMMANDER AT THE BAKU
MILITARY SCHOOL, ORDERED CADETS TO OPEN FIRE WHEN A GROUP OF
ARMED ATTACKERS GATECRASHED THE ARMY FACILITY IN AN EFFORT
TO GET TO AN ARMS DEPOT. THE ATTACKERS DID NOT RESPOND TO
WARNING SHOTS. ACTING IN LINE WITH ARMY REGULATIONS, LUKIN
ORDERED GUARDS TO SHOOT TO KILL. AS A RESULT, THREE
ATTACKERS WERE KILLED.
    LIEUTENANT LUKIN IS A RUSSIAN SOLDIER AND IF HE HAD
COMMITTED ANY CRIME HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRIED BY A RUSSIAN
COURT, ACCORDING TO SENIOR MILITARY PROSECUTOR IGOR
TOLKUNOV, WHO IS SENIOR CRIMINAL EXPERT OF THE RUSSIAN
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE MAIN DEPARTMENT SUPERVISING LAW-
ENFORCEMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES.
    DESPITE THIS, AZERBAIJAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL PASSED THE
CASE TO THE MILITARY COLLEGIUM OF THE AZERBAIJAN SUPREME
COURT.
    THE RUSSIAN OFFICER ACTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS
MILITARY DUTY AND ARMY REGULATIONS AND DID NOT SHOOT
HIMSELF, TOLKUNOV SAID.

ARMENIA ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF VIOLATING MEMORANDUM ON CEASE-
FIRE
    YEREVAN (SEPT. 9) - A STATEMENT BY A PLENIPOTENTIARY
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALMA-ATA MEMORANDUM AND THE IDZHEVAN
RESOLUTION ON THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES ON THE BORDERS
BETWEEN THE TWO REPUBLICS WAS CIRCULATED HERE ON WEDNESDAY.
    THE STATEMENT SAID THAT "AZERBAIJAN WAS IN EVERY WAY
INGNORING ITS COMMITMENTS. THE AZERI ARMY WAS SHELLING
PEACEFUL ARMENIAN TOWNS AND VILLAGES, SITUATED AT A DISTACE
OF 10 AND MORE KILOMETRES FROM THE BORDER. NUMEROUS VICTIMS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
    EXPRESSING NO CONFIDENCE IN OBSERVERS WHO ARRIVED FROM
KAZAKHSTAN AND OTHER CIS STATES, AZERBAIJAN PRACTICALLY
REFUSES TO ADMIT THEM IN THE AREA," THE STATEMENT SAID.
    IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT ON SEPTEMBER 8, ARMENIA
UNILATERALLY APPLIED TO KAZAKHSTAN REQUESTING TO SEND
OBSERVERS WITH THE AIM OF MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE ALMA-ATA MEMORANDUM AND THE IDZHEVAN RESOLUTION.

    AZERBAIJAN AUTHORITIES CLAMP DOWN ON SMUGGLERS
    BAKU (SEPT. 9) - A TOTAL OF 2.5 MILLION ROUBLES AND A
LARGE AMOUNT OF CONTRABAND WERE RECENTLY CONFISCATED FROM
FOUR AZERIS RETURNING HOME ILLEGALLY FROM IRAN. THE FOUR
WERE DETAINED BY BORDER GUARDS NEAR THE DALALI VILLAGE OF
THE REPUBLIC'S JALILABAD DISTRICT.
    IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS AUTHORITIES DETAINED MORE THAN 100
VIOLATORS AND 26 IRAQIS WITHOUT ENTRY VISAS, CONFISCATING
SEVERAL BAGS OF COPPER SCRAP, 16 MOTORCYCLES AND 67 CATTLE,
ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF
AZERBAIJAN'S BORDERS.
    SMUGGLING OF DEFICIT GOODS AND MONEY FROM AZERBAIJAN TO
RUSSIA IS ALSO ON THE INCREASE. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE CONTROL
OVER BORDER TRAFFIC AND IN LINE WITH AN AGREEMENT FIVE
BORDER CHECK POINTS PREVIOUSLY MANNED BY RUSSIAN BORDER
GUARDS HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER TO AZERI CONTROL.

TURKEY DECIDES TO RELEASE IRAN-BOUND SHIP IT SEIZED LAST
OCTOBER
    ANKARA (SEPT. 10) - THE DISPUTE OVER AN IRAN-BOUND SHIP
SEIZED BY TURKISH OFFICIALS LAST OCTOBER WAS CLEARED BY  THE
ISTANBUL STATE SECURITY COURT, WHICH ENDORSED AN APPEAL
COURT ORDER FOR THE SHIP'S RELEASE, THE "DAILY NEWS"
REPORTED TODAY.
    THE RULING COMES ONE DAY BEFORE  TURKISH INTERIOR
MINISTER ISMET SEZGIN LEAVES FOR IRAN ON A VISIT FRIDAY.
    DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAID THAT THE RULING ALSO REMOVES THE
LAST OBSTACLE TO PRIME MINISTER SULEYMAN DEMIREL'S  VISITT

    TURKEY TO RENEW CALL FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION IN
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
    ANKARA (SEPT. 10) - TURKEY WILL RENEW ITS CALL FOR
MILITARY INTERVENTION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AT AN
EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO START IN
ISTANBUL TODAY, THE LOCAL "DAILY NEWS" REPORTED.
    TURKISH PREMIER SULEYMAN DEMIREL AND FOREIGN MINISTER
HIKMET CETIN ARE TO MAKE OPENING SPEECHES AT THE TWO-DAY
MEETING OF THE 27-MEMBER COUNCIL, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY COUNTRIES, THE COMMONWEALTH OF
INDEPENDENT STATES AND GEORGIA.
    THE OFFICIAL AGENDA OF THE MEETING CONSISTS OF THE EC'S
RELATIONS WITH THE CIS AND GEORGIA. THE "DAILY NEWS,"
HOWEVER, SAID THAT CETIN WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE SITUATION
IN THE WAR-TORN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, ABOUT WHICH TURKEY FEELS
THAT THE WEST HAS FAILED TO DO ENOUGH TO HELP THE MOSLEMS
THERE.
    THE ISTANBUL MEETING FOLLOWS THE LONDON CONFERENCE ON
THE SAME BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ISSUE. CETIN TOLD VISITING DUTCH
FOREIGN MINISTER HANS VAN DEN BROEK ON TUESDAY THAT THE
LONDON CONFERENCE FAILED TO MEET TURKEY'S EXPECTATIONS.
    "THE LONDON CONFERENCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST EFFORT
TO SEEK A PEACEFUL SOLUTION (TO THE BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
ISSUE) BEFORE MILITARY MEASURES ARE TAKEN, BUT THE PROGRESS
SO FAR HAS NOT BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING," HE SAID.
    DURING THE ISTANBUL MEETING, CETIN ADDED, HE WILL HAVE
MORE TALKS WITH EUROPEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ON THE BOSNIA-
HERZEGOVINA CONFLICT.
    MEANWHILE, HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT "TURKEY WOULD NOT GO IT
ALONE IN TAKING MILITARY MEASURES AND NOR WOULD IT FORCE ANY
OTHER COUNTRY TO DO ANYTHING."
    "HOWEVER, IF THE U.N. OR ANY OTHER INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTION DECIDES (TO TAKE MILITARY ACTION), WE WILL BE
READY TO CONTRIBUTE," HE SAID.

    TURKISH LEADERS DEMIREL AND OZAL AT ODDS ON IRAQI
RELATIONS
    ISTANBUL, (SEPT. 10)  - The prolonged internal dispute
between Turkey's two most powerful men is spilling across
the border and threatening to further strain an already
tense relationship with neighboring Iraq.
    Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel is trying to keep the
dispute within the confines of Turkey, but President Turgut
Ozal seems intent on pursuing an aggressive line against the
Saddam Hussein government on the delicate issue of Iraqi
territorial integrity.
    President Ozal has publicly announced his disdain for
the Saddam Hussein regime and made no bones about the need
to get rid of the Iraqi government. Just last week, he met
with opposition Baghdad figures, including Shi'ite and Sunni
officials -- without consulting government beforehand.
    As head of state -- a post determined by a vote in the
legislative assembly --Ozal has wide-ranging executive
functions, including the appointment of the Prime Minister,
the ratification and promulgation of international treaties,
and the power to decide to use the Turkish armed forces.

    AZERBAIJAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS FIGHTING CONTINUES IN
KARABAKH REGION
    BAKU (SEPT. 11)  - AZERBAIJAN'S DEFENCE MINISTRY ON
FRIDAY SAID AZERIS KILLED ABOUT A HUNDRED ENEMY SOLDIERS AND
DESTROYED TWO TANKS AND THREE ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS
OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS. TWO AZERIS WERE KILLED AND SEVEN
WOUNDED, THE MINISTRY SAID.
    A CONVOY OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TRAVELLING FROM ARMENIA
WAS ALSO DESTROYED IN THE LACHIN CORRIDOR, CONNECTING
ARMENIA WITH THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH ENCLAVE. ACCORDING TO THE
MINISTRY, AZERIS MANAGED TO SEIZE A STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT
VILLAGE OF TSYLDYRAN AND THE ADJOINING HEIGHTS IN THE AGDERY
PROVINCE.
    THE MINISTRY ALSO SAID ARMENIA SHELLED VILLAGES IN THE
TAUZ REGION OF AZERBAIJAN BEFORE NOON ON FRIDAY.

    TURKISH POLICE SEIZE 35 KILOS OF HEROIN IN ISTANBUL
    ANKARA (SEPT. 11)  - POLICE TODAY SEIZED 35 KILOGRAMS OF
HEROIN AND DETAINED FOUR SUSPECTED DRUG SMUGGLERS IN
ISTANBUL, THE STATE-RUN RADIO REPORTED.
    THE REPORT SAID THAT ACTING ON A TIP-OFF, POLICE FOUND
35 KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN HIDDEN IN A TRUCK BOUND FOR THE
NETHERLANDS, AND ARRESTED THE FOUR SUSPECTED SMUGGLERS.
    TURKEY IS A TRANSIT POINT FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE DRUGS
PRODUCED IN THE "GOLDEN TRIANGLE" BORDERING THAILAND, BURMA
AND LAOS, AND THE "GOLDEN CRESCENT" BORDERING PAKISTAN,
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN.
    TURKEY'S SECURITY FORCES SEIZED TWO TONS OF HEROIN IN
1991.

    POLAND, UZBEKISTAN SIGN ECONOMIC COOPERATION TREATY
    WARSAW (SEPT. 10)  - POLAND AND UZBEKISTAN SIGNED A
TREATY ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION HERE TODAY.
    UNDER THE TREATY, TRADE AND TIES BETWEEN ENTERPRISES IN
THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL ENJOY A HIGHER LEVEL OF COOPERATION,
IN ADDITION TO HAVING MORE JOINT VENTURES SET UP.
    IT IS EXPECTED THAT A POLISH-UZBEK TRADE PROTOCOL WILL
BE SIGNED SOON.

    RUSSIA SEEKS REFORMS IN PROVINCES; MORE FIGHTING
REPORTED IN TAJIKISTAN
    MOSCOW (SEPT. 11)  - Russian President Boris Yeltsin
Friday stressed that reforms must now reach the Russian
republic's regional structures.
    ''The emphasis of reforms must be transferred from the
federal to the regional level,'' Yeltsin said in Cheboksary,
the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Chuvash.
    Yeltsin travelled there for two days of meetings with
regional leaders accompanied by Parliament speaker Ruslan
Chasbulatov and Premier Yegor Gaidar.
    The success of an upcoming privatisation programme
depended on ''how much and what sort of property we offer
people for their cheques'', Yeltsin said.
    From October 1, all Russian citizens are to receive a
privatisation cheque worth 10,000 roubles which may be
redeemed for shares in currently state-owned firms or may be
sold. Regional authorities will be in charge of the
privatisation programme.
    Yeltsin cited hyperinflation as a serious threat to the
privatisation programme and stressed that adequate measures
must be taken to forestall hardship among workers during the
transition.
    Gaidar warned regional leaders that expected mass
unemployment could turn some of their regions into
''potential hot spots''. Nevertheless, privatisation was the
only way ''to establish a normal, civilised economy in
Russia''.
    Yeltsin warned regional representatives against what he
termed a ''dangerous legal separatism'' and stressed that
regional authorities must not issue directives that went
against Russian parliament legislation and central
government decrees.
    Meanwhile, there were more deaths and injuries in
fighting in Tajikistan Friday, ITAR-TASS news agency
reported.
    Supporters and opponents of ousted Tajik president
Rakhmon Nabiyev clashed in the capital Dushanbe. OMON
Interior Ministry troops were involved in the fighting. The
number of casualties was not disclosed.
    Nabiyev was forced to resign on Monday. Parliament
leader Akbarsho Iskandarov and the government took over.
    ITAR-TASS further said minority Russians and Uzbeks had
been attacked in the southern Tajik district of Kurgan-
Tyube. Religious and communist gangs have been involved in
armed skirmishes there for months.
    Some 20,000 minority Uzbeks and Turkmen have fled to
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, according to unconfirmed
reports.

    ARMENIA MIGHT REQUEST UNITED NATIONS HELP IN PEACE QUEST
    ROME (SEPT. 11)  - Armenia might ask the United Nations
to help end the conflict with the Azeris after the almost
certain collapse of peace negotiations in Rome, Christian
Ter-Stepanjan, leader of the Armenian delegation, said
Friday.
    The three days of talks were described as ''informal
discussions'' intended to prepare the way for a proposed
peace conference in Minsk, Belarus.
    But Ter-Stepanjan said the two sides could not agree on
either a ceasefire or on the participation in the peace
process of ''elected representatives'' from the disputed
enclave of Nagorny Karabakh, predominantly Armenian but
situated in Azerbaijan.

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