From: farid@mem.odu.edu ("F. H. Miandoab")
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Subject: __>>> News - Azerbaijan <<<--
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:15:57 GMT
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  POPULAR FRONT PROMISES TO PUSH THE COUNTRY OUT OF CRISIS IN
  TWO YEARS

    BAKU,25/07/92,TURAN: The economic commission of the popular
front has worked out a program for "economic rebirth of
azerbaijan", envisaging to push the republic out of economic
crisis in 1.5 - 2 years.
    the program rests upon three major factors, that is,
economic potential of azerbaijan, economic initiative of masses
and foreign assistance.
    unlike the russian version of the liberal-monetary doctrine,
the azeri program is not going put the burden of the economic
reforms on the shoulders of the population, but raises the
controling and leading role of the state.
    the program makes provisions for privatization of some
state`s property and giving a chance to anyone to realize his
potential.
    the authors of the program think that if the program is
implemented in a right way, it would become a guarantor for
convertability of the national currency.--0--


  "BRITISH PETROLEUM" IS NOT GOING TO YIELD TO "AMOCO"

     BAKU,25/07/92,TURAN: " Consortium of "amoco", "unical",
"mag-dorn", "british petroleum", "start oil" and "remka"
companies for exploiting the "azeri" oil-field in the caspian
sea has been set up by the mutalibov goverment`s order ", - said
the "azadlig" newspaper, citing the words of the representative
of the norwegian company of "start oil", peter wells.
    according to the former agreements, 85 per cent of profits
from selling of the extracted oil, will receive azerbaijan. the
other 15 per cent will be shared among the members of the
consortium in that way : 45 per cent receives "amoco", 25 -
"unical", 10 -"mag-dorn and the rest 20 per cent will be shared
among the companies of "british petroleum", "start oil" and
 "remka".
   experts say that the "azeri"oil-frield is able to give up to
30 million tons of oil a year.
   when the popular front came to power, abulfaz elchibey declared
that he would like the "british petroleum" company to take an
active part in exploiting of the "azeri" oil-field. thereby, the
american company of "amoco" was given a hint that its former
agreements with mutalibov could be reconsidered. after this
statement of a.elchibey, the activity of the experts from the
"british petroleum" has sharply liven up. this week the president
of the company george brown visited baku.
   the sources closely connected with the official circles of
azerbaijan say that the azeri leadership is going to reconsider
the place and role of the foreign companies in exploiting the
"azeri" oil-field.--0--


     NEIMAT PANAKHOV RETURNS TO THE PLANT

    BAKU,25/07/92,TURAN: By the resolution, passed by the
tade-union committee of the "sattar khan" machine-building
plant, neimat panakhov, the chairman of independent trade-unions
of azerbaijan, is reinstated in his office. n.panakhov, once a
turner of the plant, had been dissmissed from the office by the
instructions of the political leadership in march 1990.
   panakhov had been arrested in december 1988 as one of the
leaders of the national-liberation movement. in june 1989, he
was set free and returned to political activity.
   after the events, taken place in baku in january 1990,
panakhov emigrated from azerbaijan and stayed for ten months in
iran, then moved to turkey.--0--


   SHELLINGS ARE GOING ON

     25/07/92,TURAN: Armenian forces are going on with shelling
of the azeri villages in the regions of jebrail and agdam. the
military posts of the azeri self-defence forces near the
villages of metshen and mokharag are coming under heavy
shelling, conducted by forces of the armenian expeditionary
corps from the positions in the region of agdera /north-east of
karabakh/.
     the press-center of the defence ministry gives no reports
on killed and injured.--0--


 SPEAKER OF THE AZERI PARLIAMENT LEFT FOR TURKEY

    25/07/92,TURAN: Isa gambarov, speaker of the azeri
parliament left for turkey with a short-term friendly visit on
invitation of s.demirel, turkish prime-minister.
    40 leaders of different states, including i.gambarov, will
take part in an official ceremony of putting in action the big
electric station of "atatyurk", built on the south of
turkey.--0--



AZERI NATIONAL FLAGS HOISTED ON THE FIGHTING-SHIPS OF THE
CASPIAN FLOTILLA

      BAKU,27/07/92,TURAN: Fighting-ships of the caspian
flotilla, transferred into baku`s possession through the
azerbaijani-russian agreement, hoisted azerbaijani national
flags.  the azeri defence minister pahim gaziev attended the
official ceremony of making the colours.
      as it is known, the decision on deviding of the caspian
flotilla had been adopted in the negotiations, held by the
delegation of the navy of the joint military forces of the cis
and the azeri defence ministry on april 15 in baku. in
accordance with the pact, azerbaijan received 25 per cent of
the fighting-ships, the major part of the flotilla`s property
and also the military plant nn 23.
      the day of july 26 is proclaimed the day of navy of
azerbaijan.--0--


TALISH`S PARTY SET UP IN AZERBAIJAN

     BAKU/27/07/92,TURAN: Constituent congress of the talish
popular party of azerbaijan /tppa/ took place in baku.
     talishes is a persian-speaking nationality, living on the
south of azerbaijan. there are about 400,000 of them in the
republic and 90,000 talishes live on the north of iran.
     the main aim of the party, strong of 1,5 thousand members,
is seen to achive its cultural autonomy and to create free
economic zone "talish makhali".
     the key points of the program of the party are to set
up two houses of the azeri parliament - the house of
nationalities and the house of the republic, to hold some
hours of the local broadcasting on talish language  and to
create national newspapers and a theatre.
    the congress passed the program and charter of the party.
the central committee of the party, strong of 43 members with
its center in baku, has been elected.  the candidate of
physico-mathematical sciences, khilal mamedov was elected for
the post of the chairman of the party.
    khilal mamedov said during the interveiw with the turan
correspondent that for the present moment the question on the
talish national autonomy was not on the agenda. " we are not
going in the present situation to split up azerbaijan. it is
inadmissible ", said he.--0--


AN ATTACK ON THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN REPEALED

    BAKU,27/07/92,TURAN: A man has been killed in the armenian
shelling of the village of khatin bulag in the region of fizuli,
just to the west of karabakh. azeri self-defence forces launched
a counter-fire and destroyed the armenian fire emplacement.
    last night the armenian expeditionary corps again shelled
the azeri villages on the north-east and south-east of
karabakh.
    in the evening of july 26, the azeri self-defence forces
managed to repeal an attempt of the armenian army, intruded into
the azerbaijani territory, to capture the village of dyuz rasulu
in the region of kedabek.--0--