US embassy cable - 04YEREVAN2493

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GOAM MOVING TO RATIFY REVISED "ARTICLE 98" AGREEMENT "BY DECEMBER"

Identifier: 04YEREVAN2493
Wikileaks: View 04YEREVAN2493 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Yerevan
Created: 2004-11-17 13:27:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PREL PARM PGOV AM
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

171327Z Nov 04
UNCLAS YEREVAN 002493 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN ESIDEREAS, FOR T JCORBETT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PARM, PGOV, AM 
SUBJECT:  GOAM MOVING TO RATIFY REVISED "ARTICLE 98" 
AGREEMENT "BY DECEMBER" 
 
 
1. (U) Sensitive But Unclassified.  Please protect 
accordingly. 
 
2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Oskanian's senior advisor told us 
November 17 that the GOAM is moving to ratify the revised 
"Article 98" agreement.  The interagency review process is 
complete and the signed agreement is with President 
Kocharian, who is expected to forward the revised version to 
the Constitutional Court for consideration within the next 
two weeks.  (Note:  President Kocharian is currently on a 
four-day trip to Germany.  End Note.)  The MFA expects 
smooth sailing and anticipates that the National Assembly 
will ratify the agreement by mid-December, but certainly no 
later than the end of the year. 
EVANS 

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