On 3 September Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President reported.
The meeting addressed a number of issues related to the situation along the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed forces.
The Armenian national team and the delegation of the Football Federation of Armenia left for Serbia this morning.
Armenia will face Serbia in a Euro-2016 qualifier. The match will take place at Karadjordje stadium in Novi Sad on September 4.
The following players left for Serbia:
Goalkeepers
Gevorg Kasparov FC Alashkert
Arsen Beglaryan FC Mika
Gevorg Prazyan FC Ararat
Defenders
Robert Arzumanyan Amkar (Russia)
Hrayr Mkoyan Esteghlal (Iran)
Gael Andonyan Olimpique (Marseille, France)
Hovhannes Hambardzumyan FC Vardar (FYR Macedonia)
Levon Airapetian FC Pyunik
Taron Voskanyan FC Pyunik
Varazdat Haroyan FC Pyunik
Kamo Hovhannisyan FC Pyunik
Midfielders
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Borussia (Dortmund, Germany)
Gevorg Ghazaryan C.S. Maritimo (Portugal)
Marcos Pizzelli Aktobe (Kazakhstan)
Aras Ozbiliz Spartak (Moscow, Russia)
Karlen Mkrtchyan Anji (Russia)
Norayr Aslanyan Almere City (Netherlands)
Artem Simonyan Zurich (Switzerland)
Artur Yuspashyan FC Pyunik
Artak Grigoryan FC Alashkert
Forwards
Yura Movsisyan Spartak (Moscow, Russia)
Ruslan Koryan Luch-Energia (Russia)
Vardan Poghosyan FC Pyunik
The Democratic Party of Artsakh and the European Free Alliance have adopted a joint declaration. In the declaration co-signed by Mr. François Alfonsi, President of European Free Alliance, and Mr. Ashot Ghulyan, President of Democratic Party of Artsakh, the parties agree to work together to contribute to a peaceful settlement of the conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, with the direct participation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and on the basis of peoples’ right to self-determination, excluding any sort of agression or violence.
The full text of the declaration is below:
EFA and DPA agree to associate aiming at:
Therefore, EFA and the DPA reiterate full dedication to being worthy and suitable partners in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and in the European Union.
Armenia has climbed 5 places and is currently ranked 83rd in the September edition of the FIFA World Ranking.
Armenia’s rivals in Euro-2016 qualification round are placed as follows: Portugal – 6th, Denmark – 22nd, Serbia – 66rd and Albania – 25th.
There is no change at the top of the ranking, with Argentina continuing to lead the way ahead of Belgium (2nd, unchanged) and Germany (3rd, unchanged).
“The activeness of the Azerbaijani side is connected with the Day of Proclamation of Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, the military exercises under way in Armenia and Artsakh, or Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Baku,” Spokesman for the NKR President David Babayan told .
David Babayan considers that the activeness could be conditioned by the electoral processes in Azerbaijan, the complex economic situation, namely the dropped oil prices and the threats to the Aliyev clan.
He says the predictions about “Azerbaijani fall” could well turn true and believes that this is what keeps the leadership of the country in panic.
“The geopolitical factor also plays a role,” Babayan said. He’s confident, however, that the situation is ‘controllable.’ “The rival engages in a ‘distant conflict,’ which means that it’s afraid of direct fight.”
“The adversary gets a worthy counterstrike and will not dare engage in direct war,” the Spokesman said.
Armenian international Yura Movsisyan may leave his current club Spartak Moscow this winter, football agent Roman Oreshchuk has said in an interview with NTV+Football (НТВ+футбол).
According to him, English clubs are interested in the services of the Armenian striker.
Movsisyan has scored three goals and provided an assist in the first seven matches this season.
President Serzh Sargsyan received today the delegation of the French National Assembly headed by President of the Socialist faction Bruno Le Roux.
The parties attached importance to the frequent reciprocal visits and contacts, which further reinforce the Armenian-French friendship and provide an opportunity to discuss issues of mutual interest.
The interlocutors agreed that inter-parliamentary cooperation comprises a significant part of inter-state relations, and emphasized the role of Armenian-French Friendship Groups established in the Parliaments of the two countries in their development.
Bruno Le Roux conveyed the warm greetings of French President Francois Hollande.
The lawmakers also attached importance to their visit to Nagorno Karabakh. They assured that France is interested in the continuation of dialogue towards a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
President Sargsyan briefed the guests on the process and goals of constitutional reforms. Bruno Le Roux underlined that any constructive change targeted at establishing the best government system is welcome and added that “it’s a sign of political maturity of a state.”
The sixth hearing in the retrial of defendants accused of assassinating Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was held at the 5th High Criminal Court in İstanbul on Thursday morning, only to be adjourned until December with minimal progress having been made, reports.
Despite eight years having passed since the murder of the journalist, efforts to pinpoint suspect Osman Hayal in the security camera footage stills from the incident have failed. Dink, the late editor-in-chief of Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, was shot and killed in broad daylight on Jan. 19, 2007, by an ultranationalist teenager outside the offices of his newspaper in Istanbul.
Evidence discovered since then has led to claims that the murder was linked to the “deep state,” a term that refers to a shadowy group of military and civilian bureaucrats in Turkey believed to have links with organized crime. Now, the Dink family lawyers are intent on having the identity of Osman Hayal verified from the security camera footage taken from the Akbank Bank and Saray Drapery, located near the Agos headquarters during the incident. Osman Hayal, who was released pending trial, is the brother of Yasin Hayal, who confessed to telling then-minor Ogün Samast to murder Dink.
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey claimed after initial investigations that there are too many people in the frame to identify the suspect. During Thursday’s hearing, the court accepted Dink’s family’s lawyer Hakan Bakırcıoğlu’s request that newly marked men in the security footage be identified by Council
The next hearing will be held on Dec. 22.
A group of activists called Friends of Hrant who are closely following the case held a demonstration outside the Caglayan Courthouse prior to the hearing, also making a statement.
“We will continue to stand on duty for justice. This case will not be over until the real suspects are tried and our friend’s murderer receives the punishment they deserve. We are tired of repeating our request for the true suspects to be tried. In fact, we are not the only ones requesting this,” stated Baran Seyhan on behalf of the activist group.
“The state and its State Supervisory Board have also clearly identified those who need to be tried. As the lawyers have shared, Article 83 of the Turkish Penal Code deals with negligence causing death due to the failure to take appropriate action to prevent the death, and the state is protecting those who are behind the murder,” Seyhan stated.
Armenian contract serviceman Hayk Tevoyan, born in 1975, died as a result of shooting at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan told reporters today.
“The rival actively fired all along the Tavush section of the border until midnight. The Azerbaijani side used artillery weapons of different caliber, including large-caliber machine guns and sniper rifles, 60 and 80mm mortars. Two civilians were injured,” he said.
Hovhannisyan said the frontline villages have sustained losses, but the situation is now under control, the rival has been silenced.
The Spokesman said the Azerbaijani side incurred losses as a result of the tension of the past two days.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been voted the player of Matchday 3. The Armenian international convinced the voters with his impressive performance in the match against Hertha BSC.
With a strong performance and impressive start series of nine points and 11: 1 goals this season Borussia Dortmund showed on Matchday 3 all that can be expected. Henrikh Mkhitaryan was the most outstanding player.
With 46 percent of the ballot Mkhitaryan clearly won the first place in the voting on .
Mkhitaryan provided an assist in the team’s 3: 1 win over Hertha and was involved in five of the 15 BVB shots.
He is the player with the most targeted-participations and no one gave more shots on goal. But the Armenian is not only dangrous in the penalty box: Mkhitaryan won for being a good offensive player with 53 percent of his tackles and sprinted 22 times over the square. This was also the best result.
Luc Castaignos came second with 25 percent of the vote, followed by Thomas Müller with 10 percent.