Author: Andres-Papazian

AZERBAIJANI MFA HAS HABIT OF MAKING ABSURD STATEMENTS – ARMENIA’S RULING PARTY

news.am, Armenia
Oct 12 2011

YEREVAN. – Statement by Azerbaijani MFA official that the relationship
between Armenia and Russia cause instability in the region is another
absurdity, MP from ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov told
Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to him, Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security
Council, as a strategic partner of Armenia and as co-chair of OSCE
Minsk Group is a balancing power in the region.

“I see that Azerbaijanis are uncomfortable with Armenian-Russian
fraternal relations. Azerbaijan can do nothing but cope with the
situation and refrain from further mistakes,” stated Sharmazanov.

The MP said that it is Azerbaijan who threatens security in the region
first, pushing a policy of terrorism at the state level. Consequently,
Russia and other OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs should respond adequately
to such statements voiced by Azerbaijan.

At GUAM countries international conference “Establishing relationships
across borders”, the official of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elchin
Huseynli stated that “Relations between Russia and Armenia cause
instability in the region. Armenia- the smallest country in the region
has important political and military agreements with Russia,” he said.

From: A. Papazian

GORBACHEV TO SPONSOR SOLAR ENERGY IN ARMENIA?
by Giorgi Lomsadze

EurasiaNet.org, NY
Oct 12 2011

Armenian solar energy enthusiasts claim that Mikhail Gorbachev
has promised to underwrite production of solar systems in
nuclear-power-addicted Armenia.

Diehard supporters of homemade solar energy solutions vowed on October
11 to go ahead with their plans to set up a solar panel factory in
the Armenian town of Spitak, the Russian news agency Regnum reported.

Gorbachev will back them if the Armenian government will not,
they claimed.

Vaan Amazaspian, energy researcher and the project’s key backer,
said that the green energy charity Green Cross, of which the ex-Soviet
leader is the founding president, pledged $8 million for the ambitious
plan. Green Cross supports sustainable energy and conflict-resolution
initiatives. Reports of the investment surfaced in August, but the
Geneva-based NGO has not yet confirmed its alleged plans to sponsor
the plant.

Amazaspian indicated that the Armenian government, for its part,
had been less than encouraging about the idea of taking Spitak solar.

Rather than to solar energy, the Armenian government has long given
priority to upgrading, or rather replacing, the Soviet-built nuclear
plant Metsamor, the country~Rs main energy provider.

From: A. Papazian

AZERBAIJAN TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM ARMENIAN SNIPERS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONTACT LINE

Vestnik Kavkaza
Oct 12 2011

Azerbaijan is building a wall to protect its citizens from Armenian
snipers at the Nagorno-Karabakh contact line, 1news.az reports.

The wall will be 3 meters tall. It is a necessary measure to protect
the population from regular attacks of Armenian snipers. Construction
started from the village of Ortagervend in the Agdamsky District,
where 8-year old Fariz Badalov was killed 7 months ago. Chyragly
Village Municipality head Gabil Abbasov said that 700 meters of wall
had been built.

This will allow people to return. 24 out of 78 houses were abandoned
due to sniper attacks.

A tragedy happened near the village of Alibeyli in the Tovuzsky
District on July 14. A girl, Shamaliyeva Aygun Zireddin gyzy, born in
1998, was killed by a bomb. Her mother Shakhmaliyeva Elnara Mammedtagi
gyzy, born in 1979, was injured.

Armenian forces opened fire at the village of Shikhlar in the Agdamsky
District on March 8, 2011. 9-year old Fariz Badalov, born in 2002,
was shot in the head.

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From: A. Papazian

STEVE JOBS SPOKE FLUENT ARMENIAN LANGUAGE

AZG DAILY
13-10-2011

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who passed away on Wednesday at age 56, is said
to have had a good command of the Armenian language.

Conducting a probe into the great legend~Rs biography, the Arab
language website Khabararmani.com has found out that Jobs, who was
raised in the family of an Armenian mother and an American father,
spoke Armenian fluently.

“Jobs~R adoptive mother, Claire Hagopian played a very big role in
bringing up the genius,” the website said, adding that Jobs had never
been keen to speak about his biological parents.

Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by the family of Paul
and Clara Jobs (née Hagopian) of Mountain View, California. Paul and
Clara later adopted a daughter, Patti. Jobs~R biological parents
~V Abdulfattah John Jandali, a Muslim Syrian immigrant to the U.S
from Homs, who later became a political science professor, and Joanne
Schieble (later Simpson), an American graduate student who went on to
become a speech language pathologist ~V eventually married. Together,
they gave birth to and raised Jobs~R biological sister, novelist
Mona Simpson.

Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple
Computers with Stephen Wozniak in the Jobs~R family garage. Apple~Rs
revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad,
are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern technology.

A book about Jobs~R life is coming soon. iSteve: The Book of Jobs,
authored by a former CNN CEO and an editor of the British Times,
Walter Isaacson, is the first official biography of the Apple legend.

From: A. Papazian

BANK VTB (ARMENIA) ANNOUNCES THE REGULAR JOINT ACTION WITH THE COMPANY MURAN

ARKA
Oct 12, 2011

YEREVAN, October 12. /ARKA/. Bank VTB (Armenia) and the company
Muran organized a regular joint exclusive action of crediting the
citizens wanting to obtain cars Nissan Micra, press-service of the
Bank informed ARKA News Agency.

According to the press-release, the goal of the given action is
expansion of opportunities of significant part of population of
Armenia, offering them to obtain cars from the primary car market by
more favorable conditions.

The action will operate from the beginning of October to the end
of December 2011. In the frames of the given action, crediting of
physical entities will be implemented by maximum favorable terms for
the borrower. Credit is provided in AMD which pre-payment starts
from 10% (exclusive offer), maturity date – from 12 to 84 months,
annual percent rate – starting from 15%.

The mentioned terms are defined only for obtaining new cars Nissan
Micra in the salon of Muran by the following address: Yerevan, 47
Komitas Street.

“Crediting of physical entities is one of the most important directions
of the activity of the Bank. With the purpose of development in this
direction and increase of efficiency of the work in the crediting
market, our bank together with its partner – official representative
of brand NISSAN, the company Muran, developed a package of special
credit terms, according to which, in obtaining the car Nissan Micra
directly from the car salon will become more favourable for the
client”, said General Director -Chairman of Directorate of Bank VTB
(Armenia) Valeri Ovsyannikov.

CJSC “Bank VTB (Armenia)” became participant of international financial
group VTB in April 2004. Currently it is the second largest in Russia,
VTB Bank (CJSC) owning 100% of shares of “Bank VTB (Armenia)”. The
Bank is traditionally among the leaders of the banking system of
Armenia by a number of key indicators. The Bank now owns the largest
branch network in the country – 68 branches.

From: A. Papazian

CBA TO CONDUCT TRAINING COURSE IN SHUSHI ON THE ISSUE OF PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCING OF TERRORISM

ARKA
Oct 12, 2011

YEREVAN, October 12. /ARKA/. Center of Financial Monitoring jointly
with the Department of Control of Central Bank of Armenia organizes in
Shushi from October 12-13 training course on the issue of prevention
of money laundering and financing of terrorism, press-service of CBA
informed ARKA News Agency.

According to the press-release, in the training courses issues
regarding legislative requirements in banking activity and their
application will be discussed.

The training course is envisaged for the managers of the branches
of commercial banks operating in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR), as well as for the employees working in the sphere
of customers’ service, money laundering and financing of terrorism.

It is organized by CBA in the frames of regular operations targeted
at education and development of participant’s skills of financial
systems.

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIA STRIVES TO INCREASE FOOD SECURITY

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 12, 2011 – 14:15 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – In near future, Armenia will increase food security
level to achieve a result of 80%, according to Armenian Agriculture
Minister.

As Sergo Karapetryan told a news conference in Yerevan, a 2010-2012
food security provision concept was developed and confirmed by a
presidential decree.

“At present, Armenia’s food self-sufficiency ratio reaches 60%, with
the country planning to increase the figure to 80%,” the Minister said.

Adoption of a food security concept sets a firm foundation for
stimulating local agricultural production, also developing mechanisms
to increase crediting availability for farmers and agricultural
enterprises.

From: A. Papazian

THE REWARD WILL COME: ARMENIA LOOKING AHEAD TO FIFA WORLD CUP 2014
Anna Balyan

“Radiolur”
12.10.2011 17:46

Football remains high on the agenda today. Fans continue slamming
referee Iturralde González and praising the Armenian national team,
the social networks are flooded with various comments. Player of
Ararat -73 and Chairman of the Football Veterans Union Sergey
Poghosyn says the referee obviously made a number of mistakes,
football commentator Karen Giloyan considers thinking about replaying
the match is senseless.

Iturralde González was not unbiased, although it’s hard to prove,
Sergey Poghosyan told a press conference today. According to him,
the most fatal mistake was the dismissal of Armenian goalkeeper Roman
Berezovsky, taking into consideration that Ireland’s forward Simon
Cox confessed it was not a handball by the keeper.

Karen Giloyan says it would be a heroic deed by Cox to declare it
during the game. His words will not change anything now. According
to him, thinking about replaying the game is senseless.

“It’s obvious that the referee made а number of grave mistakes,
but it’s hard to prove now that they were intentional. Victory is so
sweet, that the player would never say during the game that the ball
had touched his hand before reaching Berezovsky. It was the feeling
of remorse that made Cox confesses after the game,” Giloyan said.

Karen Giloyan says to be proud of our team. The victory could well
be ours. Even with ten men Armenia looked better than the rival. “Our
team looked like playing at home with 50 thousand fans cheering.”

“It was a pity. My second impression is that we have a really strong
team and I believe we’re going to play well in the FIFA World Cup
qualifiers,” he said.

Sergey Poghosyan also says the team is very strong. He is impressed
by the quality and style of playing. “Coach Vardan Minasyan is a wise
man, who manages to choose a correct scheme of the game and follow it.

The team did not lose its face. An unavoidable reward will follow
during the FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifiers,” he said.

From: A. Papazian

IRAN SAYS ENVOY ASSASSINATION PLOT ALLEGATIONS ‘FOOLISH’

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 12, 2011 – 13:47 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – U.S. allegations that Iran plotted to assassinate
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington are a “mischievous, foolish”
attempt to fuel tension between Tehran and Riyadh, a senior Iranian
official said Wednesday, October 12.

U.S. authorities said Tuesday that they had broken up a plot by
two men linked to Iran’s security agencies to kill the Saudi envoy,
Adel al-Jubeir. One man was arrested last month while the other was
believed to be in Iran.

Parliament speaker Ali Larijani, echoing Iran’s official stance,
denied the charges in an open session of parliament.

“These claims are vulgar … It is a childish and amateur game
… We believe that our neighbors in the region are very well aware
that America is using this story to ruin our relationship with Saudi
Arabia,” Larijani told parliament in a speech broadcast live on state
radio, Reuters reported.

Saudi-Iranian tensions have increased since March, when Saudi Arabia
sent troops to help Bahrain’s Sunni rulers quell pro-democracy
protesters led by the island’s Shi’ite majority, which has long
complained of sectarian discrimination.

Bahrain accused Iran of being behind the unrest, a charge denied by
Tehran and by Bahraini Shi’ite political parties.

From: A. Papazian

ZHAMANAK: DAMAGING EVIDENCE

Tert.am
11:13 ~U 12.10.11

Referring to anonymous sources, the newspaper reported that Armenia’s
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Security Service are involved
in the work aimed at bringing back the Armenian citizens that left
the country.

The aim is to conceal the real number of emigrants from the public.

According to another source, the aim is to gather damaging evidence of
the opposition parties’ “business” activities. Over the recent period,
documents proving membership in persecuted political parties have
been “an effective means” of seeking political asylum in European
countries. “So the aim is to find out if the parties did not sell
membership cards,” the newspaper writes.

From: A. Papazian