Author: Andres-Papazian

HEAD COACH OF ARARAT NOT TO BE DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA DESPITE BEATING OF A PHOTO JOURNALIST

arminfo
Monday, May 23, 21:00

The head coach of Ararat footbalkl club (Yerevan), famous football
player, USSR champion in 1973, Arkady Andreasyan will not be declared
persona non grata in Armenian football, the press service of the
Football Federation of Armenia told ArmInfo.

At today’s sitting the FFA Executive Committee took a decision to
reject the proposal of the FFA disciplinary committee to declare
Andreasyan non grata. Andreasyan has only been disqualified for
10 matches.

The disciplinary committee suggested declaring Andreasyan a persona non
grata after the 63-year old coach hit 19-year old Ashot Arushanyan,
the photo journalist of Totalfootball.am website, on April 23 during
the break of Ararat-Pyunik match, after which the journalist was
beaten by coach’s entourage.

From: A. Papazian

COSSACKS OF AZERBAIJAN TO FORM REGIMENT AS PART OF DEFENSE MINISTRY

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 23, 2011 – 14:56 AMT

The Russian information and cultural center in Baku hosted a
conference of Cossacks of Azerbaijan. The organization has 1,500
members. Cossack General Victor Mereshkin delivered a report at the
conference. According to him, Cossacks of Azerbaijan support the
country’s President, Ilham Aliyev.

On behalf of Cossacks, Mereshkin expressed gratitude to the Azerbaijani
President for the permission to erect a monument to Cossack soldiers.

He said that they will apply to the Azerbaijani President with a
request on formation of Cossack regiment as part of the Defense
Ministry.

During the event, Mereshkin was reelected as Ataman of the Union of
Cossacks of Azerbaijan.

From: A. Papazian

AZERBAIJAN ATTEMPTED TO INVOLVE TURKEY IN IPA CIS, BUT FAILED

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 23, 2011 – 17:16 AMT

On May 15-17, a delegation of the Armenian National Assembly
participated in a sitting of 3 standing committees of the
Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of
Independent (IPA CIS) in Saint Petersburg.

Member of the Armenian delegation to the IPA CIS Eduard Sharmazanov
told a press conference in Yerevan that, as part of a sitting of the
Council of the IPA CIS, Turkic-speaking countries made an initiative
to provide Turkey with observer’s status in the IPA CIS, thus creating
a new platform for Ankara’s anti-Armenian activity.

“The Azerbaijani delegation offered to unite in one package the
matters of provision of TURKPA (Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic
Speaking Countries) and Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy with
observer’s status in the IPA CIS. However, we noted that these are
two different organizations, and provision of observer’s status to
them should be considered separately,” said Sharmazanov. Eventually,
the Azerbaijani side was forced to vote against its own project.

From: A. Papazian

TURKISH SNIPERS FIRED KARABAKHI-AZERBAIJANI LINE OF CONTACT

Panorama.am
23/05/2011

On 16-21 May the ceasefire treaty in the line of contact of
Karabakhi-Azerbaijani forces has been violated more than 200 times
and 1500 shots have been fired.

The rival has used “Instigal” sniper rifles of Turkish production
and several other types of weapons.

NKR Defense Army reports the rival has ceased after Karabakhi armed
forces took appropriate measures.

From: A. Papazian

AZERBAIJAN DENIED RUSSIAN REPORTER ENTRY FOR A VISIT TO KARABAKH

Tert.am
23.05.11

A reporter of the Russian radio station Echo Moskvy has been denied
entry to Azerbaijan for what appears to be an earlier visit to Nagorno
Karabakh without Azerbaijan’s ascent.

Sergey Buntman, the deputy chief editor of Echo Moskvy told Russian
news agency Interfax that he was denied entry because “he had been
in Karabakh and had an interview with Karabakh’s president [Bako]
Sahakyan.”

Buntman also said currently he is in Yerevan and is planning to
return Moscow.

Azerbaijan, which considers Nagorno Karabakh as an inseparable part
of its territory, is believed to refuse entry to all foreigners who
have visited Karabakh without its permission.

Commenting on the incident, Alexei Venediktov, the Chief Editor of
Echo Moskvy, said he is planning to send a letter to Azerbaijan’s
President Ilham Aliyev on the issue.

He also said that “reporters can visit various countries without
letting the authorities”.

“Reporters are tasked with collecting information, analyzing and
telling about what happens,” Interfax quoted him as saying.

Venediktov also said he has planned Buntman’s visit to Baku and is
not going to cancel it.

From: A. Papazian

Naregatsi Art Institute to host Inarritu’s Biutiful film screening

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 24, 2011 – 14:42 AMT

On May 25, Naregatsi Art Institute will host a screening of Alejandro
Gonzalez Inarritu’s film Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem. The film
was featured at 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

The screening, held in the framework of Wednesday Film Night series,
will be followed by a Q&A session. The film will be dubbed in Russian;
the entrance in free.

Biutiful is the story of a single father who struggles to reconcile
fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amid the
dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona – all before his time is up.

From: A. Papazian

ICG REPORT ON JAVAKHETI REGION CONTAINS SOUND VIEWS – SHIRAK TOROSYAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 24, 2011 – 14:57 AMT

The head of Javakhk Union gave positive assessment to ICG report
titled Georgia: The Javakheti Region’s Integration Challenges.

According to Shirak Torosyan the report contains sound views. “The
report provides objective criticism of the Georgian authorities’
policy towards Javakhk Armenians. It notes Armenian population’s
discontent over the absence of the status of the Armenian language,
social and economic issues, urging to take efforts to solve the
situation,” Torosyan said.

At the same time, Torosyan indicated a number of omissions in the
report, which never mentioned mass arrests and political persecutions
of the region’s activists.

Torosyan characterised ICG report as a success of Armenian side which
activated efforts at the international arena.

“A clear progress has been observed in the positions of international
organizations, which address the situation in Javakhk and Armenians’
problems more often,” he said.

From: A. Papazian

TURQUIE : LE COMPLOT CONTRE LE PATRIARCHE GREC ORTHODOXE, RELIé A ERGENEKON

Source/Lien : Today’s Zaman
Publié le : 23-05-2011

Info Collectif VAN – – ” Un procès pour complot
d’assassinat a Istanbul du chef spirituel des chrétiens orthodoxes
a été relié au procès en cours d’Ergenekon, un réseau criminel
soupconné d’avoir voulu renverser le gouvernement turc. La décision
de fusion des procès a été annoncée jeudi 5 mai 2011 lors de
l’audience dans le cadre du procès pour la tentative d’assassinat du
Patriarche grec orthodoxe, Bartholomée Ier. On pense que le complot
pour tuer Bartholomée fait partie du plan d’action de l’Opération
Cage, un complot subversif concu par des officiers militaires
qui cherchaient a saper le gouvernement en faisant assassiner des
non-musulmans et en commettant d’autres actes de terreur. Le plan
Cage aurait été mis en place sur ordre d’Ergenekon. Les documents
du plan Cage qualifient spécifiquement “d’opération” les meurtres
du journaliste arméno-turc Hrant Dink, du prêtre catholique Andrea
Santoro et de trois chrétiens a Malatya. ” Le Collectif VAN vous
propose la traduction d’un article en anglais du journal turc Today’s
Zaman en date du 5 mai 2011.

Photo : le Patriarche Bartholomée

Le procès pour l’assassinat planifié du Patriarche Bartholomée
fusionné avec celui d’Ergenekon

Jeudi 5 Mai 2011/ MUSTAFA TURAN, Ä°STANBUL

Today’s Zaman

Un procès pour complot d’assassinat a Istanbul du chef spirituel des
chrétiens orthodoxes a été relié au procès en cours d’Ergenekon,
un réseau criminel soupconné d’avoir voulu renverser le gouvernement
turc.

La décision de fusion des procès a été annoncée jeudi lors de
l’audience dans le cadre du procès pour la tentative d’assassinat
du Patriarche grec orthodoxe, Bartholomée. Le procès se déroule
devant la 9e Haute cour criminelle d’Istanbul. Le seul suspect dans
l’affaire est Ä°smet Recber ; relâché en décembre, il n’était pas
présent. Lors de l’audience, le procureur Selim Berna Atay a requis
la fusion du procès avec celui d’Ergenekon, qui se déroule devant
la 13e Haute cour criminelle d’Ä°stanbul, au motif qu’il existe des
liens juridiques et probants entre les deux affaires.

La cour a accepté la requête et les deux cas ont été fusionnés.

Recber, un charpentier, encourt jusqu’a 15 ans de prison. L’homme
a été arrêté après que les autorités ont recu une lettre
anonyme affirmant que le suspect dans le procès Ergenekon, Gurbuz
Capan, avait planifié l’assassinat et avait choisi Recber pour le
commettre. L’acte d’accusation dans le dossier indique que grâce
aux enquêtes de police, physiques et techniques, on a constaté que
Recber s’était rendu de la province orientale de Kars a Istanbul.

On pense que le complot pour tuer Bartholomée fait partie du
plan d’action de l’Opération Cage, un complot subversif concu par
des officiers militaires qui cherchaient a saper le gouvernement
en faisant assassiner des non-musulmans et en commettant d’autres
actes de terreur. Le plan Cage aurait été mis en place sur ordre
d’Ergenekon. Les documents du plan Cage qualifient spécifiquement
“d’opération” les meurtres du journaliste arméno-turc Hrant Dink,
du prêtre catholique Andrea Santoro et de trois chrétiens a Malatya.

Un groupe antidémocratique au sein de la direction des Forces
navales, derrière le plan Cage, avait eu l’intention de fomenter
le chaos dans la société avec ces tueries, mais s’est plaint que
le plan ait échoué lorsque de grandes parties de la société ont
protesté contre ces meurtres en manifestant massivement.

Le plan a été publié dans le journal Taraf du 19 novembre
2009. Selon ce plan, des non-musulmans devaient être assassinés et
la responsabilité devait être attribuée aux partisans du Parti
pour la justice et le développement (AKP). Des pressions externes
accrues sur l’AKP auraient été exercées, montrant que la Turquie
était devenue un pays intolérant, penchant vers la Charia avec l’AKP.

Lors d’une interview en 2009, Bartholomée a dit que “des forces
obscures planifiaient d’utiliser les minorités pour renverser le
gouvernement”, comme cela a été révélé dans l’enquête Ergenekon.

Basé a Ä°stanbul, le chef spirituel d’une communauté estimée a
300 millions de chrétiens orthodoxes se référait aux révélations
du plan Cage. “Lorsque le plan Cage a été rendu public, nous avons
pensé que le raid pouvait faire partie de ce plan”, a-t-il dit. “Ã~@
l’époque nous pensions qu’ils voulaient juste nous faire peur.” Le
Patriarche Bartholomée a dit qu’il était reconnaissant aux force de
sécurité d’avoir mis a jour les “plans obscurs.” “Ce développement
est satisfaisant, car la police et les procureurs ont révélé ces
noirs desseins et donc les responsables pourront être arrêtés
et jugés.”

Le nom de Bartholomée est également sur la liste du plan Cage pour
“être assassiné.” Le complot, supposé être préparé par un groupe
pro-junte au sein des forces armées, a été révélé par Taraf au
début de l’année 2010. Des non-musulmans tels que le Patriarche
arménien Mesrob Mutafyan et l’ex-représentant du Vatican George
Marovic figuraient également sur la liste noire du plan Cage.

Le plan Cage est un complot de coup d’Ã~Itat présumé, concu en 2003
lors d’une réunion de militaires. Selon le plan, l’armée devait
systématiquement semer le chaos dans la société par des actes de
violence, parmi lesquels des attentats a la bombe prévus dans les
mosquées Fatih et Beyazit a Istanbul. Le complot visait a saper
le gouvernement et a poser les bases pour une prise de contrôle
des militaires.

Un des plans, intitulé Tirpan, prévoyait de tuer les universitaires
qui se sont opposés au coup prévu. Des Arméniens en vue devaient
être assassinés selon le plan l’Orak, des personnalités d’extrême
droite selon le plan Yumruk, des personnalités de gauche selon le
plan Kurek, des libéraux selon le plan Testere, des personnalités
religieuses selon le plan Dökum, des représentants de la société
civile selon le plan l’Urgan, et les responsables des minorités
devaient être tués selon le plan Sakal.

©Traduction de l’anglais C.Gardon pour le Collectif VAN – 13 mai 2011-
07:15 –

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From: A. Papazian

Ancient Christian church found in Turkey

news.am
May 21, 2011 | 22:44

YEREVAN. – Archeologists found ancient Christian church dating back to
AD 312 – 320 in the territory of Leodicea, Turkey, informed RIA
Novosti citing German KNA agency.

The head of expedition, Celal Simsek thinks that the church was built
in AD 313 after the edict of Milan. According to expert, taking into
account the importance of open church, Turkish authorities may invite
Pope Benedict XVI and Orthodox patriarchs for its opening.

Works on the preservation of the monument will last for about a year.

From: A. Papazian

Armenia’s readiness to compromises pledge of successful “sale of
pipes” by OSCE MG mediators

arminfo
Friday, May 20, 13:11

Armenia’s readiness to compromises is a pledge of successful “sale of
pipes” by the mediators of the OSCE Minsk Group on resolution of the
Karabakh conflict, because this is what they are inherently engaged
in.

Deputy Head of the Noravank Research and Education Foundation Center
for Political Studies, military expert Sergey Sargsyan made such
statement at a seminar entitled “Nagorny Karabakh Conflict: Scenarios
of Military and Political Confrontation” at Noravank Fund, Thursday.

“For mediators now and ever it is most important to sell pipes. They
do not even care if it is a gas or oil pipe or if it operates or not.
It is important that these mains are not subjected to destruction or a
threat of destruction. In this light, it is important for any mediator
mission to achieve a compromise by the parties to the conflict or at
least readiness to a compromise. Azerbaijan has always had an
aggressive and uncompromising stance. In this light, at least before
2009 the Armenian party had expressed readiness to these concessions,
at least, verbally. Therefore, the efforts of the mediator mission
were addressed first of all to the Armenian party to the conflict. It
was inherently not important for the mediators which of the parties
would make a concession and which wouldn’t,” he said.

Nevertheless, the expert said, the situation has changed now because
the Armenian parties to the conflict have exhausted the limit of the
supposed concessions and reached the red line. “In this light, today
theoretically and practically the supposed resolution of the conflict
can be just peaceful, or through resumption of military actions by
Azerbaijan. An interim agreement is not ruled out either in case of a
strong pressure on Armenia and Azerbaijan by the mediator-countries.
Anyway, the key mission of the mediators are pipes and not the
resolution of the conflict,” Sargsyan said.

The OSCE MG represented by the co-chairs of Russia, U.S. and France
has been engaged in resolution of the Karabakh conflict since 1992.

From: A. Papazian