Author: Andres-Papazian

ARMENIA WON’T DISCUSS ISSUE OF KARABAKH WITH TURKEY

Aysor
May 31 2010
Armenia

Armenia won’t discuss with Turkey item of settlement to the Karabakh
conflict, told Interfax spokesperson to Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan, Armen Arzoumanian.

“We’ve repeatedly stated that we weren’t going to discuss with Turkey
any issues related to the Karabakh conflict,” he said.

In respond to the information spread by the Turkish media that Armenian
President and Prime Ministers of Russia, Turkey are expected to meet,
Armen Arzoumanian said: “We don’t even consider a possibility for a
meeting of such kind.”

From: A. Papazian

RUSSIAN DUMA CHAIRMAN IS NEGATIVE ON DECLARE RUSSIAN DEPUTIES PERSONA NON-GRATA

news.az
May 31 2010
Azerbaijan

Boris Gryzlov Russian State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov is negative
on Azerbaijan’s decision to declare Russian deputies persona non-grata.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has declared five Russian State
Duma deputies persona non grata. These include Konstantin Zatulin,
Igor Chernishevski, Kiril Cherkasov, Tatiana Volozhinskaya and Maxim
Mishenko for participation in the monitoring of parliamentary elections
in the “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” held on May 23.

This list included member of the Student Parliament under the State
Duma, international observer Galina Ratnikova, sociopolitical figure
Viktor Sheinis, expert of the Fund of Strategic Culture Andrei Areshev,
The list included the citizens of France, Germany, Argentina, Iran
and several other countries.

“Certainly, I am against such a decision. I think there cannot be
any other opinion. The deputies who were in Karabakh and observed
the elections were not the official delegation of the State Duma.

Nevertheless, as far as I know, there were at least 100 observers from
different countries in Karabakh. Certainly, I am exremely negative
on the decision on Russian deputies”, Gryzlov said in Yerevan.

From: A. Papazian

THE WOMAN AND THE CIGARETTE IN CARICATURES

Aysor
May 31 2010
Armenia

Today is the international day of Smoke. In the frameworks of the day
the humanitarian fund “Human’s Health”, the Armenian caricatures’
association as well as the “Prospect” project realized by Gagik
Tsarukyan fund in the square after Charles Aznavure had organized
an exhibition of caricatures dedicated to the international day of
the fight against smoking. The devise of this year is “the woman and
the cigarette”.

The Armenian caricaturists had presented the consequences of the
dangerous habit. There was some bitterness in many of the caricatures.

They had presented a pregnant woman with a cigarette in her hand with
all the possible consequences.

On the event also the schoolchildren who were holding antismoking
posters and were advising people to keep out smoking will partake.

Each year around 5 million people in the world die because of using
cigarettes.

From: A. Papazian

BORIS GRIZLOV: “APPROPRIATE DECISIONS FOR THE SOLUTION TO NAGORNO KARABAKH MAY BE ADOPTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE”

APA
May 31 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. “The situation connected with Nagorno Karabakh is very
sensitive. Negotiations are conducted between Azerbaijan and Armenia
by the participation of mediators, first of all, by the participation
of Russia.

These negotiations are related to Nagorno Karabakh and neighboring
territories. There is progress in the negotiations”, said head of
Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization,
President of Russian State Duma Boris Grizlov at the meeting held in
Armenia, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti. He said that he had engaged
in Nagorno Karabakh conflict for a long time and devoted much time
in this problem: “I may say that, exact and clear steps are taken for
the moment. There is a perspective of soonest adoption of appropriate
decisions for the solution to the problem in the near future”.

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN MINISTRY ALLOWS RUSSIA TO HOLD DIALOGUE ON KARABAKH

Today
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May 31 2010
Azerbaijan

“Create myths about yourself. Gods also started that way.”

The author of these funny words was certainly familiar with the
Armenian government, as they clearly explain what the Armenian
propaganda machine has been doing in the last decade.

We have heard many times the myth about a supposed Great Armenia
that once existed from sea to sea, and that the Armenian people once
inhabited Azerbaijani lands. These fables are the work of the sick
imagination of the Armenian political elite, who have ruled Armenia
for years.

Unfortunately, over time, Armenian rulers have developed more and
more “mythical diseases.” Adequacy, sobriety and consciousness are
something that Armenian officials have been denied of due to their
own fault in recent years.

They have lied so much that they cannot distinguish truth from
falsehood and their own false suppositions. Their megalomania, caused
by an inferiority complex, does not allow them to realistically assess
what is happening around them.

I can cite a statement by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
who was asked by a local reporter why Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
discussed the Karabakh conflict during his official visit to Ankara.

In response, Nalbandian made a surprising statement: “Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev has the right to speak about the settlement
of the Karabakh conflict, regardless of where and with whom he holds
talks. Medvedev has repeatedly arranged meetings between the Armenian
and Azerbaijani presidents, and it does not matter where and to whom
he expresses his opinion on Karabakh,” the minister added.

One gets the feeling that Nalbandian and his colleague President
Sargsyan live in some sort of matrix.

Certainly, the minister’s statements were presented by local
journalists as though the Armenian government allows world leaders
to discuss Karabakh. In other words, Russia and Turkey would not have
discussed the conflict in Turkey without Nalbandyan’s permission.

I note once again that their lack of a clear consciousness prohibits
these neighboring peoples soberly evaluating their policies and
economic situation. Innocent Armenian people suffer as a result,
and they would have returned Azerbaijan’s ancestral lands had it not
been for the government and the diaspora.

So, one should not be surprised if one day Nalbandian will announce
that it was Armenia who allowed the United States to impose sanctions
against Iran, or that Armenia influences the Arab-Israeli conflict,
or finally, that Russia won the right to host the 2014 Olympics in
Sochi with Armenia’s help.

From: A. Papazian

YEREVAN NOT TO DISCUSS KARABAKH ISSUE WITH TURKEY

news.az
May 31 2010
Azerbaijan

Armen Arzumanyan ‘We are not going to discuss issues related to the
Karabakh conflict with Turkey.’

Armenian authorities are not going to discuss the resolution of the
Karabakh conflict with Turkey, spokesman for the Armenian President
Armen Arzumanyan told Interfax Monday.

“We have repeatedly said that we are not going to discuss issues
related to the Karabakh conflict with Turkey”, said Arzumanyan.

Commenting on the information spread by Turkish mass media with Turkish
Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogam the spokesman for the Armenian president
said: “We do not even consider the possibility of such a meeting”.

From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT’S OFFICIAL SITE UPDATED

Aysor
May 31 2010
Armenia

Armenian Government’s official web-site became available
Monday at noon with new updated version of content, told media Chief
of the Government administration of Armenia, David Sarkisian.

Welcoming remarks by Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian are posted on
the first page of the site. Photo-series, breaking news and video
are put together on the site’s new version. “Media about us” section
presents various publications and articles from Armenia’s media.

The most important issues of governmental importance and focus are
added to highlights. According to David Sarkisian, this section will
contain new information and updated materials.

From: A. Papazian

AZERBAIJANI FM: ALL FOREIGNERS VISITED NAGORNO-KARABAKH TO BE PERSONA NON GRATA
E. Tariverdiyeva

Trend
May 31 2010
Azerbaijan

Perhaps, Boris Gryzlov was wrongly informed about the decision of
the Azerbaijani authorities to declare persona non grata for all
foreigners who visited the occupied territories of Azerbaijan without
permission of the Azerbaijani authorities, the Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend.

“This decision applies not only to Russian citizens, but also any
foreign citizen. A list of these people has been made. All of them
are listed as people whose stay in the territory of Azerbaijan is
not desirable,” Polukhov said.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry declared five deputies of the State
Duma – Konstantin Zatulin, Igor Chernyshenko, Kirill Cherkasov,
Tatiana Volozhinskaya and Maxim Mishchenko as persona non grata for
their participation in the monitoring of the “parliamentary elections”
held May 23 by the separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“Of course, I am against such a decision. I think that there can be
no other opinion. The deputies who were in the Nagorno-Karabakh and
observed the elections were not an official delegation of the State
Duma. Nevertheless, as far as I know, there were about 100 observers
from different countries in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The
decision concerns Russian MPs. Of course, I treat it negatively,
” Boris Gryzlov said on Monday in Yerevan, answering the question of
Novosti-Armenia agency.

From: A. Papazian

1 GOLDEN AND 2 BRONZE MEDALS FROM ISTANBUL

Aysor
May 31 2010
Armenia

In the Turkish city Istanbul finished the international tournament of
youth in athletics dedicated to U. Sazak. On the tournament will be
present sportsmen from 20 countries. The Armenian youth team presented
itself rather successfully and took one golden and two bronze medals,
inform the RA Ministry of Sports and Youth affairs.

Satenik Hovhannisyan from Yerevan became the champion in distance
jumping. The third places of prize took Narek Khachatryan and Erik
Porsughyan from Gyumri.

From: A. Papazian

BAKU EXPRESSES ATTITUDE TO STATEMENT BY RUSSIAN STATE DUMA SPEAKER

news.az
May 31 2010
Azerbaijan

All foreign citizens who observed the ‘elections’ in Nagorno Karabakh
were declared personas non grata in Azerbaijan.

All foreign observers including Russian parliamentarians who took
part in the monitoring of ‘parliamentary elections’ in Karabakh on
May 23 were declared personas non grata in Azerbaijan, said spokesman
for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov.

‘Mr.Gryzlov seems to have been misinformed about the declaration of
only Russian deputies observing the so-called ‘parliamentary elections’
in Karabakh as personas non grata in Azerbaijan’, said Polukhov.

At a news conference in Yerevan, State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov
said that he is negative on the decision of the Foreign Ministry of
Azerbaijan to declare five Russian deputies personas non grata. He
considers that such a decision was adopted only on the Russian
deputies.

Polukhov said the list of all foreign citizens who visited the occupied
Azerbaijani lands has been completed.

“All of them have been declared personas non grata in Azerbaijan.

There are the citizens of not only Russia but also other countries
among them”, the spokesman said.

From: A. Papazian