Author: Andres-Papazian

KRIKOR AMIRZAYAN ” LE CHEVAL DE TROIE AZERI EN FRANCE EST AU R.C. LENS ”

COURRIER À FRANCE FOOTBALL

Notre redacteur Krikor Amirzayan est en colère. Suite a la diffusion
par l’hebdomadaire ” France Football ” d’un large article sur le
milliardaire azeri Hafiz Mammadov, le nouveau co-proprietaire du
club de football R.C. Lens, K. Amirzayan avait reagi sur les propos
rapportes de Hafiz Mammadov et notamment son desir de ” lutter contre
les lobbies Armeniens ” ou sa critique de la France pour avoir reconnu
le genocide armenien…

Mais ” France Football ” a decide de ne pas publier cette lettre que
nous presentons a nos lecteurs. Krikor Amirzayan appelle par ailleurs
les membres de la communaute armenienne a reagir par une campagne
de courriers auprès de ” France Football ” et auprès des clubs de
supporters du R.C. Lens denoncant ” cette propagande azerie qui sera
dirigee a n’en pas douter contre les Armeniens “.

Courriers a adresser au Courrier des lecteurs de ” France Football
” : [email protected]

Ci-dessous la lettre adressee par Krikor Amirzayan a la redaction de
” France Football ”

Hafiz Mammadov veut donner des lecons a la France et aux Armeniens
de l’hexagone !

La page consacree a l’homme d’affaire azeri Hafiz Mammadov (France
Football du 9 juillet) le nouveau coproprietaire du RC Lens est
revelatrice de cette menace qui pèse desormais sur les 600 000
Armeniens de France. D’ailleurs Hafiz Mammadov est clair, l’une de
ses principales missions est de ” lutter contre les lobbies Armeniens
” en France et promouvoir l’image de son pays, l’Azerbaïdjan.

De plus, cet homme qui a fait fortune dans cet Azerbaïdjan, classe
parmi les pays les plus corrompus de la planète où la richesse
petrolière se fait toujours en accord avec le clan de la famille
regnante du president Aliev, donne des lecons a la France et notamment
de la Loi de la Republique qui reconnut en 2001 le genocide armenien
de 1915 qui fit 1,5 millions de victimes armeniennes. Genocide execute
par la Turquie. L’Azerbaïdjan turcophone en etait et reste l’un des
allies les plus fidèles la Turquie, l’axe negationniste (negationnisme
du genocide armenien) Ankara-Bakou etant en place. H. Mammadov se fait
ainsi le porte-parole quasi officiel de cet axe du mal qui rejette le
genocide armenien et qui donne des lecons a la France coupable a ses
yeux d’avoir reconnu le genocide armenien par une Loi. Que cet homme
puisse sauver le RC Lens par ses millions de dollars cumules dans
les affaires est une chose, mais qu’il se permette en contrepartie
de donner des lecons a la France et aux citoyens Francais d’origine
armenienne est une chose qu’on ne peut accepter.

D’autant plus qu’il n’est pas citoyen Francais ! Que les supporters
du RC Lens se rejouissent que cet homme qui a fait fortune dans un
pays où 2% de la population detient 95% des richesses, puisse aider a
remonter les comptes du club. Mais que cette ” aide ” soit au prix de
lecons de morale lancee en direction de la Republique francaise et qui
menace les Armeniens de France, non ! Car avant de critique les lois
de notre Republique, cet homme ferait mieux de voir l’application des
lois dans sa Republique d’Azerbaïdjan qui est une sorte de monarchie
dictatoriale dirigee par le clan du president Aliev et dont les
libertes les plus elementaires de ses citoyens, se sa presse, de son
opposition, sont largement bafouees ! De quel droit cet homme qui
vient d’une dictature, critique notre democratie francaise ?

L’Azerbaïdjan ” terre de feu ” comme l’indique sa publicite sur
les maillots de l’Atletico de Madrid est aussi une ” terre de sang
” pour les milliers d’Armeniens qui furent victimes de pogroms en
Azerbaïdjan en 1988 a Soumgaït puis a Bakou et Kirovabad en 1990.

Et si les Armeniens ont libere le Haut Karabagh du joug azeri au prix
d’une guerre gagnee qui fit 30 000 morts dans les deux camps, c’est
parce que les Armeniens chretiens du Haut Karabagh etaient soumis
aux injustices les plus flagrantes par cet Azerbaïdjan musulman. Les
Armeniens etant depuis la nuit des temps sur leurs terres historiques
qui fut offerte par Staline a l’Azerbaïdjan en 1920. Après 70 ans
de cette injustice de la periode sovietique, les Armeniens se sont
revoltes et ont libere leur territoire. Que l’Azerbaïdjan democratise
ses institutions avant d’envoyer des ” ambassadeurs ” tels que Mammadov
pour donner une image ideale de son pays ! Les supporters Lensois
doivent savoir qu’ils ont desormais a la tete du RC Lens un homme
dangereux qui attise les tensions en s’en prenant a la communaute
armenienne comme bouc emissaire des affres de son pays mis souvent
au banc des nations pour son irrespect des Droits de l’homme.

Que les supporters Lensois sachent que les 600 000 Armeniens de France,
ne resteront pas sans reactions sous la menace verbale de Mammadov…

Krikor AMIRZAYAN, Journaliste armenien (Valence, Drôme)

vendredi 26 juillet 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

L’ARMENIE ACCUEILLERA UNE REUNION DU PARTENARIAT ORIENTAL DE L’UE

ARMENIE

L’Armenie accueillera en Septembre une reunion des ministres des
Affaires etrangères des anciennes republiques sovietiques participant
au programme du Partenariat oriental qui leur donne droit a un
“accord d’association” avec l’Union europeenne.

Le ministère des Affaires etrangères armenien a fait cette annonce
mardi dans un communique sur la participation du ministre des Affaires
etrangères Edouard Nalbandian lors d’une reunion similaire qui s’est
tenue a Bruxelles lundi soir.

La reunion a rassemble les meilleurs diplomates de l’Armenie, de
l’Azerbaïdjan, de la Georgie, de la Moldavie et de l’Ukraine ainsi
que le chef de la politique etrangère de l’UE, Catherine Ashton,
et le commissaire a l’elargissement, Stefan Fule. Elle a porte sur
les preparatifs en cours pour un sommet de l’UE sur le partenariat
oriental qui se tiendra dans les capitale Vilnius en Lituanie fin
novembre. L’UE devrait finaliser les accords d’association avec
l’Armenie, la Georgie et la Moldavie pendant le sommet.

Les plans afin de tenir la prochaine reunion ministerielle sur le
Partenariat oriental a Erevan, les 12 et 13 Septembre sont un signe
supplementaire que le gouvernement armenien ne semble pas s’eloigner
de l’integration europeenne afin d’adherer a une union des Etats
ex-sovietiques alternatives dirigee par la Russie.

Plusieurs experts russes proches du Kremlin ont critique Erevan pour
cette politique au cours des dernières semaines.

Les dirigeants armeniens insistent, cependant, qu’ils sont confrontes
a aucun pression de la part du gouvernement russe sur la question.

vendredi 26 juillet 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

LE PARTI AU POUVOIR CRITIQUE LES MANIFESTATIONS A EREVAN

ARMENIE

Un chef de file du Parti republicain d’Armenie au pouvoir (HHK)
a critique la poursuite des manifestations dans les rues contre la
hausse des prix du transport a Erevan en disant que les puissances
etrangères vont les utiliser pour tenter de destabiliser le pays.

” Nous avons des choses plus serieuses a faire que de se revolter sur
[une augmentation des tarifs de bus de] 50 drams et de destabiliser
la situation dans le pays. Pourquoi les jeunes portant des affiches
ne se rendent-ils pas compte qu’ils sont utilises pour provoquer des
troubles en Armenie ? ” a declare Razmik Zohrabian, un vice-president
du HHK, au service armenien de RFE / RL (Azatutyun.am).

” L’Armenie n’est pas superpuissance, et les superpuissances peuvent
facilement susciter des luttes internes ici “, a declare Razmik
Zohrabian lorsqu’on lui a demande de donner plus de precisions. “Ce
n’est pas seulement a propos de la Russie”, a-t-il ajoute. “Une
rivalite des civilisations est en cours pour savoir si l’Armenie
devrait aller vers une integration europeenne ou dans l’union
douanière de la Russie. Ainsi, le combat de geants devient un echo
sur le terrain ici. ”

Alors que le HHK a clairement soutenu la decision controversee
des autorites armeniennes d’augmenter les tarifs de bus a Erevan,
il n’etait pas immediatement clair si les remarques de Zohrabian
reflètent ou non la position officielle du parti dirige par le
president Serge Sarkissian.

Zohrabian est connu pour faire des declarations franches et
extravagantes. En particulier, il a utilise un tel langage pour
denoncer une campagne de manifestations post-electorales organisees
par Raffi Hovannisian, le principal challenger de Sarkissian en
fevrier 2013 los du scrutin presidentiel. Le vice-president du HHK
avait affirme que le mouvement d’opposition de raffi Hovannisian
etait guide par une secte religieuse malveillante et a compare ses
actions au satanisme.

vendredi 26 juillet 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

TURKEY ABUSES ALEVI DEAD

By Jirair Tutunjian, Toronto,

24 July 2013

Alevis around the world would scratch their heads–if not get
angry–when they hear the truth about Toronto Turkish consul-general’s
plan to install a monument for “Turkish” WWI internees buried in
Canada after the war.

Although the identity of the 15 to 20 Muslims buried at the Brantford
(Ontario) Mount Hope cemetery is not known, the most credible
candidates are Alevi immigrants, since they made up the majority of
the Brantford internees sent to northern Ontario by the government as
enemy aliens. The Canadian government–an ally of Britain–considered
the Alevis hostile or suspect because the latter had come from the
Ottoman Empire or had Ottoman citizenship.

The Turkish government, long adept at appropriating the lands,
property, and culture of minorities such as the Alevis, is now trying
to appropriate the dead Alevis to enhance Turkey’s image in Canada
and to depict Turks as victims. The long-buried men at the Canadian
cemetery, who are most probably Alevis, are being identified as Turks
by the Turkish diplomat. This is manipulation to the nth degree. This
is “kidnapping” of the dead Alevis and is ghoulish.

Three years ago a Canadian researcher in Brantford revealed that the
internees came from Kharput and Dersim, a traditional region of the
Alevis and Armenians. The researcher informed the Turkish government
representative of his findings. Despite knowing this fact, Ankara
decided to erect a monument to the “Turks” buried at the Canadian
cemetery. Ankara is even sending an adviser to Prime Minister Raccep
Erdogan to officiate at the commemoration of the phony monument.

Because of his conquests, Suleiman I (1494-1566) of the Ottoman Empire
was given the misnomer “Magnificent”. A more appropriate title for
the absolute monarch would be “Butcher”, if one inquired the Alevis
and the Kurds. The “magnificent” sultan massacred more than a million
members of these two Ottoman minorities. Since then successive Turkish
governments have maintained an official policy of persecution against
the Alevis and the Kurds. To this day Turkish imams consider it a sin
to conduct the funeral ceremonies of Alevis in a mosque. Alevis are
“heretics” in Turkey.

While Alevis continue to be considered outcasts by official Turkey,
Ankara is brazenly using the long-buried Alevis to enhance Turkey’s
image in Canada. One could call it double irony.

It’s high time Alevis in Canada and around the world raised their
voices and demanded that Turkey stop its abuse of Canada’s dead Alevis.

From: A. Papazian

WEST USING SUNNI-SHIITE SPLIT TO KEEP SYRIAN CONFLICT FRESH FOREVER

Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:55

TEHRAN (FNA)- American columnist and environmental activist Dean
Henderson believes that the Western powers are using the religious
and ethnic diversity in Syria to create a deep and long-life sectarian
conflict in the Muslim country.

“The Sunni/Shiite split is being used to divide Syrians so that old
imperial forces can retake the country. The real issue is that Assad
leans left and this is a threat to the monopoly capitalist system
which employs these intelligence operatives,” Dean Henderson said in
an exclusive interview with Fars News Agency.

Dean Henderson was born in South Dakota and earned an M.Sc. in
environmental studies from the University of Montana in 1991. He
founded the political newsletter “Missoula Paper” in 1990. Henderson
has traveled to some 50 countries and has written articles for the
Global Research, In These Times, Paranoia, Veterans Today, Rense.com
and Press TV. Dean co-founded the U. of Montana Green Party and Ozark
Heritage Region Peace & Justice Network. He was Vice-President of
the Central Ozarks Farmer’s Union and former President of the Howell
County Democrats. In 2004 he won the Democratic nomination for Congress
in Missouri’s 8th District. He has authored four books.

Henderson took part in an exclusive interview with the Fars News
Agency and responded to some questions regarding the ongoing violence
in Syria and the future of war in the crisis-hit country.

What follows is the text of the interview.

Q: It seems that one of the objectives the foreign forces are seeking
in Syria is fomenting sectarian strife and religious conflict between
the different ethnic and religious groups, specially the Sunni majority
population and the Shiite-Alawite minority. What’s your viewpoint
towards the efforts made by the foreign powers and insurgents who
want to pit the Sunnis against the Shiites in Syria?

A: Yes, the Anglo-American intelligence apparatus is using the same
old divide and conquer strategy they have used since the days of the
India/Pakistan split. We have seen an increased use of this “playing
the ethnic card” to recently conquer Iraq, Rwanda, Yugoslavia,
Afghanistan and now Syria. The Sunni/Shiite split is being used to
divide Syrians so that the old imperial forces can retake the country.

The real issue is that Assad leans left and this is a threat to the
monopoly capitalist system which employs these intelligence operatives.

Q: What do you think about the chances of the US intervening in
Syria militarily? Of course, Russia and China will not allow a UN
Security Council resolution against Syria which may legalize the
military attack, but the US and its European allies may take action
unilaterally and recklessly, like what they did about Afghanistan.

What’s your take on that?

A: I do not think the US will intervene in Syria unilaterally,
only because the Russian response thus far has been much more firm
than in previous conflicts like Iraq or Libya. If they do intervene,
there will have to be a face-saving Russian response after all they
have invested and things then get very dangerous.

Q: What’s your viewpoint on the situation of the Syrian refugees who
have fled to such countries as Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan? Has
the international community done enough to solve the problems of
these desperate people?

A: The situation is dire and the international community has not
done enough to help the refugees. The West is using the refugees as
a political tool by blaming Assad, but the Free Syrian Army and its
international sponsors are clearly to blame for the crisis.

Q: The opponents of President Assad accuse him of using chemical
weapons against the protesters, but the Syrian government says that
it possesses credible evidence that they are the insurgents and
foreign-backed terrorists who used chemical weapons against the
pro-government citizens and army forces. What do you think about
this duality?

A: It is clear to me that the Free Syrian Army was the one using
chemical weapons, partly as a false flag operation to blame the Assad
government for doing so. Assad would be mad to have used these weapons
as it would provide a pretext for further Western aggression. It is
purely propaganda.

Q: How do you see the role of the mainstream media, especially
the Arab news outlets in boosting the morale of the insurgents
and foreign-backed mercenaries? Of course the war is going on, and
psychological operations play a key role in determining the fate of
the war. What’s your take on that?

A: The Western and Arab mainstream media are a joke, a tool for the
monopoly capitalist agenda. The entire spectrum from Fox News on
the right to PBS and Al Jazeera on the so-called “left” have been
cheerleaders for the rebels. There has been no balance reporting on
the issue. It is instructive that now that Assad has routed the rebels,
the mainstream media has gone silent on the conflict.

Q: Some political commentators have suggested that the war on Syria
is a war for the vast offshore gas reserves the country possesses,
like the war on Iraq which was a war for oil. Will the Western powers
and their mercenaries succeed in bringing Syria to its knees and take
over Syria’s gas reserves?

A: It seems likely that there are resources at stake, whether natural
gas reserves or pipelines. In the end I do not believe that the
imperialists will succeed in Syria and we may very well look back on
this conflict as a turning point in the global power balance as the
Anglo-American alliance becomes less relevant and the BRICS (Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations emerge as a global
counterbalance.

Interview by Kourosh Ziabari

From: A. Papazian

ACTIVISTS CONVERGE ON GOVERNMENT BUILDING; MAYOR TO ADDRESS SECRET SESSION – PHOTOS

Narek Aleksanyan

14:55, July 25, 2013

Scores of people protesting fare hikes in Yerevan converged on the
Government Building this morning after getting word that a “secret”
cabinet session was to be held inside with Yerevan Mayor Taron
Margaryan participating.

While the issue to be taken up by the session was not publicized,
many assumed that it had toi do with the fare hikes and continuing
street protests.

The activists then marched to the Yerevan Municipality.

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From: A. Papazian

ARMENIAN PM HELD A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF HOMENETMEN

[ Part 2.2: “Attached Text” ]

21:15, 25 July, 2013

YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS: Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
Tifran Sargsyan on July 25 hosted members of central department of
Homenetmen who arrived in Armenia on occasion holding the 9 th sports
games. “Armenpress” reports that greeting the guests and stressing
the importance of the role of the body Prime Minister mentioned that
always is pleasure to meet young people of Homenetmen. “We are sure
that the work of keeping patriotic spirit is implemented by you in
a best way. I assure that government of the Republic of Armenia will
do its best in order you are bale to implement that mission as well
as possible,” said the leader of the government.

Homenetmen Lebaonon branch head Garnik Mkrtichyan introduced to Prime
Minister Sargsyan the participants of the meeting and highlighted
that their aim is to make Diaspora Armenian young people to visit
Armenia. The members of central department of Homenetmen thanked
Tigran Sargsyan for the support to organization of sports games. They
highly estimated the activities of the commission formed by order of
Prime minister in direction of expansion and construction of living
territories.

Stressing the role of Armenian parties in Diaspora the leader of
the government stressed the importance of strength of Armenian
Revolutionary Federation. “It implements great mission. We are
interested that our traditional parties are always strong as there
is no alternative to them in Armenian keeping mission,” said Sargsyan.

Homenetmen was founded in 1918 in Constantinople by Shavarsh Krissian,
Hovhannes Hintliyan, and Krikor Hagopian. The first Homenetmen
Executive Committee was formed on December 16, 1918. Four Homenetmen
chapters were soon opened in various Constantinople neighborhoods.

On July 20, 1920, the founding members of Homenetmen were officially
invited to the independent Democratic Republic of Armenia to share
expertise regarding athleticism and Scouting with the Republic’s
government. The Homenetmen Executive Committee sent Vahan Cheraz,
Dikran Khoyan, and Onig Yazmajian to the meeting. Although initially
successful in their efforts to spread Homenetmen’s athletic and
scouting movement within Armenia, Homenetmen later was banned from
Armenia after change of regime and the establishment of Armenian
SSR in 1921. In 1922, the Homenetmen chapters in Constantinople were
forced to close their doors, with the organization’s leaders dispersing
throughout the world.

From: A. Papazian

YEREVAN MAYOR TO MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENT ON PROTESTS AGAINST FARE RISE

YEREVAN, July 25. /ARKA/. Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan will make
a public statement today on the protests held against increase in
public transport fare, deputy mayor Kamo Areyan said at a government
meeting Thursday.

“These days the mayor followed the public movements, complaints and
suggestions, met with representatives of the social sector. He is
currently holding meetings and discussions with party factions of
the Elders Council. After summarizing the outcome of the meetings,
the mayor will make a public statement today”, Areyan said, as quote
by Novosti-Armenia

Protests are currently held near the government building against the
recent increase in public transport fare fr om 100 drams to 150 drams
in Yerevan. The increase under a municipality decision raised a wave
of discontent among the residents of the capital. The main motto of
the protesters is “Won’t pay 150 drams.” Another campaign is called
Free Car wh ere famous showmen, politicians and journalists give a
lift to Yerevan residents for free. -0–

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From: A. Papazian

MONUMENT TO ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO BE UNVEILED IN BELGIUM

July 25, 2013 – 13:26 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – After Australia, U.S., Armenia and France, this
time it is in Liège in Belgium that a new memorial dedicated to the
Assyrian (Syriac) Genocide Seyfo is installed. This monument is at
the initiative of the Syriac Institute of Belgium and Seyfo Center.

Seyfo literally means “sword” in the Syriac language and refers to
the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 against all
Christians in the territory belonging to present-day Turkey. Two
thirds to three quarters of the three people involved – Armenians,
Assyrians (Syriacs) and Pontic Greeks – were decimated.

Moushe Malke, an Assyrian world-renowned artist, carved a killed dove
on a stone of 12 tons. It will include an inscription in French and
Syriac in memory of the victims of Seyfo.

The official inauguration of the monument will be held on August
4, 2013.

From: A. Papazian

RESIDENTS OF HOUSES IN SAYAT NOVA STREET LIE DOWN ON THE GROUND TO PREVENT HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT FROM ENTERING THEIR YARD
by Marianna Lazarian

Thursday, July 25, 12:31

A group of residents of houses in Sayat Nova Street have lain down
on the ground to prevent heavy construction equipment from entering
their yard.

ArmInfo’s correspondent reports from the scene that they are trying
to prevent the project to build a six-storied hotel in the place
of their boiler station. The constructor has called the police. The
protesters are resisting.

To remind, for a few days already several hundreds of residents of
Yerevan’s Center community have been demanding that the municipal
authorities stop their construction project in one of the central
yards.

They say that the project is contrary to all town planning,
architectural, seismic and safety rules and add that the boiler station
located in their yard and heating their houses was privatized without
their knowledge.

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From: A. Papazian