Author: Andres-Papazian

L’AZERBAIDJAN S’EN PREND AU PLAGIAT DONT LA CUISINE ARMENIENNE SE REND RESPONSABLE

Yigal Schleifer

Manger en Azerbaïdjan

Nourriture et Conflit

Nourriture et Politique

La crise geopolitique couve peut-etre en Azerbaïdjan, mais le ministère
de la Securite Nationale connaît le defi reel auquel son pays fait
face : le plagiat armenien de la cuisine nationale azerie.

Le ministère, qui est responsable du renseignement et du
contre-espionnage, a recemment devoile ” Three ¨Points ” [Trois
Points], un documentaire auquel il a pris part a la realisation,
comme l’a indique un site de la toile, ” a propos du plagiat armenien
de la cuisine nationale et des realites historiques de l’Azerbaïdjan
“. Le site Internet Trend.Az fait un article sur la première recente
du film a Bakou, qui s’est deroulee au ” Centre Culturel ” [les
guillemets sont de l’auteur de la version traduite NdT] du Ministère :

Dans son discours, le chef de Cabinet du Ministère de la Securite
Nationale, le Major General Farhad Vakhabov a insiste sur le fait
que non seulement les Armeniens occupent les terres azeries et
detruisent les monuments historiques dans les territoires occupes,
ils changent en outre le nom des lieux, s’approprient les valeurs
nationales azerbaïdjanaises, le folklore, la gastronomie, la musique,
les presentant comme etant les leurs au public mondial.

” Le Ministère de la securite Nationale, le Ministère de la Culture
et du Tourisme, l’Agence des Doits de Publication et d’autres organes
concernes luttent energiquement contre ce phenomène “, a-t-il dit.

Farhad Vakhbov a dit que le president azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliyev
et la presidente de la Fondation Heydar Aliyev Mehriban Aliyeva ont
un rôle special a jouer dans la promotion et le developpement des
valeurs nationales.

Chef de la chaîne de TV et de radio ” Azad Azerbaycan “, Vukar
Garadaghli a dit que le projet vise a informer la communaute mondiale
sur le fondement reel du plagiat armenien envers la cuisine nationale
azerbaïdjanaise et les realites historiques.

L’implication de la Securite Nationale dans la protection de la
cuisine azerbaïdjanaise contre le ” vol ” [les guillemets, encore]
n’est peut-etre pas surprenante. Comme cela est decrit dans une
annonce precedente, l’Azerbaïdjan a deja etabli une organisation
gouvernementale appelee Centre de Cuisine Nationale, une sorte de
chien de garde culinaire dont il semble que la mission de base doit
etre de bloquer tous les efforts armeniens de revendiquer les plats
azeris comment etant les leurs. C’est une demarche dont les officiels
azeris pensent qu’elle merite encore plus de ressources.

Traduction Gilbert Beguian

mercredi 30 janvier 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

TOUJOURS AUCUN VERDICT A L’ENCONTRE DE L’ASSASSIN DE SEVAG BALIKCI
Stephane

armenews.com
mercredi 30 janvier 2013

Un tribunal militaire de Diyarbakir a repris le procès de Kivanc
Agaoglu qui est suspecte d’avoir tue Sevag Balikci pendant son
service militaire le 24 avril 2011 jour du 96e anniversaire du
genocide armenien.

Le tribunal a indique que la prochaine audience aurait lieu le
28 fevrier.

Garo Paylan, un militant de l’ONG Initiative pour une justice pour
Sevag, a dit que la principale institution medico-legale de Turquie
a ecrit un rapport prouvant que le fusil de Kivanc Agaoglu etait
pointe en parallèle a la victime, une preuve qui pourrait refuter
les affirmations d’un accident.

” Les defenseurs des parents de la victime ont souligne la
contradiction dans les depositions des temoins. Ils ont exige des
temoignages devant le tribunal et une nouvelle enquete. Le processus
de temoignage a pu etre vicie parce que les temoignages ont toutes
ete prises dans differentes villes ” a declare Garo Paylan.

Il a egalement rappele la decision du tribunal de se prononcer sur
les temoignages, selon un rapport d’experts a venir.

Les ONG Nor Zartonk et Initiative pour une justice pour Sevag ont
fait une declaration publique prealable a l’audience.

Rappelant les recentes attaques contre les femmes âgees armeniennes
a Samatya, la declaration dit que les incidents se sont produits en
raison de la consequence inevitable des recits haineux contre les
non-musulmans turcs.

” Depuis plus de 150 ans, les autorites de ce pays toujours sacrifie
les individus et les groupes qu’ils ne pouvaient assimiler. Tout comme
en 1915, les crimes contre les Armeniens en Turquie restent impunis.

Le racisme et le chauvinisme sont alimentes par les pouvoirs publics
pour etre utilise contre les minorites ” .

Kivanc Agaoglu, qui comparassait libre, a pour sa part demander une
protection de la police car il avait peur d’etre tuer par l’ASALA.

mercredi 30 janvier 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

SECOND ANNUAL ASA JOURNALISM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SET FOR 2013

January 29, 2013

WARWICK, R.I.-At its January meeting, the Board of Trustees of the
Armenian Students’ Association of America (ASA), Inc. announced it is
again sponsoring two internships in journalism in partnership with the
Armenian Weekly and the Armenian Mirror-Spectator. The ASA, Inc. was
founded in 1910 and is the oldest Armenian student organization in
the United States.

At its January meeting, the Board of Trustees of the Armenian Students’
Association of America (ASA), Inc. announced it is again sponsoring
two internships in journalism in partnership with the Armenian Weekly
and the Armenian Mirror-Spectator.

In making the announcement, Brian Assadourian, chairman of the ASA,
Inc. Board of Trustees, remarked that “The ASA is proud to make these
internships available and continues its mission begun 102 years ago of
providing financial assistance and professional mentoring to qualified
students of Armenian heritage.”

Participants in the six-week internship program will receive a weekly
stipend of $150. Interns will work either under the supervision of
Khatchig Mouradian, the editor of the Armenian Weekly, or Alin K.

Gregorian, editor of the Armenian Mirror-Spectator. The offices of
both newspapers are located in Watertown, Mass.

“It is important to provide opportunities for students of Armenian
heritage to pursue careers in journalism,” noted Dr. Michael G.

Mensoian, a member of the ASA, Inc. Board of Trustees.

Mensoian added, “The Armenian Weekly and the Armenian Mirror-Spectator
are two of the leading English-language newspapers in the United
States and Canada keeping our community informed of developments
locally as well as in Armenia and the diaspora through their print
and online editions.”

Applications for the ASA, Inc. Journalism Internship are now available
and may be downloaded at Applications must be submitted
no later than Fri., May 24, 2013. Candidates must have completed
their sophomore year of college by May 30, 2013. Currently enrolled
graduate students are also eligible.

Since its establishment in 1910, the Armenian Students’ Association,
Inc. has encouraged the educational pursuits of Armenians in the
United States by providing financial assistance in the form of
scholarship grants, professional opportunities through internships,
and fellowship through social and professional activities.

From: A. Papazian

PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO BRAZIL

news.am
January 29, 2013 | 20:07

YEREVAN. – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent condolences to
President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff, on the tragedy that occurred in
the city of Santa Maria in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, which
caused many casualties.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am was informed at the press service of the
President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan expressed condolences to the
families of the victims and to the friendly people of Brazil, wishing
patience and courage.

Note that due to the tragedy in the Brazilian city of Santa Maria,
where 233 people died in a night club because of a fire, the country
declared a three-day nationwide mourning. In Rio Grande do Sul province
the mourning will last for a month.

From: A. Papazian

CHAMBER OF ADVOCATES OF CSTO
Yeghisheh Metsarents

Story from Lragir.am News:

18:16 29/01/2013

A memorandum was signed on January 29 to set up the Academy of CSTO.

It was signed by CSTO Secretary General Borduzha and the NSC Secretary
Arthur Baghdasaryan. Reporters were told that the purpose of the
academy is to upgrade cooperation between Armenia and CSTO, train
professionals in military industry, analysts and political scientists.

In brief, a CSTO blacksmith shop is established in Armenia which
will ensure a higher level of protection of deals the members of the
alliance will make to sell strategic weapons to hostile Azerbaijan.

Some Armenia-based political scientists and analysts are already
set to defend deals between Azerbaijan and Russia which contradict
to Armenia’s national interest. At least, the experts of Armenia,
a sheer crowd, are busy with advocacy. In other words, the problem
is not to protect and defend the Armenian-Russian friendship or
alliance but Russia’s encroachments in the form of different deals
with Azerbaijan and Turkey.

However, apparently the community cannot carry this weight, and it
is necessary to recruit new people for defense, which CSTO Academy
will do, not serving comprehensive modernization of the security of
Armenia but advocacy of encroachments under the influence of Russia’s
economic or political lobby against the Armenian-Russian alliance.

Or more large-scale prospects are planned in the nearest future
therefore the constitution of the chamber of advocates is not
sufficient, and new recruits are needed to ensure the upcoming
missions.

From: A. Papazian

STEPANAKERT AIRPORT WILL BE EXPLOITED IN NEAR FUTURE. SERZH SARGSYAN

20:13, 29 January, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, ARMENPESS: Stepanakert airport will be opened
in near future. Armenpress reports, this was stated by presidential
candidate Serzh Sargsyan during meeting with Noyemberyan voters of
Tavush region in frames of pre-election campaign on January 29.

Serzh Sargsyan noted all issues concerning airport had been resolved.

“We are already ready for the flight. Airport with its necessary
equipment is needed to make the plane fly; we have got all these.

After resolving some issue over the exploitation of airport it will
start to operate,” Serzh Sargsyan underlined.

Issue of exploitation of Stepanakert airport was discussed by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk Group
during January 28 meeting held in Paris.

From: A. Papazian

SERZH SARGSYAN ISSUED CONDOLENCES LETTER TO NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV

19:56, 29 January, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, ARMENPRESS: President of the Republic of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences to the President of
Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev on the crash of the aircraft near
Almaty city which claimed the lives of the citizens. As Armenpress was
informed from presidential press office, on behalf of the Armenian
people and his own behalf Serzh Sargsyan conveyed his deepest
sympathies and support to the families and friends of the dead.

From: A. Papazian

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DEMANDS END TO CRIMINAL-OLIGARCHIC SYSTEM IN ARMENIA

19:36 ~U 29.01.13

An end to the criminal and oligarchic system in Armenia is the aim
of one of the presidential candidates Andrias Ghukasyan, who is on
a hunger-strike now.

During a Facebook press conference organized by Azatutyun Radio, Mr
Ghukasyan expressed the confidence that all the citizens interested
in eradication of this system will vote for him.

In response to a remark about ~Sthe rules of the hunger-strike,~T he
said that that drinks only water, feels well and intends to continue
his hunger-strike until the election results have been summed up.

Mr Ghukasyan is ready to lead a revolution after the presidential
election.

~SI think my demands are essential and can be satisfied. If necessary,
I will start a civil struggle against the illegitimate authorities,~T
he said.

In response to a Facebook user~Rs demand for the wording the Chairman
of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Tigran Mukushyan could use
to invalidate Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan~Rs registration,
Mr Ghukasyan said that the CEC Chairman would resign if he were a
responsible citizen.

~SIt is obvious that a party distributing election bribes is
participating in the presidential election. If the legal grounds for
rejecting this party~Rs registration lack, the official is supposed
to resign,~T he said.

He rules out his supporting any of the opposition candidates because
the upcoming presidential election is nothing but a show.

From: A. Papazian

‘I wish I wasn’t Armenian’

28 January 2013, Monday

ORHAN KEMAL CENGÝZ
[email protected]

On Monday when I was turning the pages of the Taraf daily, I came
across this very striking headline, “I wish I wasn’t Armenian.” These
are the words of an old Armenian lady whom the Taraf correspondent
called Aunt Seta. Ms. Seta is a close friend of the four Armenian
women who were attacked in the Samatya neighborhood of Ýstanbul
recently. One of the ladies died while the others were seriously
injured. No suspect has been caught yet. Some argue that these ladies,
all of whom were over 80 and living alone, were attacked by thieves
whose only intentions were to steal their valuables.

Well, as I discussed in my earlier column, even if the intent of the
attackers was robbery, this does not change the fact that there is an
obvious racial hatred behind these assaults. If their only purpose was
to steal a few items from these old ladies they could easily
incapacitate the women without the brutality. But instead they
brutally beat and stabbed these women. And we have additional
information provided by the neighbors, including Ms. Seta, who said
that the assaulted Armenian women were actually quite poor. There are
of course other theories circulating currently. One of them claims
that the attackers intend to scare Armenians away from Samatya in
order to seize their properties. Whatever financial or material gains
may appear to be behind these attacks, I do not think they eradicate
the racial hatred apparent in their execution.

And it seems to me that these attacks have already achieved a lot. As
you can see from the words of Ms. Seta, they have managed to plant
profound hopelessness in Armenians and open up some old wounds which
might not have healed completely.

Maybe we need to look at the broader picture to gain a wider
perspective on these recent attacks against Armenians in Ýstanbul.

Very recently a Greek church in Ýstanbul was stoned by “unknown”
people. Then, the police revealed an extremely detailed assassination
plan against one of the pastors of the Ýzmit Protestant Church. The
police announced that they caught a dozen suspects who appear to have
been preparing for this attack for months. They are from different
cities. Amongst them are women and some of them penetrated the church
disguised as newly converted Christians. This assassination plan seems
very professional and organized to me.

There was another concerning development in Ýstanbul very recently as
well. An Armenian intellectual, who does not want to reveal his
identity, told me that he barely managed to escape unscathed from a
planned attack by two youngsters who were sent by an ultranationalist
who was angry with some of the words that this Armenian intellectual
had made on TV.

Well, in a country like Turkey, if several things as I mentioned
happens in a matter of weeks, we should have every reason to believe
that they are organized and somehow connected to each other.

Apparently, some circles are frantically trying to create an
atmosphere of terror for non-Muslims in Turkey. When there was a
comparable level of activities against non-Muslims in 2006 and 2007,
they ended up in disaster with a string of murders of Christians:
Father Andrea Santoro in Trabzon, Hrant Dink in Ýstanbul and three
Christians in Malatya were killed.

Since the beginning of the Ergenekon investigation in 2007, we have
not witnessed such kinds of attacks against non-Muslims. Some cells
seemed to have been reactivated to give Christians a hard time once
again. I really hope that officials will grasp the severity and
gravity of the situation soon and act quickly in order to bring the
attackers and the people behind them to justice. This situation is
quite serious and alarming!

From: A. Papazian

NO OTHER OPTION BUT INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH. NKR PRIME MINISTER

17:50, 29 January, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, ARMENPRESS: There is no other option but
international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Yet there is
a long way for reaching it. Armenpress reports this was declared by
Prime Minister of NKR Arayik Harutyunyan in the interview posted in
official Facebook page of “Azat Hayrenik” party.

NKR Prime assured that strengthening and active cooperation of trinity,
thus Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora, is of crucial importance.

“We should have economically powerful, secure country which would
be the most vivid evidence to prove the world our right to announce
Artsakh independent and our acknowledgement of that responsibility,”
Harutyunyan has noted, adding it is logically assumed that Armenia
must do its first step, recognizing NKR independence.

“It is logically assumed; therefore it is a rather delicate political
issue which requires a full and comprehensive observation and
predictions of possible consequences. I am sure that choosing right
political moment, Armenia will recognize NKR independence. Armenian
recognition of NKR independence is not obligated therefore, it will
be evaluated,” he said.

NKR Prime highlighted numerous links between Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh, including mutual visits on state level as well as
interparliamentary and governmental events, which means that Armenia
has de facto recognized independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

In its turn “Freedom House” human rights organization has included
Karabakh Republic in the list of partly free countries.

According to Arayik Harutyunyan that fact would hardly have any
influence on negotiation process first of all because the same
organization included Karabakh in the list of not free countries in
its penultimate report.

“By the way, neighboring Azerbaijan was once again included
in the list of not free countries. So I believe evaluations of
non-governmental organizations are not essential for country’s
political orientations. Concerning evaluations of “Freedom House”
over NKR, I consider them to be wrong as Nagorno-Karabakh is a free
country,” Prime said.

From: A. Papazian