Author: Andres-Papazian

MEDIAS-GENOCIDE ARMENIEN
« Le Nouvel Observateur » évoque sous le titre « Génocide arménien :
le livre choc » l’ouvrage de Hasan Cemal

Dans son dernier numéro daté du 20 au 26 septembre (n°2498)
l’hebdomadaire « Le Nouvel Observateur dans sa page « Monde » consacre
un court article consacré à la Turquie sous le titre « Génocide
arménien : le livre choc ». « Le Nouvel Observateur » écrit « A peine
sorti, le nouveau livre de Hasan Cemal, célèbre journaliste turc, est
déjà un évènement. « 1915, le génocide arménien » évoque sans
euphémisme le grand crime fondateur de la Turquie moderne et appelle
Ankara à « faire la paix avec son histoire ». Cet ouvrage est d’autant
plus remarqué que son auteur se trouve être le petit-fils de Djemal
Pacha, ministre de la Marine du gouvernement jeune-turc, membre du
triumvirat au pouvoir en 1915. Hasan Cemal y raconte son cheminement
personnel, entre histoire familiale et devoir de mémoire. Une
réflexion qui l’a conduit à aller s’agenouiller, en 2008, sur le
mémorial du génocide en Arménie ».

Le sujet aurait sans doute mérité d’autres réactions de la presse et
des médias en France.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 23 septembre 2012,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

From: A. Papazian

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Sept 21 2012

Pilots protest in Yerevan

About 20 pilots from the state corporation Armenian Airlines, which
went bankrupt in 2003, have protested in front of the Armenian
president’s residence.

According to News.am, pilots with professional illnesses are demanding
compensation for the last six years.

When Armenian airlines went bankrupt in April 2003 there were 108
disabled Armenian pilots with professional illnesses that worked in
civil aviation. They need the compensation amounting to 60%-70% of
their salaries.

“We still haven’t received anything,” one of the protesters said. He
added that, together with his former colleageus (now there are only 69
of them), he had lodged appeals. They decided to hold demonstrations
every Friday.

From: A. Papazian

Interfax, Russia
Sept 21 2012

Remarks by Zhirinovsky-like politicians not good for Russian-Azeri
ties – Baku official

BAKU. Sept 21

Baku does not take remarks made by Russian Liberal Democratic Party
leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky seriously, but it will continue responding
to his anti-Azeri statements, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister
Araz Azimov said.

“In my opinion, politicians such as Vladimir Zhirinovsky cannot be
taken seriously,” Azimov told journalists, commenting on the Russian
parliamentarian’s speech at a recent rally organized by the Union of
Russian Armenians in Moscow.

The Azeri government should make efforts to prevent similar statements
in the future “because they do not positively influence the
development of bilateral relations, but create obstacles to the
development of friendly ties,” the deputy minister said.

The Russian authorities have not yet responded to Baku’s protest over
Zhirinovsky’s remarks, Azimov said.

The Azeri Foreign Ministry forwarded a note of protest to Russia
following Zhirinovsky’s statement. Russian Ambassador Vladimir
Dorokhin was summoned to the Azeri Foreign Ministry on Tuesday and
Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov notified him of Baku’s
discontent over the remarks made by the Liberal Democratic Party
leader in Moscow on September 14.

According to the Azeri ministry, this event was dedicated to the
possibility of pardoning Azeri officer Ramil Safarov, who was
extradited to Azerbaijan by Hungary, where he was given a life
sentence for killing an Armenian soldier.

The provocative statements made by Zhirinovsky at the rally cast a
shadow over cooperation and friendly relations between Azerbaijan and
Russia, Khalafov said.

Such remarks also harm Russia’s mission within the Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, which has been
mediating a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he said.

From: A. Papazian

Officials to be Fired

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 12:17:56 – 20/09/2012

During today’s session of the government, prime minister Tigran
Sargsyan demanded explanations from the minister of finances Vache
Gabrielyan on the abuses in the sphere of state purchases.

Vache Gabrielyan noted that the problems and mistakes are not reasoned
by the normative field where there are issues too, but mainly by the
administrative norms.

The minister proposed to change the leadership of the Purchase support
center which deals with those issues and shortcomings. The prime
minister instructed to work out the orders to fire the head of the
center, the deputy head and the department heads.

By the way, the head of the Purchase support center is the brother of
the minister of transport and communication Gagik Beglaryan.

From: A. Papazian

Deputy Chief of Yerevan Police: my leaving will give you a great
pleasure, relax and enjoy

2012-09-22 11:02:21

Today `Hraparak’ has written, that according to their data, the Deputy
Chief of Yerevan Police Robert Melkonyan is to be dismissed from his
position in the coming days: he goes for his deserved rest- pension.
According to the newspaper, it was probably the reason, that a few
days ago Serzh Sargsyan awarded Bazaz a 2nd degree medal for the
`service to the country’, going forward to the 21st anniversary on the
Independence.
The Deputy Chief of Police referred to this publication on his page of
Facebook social network:
`Dear editorial of `Hraparak’, I understood that you envied my special
thanks to `Haykakan Zhamanak’, and you too remembered my modest
personality, of course my nickname which has already become a brand,
and of course you bit for `Facebook’ activity, and patented a new term
– meeting disperser … I thought so, that my leaving will cause you a
great pleasure, relax and enjoy… Congratulations on your day, Gayane
Saribekyan…’
Note, that according to the press publication, from now on Mr.
Melkonyan can easily engage himself in public speaking on `Facebook’,
and no one will dare to blame him that he is on the internet while
working: `But Vova Gasparyan has to find a new meeting-disperser,
someone like irreplaceable `Bazaz’.’

From: A. Papazian

French President to visit Turkey early next year

news.am
September 22, 2012 | 20:34

PARIS. – French President François Hollande will visit Turkey early
next year, Nouvelles d`Arménie reports quoting Turkish Hürriyet. The
visit is scheduled for either next February or March. The French
President will be invited by the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan. To
note, the Turkish PM told Hollande during the G 20 summit in Mexico
that no French president has arrived in Turkey during the recent 20
years. The Elysee Palace seems to have agreed. The Turkish diplomacy
has already included issues of Turkey’s entrance in EU and bill
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide on the meeting
agenda between Hollande and Erdogan.

From: A. Papazian

Finland’s parliament speaker to pay official visit to Armenia

September 22, 2012 – 19:22 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met
with his Finnish counterpart Eero Heinäluoma as a part of European
Conference of Presidents of Parliaments held under the auspices of
PACE.

Inter-parliamentary cooperation, regional issues and Azerbaijani
assassin Ramil Safarov’s case was on agenda.

Hovik Abrahamyan noted that Armenia attaches great importance to
development of ties with Scandinavian countries, particularly
enhancing high-level political dialogue with Finland.

He further invited Eero Heinäluoma to pay an official visit to
Armenia, with the invitation accepted with great delight.

Finnish official, in turn, underscored the importance of high-level
meetings, stressing the need to activate inter-parliamentary ties and
cooperation with international institutions.

Dwelling on regional developments, Eero Heinäluoma deemed Safarov’s
extradition and release inadmissible.

Armenian parliament speaker, in turn, noted that the fact may set a
dangerous precedent in Europe, characterizing Hungary’s step
incomprehensible and Azerbaijan’s action a violation of international
norms and European law, aimed at destabilizing the regional situation
and escalating tensions, RA parlaiemtnary press service reported.

From: A. Papazian

New York to hold conference on Armenia

news.am
September 22, 2012 | 21:04

NEW YORK. – A conference on `The Armenians and Progressive Politics’
is scheduled on Sept. 28 – 29 in New York City. Thirty experts,
activists and scientists from Armenia, Europe, South America, and the
United States will participate in the conference at Columbia
University. The topic of the conference is `Armenia at 21′ (century).
Discussion of issues concerning the environment, foreign policy,
economy, the development of civil society, and rule of law will be
included in the agenda, the Armenian Weekly reports. Journalist and a
Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges will deliver a speech in the
opening ceremony of the conference.

From: A. Papazian

Armenian tennis player wins at WTA tournament

2012-09-22 17:47:17

Women’s international tennis tournament is over in Batumi, where
Armenia’s representative was Ani Amiraghyan.
The Armenian athlete defeated Ukraine’s representative Anna Shkudun
and became winner of award cost $ 15 thousand.
Amiraghyan succeeded to reach to WTA tournament and will noticeably
improve her rating.

Source armsport.am

From: A. Papazian

Expedition was lost atop Armenia’s Mt. Aragats

news.am
September 22, 2012 | 16:00

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) received a
call, on Saturday at 1:10am, informing that an expedition team
comprising seven people had headed toward the summit of Mount Aragats,
on Friday at around 10am, climbed the mountain’s northern summit at
around 7pm, but it had gotten lost on the way back.

Numerous attempts were made to establish contact with the expedition
members, but to no avail, MES press service informs.

At 1:59am, however, a person, whose surname was Galstyan, informed
that the team is located at the western portion of the mountain, on
the road leading to Aragats village.

Ten fire and rescue officers and a rescue squad from the regional
rescue department were dispatched to the area.

As a result, they found Aparan city residents, 22-year-old Mehrab
Hakobyan, 22-year-old Manuk Barseghyan and 20-year-old Gegham Tonoyan,
Vanadzor city resident, 20-year-old Gor Grigoryan, 19-year-old Levon
Vardanyan, and Georgia’s citizens, 21-year-old Narek Anatolyan and
Armen Chakhalyan.

From: A. Papazian