Author: Antonian Lara

Armenian expert: Enemy responds to ‘peace agenda’ with war symbols

Antonian Lara
Panorama
Armenia –


Expert on Iran Vardan Voskanyan on Saturday again dismissed the “peace agenda” promoted by the incumbent Armenian authorities, saying Azerbaijan and Turkey respond to it with war symbols.

“The “positive” signals coming from the Erdogan regime have increased by another. Recently, former Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim presented the leader of Baku’s barbarian regime with a copy of the sword of Turkish Sultan Mehmed II, who conquered Constantinople,” he wrote on Telegram.

“At the same time, the member of Erdogan’s regime noted during its presentation that he was giving a copy of Mehmed II the Conqueror’s sword to “the Conqueror of Karabakh.”

“Leaving aside the fact that the so-called “conqueror” of Artsakh was able to seize only a small part of the second Armenian republic and was gifted larger territories exclusively by force of signature, while Artsakh never fully fell under the barbarian occupation, it is worth noting that the enemy responds to the “peace agenda” with symbols of war.

“This once again indicates that the truly far-sighted Armenian agenda should be aimed at subduing the enemy by removing the cancerous tumor called Azerbaijan from the healthy body of the South Caucasus,” Voskanyan said.

Leading International and Armenian Companies Focusing on Ecosystem Solutions Join Orion Summit 2022

Antonian Lara
ARMINFO
Armenia –
Alina Hovhannisyan

ArmInfo.Orion Summit 2022 will be held in Yerevan, Armenia, on June 22. The summit agenda focuses on the presentation of ecosystem solutions and encouraging their implementation in Armenian companies. Ecosystem solutions enable businesses and individuals operating in any sector to offer a wide range of services.

 

Considering the vital role of Orion Summit in the creation and development of ecosystems in Armenia, Ameriabank, Armenia’s leading financial and technological institution of the country, joins Orion Summit 2022 as a Platinum sponsor to combine efforts in highlighting the role and significance of digital ecosystems.  

 

Ameriabank is the only company in the Armenian financial market to have introduced a set of digital ecosystems, thus, acting as a pioneer in providing comprehensive solutions tailored to the needs of its customers, through dedicated digital platforms.

 

“Appreciating Orion Summit’s role in the creation and development of ecosystems in Armenia, we readily joined the Summit to highlight the importance of it as well as to share our expertise in building a set of digital ecosystems and solutions. Orion supports the development of independent startups while we create a startup environment and establish startups right within the company. And now we are joining efforts to highlight Armenia’s digital potential. At the same time, by participating in the Summit, we want to emphasize the need for the change in people’s mindset, and corporate culture of companies”, – said Artyom Shamtsyan, Ameriabank’s Chief Innovation and Digital Officer.

 

The Orion Summit which will be held in Yerevan will be attended by companies from technology, financial and other sectors, prominent businessmen and founders of internationally recognized startups, investors, consultants and experts. Visitors and guests will have great opportunity to listen to speakers from leading international companies, including Adobe, SADA, Embodied, cognaize, Scylla, Grand Thornton, Startup Lithuania and others.

 

“The Summit will cover trending topics in technology and business, which are essential also for Armenian startups. Orion Summit is turning into a platform for deals. We start with Yerevan, next year it will take place in New York and then in Frankfurt. The goal is to give Armenian startups an opportunity to network and cooperate with the largest global companies”, – said Diana Arzumanyan, Co-founder of Orion Worldwide Innovations Armenia. 

 

Mark Chenian, a renowned expert in investment banking and financial advisory, is the keynote speaker at the Summit.  Emma Arakelyan, founder of Orion Worldwide Innovations, Diana Arzumanyan, Co-founder of Orion Worldwide Innovations Armenia and Robert Khachatryan, Minister of High-Tech Industry will open the Summit. Martin Galstyan, Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia will also be among the speakers.

Qatar: QBA holds meeting with Armenian PM, reviews investment opportunities

Antonian Lara
  Qatar –
QBA holds meeting with Armenian PM, reviews investment opportunities
07:54 PM
The Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) held a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his accompanying delegation Tuesday, in Doha to discuss co-operation opportunities and develop economic relations.

The meeting was also attended by Gegham Gharibjanian, Armenia’s ambassador to Qatar, as well as QBA first deputy chairman Hussain Alfardan, QBA members Khalid al-Mannai, Maqbool Khalfan, Youssef al-Mahmoud, QBA deputy general manager Sarah Abdallah.
During the meeting, Alfardan underscored the importance of discussing ways of co-operation between the two countries and working to boost economic and trade relations. He also stressed the interest of Qatari businessmen in identifying possible areas of co-operation in Armenia and the available investment opportunities.

Pashinyan thanked the QBA for hosting the meeting, during which he expressed the importance of developing relations between the two countries and presenting the business environment in Armenia and other major investment projects that may attract the interest of Qatari businessmen.

The Prime Minister discussed Armenia’s economic sector, describing it as a resilient economy. He expressed optimism over World Bank figures, which predicted a 3.5% economic growth for Armenia in 2022, citing the World Bank Group’s ‘Global Economic Prospects’ report. The report also expects Armenia’s economic growth to be 4.6% in 2023 and 4.9% in 2024, he said.

Pashinyan also spoke about the most important sectors and investment opportunities in Armenia, such as the tourism and agricultural sectors, which he considers “great opportunities” for co-operation between the two countries.

QBA members expressed their interest in exploring new international markets and their readiness to identify areas of cooperation in Armenia. They also confirmed their keenness to support and develop bilateral relations in various fields and agreed to organise a visit to Armenia to explore and learn more about the opportunities there.

PM’s spouse Anna Hakobyan visited Lori province

Antonian Lara


The visit started in Vanadzor town, particularly in the Vanadzor medical center where Anna Hakobyan was welcomed by the Governor of Lori, the acting mayor of Vanadzor and the director of the hospital.

Anna Hakobyan visited the maternity hospital in the town. Meeting with the parents of new-born babies, Anna Hakobyan said that the future of children depends on their parents, expressing hope that they will pay great attention to the health and education of their children.

Anna Hakobyan was also introduced on the new physiotherapy department at the medical center. The center is operating since February this year and has been renovated with the support of the Aznavour Foundation. The department serves as a rehabilitation center for the war participants, however, it also provides services to civilians. The department is equipped with the latest equipment meeting the highest European standards. According to the head of the department Artur Mkhitaryan, the center is the second in Armenia with its capacities, after the Soldier’s House rehabilitation center.

The next station was Darpas village where Anna Hakobyan met with the family of serviceman Karen Avetyan fallen at the 2020 Artsakh war. Karen’s mother welcomed Anna Hakobyan and accompanied her to her son’s bedroom. Karen Avetyan was the only child of the family.

 




Armenia opposition: Today we met with leaders of Artsakh opposition political forces

Antonian Lara
NEWS.am
Armenia – June 6 2022
18:03, 06.06.2022

Today we met with the leaders of Artsakh’s opposition political forces, Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament from the opposition Ishkhan Saghatelyan wrote on his Facebook page.

“We discussed the challenges and threats created around Artsakh and Armenia. We also discussed the manifestations of the current political crisis in Armenia. We agreed to continue more organized meetings and discussions in such a format, as well as to work in Artsakh, Armenia and the Diaspora towards the expansion of the Movement,” he noted.

Demonstrators protest outside government building, opposition MPs demand meeting with Cabinet members

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 13:21, 30 May 2022

YEREVAN, 30 MAY, ARMENPRESS. Anti-government protesters are demonstrating outside the #3 government building in downtown Yerevan, which houses several ministries and other government agencies.

The leader of the protests – ARF’s Ishkhan Saghatelyan, the Vice Speaker of Parliament representing the opposition Hayastan faction, said they want to enter the building and inquire from different government agencies on their position regarding the opposition’s draft resolution which is included in the agenda of the June 3 emergency session of parliament.

The June 3 emergency session of parliament will be convened at the initiative of the opposition. However, the ruling Civil Contract party announced that it won’t participate in the session. If Civil Contract doesn’t take part, there will be no quorum and the session won’t be convened.

The opposition’s draft resolution of parliament states, among others, that “Armenia will support the full exercise of the right to self-determination of the people of Artsakh, Artsakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, there must be reliable land connection between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh: Artsakh will not be an exclave, the delimitation and demarcation must be carried out with the precondition of Azerbaijan withdrawing its troops from sovereign Armenian territory, Armenia is the guarantor of security and the right to self-determination of the people of Artsakh, the breach of the territorial integrity of Armenia is ruled out as a result of delimitation and demarcation, any agreement in the Armenian-Turkish normalization process that would question the Armenian Genocide is ruled out, and that the unblocking of roads with Azerbaijan and Turkey cannot happen in the logic of a corridor.”

Saghatelyan said that they want two opposition MPs to enter the building and meet with Cabinet members and demand their position on the draft resolution.

Police were not allowing the MPs to enter. Officers said they must inquire whether or not the Cabinet members are ready to receive them.

The MPs argued with the police that they are entitled to freely enter the building.

A scuffle began between demonstrators and police as demonstrators attempted to breach the line.

Saghatelyan called on the crowd of supports to block the building, stating that they will not leave until they have a meeting with the ministers.

Police then reported that 5 demonstrators were detained on suspicion of hooliganism. 

UPDATE:

14:09 – Demonstrators end protest near #3 government building, start marching

Israel Fails Once Again to Recognize Armenian Genocide but We Make Some Progress including Editorial Support of the Jerusalem Post

Antonian Lara
From the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide Jerusalem and Israel W. Charny:

INSTITUTE ON THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE JERUSALEM FAILS TO
GAIN ISRAEL’S RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE FOR APRIL 24, 2022; JERUSALEM
POST EDITORAL SUPPORTS RECOGNITION

We want to sum up for you that the several-months campaign of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide Jerusalem to influence the Israeli government to recognize the Armenian Genocide as of April 24, 2022 failed to achieve its goal, but we can hope nonetheless that it left some positive influences which will yet be helpful in the future. We are pleased to share with you that we were supported – though a few days after April 24 – by a strong editorial in the Jerusalem Post whose full text follows here.
JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL (April 30, 2022).
TIME FOR ISRAEL TO NOT FEAR TURKEY AND RUSSIA AND RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE: 
ISRAEL’S APPROACH TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS TOO SIMILAR TO THE WAY IT HAS MANAGED ITS POSITION 
ON THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-705543

Last week, Israel marked Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, to commemorate the genocide and murder of six million Jews by the Nazis.

Newspapers, TV shows and radio airwaves were filled with stories of the survivors – and the country paid attention.

It makes sense. The story of the establishment of the State of Israel is intertwined with the Holocaust. Survivors flocked to the country after the war, helped build it, fought for it in subsequent wars and deserve a large deal of credit for Israel’s spectacular success.

Last Sunday, though, a day was marked around the world, that went largely unnoticed in Israel. It was the 107th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide that commemorates the 1.5 million Armenians who were deported, massacred or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination by the Ottoman Empire.

US President Joe Biden issued a statement to commemorate the massacre, which he termed a “genocide” for the first time last year, in line with a promise he made on the campaign trail.

“We renew our pledge to remain vigilant against the corrosive influence of hate in all its forms,” the president said. “We recommit ourselves to speaking out and stopping atrocities that leave lasting scars on the world.”

Turkey, as expected, responded angrily, calling Biden’s remarks “statements that are incompatible with historical facts and international law.”

Israel was noticeably quiet, and it is a silence that is a stain on the Jewish state. It shows how once again Jerusalem is preferring diplomatic and security interests over standing up for what is true and right, especially being a people that knows genocide firsthand.

As Prof. Israel Charney, one of the founders of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, wrote in these pages last month, Israel should not fear Turkey.

“Is it so beyond our imagination as Israelis to be able to say to Turkey at this time, ‘We have every respect for you as an important country and are happy to work closely with you, but we owe our own culture the clear cut responsibility to identify with a people whose historical record shows that they were subject to governmental extermination’?” Charney asked.

The continued Israeli refusal to recognize the Armenian genocide comes as Jerusalem is renewing diplomatic ties with Turkey. President Isaac Herzog recently visited Ankara and Israel obviously does not want to undermine those efforts.

What makes this wrong is that even when Israel’s ties with Turkey had hit rock bottom due to Erdogan’s vile antisemitism, the government also refused to recognize the Armenian genocide then. The reason was that it was better not to do something that would derail the chance for rapprochement. In other words, when ties are bad the timing is bad – and when ties are better the timing is also bad.

In 2019, after the US Senate recognized the genocide, Yair Lapid – then in the opposition – called on Israel to follow suit. He even proposed a bill that would obligate Israel to mark the day.

“It’s time to stop being afraid of the Sultan in Turkey and do what is morally right,” he tweeted at the time.

If it’s time to stop being afraid of the “Sultan in Turkey,” then why did Lapid not put out a statement last week? Why did he not order the Foreign Ministry to publicly mark the day?

Is doing “what is morally right” no longer the right thing to do?

The answer is obvious. What is easy to push for in the opposition is harder to do when you are foreign minister.

This is wrong. Israel’s approach to the Armenian genocide is too similar to the way it has managed its position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on the one hand offering support to Kyiv but on the other hand holding back from sanctions against Russia and public condemnations of President Vladimir Putin.

Policy on Ukraine has been dictated by security interests and the need to be able to continue operating in coordination with Russia in Syria. With the Armenian genocide, Israel is again letting diplomatic and security interests get in the way of what is the right and moral stance to take.

It is time for Israel to stop being afraid of Turkey and Russia. Standing up for what is moral and right strengthens nations. It is Israel’s time to do so.

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Enclosed please find an up to date flyer (see the attached CANCEL ALL LECTURES ON THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE! DO NOT ALLOW ARMENIANS TO PARTICIPATE AS LECTURERS!) and order form for ISRAEL’S FAILED RESPONSE TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. 

The book has received powerful reviews and recognition around the world.  Thus, a review by the Catholic University in Lile, France hails the “exemplary courage” with which we stood up to government efforts to prevent lectures on the Armenian Genocide or by Armenian scholars at the famous First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide.  The Conference has also been hailed in an article in the Yale Review as a milestone in the battle for academic freedom.  We also anticipate shortly the completion of a contract with a publisher in Armenia for an edition in Armenian.

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Prof. Israel W. Charny, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist & Family Therapist; Executive Director, Institute on
the Holocaust & Genocide, Jerusalem.  Residence &
Office: Yefe Nof 1/832, Moshav Shoresh 9086000 Israel   Tel: 972-2-672-0424   
Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Tel Aviv University; Past
Founding President Israel Family Therapy Association; Past President
International Family Therapy Association; Co-Founder & Past
President International Association Genocide Scholars (IAGS);
Awarded Armenia’s Presidential Prize

Israel’s Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide, by Israel W. Charny.Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2021, 288 pages; $26.95. “Charny is one of the
founders of the modern study of genocide and a strong fighter for the Armenians
against the denial of their genocide by the Turks. This is a brilliant book by
a scholar and activist that tells a tale full of flame and fury but with a
wisdom accumulated over nearly a century of living the ethics that he upholds –
Charny is indefatigable, relentless and humanitarian.”  -Jack Nusan Porter,
Harvard University, Review in Jerusalem Post & Jerusalem
Report .
“With exemplary courage.” -Catholic University, Lile, France 

 

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Prof. Israel W. Charny, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist & Family Therapist; Executive Director, Institute on
the Holocaust & Genocide, Jerusalem.  Residence &
Office: Yefe Nof 1/832, Moshav Shoresh 9086000 Israel   Tel: 972-2-672-0424   
Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Tel Aviv University; Past
Founding President Israel Family Therapy Association; Past President
International Family Therapy Association; Co-Founder & Past
President International Association Genocide Scholars (IAGS);
Awarded Armenia’s Presidential Prize

Israel’s Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide, by Israel W. Charny.Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2021, 288 pages; $26.95. “Charny is one of the
founders of the modern study of genocide and a strong fighter for the Armenians
against the denial of their genocide by the Turks. This is a brilliant book by
a scholar and activist that tells a tale full of flame and fury but with a
wisdom accumulated over nearly a century of living the ethics that he upholds –
Charny is indefatigable, relentless and humanitarian.”  -Jack Nusan Porter,
Harvard University, Review in Jerusalem Post & Jerusalem
Report .
“With exemplary courage.” -Catholic University, Lile, France 

 



[ Iran’s ] President Stresses Tehran’s Support for Advancement of Baku-Yerevan Peace Talks

Antonian Lara
Tasnim News Agency, Iran
June 2 2022
  • June, 02, 2022

In a phone call with his Armenian counterpart Vahagn Khachaturyan on Wednesday, the Iranian president expressed hope that the remaining issues between Baku and Yerevan would be solved peacefully in accordance with international law while respecting the two sides’ territorial integrity and national sovereignty as well as rights and security of the people in the Caucasus region.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is deeply committed to the point that regional issues must be resolved through consensus and cooperation among all countries in the region and on the basis of common interests and mutual respect,” Raisi added.

According to reports, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev announced last month that their respective countries would be setting up border security and delimitation commissions, signaling a step towards the settlement of a decades-long conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Pashinyan and Aliyev met in Brussels in April for rare talks mediated by the European Council President Charles Michel.

Tensions between Yerevan and Baku remain high more than a year after the arch-foes fought a war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The six-week conflict, which claimed more than 6,500 lives on both sides, ended in November 2020 with a Russian-brokered deal that left Azerbaijan largely in control of the territory.

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but has been populated by ethnic Armenians. Russia has deployed 1,960 peacekeepers to the region for an initial five-year period. Since the truce, the two sides have accused each other of breaching the peace deal.

The Iranian president further warned against Israel’s plot to infiltrate into the region and urged regional nations to remain fully cautious in the face of the regime in order to prevent it from gaining a foothold.

He said the Zionist regime is by no means a friend of the regional nations, adding that it has committed “unprecedented” acts of oppression against the Palestinian people.

Raisi said Tehran supports the expansion of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the fields of energy and transportation which would promote peace and stability and ensure economic prosperity in the region.

“As part of its principled policies, the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes and heeds preservation of the regional geopolitics, including international borders, respect for national sovereignty of countries and strengthening of the inter-regional communication infrastructure,” the Iranian president pointed out.

The Armenian president, for his part, commended Iran’s important and effective role in the region and its stance on regional developments.

Khachaturyan said Armenia is keen to boost economic, trade, political and cultural cooperation with Iran, noting that regular sessions of the two countries’ joint economic committee would certainly facilitate the expansion of relations.

62-year-old ethnic Armenian businessman shot dead in downtown Moscow

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 10:36, 3 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS. 62-year-old ethnic Armenian businessman Hovhannes Kamaryan was shot dead by an unknown man in downtown Moscow, a source of law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti.

Hovhannes Kamaryan was wanted by the Police of Armenia (preparing murder for profit).

The man suspected in the murder of Hovhannes Kamaryan has been arrested.

The incident occurred in Moscow’s Komsomolsky Avenue.

Criminal case has been initiated.

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