President Armen Sarkissian dismissed Armen Abrahamyan from the post of the commander of the Border Troops of the National Security Service.
Vaghinak Sargsyan was appointed to this position.
Colonel Vaghinak Sargsyan was dismissed from the post of the commander of the peacekeeping brigade of the Armenian Armed Forces and was appointed commander of the Border Troops of the National Security Service.
Previously he was also the head of intelligence department.
Today, Nune Yesayan had an opportunity to touch upon and once again deny that she had made the following statement during the events of March 1: “They shouldn’t go there in order not be killed.”
“I watched videos of March 1 and was very angry that I saw juveniles there. The next morning, a girl calls me and asks what I think. And I, being angry with the videos I had seen, told the girl, ‘what the juveniles were doing there?’
And they write that Nune Yesayan said, ‘they shouldn’t go there in order not be killed,’” explained the singer, adding that after consultation with her lawyer, she decided to keep silent and not refer to that announcement.
Nune Yesayan, referring to the velvet revolution, noted that she was for the change. “I’m for the independent person, for the free will. I’m not definitely with those revolutions, I’m afraid where there is a danger. I’m afraid for my children. I’m a passive citizen. I have friends in today’s government as I did in previous governments.”
To the question of A1+, why we did not see Nune Yesayan in the May 28 concert, Nune Yesayan said that former Minister of Culture Armen Amiryan had offered her to perform in one of the provinces. “I asked for some near provinces, as I could not take a long way, I was offered to perform in Ararat province, I sang. And the concert in Yerevan was not successful.”
Nune Yesayan touched upon her future plans and said that she is going to Beirut for two days for the concert and she has a big project ahead of Yerevan’s Holiday. She also presented her accomplishments of the entire creative life.
“I’m not going to give up singing. I am the only Armenian singer about whom the CNN had a reportage, I’m the only Armenian singer about whom the The New York Times wrote a report, the first Armenian singer who had a solo concert at the Kodak Theater many years ago, when Kirk Kerkorian was present at that concert. I have sung, I always sing. There can be not-lovers, not-appreciators, but do not offend my personality. After this, if anyone says anything about my family, they will be punished,” concluded Nune Yesayan.
By the way, today the singer met with journalists on the occasion of the gossips two days ago. The singer noted that she is very patient. “I am a lion, I have protected my right only.”
Free platform
JUNE 1, 2018
Last week, the entire Armenian people
solemnly celebrated the 100th anniversary of the formation of the First Republic. Celebrations
traditionally took place in Sardarapat, where a hundred years ago the exhausted Armenian people
found strength in himself and defeated the Turkish army in battle. But, unfortunately, how
As the Russian proverb says, there is a fly in the ointment in the ointment. Members
Republican faction in the National Assembly made a big fuss about the fact that they were not
invited to celebrate this anniversary in Sardarapat.
“May 28 – national and statewide
holiday, and I think it’s absurd not to invite leaders to the event
legislative body.” About this NEWS.am said the Vice Speaker,
Press Secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov, commenting
that at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the First Republic in Sardarapat there were
13 deputies were invited, of which only 3 were from the RPA. He is echoed by the deputy of the same
faction, deputy chairman of the party Armen Ashotyan. “Today’s
the holiday is not someone else’s property, a school party, family or
personal event… It’s amazing that people who consider themselves adequate
are trying to justify the failure of the National Assembly to properly participate in today’s
festive events. Unfortunately, the deliberate approach taken
contradicts both the symbol of the day and unity, and calls for love and
solidarity,” Ashotyan noted. Thus, the legislative power in
represented by the parliamentary majority for the first time publicly opposed
executive power. And this is commendable, because we are already becoming witnesses
real separation of legislative and executive powers. Parliamentary
the majority for the first time acted as a real opponent of the executive
authorities. Why did this happen only when he came to power with his
young team Nikol Pashinyan Why hasn’t this happened at least recently?
twenty years, during which the legislative power is unquestioned, not
thinking about the consequences of these steps, she made the decisions that she signed
represented by the executive branch in the person of the president? It’s worth thinking about.
When numerous constitutions were written to please
or another president, the National Assembly, represented by its majority, has never been against it. When
executive power represented by the Ministry of Justice headed by David Harutyunyan
developed the law “On the formation and activities of the Security Council”
The parliamentary majority voted “Yes” without question. they
Did they think about the interests of the state when passing this law? They understood that
Having adopted the law in this edition, neither the Chairman nor the Chairman are members of the Council parliament, nor the president of the country! All its other members are in
directly subordinate to the future Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. This
Secretary of the Security Council, Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Director of the National Security Service, Chief of Police, Chief
Army General Staff. In fact, there is a complete usurpation of power in the person of
Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. He decides the fate of the whole country and everything
Armenians. What if he makes a “mistake” somewhere? Who will be responsible for this then?
answer? Have the Sharmazanovs and Ashotyans thought about this? Why didn’t they raise it then?
noise and did not shout that how can you have a Security Council without a president and
Chairman of the National Assembly? Where were they when the results of the commission on the events of March 1
were released on the brakes when, as a result of the April 2016 war, we
lost about one hundred and forty military personnel and a significant part of the territories? Who’s behind it
answer? And much more. Why didn’t they say then – the people chose us and we have the right to demand an objective investigation of cases.
Returning to the topic. Even if Ashotyan and Sharmazanov
officially not invited. Let them themselves come to this holiday and stand next to them
with the Armenian people as ordinary citizens of the country. After all, they are representatives of this
people and “the people chose them,” as they like to say. Let him see
them among the people, Pashinyan himself felt embarrassed and would have invited them to the podium
and apologized for the mistake. But can they afford to do such a thing?
step by the Republicans, who are so disconnected from their people that even
now, after twenty days of work of the new government, it is not adequately
imagine what is happening in the country.
After the collapse of the USSR, the Communist Party was not
outlawed and was not dissolved and prosecuted for
mass crimes during the Soviet period and the genocide of its multinational
people. Perhaps, if this happened, the Republican Party of Armenia
(in fact, the legal successor of the CPSU in Armenia) there would be no chance for such
heinous crimes against their people and their homeland.
Karapet
Kalenchyan
https://acnis.am/ru/ambion/20-2018-ru
The children gathered at “Orran” charitable organization are waiting for the hamburgers prepared by President Armen Sargsyan.
On the occasion of the International Children’s Day, Armen Sargsyan prepared hamburgers for them.
Before starting, Mr. President asked not to be very strict, as he would do it for the first time.
His only experience in cooking was making omelettes.
“A1 +” asked his wife Nune Sargsyan whether omlettes mad by him were tatsy.
“It’s tasty, one can eat it,” said Mrs. Sargsyan.
She also mentioned that unlike her husband her two sons are professionals in the kitchen.
The website armtimes.com of the newspaper “Haykakan Zhamanak” owned by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinan’s family reports that the first deputy chief of the General Staff, Major General Onik Gasparyan, will be appointed to the position of Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces.
That appointment will take place tomorrow, as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia announced today at the session of the Government of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, writes the website.
At the meeting, Nikol Pashinyan announced that Movses Hakobyan will be released from the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. Pashinyan said that the decision was reached as a result of mutual agreement. Pashinyan said that tomorrow he will appoint a new head of the State Security Service.
In the new position of the head of the General Staff, the commander of the Artsakh Armed Forces, lieutenant general, is also in circulation Levon Mnatsakanyan the name
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that political prisoners are going to be released. However, how to decide, who is a political prisoner? Avetik Ishkhanyan, the chairman of the Armenian Helsinki Committee and human rights activist, said in this connection at the Media Centre that the problem of political prisoners was a vital issue at the moment.
“Artur Sakunts [a human rights activist and the head of the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly] and I have already discussed this and we can say, who political prisoners are: [Political activist] Andrias Ghukasyan [detained on 29 July 2016 on charges of a role in mass unrest] has already been released. Other political prisoners are Shant Harutyunyan [detained on 5 November 2013 after he addressed his supporters in the Freedom Square and called for the seizure of the presidential palace and other key government buildings] and his companions, who were awarded a disproportionate punishment, as at the very worst, the punishment should have been administrative. It is also Hayk Kyuregyan [arrested in June 2013 and sentenced to nine-year imprisonment for shooting near a court building in Yerevan], whose punishment was excessive, because this could have been regarded as a criminal offence, but it was excessive, so this can be regarded as a purely political persecution. Ararat Khandoyan [sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for his participation in the July 2016 clashes between the police and supporters of gunmen occupying a police station in Yerevan] can be regarded as a political prisoner. The three years he was sentenced to are exaggerated. There are also Karo Yeghnukyan [detained on 22 July 2016 for having contacts with the armed group that held hostages at a police station in Armenian capital Yerevan] and now also Garegin Chugaszyan [a leader of the radical Founding Parliament organisation, who was in hiding after the Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sasun) radical opposition group seized a police compound in Yerevan in 2016 and was arrested on 24 April 2018], Zhirayr Sefilyan [sentenced on 20 March 2018 to 10.5 years in prison for planning mass riots and plotting armed seizure of buildings in Yerevan], [civil activist] Gevorg Safaryan [sentenced on 16 January 2017 to two years in prison on charges of assaulting a police officer], and Samvel Babayan [arrested in connection with an assassination attempt on the second president of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arkadi Ghukasyan and sentenced to six years in prison on 28 November 2017], particularly the last three people – Sefilyan, Safaryan, and Samvel Babayan, who were convicted on the basis of a fabricated case. This group must be acquitted unlike other cases. This is my opinion,” [Avetik Ishkhanyan said].
As regards Sasna Tsrer, [a radical group that seized a police compound in Yerevan in 2016], Avetik Ishkhanyan said that the article on “change of circumstances” should be applied here and some of them should be released or released conditionally for the exception of the cases linked to the killing of policemen, where a fair legal process is necessary.
Artur Sakunts said, for his part, that the norm of early release should be applied to Shant Harutyunyan and his companions or a prosecutor should interfere in connection with new circumstances and change the case. He said that it was necessary to change the preventive measure regarding some personalities, but the whole process should be carried out on the legal basis. Releasing people without a legal approach is by no means different from imprisonment without a legal approach.
YEREVAN—Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian on Sunday walked out from a meeting with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan saying that a political alliance that has received seven to eight percent of the votes cannot speak on behalf of the entire population.
“[A political] alliance that has won seven to eight percent of votes does not have the right to speak on behalf of the entire population and I no longer want to continue this discussion with you if you do not accept the government’s legal demands. Good bye,” said Sarkisian before walking out.
On Saturday it was announced that the two had agreed to the meeting, which took place at 10 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel on Republic Square, the main site of ongoing demonstrations—in their 9th day—by thousands who are protesting Sarkisian’s ongoing rule. The meeting was announced after President Armen Sarkissian met with Pashinian during the protest on Saturday and held a meeting with the prime minister separately.
At the beginning of the tense meeting, which lasted less than five minutes, Sarkisian said, “I am happy that you responded to my numerous calls to dialogue, .although I don’t quite imagine how long we can negotiate in the presence of dozens of reporters, nevertheless I am happy.”
Pashinyan responded by saying that there seemed to have been a misunderstanding, adding that he was there to discuss the prime minister’s resignation and a peaceful transfer of power and not to hold a dialogue.
“That’s not a negotiation, that’s not a dialogue,” said Sarkisian facing television cameras and journalists. “That is simply an ultimatum, blackmailing the state and legitimate authorities. You do not realize the degree of responsibility. You didn’t learn lessons from March 1 [2008]. And if we have to speak in that tone, then I am only left to once again advise you to return to the lawful area and act within the limits of reasonable actions. Otherwise the entire responsibility falls on you.”
Pashinyan said that neither he nor the protesters respond kindly to ultimatums, adding that the situation in Armenia has changed and the power has transitioned to the people.
Before leaving the meeting, Sarkisian turned to the reporters and said,“Dear reporters, it is up to you to make your own conclusions.”
After Sarkisian walked out, Pashinyan told reporters that the rally would continue at 7 p.m. on Sunday, only to emerge from the Marriott Hotel where hundreds of his supporters were gathered, prompting the rally and demonstration to begin, with Pashinyan leading the crowd to the Erebuni neighborhood of Yerevan.
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Purpose behind monument is to recognize Armenian allegations on incidents of 1915, Turkish Foreign Ministry says
By Nazli Yuzbasioglu
ANKARA
Turkey on Friday condemned the installation of “Armenian Monument” in Geneva, Switzerland.
The representatives of the Armenian Diaspora have been trying to erect the monument since 2008 in order to commemorate the loss of Armenian lives during the First World War. But they also unilaterally blame Turkey for the incidents during the war.
Hami Aksoy, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, said the monument is said to be built as a work of art but the main purpose is to recognize the Armenian allegations on the incidents of 1915.
“There is no consensus on the incidents of 1915. The Swiss are expected to know this very well.
“It is claimed that the so-called monument represents collective memory of the Armenian group and people from Geneva. In that case, it is also necessary to commemorate Turkish diplomat Mehmet Savas Yerguz killed by Armenian terrorist organizations (ASALA) in 1981 in Geneva.”
Armenian terrorist organizations killed 31 Turkish diplomats across the world between 1973 and 1986, according to a 2015 study.
Turkey’s position on the events is that the deaths of Armenians in eastern Anatolia in 1915 occurred after some sided with invading Russians and revolted against Ottoman forces. A subsequent relocation of Armenians resulted in numerous casualties.
Ankara does not accept the alleged “genocide” but acknowledges there were casualties on both sides during World War I.
Turkey objects to the presentation of the incidents as “genocide” but describes the 1915 events as a tragedy for both sides.
Ankara has repeatedly proposed the creation of a joint commission of historians from Turkey and Armenia plus international experts to tackle the issue.