Author: Babajanian Karo

PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA TO PAY VISITS TO U.S., FRANCE AND POLAND

ARMINFO
Thursday, September 22, 10:53

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will leave for the U.S. Thursday
to attend the discussions on sidelines of the 66th Session of the
UN General Assembly, the presidential press-service reported. In
additions, President Sagrsyan is expected to speak at the event and
hold a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Serzh Sargsyan will participate also in the festivities dedicated
to the 20th anniversary of Armenia to be held in New York and Los
Angeles. The president is expected to attend the opening ceremony of
the Armenian Consulate General’s new building in Los Angeles.

On September 27 Serzh Sargsyan will leave on an official visit
for France to meet with the top leadership of that country. The
president will attend Charles Aznavour’s concert dedicated to the
20th Independence Anniversary of Armenia at Olympia Hall in Paris.

Afterwards, Serzh Sargsyan will leave France for Poland to attend
the EU Eastern Partnership Summit on September 29-30.

EXHIBITION IN PRAGUE DEDICATED TO ARMENIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY

armradio.am
22.09.2011 16:05

An exhibition of Armenian artists of the Czech Republic opened at
the GH Gallery of Prague on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of
Armenia’s independence. About 30 works by 14 painters were displayed.

In his opening remarks Armenian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Tigran
Seyranyan attached importance to the role of culture, particularly
painting, in the history of the Armenian nation and its spiritual life.

Speeches were made by Father Barsegh Pilavchyan, religious leader of
the Armenian communities of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary,
and Director of the Exhibition Hall Mariam Gharibyan.

The event features Armenian and Czech artists, culture figures,
journalists, representatives of the Armenian community and high guests.

The exhibition will continue through October 7.

ARMEN PAPIKYAN APPOINTED ARMENIA’S PERMANENT REPRESENTTAIVE AT COE

armradio.am
22.09.2011 16:17

President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on appointing Armen Papikyan
as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia in the Council
of Europe (seat in Strasbourg), President’s Press Office reported.

SILICON VALLEY LEGEND STEVE JOBS’ ADOPTIVE MOTHER IS ARMENIAN

Panorama
Sept 22 2011
Armenia

A biography of Silicon Valley legend, head of the Apple Company Steve
Jobs will be released in November, “Today’s Zaman” informs.

According to the source the biography reveals that the woman who
adopted Steve Jobs was Armenian. The family of Steve’s mother has
immigrated to US from Turkey in 1915 when Ottoman Turkey was exercising
genocide against Armenians.

Clara Jobs or Clara Hagopian is the daughter of an Armenian family
who immigrated to the US from Turkey’s Malatya province following the
1915 genocide. The book reportedly says Clara’s father Louis Hagopian
was born in Malatya in 1894 and her mother Victoria Artinian was born
in Ä°zmir in 1894.

“Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson” book is based on more
than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years as well
as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends,
adversaries, competitors and colleagues.

HE CREDITS LOVELY MARRIAGE FOR LONGEVITY

Hometownlife.com
Sept 22 2011

Vincent Kaye will celebrate his 103rd birthday Saturday at Manoogian
Manor Assisted Living in Livonia, which he helped build 41 years ago.

Kaye (Keshishian) was born in Amasia, Armenia, Sept. 24, 1908.

He attributes his longevity to having a happy marriage.

“I had a lovely marriage all my life, and I attribute it all to
my wonderful wife,” he said. “Marrying Rose was the best thing I
ever did.”

His wife died in 2002 after 67 years of marriage.

Kaye was born to parents in war-torn Armenia. His father was a carriage
driver with two large black Arabian horses. His father left Armenia
before being conscripted into the opposing Turkish army and escaped to
New York to start a new life for him and his family. After working as
a cook, he was able to send for 4-year-old Vincent, his baby sister
and mother. Vincent Kaye remembers being greeted by his father at
the boat docks with a bag of oranges.

The family moved to Michigan and settled in Highland Park, where Kaye
graduated from Highland Park High School in 1927. Kaye attended
University of Detroit, then transferred to Lawrence Institute
of Technology (now Lawrence Technological University), which had
just opened. Kaye graduated in 1935 with a degree in electrical
engineering. He carries the proud distinction of being the oldest
living alumnus of Lawrence Tech and attended the yearly alumni reunion
just last year.

After graduating during the Depression, he started a radio repair
business to help support his family, to help pay off a student loan
and to help support his new wife, Rose. During World War II, Kaye
was an electrical engineer in charge of machine gun production for
Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co. in Detroit.

Vincent changed his name from Keshishian to Kaye to avoid questions
as to its spelling, and his career grew in Detroit. Over the years, he
worked for the federal government, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors.

He worked on the team that built the first simulated spacecraft
docking station for the U.S. space program.

Along with being an engineer, Kaye was also an inventor. Throughout
his career many patents were attributed to his work but all for
the companies he worked for. It was not until he was 92 that he
was awarded a patent in his own name – this time for a specialized
two-cycle gasoline engine.

After retirement, he was called back into the workforce by friends
to help with engineering projects and finally retired a second time
at the age of 80. He even helped his friend Alex Manoogian, founder
of Detroit’s Masco Corp., with the electrical designs for Manoogian’s
new project, Manoogian Manor in Livonia, a home for the aged. Little
did Kaye know that 41 years later, he would be a resident at that
same Manoogian Manor.

Kaye said he was “blessed with an engineering mind.” He advises young
people today to “find a good career … and then keep it.”

Kaye has one daughter, Anne, and one grandchild, Gena, 25. He will
celebrate his birthday with family, friends and cake at Manoogian
Manor.

ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS WILL STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

news.am
Sept 22 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Armenian Catholicos Karekin II hosted the Secretary General
of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Olav Tveit on Thursday.

Karekin II mentioned that from now on the Armenian Apostolic Church
is going to work more eagerly in making the mission of the WCC
more efficient, as that mission helps to create brotherhood between
churches and to unite their efforts based on mutual love and respect,
Holy See informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

On the same day the WCC delegation met with the representatives of
the Round Table and Eklof ecumenical organization, which are working
in Armenia now. During the meeting Olav Tveit was presented with
the organizations’ activities and after that several programs of
cooperation were discussed.

REPORT: GUL CONGRATULATES ARMENIA ON ITS INDEPENDENCE DAY

Today’s Zaman
Sept 22 2011
Turkey

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has sent a message of congratulations
to his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarksyan, on the celebration of
the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence from the Soviet Union,
a statement from Sarksyan’s office said on Wednesday.

Armenian media said Sarksyan’s office did not publicize the content
of the congratulatory message from Gul. There was no information
regarding the message on the website of the Turkish president, either.

President Gul played a key role in the currently stalled efforts to
normalize bilateral relations between the two estranged neighbors. In
September 2008, hopes for reconciliation emerged when President
Gul visited Armenia to watch a football game between the national
teams of the two countries. Gul became the first Turkish leader to
visit Yerevan.

The two countries signed a landmark peace accord in October 2009,
but the protocols were held hostage to the domestic politics of both
countries. After Turkey called for resolution of the issues surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh as a condition for pushing the protocols through
the Turkish Parliament, Armenia suspended the ratification process
of the protocols, accusing Turkey of backtracking on its pledge to
normalize relations without preconditions.

Turkey and Armenia have had no formal ties since 1993, when Turkey
closed its border and severed diplomatic ties with the country to
show solidarity with Azerbaijan, which was fighting a war with Armenia
over the Nagorno-Karabakh region at the time.

‘IT’S TIME TO PUT END TO ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF AZERBAIJANI LANDS’

news.az
Sept 22 2011
Azerbaijan

Turkish Premier comments on Karabakh at the 66th UN General Assembly.

“It is time to put an end to the illegal occupation of Azerbaijani
lands lasting for years”, – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
said while his speech at the 66th UN General Assembly, focushaber.com
website reports.

“It is unacceptable that the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh remains
unresolved,” he said.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that it should be more efforts to solve
the frozen conflicts. “Turkey has always defended the UN principles
and laws”, – he said.

Turkish Prime Minister also spoke about the issues related to
tension in Turkish-Israeli relations, the intention to Cyprus
geoelectromagnetic exploration of oil fields in the Mediterranean,
the problem of hunger in Somalia, the need to improve the work of
the UN and other topics.

AZERBAIJAN CALLS FOR CLOSURE OF ARMENIAN NUKE PLANT

news.az
Sept 22 2011
Azerbaijan

The president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has called
for the closure of Armenia’s nuclear power station at a meeting of
the IAEA.

Mahmud Karimov harshly criticized Armenia at the 55th session of the
UN’s nuclear watchdog, held in Vienna.

In his speech on 21 September, he talked about the risk posed by
Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power station to the region and the
importance of its closure.

“In my speech, I said that the Metsamor nuclear power plant is a
useless and dangerous power station,” Karimov told APA.

“The European Union also expressed the need to close the plant.

Despite regular inspections of the plant by international
organizations, the results of these inspections are kept secret and no
information is given to Azerbaijan about them. The countries of the
region – Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia – have repeatedly proposed
allowing the specialists of these countries to examine the Metsamor
nuclear power plant. But the reports on Metsamor are not available to
these three countries. I called for the plant’s work to be transparent,
and for the reports to be submitted to the regional countries.”

The president of the Academy of Sciences said that Armenian
representatives at the IAEA meeting had accused Azerbaijan of abusing
the IAEA tribune and making an unprofessional speech.

“In my speech, I said once again that we will raise this question
until Armenia submits the reports on the Metsamor nuclear power plant
to the countries of the region and we will continue to use the IAEA
tribune,” Karimov said.

NATIONAL ANTHEM BEST CHARACTERIZES NOWADAYS ARMENIA: PITIFUL AND ABANDONED – OPPOSITION ACTIVIST

news.am
Sept 22 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Independent Armenia was founded with a principal of rule
of law but the present-day authorities significantly undermined these
foundations, ex-chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Bagrat Asatryan
said on Thursday.

“In 1991, Armenia left USSR in full compliance with the law on
withdrawal from the Soviet Union. Independent Armenia was founded as a
legal state. Now, unfortunately, the country can be characterized by
the words of national anthem – pitiful and abandoned. If the ruling
leadership decides on who does what, speaking of legal principles
is a waste of time. All markets are strictly divided between a small
group of people,” said Asatryan.

Armenia renounced the Soviet anthem in 1990s under Armenian National
Movement. Soon after the ANM adopted the lyrics of current anthem,
replacing the words “pitiful” and “abandoned” by “free” and
“independent.”