Author: Babajanian Karo

Ouest-France
jeudi 11 juillet 2013
prebotte Edition

Rencontre et dédicace avec l’auteur Marina Dédéyan

Marina Dédéyan sera en dédicace samedi. Cette romancière d’origine
russe et arménienne, est née à Paramé. Elle a travaillé trois ans sur
De tempête et d’espoir, son nouveau livre historique ancré sur la côte
d’Émeraude. « Je voulais montrer qu’au XVIIIesiècle les femmes
agissaient. On ne garde souvent en tête que ces messieurs de
Saint-Malo mais les épouses de marins, par exemple, étaient très
émancipées en Bretagne », détaille l’auteur. C’est le premier tome de
cette fresque dont la deuxième partie sortira en septembre prochain.

Samedi 13 juillet, librairie Nouvelles impressions, 42, rue
Levavasseur, dédicace de 17 à 19 h.

Private remittances from Russia to Armenia surged 11.2% to $475.1 mln
in Jan-May 2013

YEREVAN, July 13./ARKA/. The amount of private remittances sent from
Russia to Armenia in January-May 2013 via banks for non-commercial
purposes increased by 112%, from a year earlier over to $475.1
million, the Central Bank said in a statement posted on its official
website

As usual, the largest portion of remittances from abroad came from
Russia – nearly 84.5%.
Total of $70.7 million was transferred from Armenia to Russia within 5
months, which was 14.6% higher from a year earlier.

The net amount of remittances from Russia to Armenia hit 404.5
million, which was by 10.7% higher.

Total of about $118.7 million was transferred from Russia to Armenia
in May 2013 versus 110.3 million, while $14.7 million was
transferred from Armenia to Russia (versus $15.2 million).

According to Central Bank data, a total of $577.39 million was
remitted to Armenia in the first five months of this year, while the
amount of remittances from Armenia to other countries stood at $124.5
million (13.7% growth). ($1 – 409.78 drams). -0 –

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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
A member of the commando killers of the Armenian Parliament on 27
October 1999 found unconscious in his cell

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Certainly, the six members of the commando attack on the Armenian
Parliament on 27 October 1999 lifers continue to die in prison. After
cardiac arrest of one of the killers of the Armenian Parliament and
electrocution of another … a third member could suffer the same
fate. Edig Grigorian, former physician and member of the commando
October 27, was found by his cellmates, unconscious, lying on the
ground in his prison cell in Yerevan Nubarashen. Revived, “he is
currently under the supervision of physicians,” said the head of the
prison. Led by Nairi Hounanian, the commandos stormed inside the
Armenian Parliament and opened fire on the politicians present. Among
the eight victims, Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and President of the
National Assembly, Karen Demirdjian.

At the trial of the commando in 2003, all the light was not made on
the mobile and sponsors of the attack. Still many arguments always run
on the real motive of this act sustainably endeuilla Armenia and
placed in shock.

Some believe in Yerevan that regular disappearance in prison, the
perpetrators of the attack will also disappear troublesome witnesses,
taking with them their secrets on this matter.

Krikor Amirzayan

Sunday, July 14, 2013,
Krikor Amirzayan © armenews.com

international
Des ONG moldaves exigent la démission d’Aurelia Grigoriu

Des représentants d’ONG moldaves ont exigé la démission de la
médiatrice des droits Aurelia Grigoriu après sa déclaration
conteversée faite lors d’une conférence internationale à Erevan.

Dans leurs déclarations, les représentants des ONG ont déclaré que
Grigoriu a fait une déclaration politique qui a déformé la situation
des droits de l’homme dans les zones de conflit ajoutant ` Ce qui est
incompatible avec les fonctions officielles d’ombudsman.`

Ils ont dit que les remarques de Girgoriu ont créé des conditions
préalables à des tensions dans les relations entre la Moldavie,
l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan.

dimanche 14 juillet 2013,
Stéphane ©armenews.com

AU PAYS DES ALIEV-ALIEVERIES-ALIEVERIRES
Le président Aliev offre une poupée à sa fille…de 27 ans ! Tout
l’Azerbaïdjan en rit…

Le président de l’Azerbaïdjan Ilham Aliev continue selon le site
news.am à jouer avec les poupées ! A l’occasion de l’anniversaire de
sa fille ainée, Leyla, qui fêta ses 27 ans le 3 juin, le président
azéri lui a offert une poupée à son effigie. Sur son site Facebook ,
Leyla évoque ce cadeau « émouvant » d’une poupée qui lui ressemble et
qui porte son prénom « Leyla ». Bien évidemment ce cadeau d’Ilham
Aliev à sa fille arracha de nombreux rires et critiques sur les
réseaux sociaux du pays. Car cette fille de 27 ans qui aime -comme son
père- les poupées, n’est autre que la co-président de la Fondation
Heydar Aliev, le père d’Ilham le grand-père de Leyla, fondateur de la
« dynastie » présidentielle du clan Aliev à la tête de l’Azerbaïdjan
depuis plus de 20 ans. A préciser également que Leyla Aliev est mariée
avec le fils de l’oligarque Russe -d’origine azérie- A. Aghalarov, le
chanteur Emin Aghalarov.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 14 juillet 2013,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

CONFLIT DU HAUT KARABAGH
Edouard Nalbandian et Elmar Mammedyarov se sont rencontrés à Vienne
(Autriche) vendredi

Alors que la tension est persistante sur le front entre le Haut
Karabagh et l’Azerbaïdjan, vendredi 12 juillet à Vienne (Autriche), le
ministre arménien des Affaires étrangères Edouard Nalbandian et son
homologue azéri Elmar Mammedyarov se sont rencontrés. Un rencontre en
tête-à-tête suivie d’une rencontre avec les co-présidents du Groupe de
Minsk de l’OSCE, Igor Popov, Jacques Faure, Yan Gelly et Andrzej
Kasprzyk. L’objet des rencontres fut le règlement pacifique du conflit
du Haut Karabagh.

Rappelons que le 18 juin dernier lors du sommet des pays du G8 en
Irlande du Nord, les présidents des États-Unis, de la France et de la
Russie avaient critiqué l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan qui n’ont pas
réussi à trouver un terrain d’entente au sujet du conflit du
Haut-Karabagh. Selon eux, le statu quo est inacceptable. « Nous
exprimons notre profond regret. Plutôt que d’essayer de trouver une
solution basée sur des intérêts mutuels, les parties ont continué à
rechercher un avantage unilatéral lors du processus de négociation »,
avaient conjointement déclaré les présidents Barack Obama, Vladimir
Poutine et François Hollande. Et de monter le ton en forme
d’avertissement en affirmant « nous exhortons les dirigeants de
l’Azerbaïdjan et de l’Arménie à se concentrer sur les questions qui
restent en suspens ». Face à la surenchère en matière d’armements
entreprise principalement par l’Azerbaïdjan, les trois dirigeants
avaient réitéré leur conviction que le conflit ne pouvait être résolu
que par des moyens pacifiques. « Une reprise des hostilités serait
catastrophique pour la population de la région, entraînant la perte de
vies, des dégts matériels et aurait d’énormes coûts financiers »
avaient-ils affirmé.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 14 juillet 2013,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com

ARMENIE
Erevan conteste de nouveau toute pression russe sur l’Accord avec l’UE

Le processus d’intégration en cours entre l’Arménie et l’Union
européenne n’est pas contre la Russie, son allié de longue date, a
déclaré un haut fonctionnaire du gouvernement à Erevan.

Le vice-ministre des Affaires étrangères Zohrab Mnatsakanian a déclaré
que l’accord d’association avec l’UE recherché par Erevan ne nuira pas
à la traditionnelle relation russo-arménienne. Il a nié tout lien
entre les progrès significatifs dans les négociations d’association
avec Bruxelles et une envolée récente du prix du gaz russe pour
l’Arménie et de la vente à grande échelle d’armes russes à
l’Azerbaïdjan.

« Nous devons très sérieusement tenir compte de la profondeur des
relations de l’Arménie avec la Russie` a précisé Zohrab Mnatsakanian,
qui a été le négociateur en chef arménien dans les négociations
d’association, au service arménien de RFE / RL. `Elles n’ont pas été
construites en un jour et leur fondement est assez fort`.

« Les partenaires se parlent, s’expliquent et se comprennent l’un
l’autre, et cela est vrai pour tout le monde. Et je ne vais pas lier
quelque chose avec quelque chose d’autre parce que nous avons un
partenaire en Russie, nous avons un partenaire dans l’UE, nous avons
des formes de coopération avec eux, et nous suivons notre cap de
politique étrangère dans ce cadre `.

`Nous sommes très sensibles. Nous ne pouvons pas déterminer une
direction en fonction de l’autre. Nous négocions avec nos partenaires
de l’UE d’une façon très précise et prudente », a ajouté le diplomate.

L’accord d’association, qui devrait être finalisée cet automne,
empêcher l’adhésion de l’Arménie à un nouveau bloc dirigée par la
Russie des anciennes républiques soviétiques activement promue par
Moscou.

L’ancien ambassadeur de Russie à Erevan, Viatcheslav Kovalenko, a
averti plus tôt cette semaine que le gouvernement arménien va placer
des « limites » à l’alliance avec la Russie si elle reste en dehors de
l’Union eurasienne.

Le président Serge Sarkissian a assuré aux journalistes en mars que
son administration est confrontée à aucune pression de la Russie
d’adhérer à l’Union Eurasienne.

Serge Sarkissian a parlé une semaine après ses derniers entretiens
avec le président russe Vladimir Poutine.

dimanche 14 juillet 2013,
Stéphane ©armenews.com

ARMENIA UNAWARE OF NUMBER OF PEOPLE MISSING IN KARABAKH CONFLICT – AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
July 12 2013

12 July 2013, 10:02 (GMT+05:00)

By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing
Persons registered 4,033 people as missing, including 46 children,
255 women, and 353 elderly, as of July 1, head of the working group
of the State Commission Firudin Sadigov said.

The Commission is working jointly with the International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) .

According to Sadigov, there are specific facts about 877 people,
including 22 children, 99 women and 133 elderly, that they were
captured and live in the occupied territories, but Armenia does not
recognize the fact.

Since the beginning of the conflict, 1,402 have been released from
Armenian captivity.

“Currently, one Azerbaijani hostage registered by the International
Committee of the Red Cross is held in Yerevan. Azerbaijani soldier
Farajev Firuz Mirza oglu who was born in 1992 in Baku was taken
hostage by Armenian armed forces on July 26, 2012,” Sadigov said.

Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in
conflict which emerged in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims
against the neighboring country. The two South Caucasus countries
fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a precarious
cease-fire in 1994.

Sadigov also said Azerbaijan keeps one Armenian family of five
persons. The head of the family Yeghishe Gevorgyan on January 10, 2010,
together with his wife and three minor children, left the territory
of Armenia, crossed the Azerbaijani border and refuses to return to
his home country.

Sadigov said further, “We are trying to do our best to find the
missing people and see the positive results of this. However, most
of the missing disappeared in the territories occupied by Armenia,
so we are limited in their search.”

As a result of investigations conducted in 2012 by the Commission’s
working group, the fate of 38 registered missing persons was
clarified. Five of these people remained alive after taking part in
military operations, while five others were killed, their bodies were
identified and buried; the names of 26 persons were repeated in the
list and two others went missing outside the conflict zone.

553 persons have been killed in Armenian captivity or have died for
other reasons (torture, diseases), including 104 women.

Armenia marked the day of the disappeared people on June 29.

“It is surprising that relevant circles in Armenia, who still do not
know or are simply not interested in finding out the exact number
of Armenians who went missing during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
now mark ‘the day of the disappeared’,” Sadigov said.

According to him, such activities are meant for public opinion and
their desire is to shape an opinion of ordinary Armenians that “we
are looking for the missing”.

Thus, if ones refers to the information circulated in Armenian media
over the past few years, one can come across upon a variety of figures
released by Armenian officials about the number of missing Armenians,
he said.

“For example, they indicate that in 2011 the number of missing
Armenians in total amounted to more than 200 people, then 200 across
Armenia, more than 700 from Karabakh; in 2012, there were 407 missing
people in Armenia, and 449 in Karabakh. Moreover, at the “event”
[the day of the disappeared], more ridiculous opinions were made. One
report says that the number of missing Armenians in Armenia is 400
and in total exceeds 1,000 people, while another report says that the
number of missing Armenians in the Karabakh war was 950, 400 of whom
are military men, while others are civilians of the Agderi (Mardakert)
region,” Sadigov said, adding that this means that in general, there
is no single credible theory.

“It appears that during the conflict civilians of only one region
went missing. Actually, it’s not surprising, because the working
group of the state commission of Armenia was launched in summer 2006,
in other words, some 18 years after the conflict erupted. This shows
that in fact this humanitarian problem, which emerged as a result of
the Armenian aggression, does not bother them, and these figures are
shown every morning just to create visibility and to be constantly
on the agenda.”

Sadigov said that in January 2004, the ICRC submitted a list called
“Alphabetical list of civilians and military personnel of Armenian
descent gone missing as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict”
to the State Commission. The Azerbaijani side took the measures
required to find the people included in that list.

“This list cites the names of 414 Armenians. During a scrutiny carried
out by the State Commission, it was ascertained that 23 of the 414
went missing in Armenia, while two — on the territory of Georgia,
and in fact they have no bearing on the conflict. Moreover, 211 out of
the 414 people are Armenians who lived in the territory of Nakhchivan
Autonomous Republic which means that they are Azerbaijani citizens,
while 197 are citizens of Armenia, 3 are citizens of Georgia, 2 are
citizens of Russia, and one person is a citizen of Iran,” Sadigov said.

Most of the people from both sides went missing in the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan during the conflict. Since these areas
are controlled by the Armenian military, the Armenians can conduct
searches there easier. Interestingly, Armenians who provide inaccurate
and divergent figures on the number of the missing persons, also
differently call a day dedicated to them, calling it “the dead and
missing in the Karabakh war” in one instance and “military missing
persons” in another, Sadigov said.

According to Sadigov, ICRC in 2001 provided a list of 50 Azerbaijanis
held in Armenian captivity. The bodies of 17 people were returned
to their homeland, while the fate of 33 Azerbaijanis is unknown,
despite the fact that the Red Cross staff have seen them.

“Where are these 33 Azerbaijanis, and for what purpose are the
Armenians hiding information about their further fate? The Armenian
authorities have already resorted to a variety of options to conceal
these facts. They even make ridiculous claims that the Armenians who
left the house and did not return had been captured by Azerbaijan,”
Sadigov said.

Armenian armed forces occupy over 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s
internationally recognized territory, including the Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven surrounding districts. Peace talks brokered by the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs the United States, Russia and France have
been largely fruitless so far. Armenia has not yet implemented the
U.N. Security Council’s four resolutions on its withdrawal from the
occupied Azerbaijani lands.

FAILING PEACE EFFORTS PROMPT AZERBAIJAN TO FREE ITS OCCUPIED LAND – DEFENSE CHIEF

AzerNews. Azerbaijan
July 12 2013

12 July 2013, 16:47 (GMT+05:00)

By Gulgiz Dadashova

The failure of peace efforts aimed at resolution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict leaves no other choice for Azerbaijan but
to liberate its Armenian-occupied territories by bolstering the armed
forces, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev has said.

“Azerbaijan has no other way but to liberate the occupied territory
by strengthening its army,” Abiyev said at a meeting with a Korean
parliamentary delegation in Baku on July 12.

Abiyev reminded that the Azerbaijani territories occupied by the
invader Armenia have not been returned so far.

“Despite efforts to peacefully resolve the conflict, Armenia is
holding on to its invasion policy,” he said, adding that the UN
Security Council resolutions and OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts in this
regard have been fruitless.

Armenia’s territorial claims in the late 1980s and the ensuing military
aggression resulted in the occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani
territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and also seven surrounding
regions. Over a million Azerbaijanis became refugees and IDPs in
the aftermath of the brutal 1990s war fought between the two South
Caucasus republics.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, adjacent regions and the regions bordering on
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh about 700,000 people were deprived of
their places of residence and turned into IDPs. They are temporarily
settled in 62 cities and regions of Azerbaijan in more than 1,600
densely populated areas.

FRENCH AMBASSADOR: OSCE MINSK GROUP CONSTANTLY WORKING TO REACH REASONABLE SOLUTION TO NK CONFLICT

Trend, Azerbaijan
July 12 2013

The OSCE Minsk Group is constantly working to reach a reasonable
solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the French Ambassador to
Armenia Henri Reynaud told journalists, Armenia Today reported.

Responding to criticism of the Minsk Group, the diplomat noted that
“it is always easy to criticize but more difficult to act.”

According to him, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group are providing
their full assistance.

As Henri Reynaud noted, in this difficult situation the negotiations
are still continuing, intermediaries arrange meetings with foreign
ministers or directly between the foreign ministers of Armenia and
Azerbaijan. According to the diplomat, this is a very significant
contribution to the process.

As for Iran’s statements on its readiness to become a mediator in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Reynaud said that negotiations are being
carried out in the existing OSCE Minsk Group format.

“The sides of the conflict speak with great satisfaction about the
activities of the OSCE Minsk Group. They declare their mutual desire
in continuation of work in the OSCE Minsk Group format,” Henri Reynaud
said, reminding the recently adopted joint statement of the Presidents
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries arose in 1988
due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijani lands including Nagorno-Karabakh
and seven Districts of the country surrounding it.

Since 1992, these territories have been under Armenian occupation. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire agreement. The
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, France and USA) are holding
peace talks.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.