Author: Babajanian Karo

Man drowns in Yerevan hydro power plant pool

news.am
September 19, 2012 | 10:50

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Ministry of Emergeny Situations (MES) received
information, on Wednesday at 3:37am, to the effect that a man had
drowned in a pool of capital city Yerevan’s Kanaker Hydro Power Plant,
and that rescuers were needed.

The rescuers on duty at the Crisis Management Center and the Rescue
Forces Department plus an underwater diver were dispatched to the
scene, MES press service informs.

And at 5:43am, the rescuers removed from the pool the dead body of
Yerevan resident, 54-year-old Romeo Harutyunyan.

Thousands Protest Aliyev Visit to Paris

asbarez
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

A scene from the prostest in France

PARIS – More than 2000 gathered in front of the Azerbaijan’s Embassy in
Paris Tuesday to protest Azeri President Aliyev’s visit to France.

Earlier in the day, Aliyev met with French President Francois
Hollande, who told him to work hard to restore Armenia’s confidence
and pursue the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process within the framework of
the OSCE Minsk Group, reported the official presidential Web site.

The protesters called on the French government to press Aliyev to
immediately incarcerate Ramil Safarov, the axe-murderer who killed
Armenian soldier Gurgen Margaryan in 2004 during a NATO Partnership
for Peace mission in Budapest.

Safarov, who was tried and found guilty, was serving a life sentence
in Budapest before Hungary agreed to extradite him to Baku on August
31. Upon setting foot in Azerbaijan, Safarov was pardoned and promoted
to the rank of major in the Azeri Army.

Bureau of the Armenian Cause in France (BFCA/ANC France) executive
director Hratch Varjabedian reported that several French Parliament
members representing the entire French political spectrum turned out
for the protest and joined their voices with French-Armenian
community.

The demonstration and the Armenian community’s opposition to Aliyev’s
visit was widely covered by the French press.

Armenian authorities start exhaustive probe into fish products of four fisheries

YEREVAN, September 19. / ARKA /. Armenian food safety authorities have
started an exhaustive probe into fish products of four local fisheries
which were banned by Russia’s Rosselkhoznadzor, the Federal Service
for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, from selling their
products in the Russian Federation. Rosselkhoznadzor explained the ban
by coliform bacteria which were found in Armenian fish products.

The ban made the Association of Armenian Fisheries ask the Food Safety
Service of the Ministry of Agriculture to make an independent probe.
Babken Pipoyan a public affairs officer for the Food Safety Service
said today Rosselkhoznadzor found coliform bacteria in fish products
of four Armenian companies Akvatehavtomatka, Unifish, Dimitri and Gos
of 22 fisheries. He said before shipping their products to Russia
these companies had examined them and no harmful bacteria were found.

He said Food Safety Service’s experts took samples of water and fish
from all four fisheries and besides, the inspectors the State Food
Safety Service are overseeing now the entire production process of
these companies. Pipoyan said the examination will be over in a week.

He said the results of the inspection will be sent to Rosselkhoznadzor
and if no coliform bacteria is found the Food safety Service will ask
the Russian agency to lift the ban that will come into force from
September 27. -0-

The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the UK Minister for Europe

18.09.2012

On September 18 Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received David
Lidington, the Foreign Office Minister for Europe.

Welcoming the guest, the Minister Nalbandian said, `This year we
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations between Armenia and the United Kingdom and we can state that
the cooperation between the sides is on a sustainable basis.’

Minister Lidington expressed gratitude for the reception and stressed
that the United Kingdom considers Armenia as a long-term and valuable
partner and his visit is aimed at the provision of a new impetus to
the cooperation with Armenia.

In the course of the talks, the Ministers discussed the ways to deepen
cooperation in political, trade and economic, scientific and
educational, cultural and other spheres.

Edward Nalbandian mentioned that Minister Lidington’s delegation
included businessmen, as well, which would provide an opportunity to
give a new impulse to economic interaction. In this context, Minister
Lidington informed about the scheduled visit of a big delegation of
British businessmen to Armenia in the near future.

The interlocutors stressed the importance of the projects implemented
by the United Kingdom towards supporting Armenia’s development,
democratic and economic reforms, as well as education and cultural
activities of the British Council in Armenia.

One of the key topics of the discussions was the cooperation between
Armenia and the European Union and the projects implemented in the
frames of that, as well as the current negotiations and the progress
registered by Armenia towards that direction.

During the talks, Ministers Nalbandian and Lidington touched upon a
number of regional issues and global problems, in particular
developments in the Middle East and the situation created over Iran’s
nuclear program.

The Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs presented the current stage
of the negotiations over the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.

The sides touched upon the damage to regional stability and security
caused by the Azeri-Hungarian deal over the release of the Azeri
murderer Ramil Safarov.

In this regard, Minister Lidington mentioned that the United Kingdom
supports the efforts exerting by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. The
Foreign Office Minister for Europe stressed that his country
absolutely shares the provisions in the statements of the European
Union, Council of Europe and OSCE Minsk Group over the release of
Safarov.

The meeting of the Ministers was followed by a joint press conference.

Ahmet DavutoÄ?lu will unveil monument in Ottawa, which was kept secret
from Armenians

17:15, 19 September, 2012

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Turkey Ahmet DavutoÄ?lu left for Canada in order to open in Ottawa the
monument of the military attaché of the Turkish Embassy, Colonel
Atilla Altikata, killed by the ASALA (Armenian Secret Army for the
Liberation of Armenia) 30 years ago. The permission of the Ottawa Town
Hall for the construction and installment of the monument was kept
secret for a year from the Armenian community. As reported by
Armenpress, it was published in the Turkish `Hurriyet’ Daily, stating
that Turkey assisted much in the construction of the monument.

The monument was built in Turkey and was stealthily transferred to
Canada by parts. The author of the monument announced to the
journalists that it was `the first response monument made by Turkish
to the tens of anti-Turkish stone monuments built by Armenians in
foreign countries’.

It was mentioned that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmet
DavutoÄ?lu would be received by his Canadian colleague in Ottawa and
discuss the bilateral cooperation issues.

Martiros Saryan’s paintings to be exhibited in Russia for the first time

2012-09-19 12:24:42

For the first time Martiros Saryan’s paintings will be exhibited in
post-Soviet Russia, which the painter authored during the years
1908-1972.
As RIA Novosti reports, works of the Armenian painter will be
exhibited on September 27 in Ulyanovsk City, Russia. During the
exhibition not only paintings of Martiros Saryan, but also of Plastov
will be shown. According to director of Arkadi Plastov’s Museum
Tatyana Vereschagina long lasting friendship united these two talented
painters.

Bako Sahakyan signed law on making amendments in the law on NKR
Government structure

17:08, 19 September, 2012

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS: On September 19 the President of
Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a law on making amendments in
the NKR law `On Structure of the Government of the Nagorny Karabakh
Republic’. Armenpress was informed about it by the General Information
Department of the NKR President’s Staff.

PKK MEMBERS KILL 7, INJURE 56 TURKISH SOLDIERS

press tv
Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:4PM GMT

At least seven soldiers have been killed and 56 others injured in an
attack by members of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey.

The attack comes after 28 members of the PKK were killed in clashes
with Turkish army in the southeastern province of Hakkari over the
past four days.

PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey
since the 1980s. The conflict has left tens of thousands of people
dead.

SIXTEEN PEOPLE DROWNED IN WATER IN ARMENIA IN 2012

news.am
September 18, 2012 | 01:42

YEREVAN. – Sixteen people drowned in water-canals in Armenia as of
Sept. 11.

Twenty-one incidents were registered by the Ministry of Emergency
Situations for the first eight months of 2012, including three
cases in rivers, one in water reservoir, twelve in lakes and four in
water-canals, the Ministry informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As a result of those incidents, sixteen people died, including ten in
lakes, two in rivers, one in water reservoir and two in water-canals.

The August registered the highest number of incidents, when eight
people fall in water reservoirs, five of which have died. August is
followed by July – five people, two deaths, and May – three people,
all of them died.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION MAY RESUME RELATIONS BETWEEN HUNGARY AND ARMENIA SUSPENDED AFTER AZERI MURDERER RELEASE

news.am
September 18, 2012 | 02:07

BUDAPEST. – Only the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Hungary
may resume suspended diplomatic relations with Armenia, head of the
Armenian National Autonomy of Hungary Nikoghos Hakobyan told Armenian
News-NEWS.am.

Commenting on the Hungarian FM Janos Martonyi’s statement on
normalizing relations with Armenia and the role of the Armenian
community in Hungary, Hakobyan said that the Hungarian authorities
have turned to the community on this regard, but were rejected.

“As a matter of fact, the community was the one, which appeared in
the worst situation due to suspension of ties,” Hakobyan claimed
adding now the community has activated steps towards the recognition
of the Armenian Genocide. “Only the recognition may resume relations
with Armenia.”

Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant
in the Azerbaijani military, was extradited on August 31 from Hungary,
where he was serving a life sentence – and with no expression of
either regret or remorse – for the premeditated axe murder of Armenian
lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan, in his sleep, during a NATO Partnership
for Peace program in Budapest back in 2004. And Armenia’s President
Serzh Sargsyan announced on August 31 that Armenia is suspending its
diplomatic ties with Hungary.