Author: Babajanian Karo

LES AVOCATS DE LA FAMILLE DINK EXIGENT DES ENQUETES SUR LES SERVICES DE RENSEIGNEMENT D’ISTANBUL ET DE TRABZON
Stephane

armenews.com
vendredi 30 mars 2012

Les avocats de la famille de Hrant Dink ont exige que les procureurs
examinent les archives des services du renseignement d’Istanbul et de
Trabzon (Millî Ýstihbarat Teþkilatý ou MÝT) pour comprendre comment
ces agences ont echoue a empecher le meurtre du journaliste Hrant Dink.

” La responsabilite du MIT n’a pas ete soulignee jusqu’ici bien que
ce soit une institution qui connaissait naturellement les menaces a
l’encontre de la vie de Hrant Dink. Mais le MIT a omis des enquetes
” ont dit les avocats lors d’une conference de presse.

Les avocats ont dit aux procureurs qui examinent encore une fois
les evenements precedant le meurtre de Dink qu’il est evident que
les fonctionnaires du MIT de Trabzon ne disent pas la verite quand
ils disent qu’ils n’avaient pas recu d’information liee aux plans
pour assassiner Hrant Dink, parce que meme les gens a Pelitli près
de Trabzon – une petite ville où vivait le meurtrier de Dink, Ogun
Samast, etaient au courant.

” La police et des unites du renseignement de la gendarmerie
connaissaient ll’information quant aux plans de tuer Hrant Dink
c’est pourquoi il est peu convaincant que le plus grand service de
renseignements du pays, le MIT, etait inconscient du danger et de la
menace ” ont dit les avocats.

L’AZERBAIDJAN NIE AVOIR AUTORISE ISRAEL A UTILISER SES BASES AERIENNES
Ara

armenews.com
vendredi 30 mars 2012

BAKOU, 29 mars 2012 (AFP) – L’Azerbaïdjan a dementi jeudi des
informations, publiees la veille aux Etats-Unis, selon lesquelles il
aurait autorise Israël a utiliser ses bases aeriennes dans l’hypothèse
d’eventuelles frappes aeriennes contre l’Iran voisin.

Citant des diplomates et des officiers du renseignements americain,
l’influent magazine Foreign Policy a affirme mercredi que la
cooperation entre l’Azerbaïdjan et Israël “augmentait le risque d’une
attaque aerienne d’Israël contre l’Iran”.

L’article suggère que l’accès a des aerodromes en Azerbaïdjan, proches
de la frontière iranienne, presenterait un avantage logistique pour
des avions de chasse israeliens qui iraient bombarder les installations
nucleaires en Iran, ennemi jure de l’Etat hebreu qui soupconne Teheran
de developper l’arme atomique.

“Ces informations sont absurdes et sans fondement”, a declare a l’AFP
un porte-parole du ministère azerbaïdjanais de la Defense, Teïmour
Abdoullaïev. Un haut responsable de l’administration presidentielle
azerbaïdjanaise a estime que de telles affirmations avaient pour but de
“nuire aux relations entre l’Azerbaïdjan et l’Iran”.

“Nous avons deja dit de nombreuses fois et nous repetons qu’il
n’y aura pas d’actions contre l’Iran (…) depuis le territoire
de l’Azerbaïdjan”, a declare ce haut responsable, Ali Hassanov,
a des journalistes.

Les relations entre Bakou et Teheran se sont tendues ces derniers
mois. L’Iran a ete irrite par les relations de Bakou avec Israël,
pays auquel l’Azerbaïdjan a achete selon la presse iranienne des
armes pour des centaines de millions de dollars.

La Republique islamique a aussi accuse Bakou d’avoir aide les auteurs
des assassinats de responsables du programme nucleaire iranien imputes
par Teheran a Israël.

De son côte, l’Azerbaïdjan a affirme avoir dejoue des attentats
fomentes par Teheran contre les ambassades d’Israël et des Etats-Unis
a Bakou, ce que l’Iran a dementi.

ERDOGAN AFFIRME SOUTENIR LA POSITION DE L’IRAN SUR LE NUCLEAIRE
Ara

armenews.com
vendredi 30 mars 2012

TEHERAN, 29 mars 2012 (AFP) – La Turquie soutient la position de
l’Iran sur le nucleaire, a declare jeudi le Premier ministre turc,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan lors d’une rencontre avec le president iranien
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a rapporte le site de la presidence iranienne.

“Le gouvernement et le peuple turcs ont toujours clairement soutenu
la position de la Republique islamique de l’Iran sur le nucleaire et
vont poursuivre fermement cette politique a l’avenir”, a declare M.

Erdogan, qui effectue une visite de deux jours a Teheran.

Le president Ahmadinejad a “salue la position claire et franche de
la Turquie a propos de la question nucleaire iranienne”, selon le site.

La Turquie s’est proposee pour accueillir les prochaines negociations
nucleaires entre l’Iran et les puissances du groupe 5+1 (Etats-Unis,
Russie, Chine, Grande-Bretagne, France et Allemagne) qui doivent
reprendre le 13 avril, selon le ministre iranien des Affaires
etrangères, Ali Akbar Salehi.

Un diplomate europeen interroge par l’AFP a Bruxelles a confirme
cette date, mais le lieu de ces prochaines negociations fait toujours
l’objet de discussions.

“Lors d’une rencontre en Coree (où il se trouvait pour la conference
sur la securite nucleaire, ndlr), il y a eu des discussions avec eux
(5+1) pour que les negociations aient lieu en Turquie et a ce propos
il y a eu des avancees. Nous attendons maintenant leur reponse”, a
declare mercredi M. Erdogan lors d’une conference de presse a Teheran.

“L’Iran est favorable au choix de la Turquie pour accueillir les
negociations avec le groupe 5+1”, a repondu Mohammad Reza Rahimi,
le vice-president iranien.

L’Iran et les puissances du groupe 5+1 se sont declares prets a
reprendre les negociations nucleaires, rompues depuis la dernière
rencontre a Istanbul en janvier 2011.

Interroge a propos des menaces israeliennes d’attaque militaire contre
l’Iran, M. Erdogan a fermement rejete mercredi de telles menaces.

“Aucun pays n’a le droit de menacer ou de mener une action militaire
contre un autre pays qui cherche a maîtriser la technologie nucleaire
pacifique”, a-t-il declare.

M. Erdogan doit egalement etre recu jeudi par le guide supreme iranien,
l’ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

MP: ARMENIAN PARADE IN SHUSHA TO BECOME ANOTHER LAUGHINGSTOCK

Trend
March 28 2012
Azerbaijan

The military parade, which the Armenians intend to hold in Shusha,
will become another laughingstock, Azerbaijani MP Aydin Mirzazade
told Trend today.

“The parade, which Armenia held in Yerevan last September, was
frivolous and ill-prepared show,” he said. “In such a situation, one
can not call the event, planned to be held in the Azerbaijani occupied
lands with disorganized, poorly equipped Armenian Army, as a parade.”

Armenia wants to show its citizens that the claims to Nagorno-Karabakh
are still on the agenda and that Karabakh is under Armenian occupation,
Mirzazade added.

“But the Armenian people are interested in the solution to everyday
social issues, security and integration into the global community,
rather than the claims of field commanders – natives of Karabakh,”
he said.

The MP said Armenia has little time to continue ignoring the
international community’s opinion with impunity.

“First of all, Armenia harms itself by its policy,” he said. “Today
Armenian statehood itself acquired as a result of some historical
chance faces a big threat.”

Mirzazade stressed that Yerevan demonstrates the impossibility of
peaceful coexistence on the rules of the international community.

Armenian media disseminated the information about the intention to
hold a military parade involving Armenian ground forces and air forces
in the Azerbaijani occupied town of Shusha on May 9.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France and the U.S. –
are currently holding peace negotiations.

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

SERIOUS PROGRESS COULD BE EXPECTED IN THE SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT THIS YEAR

APA
March 29 2012
Azerbaijan

Ali Hasanov: “We expect many things from Russia in this issue”

Baku. Ramil Mammadli – APA. “Azerbaijani President has stated many
times during his meetings both with Russian president and other
corresponding organizations that Russia and Azerbaijan are partners.

There are strategic relations between the countries, which cover all
spheres. That’s why the Russian foreign minister’s visit to Azerbaijan
is not an ordinary one. It must be assessed as an important step in
the determination of priorities of our relations for the next years
and stages”, head of Public Policy Department of the Presidential
Administration Ali Hasanov told APA commenting on the upcoming visit
by the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov to Azerbaijan.

He said that Russia and Azerbaijan discussed and decided on wide
range of issues.

Asked can this visit assist the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
problem, Hasanov underlined that many things are expected from this
visit: “We have stated many times that there is no such other country,
which has stronger effect in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict than Russia. We make these statements on both regional and
Nagorno Karabakh issues considering Russia’s influence on Armenia. In
fact, the Russia’s influence on Armenia has no parallel in the world.

Russia can force Armenia to take constructive or non-constructive
position on any issue. In this context we expect many things from
Russia. There are certain initiatives from Russia. Both Russian
president and foreign minister have made efforts in this direction many
times. They announced that such efforts will be continued afterwards. A
serious progress could be expected this year”.

AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER’S FATHER ASKS ICRC TO VISIT HIS SON IN ARMENIAN CAPTIVITY

APA
March 29 2012
Azerbaijan

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. Father of the Azerbaijani soldier
Akhundzadeh Mammadbagir captured by Armenians in Terter region
of Azerbaijan on January 23, 2012, is concerned about that ICRC
representatives don’t visit his son in captivity.

Talib Akhundzadeh told APA that he worries about his son’s fate
and addressed the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
asking to visit his son: “I was told that ICRC representatives will
visit Mammadbaghir soon. I addressed the relevant state agencies of
Azerbaijan to assist return of my son to home. I was told that they
are working for his return.”

Corporal of Azerbaijani Army Akhundzadeh Mammadbaghuir Talib, born
1990, was captured by the Armenians near Yukhari Chayli village of
Azerbaijan’s Terter region on line of contact between the Armenian and
Azerbaijani troops. Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan confirmed the fact
of captivity. ICRC representatives visited him on February 14, 2012.

PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN ARMENIA-SINGAPORE RELATIONS

ARMENPRESS
MARCH 28, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARMENPRESS: On March 28 in frame of his state
visit to Singapore President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan participated
in a state dinner given by President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam.

As president”s press service told Armenpress, Serzh Sargsyan first
expressed gratitude to the President of Singapore and country”s
leadership for warm hospitability, and then referred to the history
of traditional relations of Armenia and Singapore, the present and
perspectives. President Serzh Sargsyan also spoke of the friendly
ties of the two people dating back to centuries.

He expressed gratitude to the government of Singapore for the high
attention paid to the historical heritage of the Armenian community.

“I think the Armenian community in Singapore, though small, plays
a special role in the country”s economic, civil and cultural life
promoting development of Armenian-Singaporean relations,” said the
President of Armenia.

The visit of first prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew to
Armenia in 2009 marked a new quality round in relations of Armenia
and Singapore. Serzh Sargsyan noted the current state visit of the
president of Armenia is the first in the history of the two countries
at a level of presidents, which comes to confirm the maturity of
Armenia-Singapore inter-state relations. The President said he
is impressed by Singapore”s achievements and by the meetings with
President Tony Tan Keng Yam and PM Lee Kuan Yew.

“This year we mark the 20th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic
relations between our countries. I think this obliges us to do
everything possible so that our people know each other better and our
relations are elevated to a new quality level,” said Serzh Sargsyan.

PROCLAMATION OF YEREVAN WORLD CAPITAL OF EDUCATION GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR ARMENIA

ARMENPRESS
MARCH 28, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARMENPRESS: The circumstance of recognizing Yerevan
a world capital of education is a glory and great achievement for
Armenian people, Education and Science Minister of Armenia Armen
Ashotyan said during a press conference on facebook, Armenpress
reports.

According to him, in the last 2 years nobody could even have dreamt
that Armenia would deserve such an honor. “The decision adopted by
the ministers of the Bologna process will give to our country one
more opportunity to be recognized,” said Armen Ashotyan.

Armenia is going to be the coordinator of the reforms in the sphere
of higher education of Europe in the upcoming 3 years and so, the
entire experience of higher education will be accumulated in Armenia.

The Minister noted a contest will be announced in near future for
adopting a final decision who will work in the secretariat of the
Bologna process.

SUKHOI TACKLES SUPERJET 100 LANDING GEAR DEFECT
By Maxim Pyadushkin

Mar 29, 2012

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. plans to improve the landing gear on the
entire fleet of Sukhoi Superjet 100s following two incidents of
Aeroflot-operated SSJ100s that revealed broken pods on the actuator
of the landing gear bay door.

The first incident took place in Minsk in December 2011. On March 16,
another Aeroflot SSJ100 flying from Moscow to Astrakhan was forced to
return to Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport for the same reason. According
to the spokesperson of United Aircraft Corp., Sukhoi’s parent, these
aircraft have been repaired. The airframer planned to install the
reinforced actuator rods on all other aircraft of this type by March
25 without taking them out of operation.

The other four SSJ100s operated by Aeroflot will be repaired at the
airline’s home base at Sheremetyevo. Armenian carrier Armavia’s sole
aircraft will be repaired in Yerevan, Armenia.

“The designer and maker of the SSJ100 landing gear,
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, will take part in these activities,” said a
UAC representative, adding that this defect did not show itself during
the aircraft’s testing, and it does not threaten passenger safety.

LE PM RAPPELLE AU PARTI ” ARMENIE PROSPERE ” QU’IL FAIT PARTIE DU GOUVERNEMENT ET PARTAGE DONC LA RESPONSABILITE DE SA POLITIQUE
Stephane

armenews.com
jeudi 29 mars 2012

Interroge sur les critiques formulees a l’adresse du Gouvernement
lors du congrès du parti ” Armenie prospère “, la semaine dernière,
Tigran Sarkissian a rappele qu'” Armenie prospère ” est l’une des
trois forces de la coalition et est responsable des domaines comme
la sante, l’urbanisme etc. Il a rappele que ” l’autocritique est,
certes, une chose positive, et lorsque les partis au pouvoir s’y
livrent, la resolution de plusieurs problèmes devient possible “. /
Hayots Achkhar, Azg, Haykakan Jamanak, 168 Jam

Poursuivant le thème des critiques d'” Armenie prospère “, le Ministre
de l’Education et des sciences, Armen Achotian, rappelle dans 168
Jam, que 35% du budget d’Etat se trouve sous la responsabilite de
cette force politique. Il regrette qu'” Armenie prospère ” n’ait pas
resiste a la tentation de critiquer son partenaire de la coalition a
des fins electorales et affirme que le parti Republicain accueille avec
serenite ce comportement devenu habituel pour les forces politiques
armeniennes en periode electorale.