Author: Badalian Vardan

AZERBAIJANI COMMUNITY OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH READY FOR DIALOGUE WITH ARMENIAN

Vestnik Kavkaza
Oct 14 2011

The Azerbaijani community in Nagorno-Karabakh is ready for talks
with the Armenian community, Bayram Safarov, head of the Public Union
“Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh”, told Trend.

Meetings of both communities in Nagorno-Karabakh must be regular and
may contribute to the peace process, Safarov believes.

Bakhar Muradova, Azerbaijani Vice-Speaker of Parliament and head
of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,
spoke out for such meetings.

Muradova also said that Zhoao Suaresh, special OSCE representative to
the South Caucasus, will visit the region in November or January. They
exchanged views on meetings of the communities.

Safarov noted that the Azerbaijani community in Nagorno-Karabakh is
actively operating in various spheres. One of the main goals is to
help fulfil the rights of refugees who had to leave their homes due
to Armenian aggression .

PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE RA NA DELEGATION TO OSCE PA

National Assemby of RA, Armenia
Oct 14 2011

On October 13 the press conference of the RA NA Delegation to OSCE
PA was held in the RA National Assembly.

Aram Safaryan, Head of the Armenian Delegation in OSCE PA, informed
those present that the Delegation took part in the OSCE PA Fall
Meetings in Dubrovnik, Croatia on October 7-11, after which a special
discussion-presentation was held dedicated to the role of the OSCE
in Nagorno Karabakh Conflict Resolution.

OSCE PA’s Special Representative on the South Caucasus, OSCE PA
President Emeritus Joao Soares presided over the discussion, which
lasted three hours. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov, Robert
Bradtke and Bernard Fassier, as well as the Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chair Andrzey Kasprzik delivered speeches.

Besides these speeches, there were also other speeches, among them
was, according to the arrangement, Aram Safaryan, Head of the RA
NA Delegation, who presented the our country’s position on the NK
conflict settlement.

As to Aram Safaryan, the majority of the speeches was constructive
and balanced mainly they defended the OSCE approaches and views on
the NK conflict settlement.

3-4 unbalanced and non-constructive speeches were also sounded.

Despite that circumstance the members of the delegation stressed
that the discussion was held in the constructive atmosphere, there
were mainly speeches defending the OSCE Minsk Group mission in the
issue of the NK conflict settlement. A number of proposals were made,
among them on the extention of the participation of the Parliamentary
Assembly in the process of the conflict settlement.

Mr. Safaryan stated that this discussion on the NK conflict settlement
differed from the previous ones with its format. The thing is, a
discussion was held in 2005 on the NK conflict settlement after the
package of the proposals “Golden Opportunity” by Goran Lennmarker,
previous reporter on the NK issue, was introduced.

It was mentioned that the visit of Joao Soares, OSCE PA’s Personal
Representative on the Nagorno Karabakh issue, OSCE PA President
Emeritus, was envisaged in the near future.

The delegation member Artak Davtyan noticed that all the autonomous
formations existing in the Balkans had a status of autonomous states,
as well as a comparison had been made between the Balkans and the South
Caucasus. He distinguished the words of the American Co-Chair Bradtke,
who noted that the three well-known principles, which existed at the
table of negotiation, were not a menu to choose whatever they wanted,
but integrity, and everybody should understand that. Mr.

Davtyan also highlighted the circumstance that Bradteke emphasized the
NK conflict settlement only in the Minsk group format and considered
inadmissible the transfer of it to other formats. Mr. Davtyan also
noted that the delegates of the OSCE member countries had the viewpoint
presented by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and which was consonant
with the notions and expectations of our country.

The member of the delegation Khachik Harutyunyan noted that idea ran
like a golden thread throughout the whole discussion, according to
which, it was Azerbaijan to impede the NK conflict settlement. They
had also repeatedly sounded the view that the delegates saw the NK
conflict settlement within the OSCE Minsk Group format.

The Head of the Delegation Aram Safaryan informed them that during
the Fall Meetings votes had not been held and no document had been
adopted, as required by the OSCE PA procedure.

FIFTEEN ARMENIAN COOKS FIGHT FOR THE TITLE OF THE BEST IN THE FESTIVAL “GOLDEN LADLE”

ARKA
Oct 14, 2011

YEREVAN, October 14. /ARKA/. Fifteen Armenian cooks of four countries
participate in the festival of Armenian dishes “Golden ladle” which
started on Friday in Yerevan .

In the contest for the best cook participate cooks from Yerevan and
regions of Armenia, Russia, England and USA.

“I hope that such a festival will be the start of revival of interest
towards the wonderful traditions of Armenian national cuisine,
as well as an attractive factor for many young people wishing to
master cooks”, said Director of “Armenian-French education center”
Gayane Karapetyan who is the co-organizer of the event.

Head of NGO “Maintenance and development of Armenian cookery art”
Sedrak Mamulyan said that four nominations – “salads”, “national dish –
tolma”, “dish of lamb” and “dish on any subject” are envisaged.

“Two juries – professional and amateur will assess the prepared
dishes”, said Mamulyan.

The jury consists of the famous cooks of Armenia. Members of
professional jury are famous public and culture workers, among which
are the singer Nune Yesayan, hero of Karabakh war, major general
Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan (Komandos).

The festival is organized by the fund “Armenian-French specialized
education center”, Diaspora Ministry of Armenia and NGO “Maintenance
and development of Armenian cookery art”.

Participants of the festival will participate on Friday in Pan-Armenian
Forum of Cooks, by the results of which Pan-Armenian organization
will be established.

AZERBAIJAN BUILDS WALL OF PROPAGANDA, SAYS ARMENIAN EXPERT

Tert.am
18:52 ~U 14.10.11

The wall that Azerbaijan is reportedly building on the line of contact
with Karabakh is for propaganda purposes, Armenian political analyst
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan has said.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, he said with that move
Azerbaijan is attempting to send a message to the world that the wall
is meant to protect its civilians from barbers.

“It is highly probable that they will build the wall and attempt to
draw parallels with the Chinese Wall,” said Melik-Shahnazaryan.

“What is the reason that in civilized world one state builds a wall?

Azerbaijan wants to demonstrate to the world that it is protecting
itself from barbarians, that Armenia is aggressor, a state that opens
fire at its civilians,” explained he.

It comes after media reports that the Azerbaijani authorities are
building a 3-meter-high defensive wall across the line of contact.

Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan further said that should Armenia not take
relevant preemptive steps at the media level, Azerbaijan may succeed
in presenting Armenia as an aggressor in front of the international
community.

“We can call that wall a propaganda wall,” said he, adding that
the Armenian side should actively be involved in international
organizations in an attempt to inform it about what is happening on
the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A SUMMIT OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION IN SEPT 2012

arminfo
Friday, October 14, 18:41

In Sept 2012 the Armenian delegation will participate in a summit
of the International Police Association (IPA) in Israel, Head of
IPA Armenian Section, Colonel Grisha Sargsyan said at today’s press
conference.

The relevant decision was taken after the visit of IPA Secretary
General Georgios Katsaropoulos to Armenia.

“The summit will cover the issue of the Armenian section’s admission
to the IPA as its 64th full member”, Sargsyan said proudly.

Asked what privileges the Armenian Police will have in case it
becomes a full member of the IPA, Sargsyan replied: “Membership in
the IPA will be a great honor for us and will by all means contribute
to establishment and improvement of relations between the Armenian
Police and the other members of this influential organization”.

To recall, the Armenian delegation attended the 20-25 Sept 2011 IPA
summit in Budapest as an observer.

HRANT MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN: MINSK GROUP HAS BECOME USED TO AZERBAIJAN’S ACCUSATIONS

ARMENPRESS
14:37, 14 October, 2011

It is not the first time Azerbaijan is accusing the OSCE Minsk
Group in biased attitude in favor of Armenia but after 20 years of
working the Minsk Group has become used to it, political analyst
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told a news conference today. The latter is
convinced that the Minsk Group has understood that the settlement of
the Karabakh conflict must be forwarded by the negotiating parties,
and their issue is to exclude the war actions.

“West, Europe and Russia do not want another stage of hot activities,
that is why it is beneficial for them to maintain the current
“status-quo”. But the Azerbaijani war rhetoric makes the international
community understand that this country strives to somehow sharpen the
situation. In response international establishments are making rough
statements addressed to Azerbaijan,” the political analyst said, adding
that these very statements Azerbaijan perceives as biased attitude.

Speaking about further developments, Melik-Shahnazaryan said that
the fact of the coming elections in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia
hints that no essential changes must be expected in the negotiations
process in near future. “It seems that France picked up the baton. But
in this case as well it is clear that the sides will not manage to
ensure any new changes. Even Dmitry Medvedev did not succeed in it,
neither will France,” the analyst said.

HRANT MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN: AZERBAIJAN HAS COME TO UNDERSTAND IT HAS NO CHANCES TO WIN
Anna Balyan

“Radiolur”
14.10.2011 17:23

Azerbaijan understood after the military parade in Yerevan on September
21 that it has no chances to defeat Armenia and decided to stop its
military rhetoric and lay the blame for instability at the border on
the Armenian side, political scientist Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told
a press conference today. The initiative of building a wall at the
line of contact also fits into this framework, he said.

According to him, even the international organizations, which have
traditionally supported Azerbaijan, are tired of the latter’s military
rhetoric.

The political scientist considers that in case Valdimir Putin comes
to power, Russia will stop pressuring the parties to the Karabakh
conflict to find a rapid solution to the issue.

According to him, Russia has enough problems with Ukraine and
Afghanistan, and France will take over the mediating role in the
Karabakh issue.

A MODEL UN CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS

armradio.am
14.10.2011 12:18

The UN Department of Public Information Office in Armenia, in
cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized a Model
UN Conference simulation of the Caucasus Regional Meeting of the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the theme “Reduction
of green-house gases in the Caucasus as a result of multilateral
regional cooperation.” The conference was held today in Yerevan.

The conference is organized in the framework of the International
Year of Forests. Some 50 students represented UN Member States and
partner international organizations simulating the work of the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change. They prepared their countries’
and/or organizations’ positions on the topic of the Conference.

Vahram Kajoyan, Head of the Department of International Organizations
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the participants with
warm words. He appreciated the challenge that the students have taken
simulating such a complicated topic but which is very relevant to
the current situation of the region. He voiced hope that both in
the course of preparation and the conference itself will give an
invaluable experience to all – learning about the United Nations and
the world environmental hot issues.

Armineh Haladjian, UN DPI Officer in Charge, said: “I am impressed
how enthusiastic the participants were during the whole process of
preparation. I am sure the students had a unique opportunity not
only to learn more about the procedures and mandates of the UN, its
values and goals, but also improved their negotiation, communication
and consensus-building skills, which will help them to be more active
participants in the society.”

Prior to the Conference, three training sessions were held to educate
the participants on the UN, the functions and structure of the UNFCCC
as well as its Rules of Procedures. Experienced trainers and thematic
experts guided the participants’ research and distributed specially
designed guidelines.

The respective embassies/organizations operating in Armenia supported
the participants in the research and briefed the students providing
them with information that assisted the delegates in properly
representing the respective counties’ and/or organizations’ positions
on this significant issue.

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HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I VISITS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

LOS ANGELES, ANTELIAS – On Thursday, October 13, 2011, H.H. Catholicos Aram
I visited Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where he blessed patients, staff,
and the newly opened Anderson Pavilion.

Upon their arrival, His Holiness and entourage, comprised of H.E. Archbishop
Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, and Councils members, were welcomed by State
Senator Kevin de Leon, Rev. Dagmar Grefe, Manager of the Department of
Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education, and Gail Margolis,
Vice-President of Government Relations and Public Policy at Children’s
Hospital.

His Holiness was ushered to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where he
blessed a newborn Armenian baby and the baby’s family.

His Holiness was then escorted to a reception hosted by the Hospital in his
honor. Ms. Margolis formally welcomed His Holiness and expressed what an
honor it was to have him there. She then welcomed State Senator de Leon who
sais that he was “humbled and honored to have His Holiness at this amazing
hospital”. He shared with His Holiness that he considered his presence as
“an amazing gift” and expressed his appreciation for the Pontiff’s decision
to “bless this hospital with his presence”. Senator de Leon also praised
the area’s Armenian-American community whose “accomplishments have
contributed so much to the rich tapestry of the region”. Shushanna
Sarkissyan, and Armenian staff nurse, also shared her appreciation to the
Pontiff for visiting and shared how very proud she was to have him there.
Rev. Dagmar expressed her appreciation too and stressed how important it was
to have such an important religious figure visit their hospital.

His Holiness then addressed saying, “in 10 minutes, I was able to discern
two things, the interaction between medical care and pastoral care”, and
said “that is the way it should be. These two together enrich and
compliment each other”. His Holiness said he admired that “staff and family
members were together and that the sense of community and service was
evident. Service of our community is at the heart of our and all
religions”, said His Holiness, and directed the faithful to “serve humanity
without discrimination”.

Before leaving the hospital, His Holiness also blessed and gifted a special
Pontifical commemorative cross to a young patient.

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PRESIDENT SARGSYAN VISITS THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PLANT OF LIKVOR CJSC
Anna Nazaryan

“Radiolur”
15.10.2011 15:18

President Serzh Sargsyan visited the newly constructed factory of
Likvor CJSC – the leading medicine-producing company of Armenia.

The President attended the opening ceremony and toured the building.

Shareholder of the company – the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development and the Armenian Government have participated in the
construction works.

About $4.5 mln has been invested to construct the plant and furnish
it with modern equipments. The production is organized on the basis
of leading Italian, German and Austrian technologies.

The new factory will function in line with the European GMP standard,
which will allow to expand the framework of the countries of export,
increase the volume of production, continue the research works to
start production of new medicines.