Author: Badalian Vardan

TEHERAN APPELLE A DEVELOOPER LES RELATIONS ARMENO-IRANIENNES

armenews.com
mercredi 5 octobre 2011

Le president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a reitere le fort interet de l’Iran
au developpement de ses relations ” historiques, profondes et amicales
” avec l’Armenie lors d’une rencontre avec le Ministre armenien des
Affaires Etrangères Edouard Nalbandian a Teheran.

Ahmadinejad a appele a une execution plus rapide des projets dans le
secteur energetique. Des sources officielles iraniennes l’ont cite
affirmant qu’ils soutiendront la paix et la stabilite dans la region.

” Nous pouvons multiplier les relations existantes par trois ” a dit
Ahmadinejad a Nalbandian selon l’agence de presse Mehr.

Une autre agence de presse iranienne, IRNA, l’a cite affirmant
que Teheran ne place ” aucunes limite ” au developpement des liens
bilateraux ” dans tous les secteurs “.

Une declaration du Ministère armenien des Affaires Etrangères dit que
les deux hommes ont convenu du besoin ” d’un nouveau developpement
des relations mutuellement avantageuses “.

” Le cours de l’execution de projets economiques communs a ete discute
pendant la reunion ” a ajoute la declaration. Elle n’a pas donne plus
de renseignements.

Les projets incluent la construction de deux usines hydroelectriques
sur la rivière Arax marquant la frontière armeno-iranienne et d’un
pipeline qui expediera du carburant iranien vers l’Armenie. Les deux
gouvernements projettent aussi de construire une troisième ligne
electrique haute tension connectant leurs reseaux des deux pays.

Le gouvernement armenien a dit a plusieurs reprises que le travail
sur ces equipements commencera cette annee. Cependant, il n’y a eu
aucune annonce officielle a cet effet encore.

Ahmadinejad a parle de ” problèmes techniques et financiers ” entravant
l’execution de ces projets. Selon Mehr, il a dit qu’ils doivent etre
surmontes ” aussitôt que possible “.

Le conflit du Nagorno-Karabakh etait aussi a l’ordre du jour des
pourparlers de Nalbandian avec Ahmadinejad et le Ministre iranien
des Affaires Etrangères Ali-Akbar Salehi. Le ministre armenien a de
nouveau loue la position ” equilibree ” de la Republique islamique
envers la question.

GENOCIDE.FR
Jean Eckian

armenews.com
mercredi 5 octobre 2011

La loi sur les noms de domaine, du 22 mars 2011, permet depuis le
1er juillet de deposer des noms “generiques” jusqu’alors proteges,
ou interdits.

Tel etait le cas pour le mot “genocide”.

Les conditions d’attribution prevues par la loi etait de pouvoir
justifier de l’interet legitime et de sa bonne foi.

C’est ce qu’a demontre le CCAF precisant aux organismes de contrôle,
que les Armeniens n’entendaient pas s’approprier ce nom de domaine pour
ne traiter que du seul genocide qui les a frappe mais de constituer,
avec l’aide des autres peuples, une plateforme a partir duquel,
l’etudiant, le chercheur, accedera aux donnees propres aux autres
genocides.

Nous vous presentons ce nouveau site ; il
comportera essentiellement, une page d’orientation vers des sites
pedagogiques, une autre vers des sites Internet se positionnant dans
la lutte contre le negationnisme, ainsi que des flux d’actualites.

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LE SENAT PASSE A GAUCHE, LE CCAF SE MOBILISE POUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LE NEGATIONNISME
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armenews.com
mercredi 5 octobre 2011

Le Conseil de coordination des organisations armeniennes de France
(CCAF) felicite Jean-Pierre Bel pour son election, le 1er octobre 2011
a la presidence du Senat et prend acte de la victoire de la gauche
après les elections senatoriales du 25 septembre 2011. Nous saluons
d’autant plus son election a la tete du Senat que lors de l’examen de
la proposition de loi sur la penalisation de la negation du genocide
des Armeniens au printemps 2011, Jean-Pierre Bel, alors president du
groupe senatorial du PS, avait a la fois porte cette proposition dans
le cadre d’une niche parlementaire socialiste mais aussi vote contre
l’irrecevabilite de ce texte en seance plenière, le 4 mai 2011. Il
figurait ainsi parmi les voix minoritaires du Senat qui s’opposaient a
la propagation de la falsification de l’histoire dans notre Republique.

Une nouvelle page s’ouvre donc dans les relations entre le Senat et le
CCAF. Contrairement a ce que certains ont voulu faire croire, le combat
pour la defense de notre dignite est loin d’etre enterre au Palais du
Luxembourg. Le CCAF compte desormais sur un president a priori acquis
a notre combat et soutenu par des senateurs de gauche comme de droite
sensibles a notre cause pour re-examiner dans les meilleurs delais le
texte sur la sanction de la negation du genocide des Armeniens. Nous
appelons la presidence du Senat et l’ensemble des groupes senatoriaux
a agir au plus vite afin de reparer l’injustice du vote du 4 mai
2011. Ce jour-la, a gauche mais surtout a droite (UMP, UC), des
senateurs ont voulu anesthesier les Francais d’origine armenienne
et leurs organisations representatives dans leur determination, nous
faisant croire par l’avertissement juridique ou l’indelicatesse envers
un “Etat ami, la Turquie”, que cette proposition etait “inopportune
et indecente” car elle s’exposait a des consequences terribles pour
la place du genocide des Armeniens dans l’espace public. Il n’y a
rien de plus insupportable que l’addition du cynisme aux menaces,
alors que nos motivations relèvent de l’humanisme et des valeurs
republicaines comme la dignite humaine et le respect de l’ordre
public. Notre volonte est intacte, hier comme aujourd’hui ou demain,
car la defense de la justice et des droits de l’homme doivent toujours
l’emporter sur l’arbitraire et le mensonge.

Desormais le Parti Socialiste, qui avait consacre au printemps 2011
une niche parlementaire a l’examen de cette proposition de loi,
a le terrain libre pour reiterer cette demarche, avec cependant
plus de coherence et d’union qu’auparavant. Le CCAF reste donc
vigilant et attend des gestes rapides et concrets de la part de la
nouvelle majorite senatoriale pour que celle-ci soit en phase avec
les declarations de ces principaux leaders, comme Martine Aubry,
Francois Hollande, lui-meme très proche de Jean-Pierre Bel sur le
combat en faveur de la lutte contre les mensonges de l’histoire.

Le CCAF sait egalement qu’il compte des amis senateurs bien places
dans tous les groupes pour faire entendre la voix de la justice
et de l’humanisme. Nous les invitons a renouveler leur attachement
a la defense de la dignite humaine en obtenant de leurs collègues
un vote le plus large en faveur du respect des victimes de la pire
catastrophe de la Première guerre mondiale et de leur posterite, car
le negationnisme est un delit et il faut une loi pour le combattre. A
cet effet, le Conseil national du CCAF annonce qu’il a deja entame les
premières demarches pour relancer cette proposition de loi au Senat
et appelle les Francais d’origine armenienne a rester mobilises et
vigilants dans la perspective d’echeances electorales majeures.

Le Conseil national du CCAF Paris, le 3 octobre 2011

BERRI MEETS WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

NOW LEBANON

Oct 4 2011

Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday met with Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan as part of the former’s official visit to the country.

According to a statement issued by Berri’s office, the speaker said
that the sit-down was “a precious opportunity to strengthen [ties]
with Armenia.”

He also said that he discussed with Sargsyan the developments in the
Arab world.

The Armenian president, in turn, welcomed the Lebanese delegation
and commended “deep ties between the two countries.”

Sargsyan also voiced the need to “enhance bilateral ties in all
fields.”

Berri arrived in Armenia on Monday for a three-day official visit.

Meanwhile, Berri also sent a letter to Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad
Badreddin Hassoun to express condolences for the killing of his son,
Saria Hassoun.

State news agency SANA said that Hassoun was killed “by gunfire from
a group of armed terrorists.”

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s troops have cracked down on protests
against almost five decades of Baath rule which broke out mid-March,
killing over 2,700 people and triggering a torrent of international
condemnation.

However, Assad’s regime blames the violence raging for more than six
months in Syria on “armed groups.”

ISRAEL VIOLATES ALL UN RESOLUTIONS, SAYS BERRI

iloubnan.info

Oct 4 2011
Lebanon

Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, who is in an official visit
to Armenia, made a long address to the Armenian Parliament which gave
the speaker a standing ovation before he made his speech.

Berri thanked the Armenian officials for the warm welcome they awarded
him, adding that there is lot of common grounds between the Lebanese
and Armenian people.

He added that both the Lebanese and Armenian people have endured
suffering and occupation, stressing that the Lebanese people sympathize
with the Armenian people who endured lot of pain as a result of the
massacres committed against them.

The Speaker saw an urgent need to boost economic and commercial ties
between Lebanon and Armenia, noting that the volume of trade between
the two countries is far less than expectations.

“Both nations aspire to build the best democracies that are locally
manufactured and that are based on the constitution and laws.”

Berri called on both Lebanon and Armenia to improve the investment
climates for the benefit of the two countries.

Berri focused on the Arab-Israeli struggle and the Israeli war
practices against Lebanon during his speech, noting that many nations
in the Middle East are being terrorized by NATO and Israel.

“We must have a clear vision and perceptions when we assess the
revolutions that are springing in many countries in the Middle East.

We also notice with alarm the attempts of certain external powers
that are trying to exploit these revolutions in the Middle East and
to alter the policies of the new governments in order to suit the
policies of these powers,” Berri said, warning that some of these
nations have clear ambitions in the oil and gas wealth of Arab states.

He also indicated that some of the Western nations are exercising
double standard polices when it comes to dealing with Arab counties.

“But all these attempts by these countries will not yield any results
because the wall of the Arab regimes will crumble one after the other.”

Berri paid an important part in his speech to the role of the Lebanese
resistance in liberating the occupied lands.

“It is the right of Lebanon to be committed to the resistance in the
face of the continuous Israeli violations. It is also the right of
Syria to maintain its steadfastness policy until the return of the
Golan Heights.”

ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC LASHES OUT AT GERMAN AMBASSADOR OVER COMMENTS

Tert.am
04.10.11

Opposition Armenian bloc Armenian National Congress (HAK) has
criticized Germany’s Ambassador to Armenia over his recent statements
about the opposition and HAK leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the HAK said that Hans-Jochen
Schmidt made statements at a discussion organized by Civilitas
Organization that are “indecent to his status and are considered as
intervention into Armenia’s domestic affairs”.

It also said that the German ambassador made another statement on
Monday and reaffirmed what he had said earlier.

“After the first incident, the Congress [HAK] refrained from any
comment or assessment over the issue, considering it simply a slip
of tongue by the ambassador, a fact not wroth paying attention,”
read the statement.

Hans-Jochen Schmidt said during that discussion on September 27 that
the present critical situation in Armenia is a legacy left by the
country’s first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan who at his rallies is
constantly critical of all elections.

Further, the HAK statement said that the second statement by
Hans-Jochen Schmidt proves that the first one was not a slip
of tongue, and rather shows that he exceeded “the boundaries of
diplomatic ethics”.

“During Armenia’s 20 years of independence no single ambassador has
behaved that way in public,” the statement added.

Further, the HAK said that the ambassador’s criticism is “one-sided
and targets only the opposition and its leader.

“He has never publicly criticized Armenia’s authorities. Moreover,
he has never expressed his attitude towards the flagrant facts of
human rights violations in Armenia – something that is already the
mission and the obligation of an ambassador,” read the statement.

“We consider this strange behavior by Germany’s ambassador as a
blatant intervention into Armenia’s domestic issues and an obvious
support for Armenia’s criminal regime,” read the statement.

The HAK also said it hoped that this was only the ambassador’s personal
viewpoint and not that of the German Federal Republic.

MUSIC REVIEW: THE GURDJIEFF FOLK INSTRUMENTS ENSEMBLE – MUSIC OF GEORGES I. GURDJIEFF
Greg Barbrick

Published: Oct 04, 2011 at 9:40 am

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1866-1949) was born in Armenia, and set
out to explore the mystery of human existence at a young age. His
search took him from Armenia, to the Middle East, Central Asia,
India, and North Africa. The folk music, sacreds, rituals, and dance
he absorbed on these travels would come to serve him well. Settling
down in the 1920s, Gurdjieff dictated some 300 melodies to his pupil
Thomas de Hartmann.

Gurdjieff’s most prolific writing period coincided during the biggest
upheavals of modern times, World Wars I and II. Drawing from a variety
of world religions, his constant quest was to find a way for man to
coexist in a peaceful manner. But maybe all of his writings were for
naught, because what he achieved musically seemed to render this goal
plausible by itself.

Nowhere can this be better heard than on The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments
Ensemble’s Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff. The thirteen-piece
ensemble is led by director Levon Eskenian, and play a wide variety
of non-traditional instruments. Although Gurdjieff’s music has been
recorded by various artists over the years, including Keith Jarrett’s
Sacred Hymns in 1980, most have been piano recitations.

The Music Of Georges I. Gurdjieff is much more “authentic” sounding
with the use of such traditional instruments as the duduk, blul, oud
canon, kamancha and others. All 17 tracks on this album are relatively
short, and work in a variety of capacities. For one, there is just
the pure enjoyment of hearing many of these ancient, soothing hymns,
chants, and songs played as they were meant to be played. There is
a “world music” element to this, but not in the pretentious manner
that term often connotes. Rather, the pieces are heard in a much more
organic way. You see, when Gurdjieff was traveling, he was memorizing
these tunes, then having them transcribed later. So none of these
ever feel like field recordings.

The second manner in which this Music can be heard is as a wonderful
accompaniment to the writings of Gurdjieff. While he loved music and
travel, the true quest for him was a spiritual one. It seems his hope
was to find either the “one true answer” or construct it out of the
various religions he studied.

In any case, he music he returned with, and has been recorded by
the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble is fascinating, and a great
introduction to one of the true Renaissance men of the early twentieth
century.

Read more:

PACE, AZERI DELEGATION’S RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS UNWORTHY OF NOTICE – DAVID HARUTYUNYAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 4, 2011 – 20:27 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The head of Armenian delegation to PACE believes PACE
President and Azeri delegation to be ill founded in accusing Armenian
delegation of non -constructive approach. “Armenian Delegation to PACE
takes a constructive approach to the activities of PACE subcommittee
on Nagorno Karabakh and solution of current problems with Azerbaijani
delegation. Which renders accusations of Mevlut Cavusoglu and Azeri
delegation unfounded. Constructive approach is proved through actions,
rather than words,” David Harutyunyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“Armenian delegation has no issues whatsoever with either Azeris or
PACE President,” Hautyunyan said, agreeing to opinions of confidential
agreement between Cavusoglu and Azeri delegation members as to Karabakh
subcommittee activities.

Commenting on Azeri delegation’s endless allegations of drug
trafficking on Artsakh territory, Hatutyunyan noted, “ridiculous
statements of the sort are not worthy of Armenian delegation’s
attention.”

OPPOSITION BLOC SAYS DIALOGUE WITH AUTHORITIES IS SENSELESS NOW

Tert.am
04.10.11

Coordinator of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress (HAK)
has said the HAK considers resumption of the political dialogue with
representatives of the ruling coalition senseless.

Addressing supporters on Liberty Square, Levon Zurabyan said that the
alliance will resume the dialogue when the authorities will ask for it.

“Currently the HAK considers any dialogue with the authorities
senseless,” said Zurabyan.

“For the HAK the solution of the problems is people’s mobilization. As
for the dialogue, we will resume it, if are asked to do so, and then
we will decide whether or not to meet them halfway,” he added.

It comes after the HAK started a week of round-the-clock rallies on
Liberty Square in an attempt to make the ruling authorities satisfy
their demands of which the first is holding snap presidential and
parliamentary elections.

“We started this rally on September 30, and to tell you the truth,
this series of rallies has created a tense situation in Armenia.

Bearing this in mind, we offered a dialogue on the very first day …,”
said Zurabyan.

Zurabyan also criticized the proposal of the representatives of the
ruling coalition, who called on the HAK to end their “illegal action”
and then to sit down for dialogue.

“It is hard to imagine any larger absurd than this. With such
responsibility they are attempting to show that they are strong,”
said Zurabyan.

TVEL TO BE AWARDED LICENSE TO EXPORT NUCLEAR FUEL TO EUROPE AND ARMENIA

/ARKA/
October 4, 2011
Yerevan

YEREVAN, October 4. / ARKA /. The Russian Federal Service for Technical
and Export Control will award TVEL nuclear fuel producer (it is part
of Rosatom) the general licenses valid until 11 April 2016 for export
of nuclear fuel to Armenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine,
Finland and Czech Republic, the government of the Russian Federation
said in a statement, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Under the agreement, the license will be issued for exports of uranium
enriched with isotope uranium-235 (no more than 5%) in the form of
fresh reactor fuel.

TVEL produces nuclear fuel for pressurized water reactors (PWR-1000,
VVER-440, PWR, BWR), uranium-graphite (RBMK-1000, RBMK-1500, EGP-6,
CEFR), fast neutron reactors (BN-600), as well as for research and
vessel-mounted reactors.

VVER reactors are a series of pressurised water reactors originally
developed by the Soviet Union, and now Russia. Power output ranges
from 440 MWe to 1200 MWe with the latest Russian development of the
design. VVER power stations are used by Armenia, Bulgaria, China,
Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, India, Iran, Slovakia, Ukraine,
and the Russian Federation.