Author: Badalian Vardan

LES AVANTAGES ET LES INCONVENIENTS DE L’ADHESION A L’UEE

ARMENIE

La presse du jour continue de suivre les debats parlementaires
sur l’accord d’adhesion a l’Union economique eurasiatique pour la
deuxième journee consecutive. Les rares deputes qui s’opposent
a cette union ont deplore la perte imminente de souverainete de
l’Armenie. Alexandre Arzoumanian, ancien Ministre des AE, a qualifie
l’UEE de >. Et de se demander comment on peut adherer a une
union qui est au bord de la scission avant d’etre formee. M.

Arzoumanian a appele ses collègues a choisir la liberte et non un
avenir > pour son pays. Pour Hrant Bagratian, ancien
PM, cette adhesion implique plus d’inconvenients pour l’Armenie que
d’avantages. Il a egalement deplore que l’Armenie ne soit desormais
plus en mesure de mener une politique economique independante. M.

Bagratian a emis des doutes sur l’avenir de cette union, qui risque
ne pas voir le jour sans l’Ukraine, dont l’adhesion constituait le
principal enjeu. Il a egalement blâme les negociateurs de la partie
armenienne de n’avoir pas pu > le maximum de cette adhesion
et de ne pas avoir revendique des compensations pour ce que l’Armenie
a perdu a la suite de cette decision. Selon Nikol Pachinian, il ne
s’agirait pas d’un processus d’integration pour l’Armenie, mais d’un
processus de marginalisation, celle-ci etant susceptible de devenir la Russie. L’editorial
est intitule

ARMENIA SHOULD BECOME KNOWLEDGE- AND TECHNOLOGY-SUPPLYING COUNTRY

YEREVAN, December 10. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan,
speaking Wednesday in Yerevan at a forum focused on economic rights,
said Armenia should become a knowledge- and technology-supplying
country.

he said.

The premier said this very approach will ensure stable development
to Armenia and will make it possible to use the country’s capacity
and economic rights to their full extent.

Abrahamyan also stressed that one of the Armenian government’s
objectives is to improve living standards and that the government
has announced citizens’ welfare among its top priorities. —0—–

BETWEEN PEACE AND POVERTY: FREEDOM FIGHTER’S FAMILY LIVES IN ABJECT POVERTY (VIDEO)

18:27 | December 10,2014 | Regions

Karabakh war veteran Ararat Kirakosyan was involved in combat
operations since 1993. The freedom fighter participated in the
battles for the liberation of Artsakh and protection of Armenian
borders. He was one of the young people of the Akori regiment who,
without hesitation, went to the front to defend their homeland.

Many died in the war, others developed health problems. The wounds
and injuries received during the war put Kirakosyan onto a wheelchair
for life. The family today leads a quiet life but lives in extreme
poverty, forgotten and neglected by everyone.

Details are available in the video of Ankyun +3 TV

RUSSIAN STATE DUMA RATIFIES ARMENIA’S EAU ACCESSION TREATY

Cihan News Agency, Turkey
Dec 10 2014

MOSCOW – 10.12.2014 13:43:20

The Russian State Duma ratified the treaty of Armenia’s accession
to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAU) at the meeting Dec. 10, RIA
Novosti reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted the bill on the treaty
ratification to the State Duma.

In May Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed and ratified the agreement
on establishment of the EAU starting from Jan. 1, 2015.

An agreement on Armenia’s joining the EAU was signed in Minsk,
Belarus on Oct. 10.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAU) is an economic union, which is being
created as part of the Eurasian integration on the basis of the Customs
Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus starting from Jan. 1, 2015.

THE ENTIRE POPULATION IS INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION – SAYS ETHNOGRAPHER (VIDEO)

09:58 | December 10,2014 | Interview

Aram Abrahamyan has interviewed ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan,
who spoke about corruption and Armenians’ attitude to the phenomenon.

“Corruption is encouraged in Armenia as a basic principle of life and
it is encouraged by the authorities, hence the entire population is
involved in corruption,” she said adding that Armenians have a high
tolerance for corrupt practices.

Details are available in the video.

ARMENIANS MUST CALL FOR REPARATIONS AHEAD OF 2015 – DASHNAK POLITICIAN

13:36 * 10.12.14

Armenia’s greatest achievement ahead of the Genocide centennial would
be a pan-national call for reparations, says a senior representative
of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun.

“Both Turkey and other countries understand this, but it is important
to fix that we have demands from Turkey. We have already launched
active measures towards the Genocide centennial to shape a political
mindset. And steps by Turkey to counteract to that are the proof of
that,” Head of the ARF-D bureau Giro Maniyan told a news conference.

Asked whether Armenia has the necessary resources to make 2015
unprecedented, the politician said that he really sees a progress. “We
have made such a progress in the past decades that it isn’t right to
anticipate a new blowout. It is common knowledge today that Turkey
committed genocide and now experiences hatred for the Armenians,”
he noted.

Asked to comment on the continuing calls for gathering together
Armenians in Istanbul in 2015 for commemorating the tragic centennial,
Manoyan said he knows that events of the kind will be held everywhere.

“Istanbul always hosted commemoration ceremonies. But conducting
ceremonies in Turkey next year will be of special importance; it is
important, however, to convey the right message to Turkey’s society,”
Manoyan said.

He added that the ARF-D asked a commission of specialists to elaborate
the demands back in 2007. “They published the first draft in 2010,
outlining five key demands: recognition, reparation and legislative
changes in Turkey to eliminate the anti-Armenian policies and raise the
problem of collective damage and territorial questions. To resolve
territorial issues it is necessary to recall the Armenia-Turkey
protocols,” he added.

L’AZERBAIDJAN EST UNE GRAVE MENACE POUR LA SECURITE ET LA STABILITE REGIONALE SELON EDOUARD NALBANDIAN

SUEDE

Les depenses militaires disproportionnees de l’Azerbaïdjan et
l’acquisition d’armements excedentaires constituent une menace serieuse
pour la stabilite et la securite regionale et internationale a declare
le ministre armenien des Affaires Etrangères Edouard Nalbandian a
l’Institut international de recherche de la paix de Stockholm dans
le cadre de sa visite officielle en Suède.

Les representants des agences d’Etat de la Suède, des missions
diplomatiques, des centres de recherche et des universites, et des
analystes politiques ont assiste a l’evenement. Le ministre Nalbandian
a repondu a de nombreuses questions posees par les participants en
ce qui concerne la politique etrangère de l’Armenie, les approches
de l’Armenie sur les questions regionales et internationales.

Se referant a la resolution de la question du Haut-Karabagh, le
ministre Nalbandian a mentionne que l’Armenie partage l’approche des
copresidents du Groupe Minsk de l’OSCE qu’il n’y a pas d’alternative
a un règlement pacifique.

Selon le bureau de presse du ministère armenien des Affaires etrangères
il a particulièrement declare :

“ANAPAT-1” SHHP TO INCREASE AGHANDZI RIVER LOAD BY25.46%

18:30 December 08, 2014

EcoLur

On 12 December, at 14:00, the public hearings of the EIA of the working
project on “Anapat-1” SHPP owned by “Tatev Anapat” LLC reconstruction
works will be held at Tandzatap Rural Municipality, Syunik Region.

The SHHP will be constructed in the administrative area of Tatev and
Tandzatap communities, Goris area, in a 9-magnitude seismic zone. The
SHHP will use the right-bank tributaries of the Vorotan River –
the flow of Qarahuntc and Aghandzu brooklets.

The length of the Aghandzu brooklet is 13 km, while the SHPP to be
constructed on this brooklet will pipe 25.46% of the river, which,
under EcoLur’s Ecological Risk Model, will create a crisis state for
the brooklet.

INDEPENDENT AZERBAIJANI TV CHANNEL MEYDAN TV IS CLOSED TO ENSURE SAFETY OF ITS EMPLOYEES

14:12 10/12/2014 >> SOCIETY

On 9 December the Azerbaijani online channel “Meydan TV” announced
the termination of its activities and closing of its office in Baku,
Azerbaijani news agency Turan reports.

The given reason is “stifling free speech and expression in Azerbaijan,
pressure on independent media.” “Meydan TV” stated that this step is
to ensure the safety of its employees,” the statement reads.

Note that this channel was created a year ago, with the financial
support of the European Endowment for Democracy (the structure of the
European Union.) The head office of the channel is located in Berlin.

Its creator is Emin Milli (Abdullayev), a former political prisoner,
who emigrated from Azerbaijan.

The authorities have accused the channel of spreading “lies and
slander” about Azerbaijan for many times. Last time these accusations
were made in the article by Ramiz Mehdiyev.

On December 5, morning, well-known Azerbaijani journalist Khadija
Ismayilova was detained after being questioned at the prosecutor’s
office. Baku Sabail District Court made a decision to detain her for
two months. She was charged with incitement to suicide. If the fault
of the journalist is proven, then she can be punished by a term of
3 to 7 years in prison. Khadija Ismayilova has become the target of
attacks of the government for her journalistic activities. Ismayilova
is an author of a number of journalistic investigations of corruption
in the highest echelons of power in Azerbaijan. In recent years, she is
conducting a talk show in the Azerbaijani Service of “Radio Liberty”.

LE MINISTRE EMMANUEL MACRON SUIT DE PRES LA DEMANDE D’>

TIMBRE DU CENTENAIRE DU GENOCIDE ARMENIEN

Le ministre de l’Economie, Emmanuel Macron, par l’intermediaire du
depute de la Drôme Patrick Labaune vient d’ecrire a >
au sujet du timbre-poste a l’occasion du 100ème anniversaire du
genocide armenien.

Dans sa lettre, le ministre ecrit >. Krikor
Amirzayan a presente a son bureau la lettre d’Emmanuel Macron. > dit Krikor Amirzayan qui se
declare > sur la suite de ce dossier.

Les membres d’> constants dans leur demarche affirment
>.

Le Dauphine Libere (edition de Valence et region), dimanche 7
decembre 2014

Autour du president Krikor Amirzayan, Georges Eretzian, Alain
Euksuzian, Christian Charrère, Vartkes Simonian, Gerard Jassoud,
Edouard Tchokaklian et Sonia Sarkissian savent que leur tenacite
paiera.

mercredi 10 decembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com