Author: Badalian Vardan

EXPORT OF APRICOT THIS YEAR TWICE EXCEEDS THE LAST YEAR’S

ARMENPRESS
Aug 20, 2009

YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, ARMENPRESS: As of today, 13,312 tons of apricot
(572 tons via plane), 34 tons of peach, 289 tons of plum and 629
tons of cherry have been exported from Armenia. In the same period
of the past year the picture is the following: 7517 tons of apricot,
527 tons of peach, 402 tons of plum and 230 tons of cherry.

An official from the Armenian Agriculture Ministry told Armenpress that
the majority of the fruits (8222 tons) have been exported and sold in
Russia, more than 4000 tons in Georgia, 1036 tons in Ukraine, 54,2 tons
in Belarus. About 200 tons of apricot have been exported to Belgium.

IF THE WOMAN CALLS HERSELF A LEADER SO IT’S HER MISSION

Aysor.am
17.08.2009, 16:25

The "The development of leadership" summer school organized by the
Armenian Young Women Association has launched already. The president
of the association Lilit Asatryan said after the opening ceremony
that the school is dedicated to the development of the leadership
skills of the women of our country.

"By saying leadership we do not take its political meaning. The
leadership can be and can show itself in different fields, in
community, in social life, for the woman, taking into consideration her
abilities, to use her forces in the sphere where she can use them",-
she said.

According to L. Asatryan, it is important to realize that it is
possible to combine the family and work, and being a leader doesn’t
mean that she is sacrificing her family for the sake of other values.

"The workshop is multilateral, from the health care up to public
speech. Vast place is dedicated to the RA management system, for
the woman to know how her country is managed. In that framework the
participants will meet prominent women of our country, which will
encourage them as future leaders", – mentioned the president of
the association.

20 young ladies and women from 18 till 30 years for 11 days in Yerevan
and Hanqavan will try to reinforce the will of being a leader and
will be involved in the net of the association for having their
future input.

L. Asatryan is sure that the woman can have her position, simply, she
says, the difficult social economic situation disturbs her. "But if
the woman thinks she is a leader, thinks she can have her own input
in improvement of something, it means she has got that mission", –
assures Lilit Asatryan.

She also doesn’t think that the Armenian society is not able to
accept a woman leader and reminded about the two women ministers,
NA deputies, as well as the fact that even in 1920 the woman had the
right of elections, whereas in Europe nobody could think about it even.

The participants of the summer school are inspired and they mention
that it is a one more opportunity to develop their leadership skill.

"I am really too much impressed, and I think the classes will be
really hot. I can imagine the hidden and very strong force that will
also pass to us. I take part in the workshop to reinforce the will
and the skills of the leader that I’ve got and later to be useful in
the managing sphere", – said Ani Shahbazyan from Ararat, who is one
of the participants of the program.

TURKISH DIPLOMATS TO LEARN ARMENIAN

Asbarez
ts-to-learn-armenian/
Aug 14, 2009

BAKU-Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has issued an instruction
for all of the nation’s young diplomats to learn the languages of
adjoining countries. Besides Armenian and Greek, he has encouraged
them to learn Bulgarian, Arabic and Russian. The tactic is a part of
Turkey’s foreign policy principles, which emphasize "zero problems
with neighboring countries."

According to Davutoglu, young diplomats who are deemed qualified will
be sent to certain countries in order to learn the languages. However,
as a result of the nearly non-existent diplomatic relations between
Turkey and Armenia, the aforementioned young envoys will have no
choice but to be sent to another country to learn the language.

The initial approximation is that 30 diplomats will be chosen for
the task.

UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA: STATEMENTS OF POLAD BULBULOGHLU ARE ABSURD

ArmInfo
2009-08-10 11:59:00

ArmInfo. Vice president of the Union of Armenians of Russia Gegham
Khalatyan has commented on the statement of Azerbaijan’s ambassador
to Russia Polad Bulbuloghlu where the latter threatens to commit
aggression against Armenia and calls it, for some reason, peace
enforcement of Armenia.

‘First of all, I would like to note the nonsense of Bulbuloghlu’s
statement.

Urging his country to commit aggression with regard to Nagorno
Karabakh, he says about peace enforcement of Armenia. I understand that
this formula is now in fashion, however, it is ridiculous to hear that
from a man who urges to launch a war under the conditions of peace
and says about peace enforcement. According to the elementary logic,
just Azerbaijan will have to be enforced to peace if it launches
an attack’, Khalatyan said. He also said it is strange to hear
such bellicose statements from a man who used to be among the big
delegation of the Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian people of culture
having visited Nagorno Karabakh, Yerevan and Baku with a so-called
peace mission. Perhaps, such a people’s diplomacy gives no tangible
results as it is carried out by the people who harbour thoughts of
revenge like Polad Bulbuloghlu. This may only desolate, Khalatyan said.

NEWS.amВа

Baku-Tbilisi- Kars railway construction suspended

18:50 / 08/08/2009The Baku-Tbilisi- Kars railway construction has been
suspended becuase of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and geological
problems, Nikolaz Natbiladze, the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan,
stated in Baku yesterday, Trend Capital reports.

According to Bidzin Bregadze, the director of the Marabda-Kartsakhi
Railway LLC, the operation schedule has been interrupted for technical
reasons.

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will connect the Azerbaijani, Georgian
and Turkish railroad networks. The project is estimated at US $ 600
mln and is to be completed by 2010.

According to NEWS.am sources, the construction has been suspended due
to some economic problems. The possible unblocking of the
Armenian-Turkish border, launch of Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi railway
makes the investment in the project inefficient for Turkey. Georgia
will not be interested in the project as a transit country, as some of
the cargoes intended for Armenia will enter the Republic through
Turkey.

2 SPORTSMEN FROM ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE IN WORLD YOUTH CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP

Noyan Tapan
Aug 7, 2009

MOSCOW, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The World Youth Cycling Championship
started on August 7 in Moscow. From 2 representatives of Armenia,
Aram Melikian will perform in the highway cycling competition. He
must overcome 136 km territory within the August 9 group cycling
program. And Suren Petrosian will display his abilities on August 12
in the competitions of the public cycling with intermediate finish
line. He will participate on the nexr day in the Scratch: in the 15
km swift cycling with 1 intermediate finish line.

I-HUMAN THREE-DAY SOUTH CAUCASUS FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA IN SEPTEMBER

Noyan Tapan
Aug 7, 2009

YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN. I-Human three-day South Caucasus
festival dedicated to the human’s rights and peace will be held
in Armenia in September with the assistance of the Open Society –
Georgia fundation and German Heinrich Boell foundation. The festival
will begin from Vaik then it will continue in Vanadzor, Noyemberian,
Kapan and Yerevan.

The films which will be shown at the festival have been selected
by the judges having 11 independent experts from South Caucasus,
Czech Republic and Germany. According to coordinator-manager of
the festival Zaytsova, those films are about people living in war
and post-war conditions, how they overcome the consequences of the
war and deal with the opponent side. The theme of conciliation and
solution of the conflicts are roused almost in each film.

OBCW INTERESTED IN COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA
07.08.2009 20:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On August 7, Samvel Lazarian, RA permanent
representative in the Organization for Banning Chemical Weapons
(OBCW), met with OBCW’s Secretary General Rogelio Pfirter, RA MFA
press service reports.

Parties discussed preparatory activities for Mr. Pfirter’s visit in
Armenia scheduled in autumn. They also touched upon issues concerning
OBCW’s activities.

Highly assessing Armenia’s role in ensuring organization’s effective
work, OBCW Head expressed interest in continuing cooperation

GENOCIDE AND TURKISH NEGATIONISM TO BE DISCUSSED IN BUENOS-AIRES

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am

A ug 6 2009

Armenian diaspora will take part in the "Buenos-Aires — Armenia"
event organized by Preservation of Historical and Cultural Patrimony
of Buenos-Aires, Institute of History and Armenian Cultural Association
Community.

The event will take place in Buenos Aires, August 10-11, 2009. The
history of Armenians’ immigration to Buenos-Aires, Argentina, Armenian
Genocide negation and other issues, connected with Armenian spiritual
and material heritage — art, education, press will be discussed
in the forum. In the end of the day the guests will enjoy national
dishes and theatrical shows.

AZERI OFFICIAL CHIDES ARMENIA’S LEADERSHIP

Asbarez
/04/azeri-official-chides-armenia%e2%80%99s-leader ship/
Aug 4, 2009

BAKU-Azerbaijan’s chief presidential foreign policy adviser claimed
that Armenia’s current leadership "often changes its position" and
is "not yet daring to take serious steps" in the peace talks. He
also said the mediating powers have stepped up their pressure on the
Armenian side due to a number of factors, notably the Turkish-Armenian
rapprochement.

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev’s chief foreign policy aide Novruz
Mammadov, in an extensive interview with the APA news agency claimed
that Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian "has no concrete logical
position on the solution to the [Nagorno-Karabakh] conflict and
relations with the neighbor country."

Mammadov accused the Armenian president of changing his mind.

"How can it be that the Turkish president visited Armenia, but he
[Sarskian] says that he will not visit Turkey. It’s like a game,"
added Mammadov.

In discussing the Karabakh conflict, Mammadov said the basic principles
of resolving the conflict favored by international mediators preclude
international recognition of Karabakh’s independence.

"As is pointed out in the ‘Madrid principles’ and as the president of
Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated in his speeches, the conflict can
be resolved only within the framework of the country’s territorial
integrity," Mammadov said. He said future agreements on Karabakh’s
status envisioned by the proposed settlement would amount to clarifying
the extent of the Karabakh’s autonomy within Azerbaijan.

The claims sharply contrast with Armenian officials’ interpretation
of the basic principles which the U.S., French and Russian co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group formally proposed in Madrid in November
2007. According to them, Karabakh’s population would be able to
vote for independence, reunification with Armenia or return under
Azerbaijani in a future referendum to be held years after the
liberation of the Armenian-occupied territories around Karabakh.

The mediators themselves have refused to elaborate on the proposed vote
in their public pronouncements, saying that its practical modalities
have yet to be agreed upon. In a July 10 joint statement, the U.S.,
Russian and French presidents said only that Karabakh’s status will
be determined "through a legally binding expression of will."

The mediators are expected to present the conflicting parties with what
they call an "updated version" of the Madrid principles soon. Whether
or not they plan to make significant changes in the document, first
discussed by Aliyev and Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharian,
remains to be seen.