L’axe americano-Turco-armeno-Azeri!

Gamk online
3 Avril 2009

L’axe américano-Turco-arméno-Az&#x C3;©ri!

L’Azerbaidjan n’apprécie pas du tout le rapprochement annoncé
entre la Turqie et l’Arménie et le fait savoir en menaçant de
cesser ses livraisons de gaz à son allié traditionnel.

Si la frontière turco arménienne est ouverte avant le retrait
des troupes arméniennes des territoires azéris occupés,
cela ira à l’encontre des intérets nationaux de l’Azerbaidjan a
ainsi déclaré hier le ministre azéri des affaires
étrangères, qui précise que les préoccupations
azéries ont déjà été transmises aux
dirigeants turcs.

Et selon Elmar Mamedyarov, la position azérie a été
acceptée à Ankara où il a été admis que les
troupes arméniennes doivent se retirer, seule condition pour rouvrir la
frontière a-t-il ajouté.

Mais au cas où la Turquie ne se montrerait pas soucieuse de
préserver les intérêts de l’Azerbaidjan, ce dernier
pourrait lui couper le gaz.

Cette mise en garde azérie fait suite à l’annonce par le journal
turc Hurryet il y a quelques jours que l’accord conclu entre Erevan et Ankara
jetant les bases de la normalisation des relations bilatérales sera
annoncé dans quelques jours, et qu’il comporte notamment l’ouverture de
la frontière.

Et si la mise en place d’une commission pour étudier les
événements de 1915 fait aussi partie de l’accord, selon d’autres
informations parues auparavant, la Turquie aurait décidé de ne
plus faire du règlement du conflit du Karabagh un préalable
à son rapprochement avec l’Arménie.

Un programme très mal accueilli en Azerbaidjan qui considère que
l’ouverture de la frontière pourrait rompre l’isolement de
l’Arménie et donc renforcer sa position sur le Karabagh.

D’où la menace du président azéri de ne plus livrer de
gaz à la Turquie.

Toutes ces questions devraient être discutées par Ilham Aliev
avec le co président américain du groupe de Minsk arrivé
hier soir à Bakou. Une visite surprise de 24 heures comme celle que
Mathew Bryza avait effectuée à Erevan la semaine
dernière.

Ce représentant de la diplomatie américaine se manifeste en
outre alors que son président est attendu en Turquie à l’issue
du sommet de l’OTAN de Strasbourg, une visite qui pour la Turquie est la
preuve qu’elle joue un role de premier plan pour la politique des Etats-Unis
au Moyen Orient et en Afghanistan.

Un voyage qui inquiète les Arméniens, car la Turquie a bien
l’intention d’en profiter pour expliquer au président américain
que reconnaitre le génocide arménien serait
préjudiciable, pour le rapprochement arméno-turc, et aussi pour
l’avenir des relations entre Washington et Ankara.

C’est pourquoi la Fédération Euro Arménienne a
lancé une pétition pour exhorter Barak Obama a tenir sa promesse
de campagne de reconnaître le Génocide et de faire voter les
résolutions en souffrance à ce sujet.

Une pétition pan européenne destinée aux associations et
organisations non gouvernementales qui rappelle les engagements du
président américain sur le génocide arménien et
qui explique également que le processus de réconciliation entre
la Turquie et l’Arménie non seulement ne pâtira pas de cette
reconnaissance mais qu’il s’en trouvera même facilité.

Une pétition qui vient s’ajouter à la campagne lancée par
le CDCA des Etats-Unis visant à prendre des mesures concrètes
pour mettre fin au génocide au Darfour et à la pleine
reconnaissance par les �tats-Unis du génocide
arménien. Le site de l’Armenian National Committee, , offre
des moyens simples pour les citoyens de faire appel à Barack Obama et
de lui montrer qu’il faut continuer les efforts visant à arrêter
le génocide au Darfour. Les militants peuvent également appeler
l’administration de Barack Obama et le Congrès afin qu’il reconnaisse
le génocide arménien, en mettant un terme à la
complicité des �tats-Unis avec la Turquie, grace à la
campagne internationale contre le negationnsime du génocide.

La campagne de l’ANCA coïncide avec l’action de la Maison Blanche qui a
fait du mois d’avril, le mois de la prévention du génocide.

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Yerevan Press Club Weekly Newsletter – 04/02/2009

YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

MARCH 27 – APRIL 2, 2009

HIGHLIGHTS:

YPC FINANCIAL REPORT ON

"PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ELECTIONS OF YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERLY AND MAYOR

HEARINGS OF GOHAR VEZIRIAN’S CASE, ACCUSED FOR DISRESPECT TO COURT, STARTED

COMMISSION ON EARLY RELEASE GIVES EXPLANATIONS

PRESS SECRETARY OF RA PARLIAMENT SPEAKER APPOINTED

CARTOONISTS VLADIMIR ABROYAN AND GEORGI YARALIAN NAMED HONORED ARTISTS

YPC FINANCIAL REPORT ON

According to the RA Law "On Public Organizations", the report on financial
activities of Yerevan Press Club for 2008 is placed on YPC website
in the "Mission" section.

"PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: ELECTIONS OF YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERLY AND MAYOR

On March 28, another "Press Club" show went on the air of "Yerkir Media" TV
company. The cycle is produced under Yerevan Press Club project, supported
by the Open Society Institute Human Rights and Governance Grants Program.
The guests of the host, YPC President Boris Navasardian were Chairwoman of
Association "For Sustainable Human Development" Karineh Danielian, political
observer of "Aravot" daily Anna Israelian, and politologist Ervand Bozoyan.
The discussion centered on the upcoming elections of the Yerevan Council of
Elderly and Mayor.

The next "Press Club" show will be aired on "Yerkir Media" on Saturday,
April 4 at 17.40.

HEARINGS OF GOHAR VEZIRIAN’S CASE, ACCUSED FOR DISRESPECT TO COURT, STARTED

On March 31, court of general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash
communities of Yerevan started the hearings on the suit of Gohar Vezirian,
correspondent of "Chorrord Ishkhanutiun" newspaper, accused on Part 1 of
Article 343 of RA Criminal Code ("Disrespect to Court"). As it has been
reported, on August 6, 2008 during a session of the court of general
jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan Gohar
Vezirian was ousted from the courtroom upon the order of Judge Gagik
Avetisian. For over an hour and a half the journalist was held in the room,
intended for defendants, and then she was sent to the Kentron Police
Department. After staying at the Police for more than two hours, Gohar
Vezirian was released. The criminal proceedings were instituted in September
and the charge was brought against the "Chorrord Ishkhanutiun"
correspondent on December 24, 2008 (see YPC Weekly Newsletter, December
19-25, 2008).

At the court session of March 31 the defendant made an objection to the
public prosecutor, which was declined. Meanwhile, the court secured the
request of the defendant’s attorney by according him some time to prepare a
petition. The next session will be held on April 6.

It should be noted that on March 24 the same court of Kentron and
Nork-Marash communities started the examination of the case of free lance
journalist Gagik Shamshian, accused of the abovementioned crime (see YPC
Weekly Newsletter, March 20-26, 2009).

COMMISSION ON EARLY RELEASE GIVES EXPLANATIONS

On March 27 a statement of the Commission on Early Release was published. It
was on the rejected petition on the release on parole of Arman Babajanian,
Chief Editor of "Zhamanak" daily. As it has been reported, on March 20,
Arman Babajanian (sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment for document fraud
to avoid compulsory military service) was refused an early release for the
fourth time. On March 23, a number of media heads considered the refusal
unlawful, noting that, according to the vote results of the Commission
members, the petition was secured, but further "the minutes of the session
were changed" (see details in YPC Weekly Newsletter, March 20-26, 2009).
Rejecting all claims raised towards them, the Commission explained that on
the session of March 20, 18 from 74 petitions of the convicts on early
release were secured. The ones of the others, including Arman Babajanian’s,
were refused. At the same time, the Commission’s statement says, only two
members of the Commission voted for the early release of "Zhamanak" Chief
Editor, and five – against it. "The results of the vote were affirmed by the
signatures of the Commission members. Further changes in the minutes were
excluded, as all the Commission members’ signatures are needed for that",
the statement notes, in particular. The Commission on Early Release also
stressed that its decisions can be appealed to the court or to the
prosecutor’s office, in case of any doubt in their lawfulness.

PRESS SECRETARY OF RA PARLIAMENT SPEAKER APPOINTED

On April 1 Nairi Petrosian was appointed Press Secretary of the Chairman of
RA National Assembly. Earlier, Nairi Petrosian worked in the system of the
RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as at the OSCE Secretariat.

CARTOONISTS VLADIMIR ABROYAN AND GEORGI YARALIAN NAMED HONORED ARTISTS

On March 31, cartoonists Vladimir Abroyan and Georgi Yaralian were given the
rank of Honored Artist by the decree of RA President. Their works have been
published in the Armenian media for many years. The cartoonists were
conferred this title for important contribution to the world of satyr, as
well as due to the celebration of the Satyr and Humor Day on April 1.

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Soccer: Late Goal Gives Estonia Win Over Armenia

LATE GOAL GIVES ESTONIA WIN OVER ARMENIA
Sander Puri

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South Africa

Midfielder Sander Puri scored seven minutes from time to give Estonia
a 1-0 home win over Armenia in their World Cup Group Five qualifier
on Wednesday.

Puri pounced on a loose ball to find the middle of the net despite
defender Robert Arzumanyan’s efforts to block his shot.

Throughout a close match, Estonia’s goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko was
kept busy by the strong Armenian attack.

The victory gave Estonia five points from six games in fifth place
in the group, 10 points adrift of leaders Spain and four behind
second-placed Bosnia, who were playing Turkey and Belgium later on
Wednesday. Armenia are bottom with one point.

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Diocese Contributes to Victoria’s Bushfire Appeal

PRESS RELEASE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
10 Macquarie Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Laura Artinian
Tel: (02) 9419-8056
Fax: (02) 9904-8446
Email: [email protected]

2 April 2009

DIOCESE CONTRIBUTES TO VICTORIA’S BUSHFIRE APPEAL

Sydney, Australia – On 10 February, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of
Australia and New Zealand under the auspices of the Primate, His Eminence
Archbishop Aghan Baliozian launched its own ‘Bushfire Appeal for Victoria’
calling on its congregations to take heed to the national fundraising effort
to help the shattered communities and people affected by the rampage of the
Black Saturday Bushfires.

This week the death toll from the devastation was officially reduced from
210 to 173 following extensive examinations by the coroner and a review of
missing persons reports. Despite the reduced number, the tragedy is not made
any less palatable with so many families displaced and far too many
properties totally destroyed. The rebuilding process is going to be a
difficult and arduous task.

In hard times and difficult circumstances, human compassion prevails and the
enormous relief effort which has been undertaken by the authorities,
volunteers and communities places much faith in mankind. Six weeks on,
fundraising events and programs continue in full swing to raise as many
dollars as possible.

This week, the Diocesan Council of the Armenian Church will present the
Australian Red Cross with a cheque for $5000 as part of its contribution to
the national appeal.

"It is admirable to see the Armenian Community of Australia behind the
national fundraising effort" said Archbishop Baliozian. "We are most
grateful to our parishioners and Church Councils for their generous
participation in this endeavour which included collections from offering
baskets on Sunday 22 February which marked the National Day of Mourning in
Australia. We realise many in our community have felt so deeply touched
they have been more than pleased to give as much as they can through the
various fundraising appeals. May God’s provision and blessing be abundant
upon those in need and equally upon those who have given in good cheer."

The Diocese relief effort has been supported by the parishes of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of Melbourne, Sydney and Sydney West.

Enviromentals Warn Sevan Could Become Ecological Disaster Zone

ENVIROMENTALS WARN SEVAN COULD BECOME ECOLOGICAL DISASTER ZONE
Astghik Khachatryan

20 09/03/31 | 15:12

Ecology important

At a press conference held today, Garineh Danielyan, President of the
"Association for Human Sustainable Development" sounding a public
warning regarding the future of Lake Sevan.

"At issue is the fact that there are mines around Lake Sevan. In the
end we will destroy the Sevan beachfront, the tourist industry and
agriculture and develop the mining sector instead," Ms. Danielyan
warned.

What most worries the environmental community is while ore has been
transported from the mines up till now, with the advent of flotation
factories, the entire reprocessing process can take place in the
Sevan basin itself. The companies to watch out for in this regard
are GeoProMining and Gegamet.

According to Inga Zarafyan, President of the Ecolur Informational
Center, Gegamet has been granted permission to run some mines
at Shorzha and Chil but that the company never informed the
government that it is preparing to reprocess the ore at the Sevan
basin. Ms. Zarafyan claimed that this was the reason that the company
was given the green light by the government in the beginning.

Ms. Zarafyan stated that she and her colleagues had seen the
reprocessing going on and that they had informed the Ministry of
Nature Protection. According to her, the ministry merely saw fit to
send an inspection team to the area, but that the mines themselves
are still operating. She stated that the ministry had stated that
the reprocessing itself most likely should take place in Hrazdan.

Ms. Danielyan noted that GeoProMining still hadn’t been granted a
construction permit for a reprocessing plant at Sevan for the Sotk
gold mine. She said that the issue of exploiting the Sotk mine had
been reviewed during the Soviet period and that a decision had been
reached to extract the ore and transport the ore for reprocessing
to Ararat. Now that GeoProMining has purchased the entire facility
it has decided not to transport the ore. This decision has provoked
the ire of the environmental community and concerned citizens.

The "SOS Sevan" initiative group (Eco-Alliance) calls the Armenian
authorities in the person of the President of Armenia, RA National
Assembly, the Government, National Security Council, as well as all
political parties, non-governmental organizations, international
community, legal authorities to support the public campaign to save
Sevan Lake, one of the major stocks of drinking water of Armenia
and the whole Caucasus region, to show good will and make the
"GeoProMining" Company stop its illegal activity. "We are appealing
to the state authorities to review the contracts with the mentioned
company and declare the given licenses invalid"

http://hetq.am/en/ecology/sevan-4/

Council Of Europe Parliamentary Assembly To Discuss Implementation O

COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY TO DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION 1643

Panorama.am
18:30 30/03/2009

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe second part of the 2009
ordinary session launched today in Valencia, Spain. The implementation
processes of the PACE Resolution 1643 by the Armenian authorities
are scheduled in the agenda of the session.

PACE Co-rapporteurs on Armenia Gorge Colombier and John Prescott
prepared a report on the implementation processes of the PACE
Resolution by Armenian Authorities to be made during this session.

It is important to remind that it was highly recommended to suspend
Armenian Delegation’s voting right on 17 December PACE session. Later,
on 27 January, third resolution on Armenia was adopted and it was
defined not to suspend Armenian Delegation’s voting right.

PACE Monitoring Session is attended by the members of Armenian
Delegation to PACE Chairman Davit HArutyunyan, Armen Roustamyan,
Avet Adontc and Raffi Hovhannisyan.

Armenia’s Ardshininvestbank, Worldbusiness Capital Inc Sign $10 Mill

ARMENIA’S ARDSHININVESTBANK, WORLDBUSINESS CAPITAL INC SIGN $10 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT

ARKA
March 30, 2009

YEREVAN, March 30. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Ardshininvestbank and the
U.S. WorldBusiness Capital Inc signed a $10mln loan agreement in
Washington, DC on March 26.

Guaranteed by the U.S. Government agency Overseas Private
Investment Corp (OPIC), the 10-year loan will help Armenia boost
small-and-medium-sized businesses. In its turn, Ardshininvestbank
will earmark $2.5mln for the program.

The bank’s Deputy CEO Sergey Virabyan and Executive Vice President
and Chief Lending Officer of WorldBusiness Capital Inc Robert Monyak
signed the agreement. Armenia’s Ambassador to the USA Tatul Markaryan,
as well as high-ranking officials from OPIC, WorldBusiness Capital
Inc and IMF were present at the agreement signing ceremony.

"Implementing this program, Ardshininvestbank will boost
small-and-medium-sized businesses in Armenia and help those
enterprises out of the global financial crisis," said Acting CEO of
Ardshininvestbank Gurgen Harutyunyan.

The bank aims at gradually developing relations with international
partners to be able to attract foreign investments and stabilize
the country’s economic situation. Ardshininvestbank currently has
49 branches in Armenia, with another 6 branches being located in
Karabakh. The bank has its representation in Paris.

Some 168,000 individuals and legal entities are the bank’s clients.

As of 2 008, Ardshininvestbank gained the largest net profit
in the country’s banking sector and ranked second for loan
investments. Ardshininvestbank was the third largest Armenian bank
with its liabilities and assets.

Last year, Moody’s international ratings agency granted a Ba1
long-term rating to the bank for its national-currency deposits,
as well as a Ba3 long-term rating and a short-term Not Prime rating
for foreign-currency deposits.

The bank was graded a D rating (D minus) for financial stability.

In 2008, Ardshininvestbank was awarded an ISO 9001:2000 quality
management systems certificate.

Instances Of Money Counterfeiting Increased In Armenia

INSTANCES OF MONEY COUNTERFEITING INCREASED IN ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.03.2009 16:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Counterfeiting, storage and realization of fake
money are deemed the most serious among economic crimes, since they
undermine foundations of economy, Head of Senior RA Police Department
for Organized Crime Prevention (SDOCP) Hunan Poghosyan told a news
conference on corruption and economic crimes prevention.

"Fake money is not often found in circulation. We’ve confiscated the
total of AMD 999 300, and AMD 315 000 worth of metallic coins. Still
we’re seriously concerned about crime rate increase: 80 cases of
money counterfeiting in 2008 against 57 cases in 2007. AMD1000 and
5000 notes are being mostly counterfeited," says Poghosyan. The
authorities are concerned about the counterfeit of metallic money,
as serious machinery is required to strike metallic coins, whereas,
to counterfeit paper money, only Xerox machines are necessary. He
found it difficult to name the country of fake money origin.

According to SDOCP Head, to repair current situation the Department
undertook steps to increase investigations’ effectiveness. Money
Counterfeiting Prevention program took effect in Dec. 30, 2008 to
strengthen prevention methods, intensification of police collaboration
and other interested structures. Hunan Poghosyan ventured a supposition
that steps undertaken will allow money counterfeiting prevention
struggle and register a positive shift in the discovery of economic
crimes.

Central Bank Of Armenia Issued Gemini Memorial Gold Coin

CENTRAL BANK OF ARMENIA ISSUED GEMINI MEMORIAL GOLD COIN

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.03.2009 17:18 GMT+04:00

The Central Bank of Armenia issued 10 000 Gemini memorial gold coins
within the framework of Zodiac Signs international numismatic program,
RA CBA official website reports.

The coin obverse carries the state emblem of Armenia, with its
face value specified in the semicircle below, and the date of issue
indicated above.

The reverse shows the colored sign of Gemini on the background of a
starlit sky.

The coins were manufactured by the Mint of Poland and designed by
Ursula Valejzac.

Coin specifications: face value- AMD 10 000, gold fineness- 900,
Diameter, mm- 22, Weight, grams – 8.6.

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ANTELIAS: ACUSA celebrates the 140th Anniversary of Komitas Vartabed

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web:

PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version: nian.htm

THE ARMENIAN CHURCH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (ACUSA) CELEBRATES THE
140TH ANNIVERSARY OF KOMITAS VARTABED

On Saturday 21 March 2009, in the Gulbenkian hall of the Cilicia Museum,
ACUSA honoured the memory of the great composer, ethnographer, musicologist
and monk, Komitas Vartabed. In her opening speech, the President of ACUSA
introduced the artist, who inspired many musicians and began a renaissance
in Armenian musicology. She noted that Komitas Vartabed contributed greatly
to the creation and codification of ancient Armenian spiritual music and
peasants’ melodies. Among his many compositions, the chorals and the Batarak
(liturgy) remain outstanding. Following this introduction, the students of
the Ganatchayan Music School presented the works of the musician in concert.
Archbishop Komitas Ohanian concluded the evening by paying homage to the
great Vartabed of the Armenian Church, who purified Armenian music by
eliminating foreign influences.

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* Komitas Vartabed was a survivor and eyewitness to the atrocities
committed against the Armenians by the Turks in April 1915. On April 24, in
Constantinople, he was arrested with other intellectuals. His personal
experiences as a prisoner and his eyewitness account of violence and
killings against defenceless Armenians affected greatly his later
compositions.

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the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Youth
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.

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