Political Expert: US State Department’s Calls To Set Free Azeri Raid

POLITICAL EXPERT: US STATE DEPARTMENT’S CALLS TO SET FREE AZERI RAIDERS WILL RECEIVE NO RESPONSE

by Marianna Lazarian

Wednesday, February 25, 13:32

The US State Department’s calls to set free the Azeri raiders
prosecuted in Nagorno-Karabakh will receive no response, such an
opinion was expressed by the Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute
Sergey Minasyan, answering the question of Arminfo correspondent
during press conference in Yerevan.

“Since there have been no direct messages addressed to the
Nagorno-Karabakh authorities, there will be no response. Those people
are not ordinary civilians or servicemen, they have committed a brutal
crime far from war sites in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and
must be punished according to the law of that country,” Minasyan said.

He said that the Azeris have distorted Nuland’s words about the
raiders. “In Yerevan she was no longer able to change the statements
she had made in Baku but she did not specify who her call was addressed
to. So, there will be no response,” Minasyan said.

On Feb 23 Spokesperson of the US State Department Jen Psaki called
on Armenia to give back the Azeri raiders.

The Nagorno-Karabakh authorities consider these calls unacceptable.

Spokesman of the NKR President David Babayan said that Guliyev
and Askerov have committed terrorist acts in the territory of
Nagorno-Karabakh. “Their trial was transparent and open for mass
media and NGOs. So, we must respect the court’s verdict,” Babayan said.

To recall, the Stepanakert General Court sentenced Askerov and Gulyev
to life imprisonment and 20 years in prison for illegal crossing of
the state border and committing sabotage attacks and vicious murders,
respectively.

http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=A2687F80-BCD9-11E4-88910EB7C0D21663

Chorrord Ishkhanutyun: Russian Armenian Businessman To Buy Electric

CHORRORD ISHKHANUTYUN: RUSSIAN ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN TO BUY ELECTRIC NETWORKS?

10:08 * 25.02.15

The paper says it has learned from “well-informed sources” that the
prominent Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan is planning
to purchase the Electric Networks of Armenia.

The company, whose shares are now controlled by the Russian joint-stock
venture Inter RAO, is said to have accumulated debts amounting to
$300 million over the past years. The paper claims that Karapetyan
is now negotiating the company’s purchase in return for the debts.

Citing further its sources, the paper adds that the Electric Networks
of Armenia is now conducting inventory, although no final decision
has been made for now.

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/25/chi/1600331

Armenia Needs Alternative Way For Export – Raffi Mkhchyan

ARMENIA NEEDS ALTERNATIVE WAY FOR EXPORT – RAFFI MKHCHYAN

14:51 * 25.02.15

Chairman of the Union of Exporters of Armenia Raffi Mkhchyan points
out a decline in Armenia’s exports primarily because of the situation
in Russia, which is Armenia’s strategic partner.

The second cause is the daily declining population, labor force and
number of specialists.

“No essential changes have been observed since before Armenia’s
accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Such changes would be
possible if relevant surveys had been conducted in Armenia. We have
no domestic production, we have to re-operate our production shops
and modernize our economy. We can increase our exports when we have
sufficient essential agricultural produce, but exports are not large
either,” Mr Mkhchyan said.

Armenia joined the EEU just about two months ago and great expectations
would be too much.

Armenia continues exporting products to Russia it has to date been
exporting.

“We have to wait to see weak and strong points of the Eurasian
Economic Union. But one thing is clear: we need an alternative way
for exports. We cannot gain high profits by using Lars alone.”

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/25/raffi-mkhchyan/1600715

Petition For Transfer Of Avetisyan Family Murder Case To Armenian La

PETITION FOR TRANSFER OF AVETISYAN FAMILY MURDER CASE TO ARMENIAN LAW-ENFORCERS DISCUSSED WITH RUSSIAN SIDE

14:56 * 24.02.15

Given the public concern over the investigation into the Avetisyan
family murder, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia has provided
explanations:

On February 3, Armenia’s Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan sent
a petition to his Russian counterpart Yuri Chaika for transfer of
Avetisyan family murder case to Armenian law-enforcers.

Russia’s relevant bodies are considering the petition. To preclude
any misunderstanding the Prosecutor General’s Office has released a
copy of the reply to an inquiry by the Department of International
Legal Relations.

With respect to statements that the petition should be made public,
according to Article 8 of the Law on Freedom of Information, it
contains data on preliminary investigation that is not to be published.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia urges citizens to refrain
from unprofessional comments on the matter of paramount of importance.

The Prosecutor General’s office is acting in conformity with Armenia’s
Constitution and laws.

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/02/24/procuracy/1599397

Israeli Scholar Yair Auron About Armenian Genocide Recognition And T

ISRAELI SCHOLAR YAIR AURON ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION AND THE IMPRESSIONS FROM ARTSAKH

13:28, 24 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Lusine Avanesyan
Public Radio of Armenia
Stepanakert

On a three-day visit to Artsakh Israeli genocide scholar Yair Auron
had meetings with officials, youth and soldiers. He met with reporters
in Stepanakert to share the impressions. The scholar confesses he
didn’t know much about the Artsakh war.

As a genocide expert, Auron does not accept describing the events in
Khojalu, as well as Sumgait and Baku as “genocide.” “Some people say
the events in Khojalu constituted genocide, but they do not comply
with the classical definition of genocide.” As for the events in
Sumgait and Baku, the scholar said he has not conducted research on
these concrete cases, but considers they should be called “massacres.”

Yair Auron confessed that on the first day of the visit the impressions
were not that bright, but everything changed over the next two days.

“My impression on the first day was that you are week. Now I’m
confident you are very strong, strong with your spirit.”

“I admire your struggle for self-determination,” he said. “This is
your right and I with you every success,” the scholar added.

“After I met with the soldiers, I saw they are ready to continue the
struggle with the same spirit. They have the resoluteness to fight,
to master their own destiny. I admire that determination.”

Mr. Auron said he’s ashamed for the fact of Israel selling arms to
Azerbaijan, knowing those will be used against the people of Karabakh.

“I go mad, when I think these weapons are used against you,” the
scholar said.

According to Yair Auron, upon his return to Israel he will continue
the struggle for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Besides, he
will talk to his friends about Artsakh, its people and their struggle.

He plans to visit Nagorno Karabakh again in summer.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/24/israeli-scholar-yair-auron-about-armenian-genocide-recognition-and-the-impressions-from-artsakh/

Remember, Recognize, Condemn And Reimburse: 4 Demands By 4 Generatio

REMEMBER, RECOGNIZE, CONDEMN AND REIMBURSE: 4 DEMANDS BY 4 GENERATIONS

15:22, 24 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Ahead of the Armenian Genocide centennial the youth unions of the
Araratian Patriarchal Diocese launch a campaign to present the demands
of the four generations of the Armenian nation.

Remember, recognize, condemn and reimburse – these are the four demands
will be reflected in four videos to be presented tonight. The videos
will present the approaches of four generations of the Armenian nation
on the recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide.

They will be posted on the Internet with the hashtag #4demand.

Fr. Petros Malyan, Spiritual Advisor of the youth unions of the
Araratian Patriarchal Diocese told reporters today that “the four
videos should be an example for every Armenian.”

The organizers urge every Armenian to shoot his own video on the
topic and share it in social networks with the hashtag #4demand. The
initiative aims to raise the 4 main demands of 4 generations in 4
seasons of the year in the 4 sides of the world.

Through the videos the Armenians of the world will make it clear to
the world that the struggle will continue until a proper solution
to the demands is found. After April 24, 2014 the youth unions of
the Diocese have been commemorating the centennial of the Armenian
Genocide on the 24th of every month. Today’s initiative will be the
tenth in the series of events.

“Everyone should raise his/her voice and present his/her demand. This
should be done not only by Armenians, but also the foreigners, who
have a say about the Armenian Genocide,” Fr. Petros Malyan said.

After the project is unveiled, the four videos will be available on
the Internet. The initiatives dedicated to the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide will not be restricted to these. The Araratian
Patriarchal Diocese will hold events throughout the year.

http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/24/remember-recognize-condemn-and-reimburse-4-demands-by-4-generations/

Manuel Valls Va Inaugurer Le College Kevork Arabian A Alfortville

MANUEL VALLS VA INAUGURER LE COLLEGE KEVORK ARABIAN A ALFORTVILLE

Enseignement

L’education se porte très bien dans la communaute armenienne de France,
en grande partie grâce a Monsieur Kevork Arabian. Après l’inauguration
de l’ecole maternelle Tebrotzassère Le Roy-Agabekian au Raincy et son
futur lycee, les regards vont se tourner le 4 juillet prochain vers
Alfortville a l’occasion de l’inauguration, par le premier ministre
Manuel Valls, du collège Kevork Arabian, du nom de son principal
bienfaiteur.

Après deux annees de travaux, Kevork Arabian, 84 ans, va pouvoir
admirer l’oeuvre entreprise, lui qui a fait fortune dans l’emballage
industriel et qui a deja finance la salle des fetes de Tebrotzassère.

En 2013, cet homme discret, arrive en France en 1987 en provenance du
Liban, a declare au journal Le Parisien : >

mardi 24 fevrier 2015, Jean Eckian (c)armenews.com

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=108445

Genocidio Armeno. Conferenza A Roma, Tra Commemorazione E Nagazionis

GENOCIDIO ARMENO. CONFERENZA A ROMA, TRA COMMEMORAZIONE E NAGAZIONISMO

Notizie Geopolitiche- Italia
22 feb 2015

feb 22nd, 2015 | By redazione 1 | Category: Qui Europa, Ultimissime

di Giuliano Bifolchi –

La John Cabot University, in collaborazione con l’Associazione
della Comunita Armena di Roma e del Lazio, ha organizzato lo scorso
giovedì 19 febbraio 2015, presso l’Aula Magna Regina dell’universita
stessa, l’evento “Remembering and Narrating the Genocide: Learning
>From ArmenianWomen and ChildrenSurvivors”, serata dedicata alla
commemorazione del Genocidio Armeno con l’obiettivo di promuovere
la conoscenza tra il pubblico italiano e gli studenti di una della
pagine più cupe della storia del XX secolo.

I partecipanti hanno potuto ascoltare l’introduzione all’evento
di Franco Pavoncello, Presidente della John Cabot University, e
gli interventi di Zara Pogossian, professoressa presso la stessa
universita ospitante l’evento specializzata in Storia dell’Europa
Mediavale e di Bisanzio e Storia della Chiese Cristiane Orientali,
Ara Sarafian, storico britannico di origine armena e direttore del
Gomidas Institute di Londra, e Sua Eccellenza Sargis Ghazaryan,
Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Armenia in Italia.

Per Genocidio Armeno, conosciuto anche con il nome di Medz Yeghern, il
“Grande Male”, si intende il processo sistematico avviato dall’Impero
Ottomano di eliminazione della componente etnica minoritaria armena
all’interno del territorio attualmente facente parte della Turchia. Il
Genocidio, la cui data di inizio viene convenzionalmente indicata
con il 24 aprile 1915, ha causato la morte di un numero di vittime
pari ad 1-1,5 milioni di persone, tra cui circa 250 intellettuali e
leader della comunita armena di Costantinopoli.

L’intervento di Zara Pogossian, oltre a ripercorrere brevemente gli
eventi ed i numeri che hanno caratterizzato questa pagina di storia
di inizio XX secolo, ha posto l’attenzione sul termine “genocidio”,
coniato nel 1943 da Raphael Lemkin,il cui significato indica lo
sterminio premeditato e sistematico di un gruppo di persone sulla
base della loro etnia, religione, credenze politiche, status sociale
o altre particolarita. Prendendo in considerazione questa definizione
è possibile quindi etichettare con il la parola genocidio gli eventi
accaduti a partire dal 1915 all’interno dell’Impero Ottomano che hanno
visto impegnate le autorita turche dell’epocain una attivita diretta
allo sterminiodella componente armena, motivo per cui Medz Yeghern
può essere visto come uno dei primi genocidi moderni. L’intervento
della Pogossian si è concluso con la citazione toccante del poeta
turco naturalizzato polacco Nazim Hikmet il quale, in merito al
Genocidio Armeno, scrisse:

“This Armenian citizen won’t forgive his father’s slaughter in the
Kurdish mountains. But he likes you, because you also can’t forgive
those who blackened the Turkish people’s name”

Ara Sarafian, storico britannico di origine armena, ha portato la
propria esperienza di ricercatore all’interno dell’attuale Stato turco
ed ha tenuto a sottolineare come la stessa Turchia stia cambiando al
suo interno la propria politica e visione circa il Genocidio Armeno.

Secondo Sarafian i turchi che negano il Genocidio perpetrano questa
causa non sulla base di un odio nei confronti degli armeni ed il
fenomeno del negazionismo sarebbe in fase di declino.

Studioso dell’Impero Ottomano e della storia dell’Armenia del XX,
Sarafian ha posto l’attenzione sul termine Crypto-Armenians (in
armeno Õ®ÕºÕ¿ÕµÕ¡Õ¬Õ°Õ¡ÕµÕ¥O~@ “tsptyalhayer” ed in turco Kripto
Ermeniler) descrivente quelle persone in Turchia le cui origini sono
parzialmente o totalmente armene le quali generalmente nascondono la
propria identita armena alla societa turca. In molti dei casi tali
persone sono discendenti degli armeni islamizzati sotto la minaccia
dello sterminio fisico durante il Genocidio Armeno.

Il giornalista turco Erhan Basyurt aveva descritto i Crytpo-Armeni
come quelle famiglie, ed in alcuni casi interi villaggi o vicinati,
convertite all’Islam per scappare alla deportazione e alle “marce della
morte” del 1915; tali famiglie continuano a vivere le proprie vite
come armeni in segretezza, sposandosi fra di loro ed in alcuni casi
professando la religione cristiana clandestinamente. Tra i membri della
comunita Crypto-Armena è possibile annoverare personalita importanti
come ad esempio Fethiye Cetin, avvocato, scrittore ed attivista per i
diritti umani, Ahmet Abakay, giornalista, Muslum Gurses, cantante di
musica araba popolare ed attore, e Yasar Kurt, cantate di musica rock.

Di carattere maggiormente politico ed istituzionale è stato
l’intervento dell’Ambasciatore della Repubblica di Armenia in Italia
il quale ha voluto evidenziare che il fenomeno del negazionismo viene
inteso come una minaccia da parte dell’Armenia: negando il Genocidio
Armeno, attraverso la sua politica estera, il Governo della Turchia
continua a rappresentare una minaccia per lo Stato armeno e palesa
l’eventualita che un altro genocidio possa ripetersi nuovamente.

La sfida che deve affrontare Erevan attualmente, secondo quanto
espresso da Ghazaryan, è data sia dal ricordare a livello
internazionale una politica sistematica ottomana causante la morte di
più di un milione di persone e sia dal regolare le proprie relazioni
internazionali ed i propri rapporti con la Turchia, attore politico
importante a livello regionale con il quale la disputa è accesa
proprio in merito al Genocidio Armeno, e di conseguenza con lo stesso
Azerbaigian, alleato di Ankara impegnato contro l’Armenia per quel che
concerne la questione del Nagorno-Karabakh rappresentante a sua volta
una minaccia per la sopravvivenza della nazione e del popolo armeno.

Al termine dell’incontro di grande interesse è stato il dibattito
che si è acceso grazie anche all’intervento di Tahir Bora Atatanir,
rappresentante dell’Ambasciata della Repubblica di Turchia in Italia,
il quale ha tenuto a precisare le posizioni di Ankara in merito
al Genocidio Armeno mettendo in discussione il termine genocidio
applicato a tali eventi e la relativa mancanza di una posizione
ufficiale internazionale, i numeri delle vittime armene fino a
quel momento citati ed affermando inoltre che, negli episodi che
caratterizzarono l’Impero Ottomano a partire dal 1915, entrambe le
parti, quella armena e quella turca, registrarono delle vittime
causate dallo scoppio di tensioni e contrasti Occorre ricordare
che alla fine gennaio il Presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan si
espresse sul Genocidio Armeno dichiarando che la Turchia è pronta a
“pagare il prezzo” per l’uccisione in massa degli armeni iniziata nel
1915 soltanto se una “commissione di storici imparziale”, dopo una
scrupolosa ricerca, arrivera ad ammettere la colpevolezza dell’Impero
Ottomano in merito a tale crimine.

Giuliano Bifolchi è analista geopolitico specializzato nel settore
Sicurezza, Conflitti ed Energia. Laureato in Scienze Storiche presso
l’Universita Tor Vergata di Roma, ha conseguito un Master in Peace
Building Management presso l’Universita Pontificia San Bonaventura.

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OneArmenia: Third Time’s a Charm in Karabakh

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Third time’s a charm in Kashatagh!
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1A preps its 3rd campaign in Karabakh…
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…all of which have taken place in the Kashatagh region and, trust
us, that’s no accident.
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We think Kashatagh is a fertile ground for possibilities and
potential, but there’s still so much more to be done. We’re launching
a campaign there next week, so we thought we’d quickly recap the work
we’ve already accomplished (with our awesome partners at Tufenkian
Foundation () ) in this beautiful,
but developing region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Clean Water in Karotan
A few months later, we focused our attention on another village, where
families had been drinking out of a dirty well for nearly 20 years and
had to walk over 3 kilometers several times a day to retrieve water
from the only well in the area. Again, thanks to you 125 people in
Karotan and neighboring Vardabats, Kumayri and Pakahan, now have fresh
drinking water.

A Kindergarten in Moshatagh
In 201, we discovered kids in Moshatagh village lacked child-care and
educational facilities. With your help, we turned the barren first
floor of the stone building into a place of learning and play for the
children of 60 families in Moshatagh and other students from
neighboring Mirik, Bertik and Herik villages.

A Medical Clinic in Aghavnatun
What’s up next? We heard that closest medical center for the 150
residents of Aghavnatun is a 2 hour drive (on possibly the bumpiest
roads your bum has ever experienced–no fun, especially for a sick
person). In Feb., we traveled to Aghavnatun and are excited to launch
our campaign next week to raising $33,098 to provide the community
with a fully stocked clinic.

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14-Year-Old Teen Found Hanged In Khanjian Village Of Armenia

14-YEAR-OLD TEEN FOUND HANGED IN KHANJIAN VILLAGE OF ARMENIA

A teen, 14, was found hanged on February 23 in the village of Khanjian
of Armenia’s Armavir province.

“He spent the day with boys from neighborhood. Around 4:00 pm he was
found hanged in a barn. He was a tenth grader, had no problems with
anyone. He did sports,” the village administrator Samvel Avagyan
told Aysor.am.

He said the teen left no suicide note.

24.02.15, 14:09

http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2015/02/24/14-year-old-teen-found-hanged-in-Khanjian-village-of-Armenia/910635