Author: Badalian Vardan

TSARUKYAN DUBS ARMENIA’S AUTHORITIES CORRUPT – PAPER

December 6, 2012 – 11:21 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Prosperous Armenia delegation led by party head
Gagik Tsarukyan visited Brussels yesterday, Dec 5.

According to 168 Zham daily, during a meeting with Tsarukyan,
Vice-President of the European Parliament Alejo Vidal-Quadras
Roca noted that “Prosperous Armenia head may become an excellent
presidential candidate due to his optimism and human traits.”

Tsarukyan, in turn, deemed it impossible to curb corruption due to
the ruling authorities’ corrupt practices.

Thus, in conversation with the European official, Prosperous Armenia
leader indirectly dubbed Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan and law-enforcement agencies corrupt.

Meanwhile, both RA president and prime minister continue delivering
speeches about anti-corruption measures taken in the country.

TERTZAKIAN’S XYZ FILMS AMONG VARIETY’S ’10 TO WATCH’ LIST

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 | Posted by Contributor

The XYZ team

HOLLYWOOD-Daily Variety listed XYZ Films, a partnership that includes
Orange County native Aram Tertzakian, on its “10 Producers to Watch
2012” list.

“When XYZ Films set up shop in mid-2008, the economy was in free fall
and traditional sources of independent film financing were scarce. So
instead of fighting for crumbs in Hollywood, the producers looked
overseas, working with local filmmakers to make genre movies on their
home turf and rooting out undiscovered cinematic gems to rep for North
American sales,” reported Variety’s Todd Longwell in his profile of
the film company.

Along with Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer, and Todd Brown
round out the quartet that make up XYZ.

“It allows us to team up with local producers, access soft money we
wouldn’t be able to otherwise,” Bolotin told Variety.

The strategy paid off when XYZ hooked up with Jakarta-based
writer-director Gareth Evans to produce the ultra-violent Indonesian
action-thriller “The Raid: Redemption.” Budgeted at $1 million,
the film has grossed more than $14 million worldwide.

Spicer, Bolotin and Tertzakian met as students in UCLA’s MFA Producers
program in the mid-2000s.

“I had a party for the new class at my apartment and Nate asked me
for a good hairstylist and a good dry cleaner,” Spicer, who graduated
a year before the others, in 2006 told Variety. “I knew right then
that I’d found a business partner.”

The company’s first big move was to cut a one-year exclusive deal
with Time Inc. to develop articles from its archives as feature
films. No projects came to fruition, but “that’s how people got to
know us and we started conversations with executives and talent all
over the industry,” Spicer told Variety.

But what really put the shingle into the game was its film news
website Twitchfilm.com, run by editor-in-chief Brown, which has 40
contributors around the world who effectively double as talent scouts
for the company’s production and sales arms.

“The talents they’re indentifying could be the next generation of
great filmmakers and the stories that pop up could be the next great
international film or a possible remake,” Tertzakian told Variety.

The scenario has already played out with Evans, who first came to XYZ’s
attention when he asked Brown to look at his 2009 film “Merantau.” XYZ
is now working on a sequel to “The Raid,” with North American rights
presold to Sony. It’s also wrapped production on “Frankenstein’s Army,”
directed by Dutch filmmaker Richard Raaphorst, and “The Rambler,”
directed by Calvin Lee Reeder and starring Dermot Mulroney.

TURQUIE : 13 REBELLES KURDES TUES DANS DES COMBATS AVEC L’ARMEE
Stephane

armenews.com
jeudi 6 decembre 2012

Treize rebelles separatistes kurdes du Parti des travailleurs du
Kurdistan (PKK) ont ete tues en deux jours lors de combats avec
l’armee turque a Osmaniye (sud), près de la frontière syrienne,
a rapporte mercredi le gouvernorat local.

Ces affrontements ont debute lundi et se poursuivaient encore mercredi
après-midi aux alentours du mont Amanos, a precise la meme source.

Depuis 2011, les combats se sont multiplies entre soldats turcs et
rebelles du PKK, considere comme une organisation terroriste par
Ankara et de nombreuses capitales.

Le conflit kurde en Turquie a fait, selon l’armee, plus de 45.000
morts depuis le debut de l’insurrection du PKK en 1984. Les rebelles
ont d’abord revendique l’independance du Sud-Est anatolien, peuple
en majorite de Kurdes, avant d’evoluer vers une demande d’autonomie
regionale.

jeudi 6 decembre 2012, Stephane ©armenews.com

CORRUPTION THAT MAY TAKE 300,000 LIVES
Siranuysh Papyan

Story from Lragir.am News:
22:02 06/12/2012

Interview with the president of the Save Schools of Yerevan
from Earthquakes Foundation, the Armenian Association of Seismic
Construction, Doctor, Professor Michael Melkumyan

Mr. Melkumyan, a building collapsed on Khanjyan Street in the middle
of construction. If buildings collapse without an earthquake, what
is to be expected if an earthquake takes place?

In fact, the seismic risk is high, we have the burden of building
in Soviet times. The seismic building norms that applied across the
Soviet Union did not reflect geographic peculiarities of states. The
seismic risk was underestimated. Armenia was just a dot on the map for
the Communist Party leaders and they saw no reason for more expensive
construction. The costs of building resistant to magnitude 8 will
be 8-10% more compared with a building resistant to magnitude 8. The
costs of a building resistant to magnitude 9 would go up by 16-20%.

This was not in line with their goals so they went in for cheap
buildings resulting in the consequences of Spitak earthquake.

Therefore, now it is necessary to protect the existing buildings,
especially schools, hospitals and the buildings of government from
where the officials will rule.

Are they not competent enough to understand the problem or are they
avoiding expenses?

I would say both. We have competent bodies, the Ministry of
Emergencies, I am far from thinking that people here are not aware
of the importance of the issue but awareness is not enough, it is
necessary to act. In fact, big sums are requires to resolve the
issue but we are not saying that we need to begin the process of
reinforcing buildings at once. We say let’s begin with buildings which
are usually crowded, such as schools, hospitals. For reasons which I
cannot understand we do not attach important to the issue. Now Yerevan
is such that 80% of buildings will collapse if an earthquake equal to
Spitak happens. It will take 300,000 lives, there will be an immense
number of people with disabilities and homeless people.

Recently the head architect of Yerevan Narek Sargsyan has stated that
the newly-built buildings are safe from earthquakes.

I immediately disagree. Corruption is flourishing in our country
which is a major concern, including for building. With such levels of
corruption I am not sure that building is compliant. Unfortunately,
design companies are growing like mushrooms and they design high-rise
buildings but the levels of these organizations are below the average
because it is very easy to get a license in Armenia. There is one thing
that reassures. The new seismic norms set down after the earthquake
in Spitak are more demanding than those of the Soviet Union. The only
hope is that having been designed in compliance with the new norms (if
they certainly do comply) these buildings will stand strong earthquakes
but it is not clear whether the designers follow the design strictly,
it is not clear to what degree the building complies with design. One
of the examples is the collapsed building.

There are buildings which already have cracks. However, I don’t want
to attribute this to building in general. I hope that some building
companies, and we have several professional companies, do their job
propery but the other greater part are not professionals, they do not
have a qualified personnel. 70% of builders do not have a relevant
education and training and neither do their managers. This is the
consequence of corruption. To say that new buildings are reliable is
a superficial approach.

I am far from the thought that the authorities want bad-quality
construction but the government does not create preconditions
which will indicate that it is built well. Licensing must be rigid,
whereas there are a lot of inspection companies which can accept
money and issue a license for construction. This is something that
can be regulated.

Mr. Melkumyan, are stone buildings safer than panel buildings? In the
real estate market stone buildings are more expensive due to their
seismic stability.

There is a wrong perception that stone buildings have more seismic
stability. It is totally wrong because stone buildings are vulnerable
of all. They think if the walls are thick, the stone buildings
are more comfortable to live, this is absurd in terms of seismic
stability. Buildings built of large panels are more or less reliable.

I can state for sure that we do not have reliable buildings built
during the Soviet Union. If there is a specialist who will insist on
the opposite, I am ready to argue. A building designed for magnitude
7 cannot be reliable because we expect earthquakes magnitude 9 under
the RA seismic norms.

On experts learned lessons from the earthquake of Spitak, they are
few, we are not a nation that learns lessons from history. Spitak
and Gyumree were ruined because buildings were built to match
underestimated seismic risks while the seismic impact on the buildings
was 4 times stronger than they could resist. At that time the Communist
Party launched a campaign that the Armenians did not ensure quality
of building which was not the main reason of collapse of the buildings.

I have devoted my scientific activities to the issue of seismic
protection of the existing buildings and since 93-94 I have been
working on new technologies. I developed new technologies based on
the idea of seismic isolation which enables effective protection of
buildings and prevention of their collapse during earthquakes. We can
gradually cut the building foundations and place base isolators. The
base isolators are rubber and metal units which are produced here in
Armenia ensuring their high quality and we test those units. We are a
world leader because we have been able to cut the base of one block
of apartments and one school and place them on isolators without
evacuating the residents. They immediately turn a weak building
earthquake safe. I use this technology in new buildings. We have
already 37 such buildings.

Recently I have set up the Save Yerevan Schools from Earthquakes
Foundation, I raise money all over the world, turn to my colleagues
in different countries who are already donating small sums.

Every year they repair roads. Is it so urgent in a country with
danger of earthquakes or is it a matter of corruption? The government
officials must understand that we are living on a “volcano”?

MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS EXPECTED AT FORUM OF EUROPEAN AND ASIAN MEDIA 2012 IN MINSK

YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. The Forum of European and Asian Media
(FEAM) 2012 on integration and new media in the post-soviet area
will bring together over 200 heads of leading mass media outlets
from CIS, Georgia and Baltic countries in Belarusian capital Minsk
on December 9-12.

The forum is held by RIA Novosti, supported by the Federal Agency
for Press and Mass Media.

According to Editor-in-Chief of RIA Novosti Svetlana Mironiuk,
European-Asian media space is better integrated than national
institutions, economic and social initiatives.

Media forum of CIS, Georgia and Baltic countries is a unique
platform for equal discussion of matters in media industry, both with
involvement of politicians and experts and without them, Mironiuk said.

FEAM-2012 is another opportunity to discuss common problems and
projects and become closer to each other, she said.

Eurasian integration will be the main topic of the upcoming forum.

Journalists, politicians, members of parliaments and media experts will
debate on future of integration projects, media-society interaction
and features of the new media in the post-soviet area.

The forum usually hosts well-known politicians, public figures and
culture experts. The leader of the host country used to participate
in the forum as well.

Special guest of the forum, director of the Russian Institute of
Economic Ruslan Grinberg expressed hope that the forum’s participants
will discuss how to strengthen centripetal trends and how to counteract
the centrifugal ones.

“Russia and the post-soviet countries are really doomed for serious
cooperation because alone they will look very unhealthy and there
is a great probability of falling into a technological backwater,”
Grinberg said.

The discussion topics on the agenda are the role of mass media in
integration, globalization and media space in unsustainable world, new
life of traditional media, cultural and historic codes and modern media
formats, socialization problems of social networking website users.

An acute debate on “Wall against wall” will be held on “The internet:
unlimited information and the limits of freedom”. The debate
participants will split up into two camps – supporters and opponents
of immersion into the Internet – and will defend their views. Media
expert Anton Khrekov is to be the referee of the dispute.

Director of Russia-based International Institute for Political
Expertise Yevgeniy Minchenko stressed the importance of giving mass
media and experts of different countries an opportunity to communicate
with each other both in formal and informal atmosphere.

“I may not have a momentary effect, but it is a platform that creates
common expert and information space,” Minchenko said.

The forum participants and accredited reporters will have a chance
to attend a photo exhibition, “Post-soviet area: faces of the era”.

Apart from that, winners of the “Best media project of FEAM-2012”
will be awarded in Minsk.

For more details about FEAM-2012, please visit

The forum’s information partners are “Mir” (“Peace” inter-state radio
and TV company, “Golos Rosiyi” radio company, BelRA public information
agency of Belarus and “AIF in Belarus” weekly. -0-

KIM KASHKASHIAN IS NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY

12:14, 7 December, 2012

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Renowned violist, American-Armenian
musician Kim Kashkashian has been nominated for prominent Grammy Music
Awards in the category of Best Classical Instrumental Solo. As reports
“Armenpress” citing the official site of Grammy Music Awards, among
the nominees there are such outstanding performers as Andras Schiff,
Jory Vinikour, Claudio Cruz, and Hansjorg Albrecht.

Kim Kashkashian studied the viola with Karen Tuttle. She also studied
at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. She won the 2nd prize at the
1980 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the 1980 ARD
International Music Competition in Munich. She has been featured on
over 30 albums and performs pieces from both classical and contemporary
composers, working among others with Gidon Kremer and Yo Yo Ma, the
Vienna Philharmonic and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She is a winner of a
number of international contests. Kim Kashkashian currently teaches
at the New England Conservatory in the United States of America.

The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 10, 2013.

ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJANI FMS TO MEET EARLY IN 2013

12:36 07.12.2012

The Armenian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
participated in the 19th sitting of the OSCE Ministerial Council. The
Foreign Ministers of 57 member states and high-ranking representatives
of about twenty international organizations participated in the
sitting.

On the sidelines of the summit, Edward Nalbandian had a meeting with
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Robert Bradtke, Igor Popov and Jacques Faure
and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej
Kasprzyk. Issues related to the process of settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict were discussed. An agreement was reached to organize
a meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers early in 2013.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and OSCE Secretary
General Lamberto Zanier exchanged views on the issues on the agenda
of the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council, the process f settlement of the
Karabakh conflict, the Armenia-OSCE cooperation, the activity of the
OSCE Yerevan Office and the programs it implements.

During the meeting with the EU Special Representative for the South
Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort reference was made
to the results of the visit of European Commission President Jose
Manuel Barroso’s visit to Armenia and Armenia-EU cooperation. The EU
Special Representative reiterated the willingness of the European
Union to support the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs,
implementation of the confidence-building measures.

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and President of the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly Riccardo Migliori exchanged views on regional
security, the role of parliamentary diplomacy in the development of
cooperation between OSCE member states, the efforts towards resolution
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. As for the forthcoming presidential
elections, Ricardo Migliori said he would personally head the OSCE
PA observation mission.

Also, Minister Nalbandian had meetings with his Spanish, Italian and
Swiss counterparts.

PRESSE ARMENIENNE : REVUE DU 5 DECEMBRE 2012

Publie le : 07-12-2012

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presente cette Revue de Presse parue sur le site de l’Ambassade de
France en Armenie le 6 decembre 2012.

Ambassade de France en Armenie

Revue de la presse armenienne du 5 decembre 2012

I. Politique interieure

1. Le President Sarkissian, candidat au-dessus du lot ?/ Alors que
le leader d’Armenie prospère, Gaguik Tsaroukian effectue une visite
a Bruxelles (cf. revue du 3.12), Edouard Charmazanov, porte-parole
du parti Republicain, a declare que le parti Armenie prospère ne
posera pas de veritables problèmes a la reelection du President Serge
Sarkissian. ” Un candidat a l’election presidentielle doit agir plus
resolument et proposer une veritable alternative… “, a-t-il dit. Le
President sortant ne fera face a aucun concurrent serieux lors des
prochaines elections et les autres candidats s’affronteront pour la
deuxième place, selon lui. Par ailleurs, l’Ambassade d’Armenie en
Belgique a dementi les informations publiees par les medias, selon
lesquelles c’est elle qui aurait organise les rencontres de M.

Tsaroukian a Bruxelles. Les quotidiens rappellent toutefois que
l’Ambassadeur d’Armenie en Belgique, Avet Adonc, alors membre d’Armenie
prospère, avait ete elu depute en 2007 sur la liste de ce parti.

2. Nouvelles revelations sur V. Oskanian/ Sous le titre ” Plus
on creuse, plus on decouvre “, Hayots Achkhar relève, citant un
inspecteur du service de securite nationale charge de l’affaire
Oskanian, que la dernière fois l’ancien Ministre des AE a ete convoque
a l’interrogatoire le 19 novembre concernant deux autres affaires
financières (n’ayant pas trait a l’affaire Civilitas), au sujet
desquelles il a refuse de temoigner. La première affaire remonterait a
2001 : M. Oskanian aurait recu sur son compte personnel 36 000 euros
de la part de la Commission europeenne que celle-ci avait transferes
a la RA (et non a M. Oskanian) pour l’organisation d’une conference.

Une partie considerable de cette somme aurait ete utilisee par Mme
Oskanian. M. Oskanian, n’ayant pas pu rendre compte a la Commission
europeenne de l’utilisation de la somme, celle-ci en aurait retenu le
montant equivalent sur un programme de 5 Meuros destine au Ministère
de l’Economie d’Armenie. La deuxième affaire remonterait a 2003 : M.

Oskanian aurait recu sur son compte bancaire 90 000 $ d’une
representation diplomatique accreditee a l’etranger. La somme aurait
ete a nouveau utilisee par Mme Oskanian…

3. Levon Ter-Petrossian candidat a l’election presidentielle ? / Il
pourrait faire part de sa decision lors de la prochaine manifestation
du CNA, le 10 decembre, la première depuis 7 mois, a l’occasion de
la journee de la defense des droits de l’Homme. / Hayots Achkhar,
Haykakan Jamanak

4. Le CNA va saisir la Cour Constitutionnelle au sujet du
fonctionnement de l’AN/ Les deputes du CNA ont pu reunir 34 signatures
(27 requises) pour saisir la Cour constitutionnelle, afin de faire
reconnaître comme anticonstitutionnelle une clause du Règlement
de l’AN, qui empeche de tenir une session en l’absence de quorum
(66 deputes). Le CNA a pris cette initiative après que les deputes
du parti Republicain et d’Etat de droit eurent boycotte la session
extraordinaire initiee par le CNA, le 21 novembre, pour debattre des
amendements aux codes penal et electoral et au registre des electeurs.

De ce fait, la session n’avait pu se tenir. / Haykakan Jamanak,
Hayots Achkhar

5. Le nombre d’adoptions d’enfants a diminue au cours de cette annee/
Au cours des 10 premiers mois de cette annee, le nombre d’adoptions a
diminue de 60% (120 enfants ont ete adoptes l’annee dernière). Au cours
de cette annee, 50 enfants armeniens ont ete adoptes a l’etranger. Les
principaux pays d’adoption sont la France, l’Italie, les Etats-Unis,
la Russie et la Grèce. / Haykakan Jamanak

II. Questions regionales

1. Des inspecteurs de l’armee armenienne ont visite des bases
militaires turques deployees le long de la frontière entre les deux
pays/ Le Ministère armenien de la Defense a annonce que ses inspecteurs
se sont rendus en Turquie le 26 novembre et ont passe une semaine a
verifier les systèmes d’artillerie et d’autres materiels militaires
dans les villes frontalières de Kars et Igdir. Les officiers
armeniens ont egalement tenu une reunion d’information avec les
commandants militaires turcs notamment sur les questions de combat
et de formation. L’inspection n’a detecte aucune violation des forces
conventionnelles en Europe (FCE) par Ankara. / Haykakan Jamanak

2. Les partis au pouvoir en Armenie, en Russie, en Azerbaïdjan et
au Kazakhstan ont signe un memorandum de cooperation/ Le memorandum
a ete signe entre le parti Republicain d’Armenie, Yedinaya Rossia,
Yeni Azerbaïdjan et Pas Otan en marge d’une conference ayant pour
thème ” L’integration eurasiatique au XXIème siècle “, qui s’est
tenue a Saint-Petersbourg.

III. Relations exterieures

1. Edouard Nalbandian a Dublin du 6 au 7 decembre pour prendre part
a la session du Conseil des Ministres des AE de l’OSCE/ Mediamax,
Arminfo, Armenpress

2. 15 Meuros supplementaires pour l’amenagement du metro d’Erevan/
Depuis 2010 un programme d’amenagement du metro d’Erevan d’un coût
de 30 Meuros est mis en place par la BERD, la Banque europeenne
d’investissement et l’UE. Dans le cadre de la première phase du
programme, 15 Meuros ont ete deja alloues. La deuxième phase du
programme a demarre en août 2012 egalement d’un coût de 15 Meuros.

Redaction : Merie Hakobian

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L’URUGUAY SUR LA VOIE D’UNE RECONNAISSANCE DU HAUT KARABAGH

Publie le : 07-12-2012

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economique et culturelle du Haut-Karabagh mise a notre disposition
par la Representation de la Republique du Haut-Karabagh en France.

Legende photo: le president du Parlement uruguayen Jorge Orrico

Representation du Haut-Karabagh en France

En visite officielle a Stepanakert, le president du Parlement uruguayen
apporte son soutien a la reconnaissance du Haut Karabagh

Le 12 novembre, le president du Parlement uruguayen Jorge Orrico
se rendait a la tete d’une delegation parlementaire dans le Haut
Karabagh. Durant cette visite de 3 jours, il a rencontre le president
Bako Sahakian et d’autres responsables du Haut Karabagh, confirmant
l’engagement de son pays a reconnaître l’independance de l’Artsakh.

L’Uruguay, qui avait ete le premier Etat a reconnaître le genocide
des Armeniens, est aussi le premier a s’engager sur la voie d’une
reconnaissance du Haut Karabagh.

C’est une foule nombreuse et enthousiaste qui a accueilli le 12
novembre a son arrivee a Stepanakert le president du Parlement de
l’Uruguay, Jorge Orrico, en visite officielle pour trois jours dans le
Haut Karabagh a la tete d’une delegation parlementaire. Un accueil a la
mesure de l’importance du visiteur, qui est le plus haut responsable
etranger a se rendre dans le Haut Karabagh. Un enthousiasme a la
hauteur aussi des engagements pris par M. Orrico, qui est sans doute
le responsable etranger a etre alle le plus loin sur la voie d’une
reconnaissance par un Etat tiers de l’independance du Haut Karabagh,
meme si les visites de deputes et senateurs de differents pays qui
l’ont precede a Stepanakert, comme celle de legislateurs suisses
en septembre, constituent en soi un soutien explicite aux autorites
de l’Artsakh.

La visite de M. Orrico confirme plus generalement les liens d’amitie
tisses entre la nation armenienne et l’Uruguay, qui fut le premier
Etat a reconnaître le genocide des Armeniens et pourrait bien etre
le premier aussi a reconnaître le Karabagh. Ignorant superbement les
menaces et interdits de Bakou, qui inscrit sur sa “liste noire” des
personnes indesirables en Azerbaïdjan toute personnalite se rendant
en Artsakh, M. Orrico a reaffirme le soutien de son pays au Karabagh
lors de son entretien avec le president Bako Sahakian, avec qui il a
evoque les perspectives de developpement des relations bilaterales. MM.

Sahakian et Orrico ont souligne a cette occasion la necessite de
renforcer leurs relations et d’entreprendre des mesures concrètes dans
cet objectif. Pour ce qui est de l’eventualite d’une reconnaissance
de l’Artsakh par l’Uruguay, elle a ete ouvertement confirmee par M.

Huelmo, president de la Commission des affaires etrangères du Parlement
uruguayen qui, en reponse a la question d’un journaliste a declare :
“En toute sincerite, je peux dire que ‘oui’ theoriquement, Montevideo
pourrait a terme reconnaître l’independance de l’Artsakh”.

Mais “c’est un processus politique, et il faut le suivre etape par
etape”, a ajoute le parlementaire uruguayen, en precisant que sa visite
a Stepanakert devait etre consideree comme une “etape” en ce sens,
renforcant les liens d’amitie entre l’Uruguay et le peuple armenien.

Ces propos renvoient l’echo des declarations du ministre uruguayen
des affaires etrangères Luis Almagro, qui avait annonce en septembre
2011 que son gouvernement engageait le processus en vue d’une prise
de position officielle sur le statut du Karabagh. “Je suis convaincu
que le Haut Karabagh est une partie historique de l’Armenie et doit
etre independant…”, avait declare alors le chef de la diplomatie
uruguayenne. C’etait sans nul doute la première fois qu’un ministre
au nom d’un Etat, se prononcait si clairement en faveur de la
reconnaissance du Karabagh et la visite de M. Orrico confirme la
volonte de l’Uruguay de perseverer dans ce sens. Les resolutions
adoptees par l’Etat de Rhodes Island aux Etats-Unis et plus recemment
par le Parlement de l’Etat australien de Nouvelle Galles du Sud,
appelant a reconnaître le Haut Karabagh, montre que l’Uruguay n’est
pas isole dans ce processus de reconnaissance du Karabagh, meme
s’il est a la pointe du mouvement, comme il le fut de celui de la
reconnaissance du genocide.

Il va sans dire que la visite de la delegation uruguayenne a
profondement irrite l’Azerbaïdjan qui a adresse une note de
protestation au ministère des affaires etrangères de Montevideo.

Celui-ci a repondu a Bakou, en soulignant que cette visite relevait
de la “politique internationale de l’Uruguay, fondee sur des valeurs
et principes universels de respect de la souverainete des Etats, de
l’integrite territoriale, du droit des peuples a l’autodetermination,
de non ingerence et de resolution pacifique des conflits et sur
d’autres principes de l’Onu dont l’Uruguay est un membre fondateur”.

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L’ACTIVITE ECONOMIQUE EN HAUSSE DE 4,9 % EN OCTOBRE

L’activite economique en Armenie est en hausse de 4,9 % en octobre
2012 compare a 2011 selon le Service National de la Statistique
d’Armenie.

La hausse dans le secteur de la construction a ete de 2,1 % en octobre
2012 compare au meme mois en 2011. Le volume des constructions en
octobre a atteint presque 51,8 milliards de drams soit 8,9 % de moins
qu’en septembre 2012.

La production industrielle a baisse de 2 % compare a octobre 2011 et
est en hausse de 2,5 % compare a septembre 2012 a plus de 98,8
milliards de drams en octobre 2012.

Le secteur de l’agriculture a connu une croissance de 1,4 % par
rapport a octobre 2011 a plus de 118,2 milliards de drams.

vendredi 7 decembre 2012,
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