Author: Badalian Vardan

EXPERT: IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT WAR, GET READY FOR IT

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 10, 2012 – 18:49 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia-hosted strategic team drills are an important
event in the country’s military-political life, military expert David
Jamalyan said.

“The team exercises aim to boost Armenian armed forces’ combat
readiness for a large-scale war. Army must be ready for a large-scale
war to be able to avert it,” he told a press conference in Yerevan.

The expert noted mobilization of reserve forces at peace preferable
to that at war time.

He further stressed the need to ensure better public awareness and
strengthen defense ministry-society relations to prevent possible
attempts to manipulate the Armenian society and raise a panic.

AZERBAIJAN NOT CAPABLE OF CLAIMING FOR A BLITZKRIEG – ARMENIAN EXPERT

NEWS.AM
October 10, 2012 | 13:27

YEREVAN.- Azerbaijan, with its existing military potential, can not
claim for a blitzkrieg, Armenian military expert David Jamalyan told
reporters on Wednesday.

“Therefore, a large-scale war is unlikely to break out in the near
future,” he said adding that Azerbaijan is getting ready for war.

According to him, Azerbaijan’s endless allegations of enormous military
build-up are pursuing propaganda purposes.

“In fact, having a huge budget, they did not achieve superiority and
will not succeed,” Jamalyan said.

In this context, he noted the importance of the strategic alliance
between Armenia and Russia. He believes among the key issues is
Armenia’s purchase of Russian arms at preferential prices. This will
hampers Azerbaijan’s attempts to achieve superiority.

“Cooperation with Russia is a factor that prevents Azerbaijan’s
aspiration to achieve imbalance,” the expert said, adding that the
Armenian side will continue to buy weapons and hamper Azerbaijan’s
propaganda.

ARFD MEMBER HOPES NEW GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES WILL SOLVE JAVAKHK’S PROBLEMS

NEWS.AM
October 10, 2012 | 13:04

YEREVAN.- Georgian parliamentary elections inspire hope that the
newly elected political force will be able to solve problems of
the Armenian-populated Javakhk region to a certain extent, said
ARFD member.

Giro Manoyan, Armenian Cause (Hay Dat) Office Chief, noted that it
is the first time since Georgia’s independence that the change of
power was free and peaceful.

“Their [Georgian Dream] reserved campaign statements on Javakhk are
very important for us. There is more room for optimism as compared to
policy carried out by the incumbent president,” Manoyan told reporters
on Wednesday.

GIRO MANOYAN: POSSIBLE RATIFICATION BY TURKEY OF ONE OF PROTOCOLS POSES DANGER FOR ARMENIA

Panorama.am
10/10/2012

“There is no change concerning the Armenian-Turkish protocols. They are
in the same condition as they were three years ago. I mean that they
exist. The comments that they are in fact dead do not correspond to
reality, because they exist legally,” Giro Manoyan, Director of the
ARF bureau’s Hay Dat and political affairs office, told reporters
in Yerevan.

According to him, Turkey says that work is done towards the protocols,
but it is not true either.

“Our opinion has not changed regarding the protocols – they are bad
for Armenia, and three years are more than enough for them to cease
to exist legally. One of the ways to achieve it is to withdraw our
signature from the protocols,” Manoyan said, adding that if Armenia
withdraws its signature from the protocols, the entire world will
understand that Turkey is to blame for the current situation with
protocols.

The politician noted that possible ratification by Turkey of one of
the protocols – the one which mentions no deadline – poses danger
for Armenia.

“In that case, if Armenia does something, it will be viewed as a
short-sighted move, and if not, Armenia will lose the reputation of a
“good partner,” he stressed.

NO LABORATORY IN ARMENIA WITH INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION – EXPERT

NEWS.AM
October 10, 2012 | 15:50

YEREVAN. – There is no laboratory in Armenia with international
accreditation, Republic Union of Employers Chairman Gagik Makaryan
said during a press conference on Wednesday.

In his words, such situation complicates the certification of
exporters. “Not all laboratories are able to conduct the complete
gamma of analyses that are necessary for exporting. In addition,
not everyone is informed about the kinds of analyses the product
needs to go through to be accepted in EU,” Makaryan noted.

The Food Safety Service laboratory is undergoing the International
Certification process, whereas the Standards Institute laboratory
is certifying export wine, but solely as a provisional body. “They
selected this laboratory during the Armenia-EU talks, but only
temporarily,” Gagik Makaryan clarified.

WE DON’T HAVE CAVIAR

October 10, 2012 13:48

I first came across the term Caviar Diplomacy not in the speeches of
Armenian delegates to the PACE, but on the BBC website a few months
ago ().

That article was about the report of the European Stability Initiative
NGO, which, by the way, has nothing to do with Armenians, made to the
British Parliament, according to which the Azerbaijani government tried
to neutralize the criticism of it bribing members of the Council of
Europe. Thus, there is an attempt to conceal the crying violations
of human rights in the neighboring country. The report itself was
entitled Caviar Diplomacy, although it was not only about caviar, but
many other kinds of bribes. For example, according to my information,
if any European official (not only from the PACE) intends to go toBaku,
his ticket automatically becomes a business class one, the hotel
becomes 5-star, other conveniences are luxurious and expensive and
naturally, the Azerbaijani government pays for all that. And Europeans
are so weak-willed that they accept those gifts with great pleasure and
present the problems of the Azerbaijani “democracy” in their reports
and letters mildly. They also say that no authoritarian country spends
so much money on concealing its problems. And there is a point in that
– Russia for one doesn’t need that, if the Council of Europe adopts a
resolution that the Kremlin doesn’t like, they will openly state that
they are not going to follow the “advice” mentioned in that resolution.

Countries like Azerbaijan or our country cannot afford such an attitude
for obvious reasons – we must think of our positive image.

However, in the case ofArmenia, there is a much shorter way than
bribing Europeans, particularly given the fact that we don’t have
caviar. Particularly given the fact that our problems with democracy
are much smaller than those ofAzerbaijan. Moreover, they are smaller
than they were in 2009-10. Why should one take wrong steps and try to
justify or conceal them? I for one think that in the next few months,
the problems of the Armenian government regarding this will be: a. the
release of Tigran Arakelyan and assignment of much milder punishments
to all 4 guys; b. the “non-criminal” resolution of the Oskanian case.

I understand that the party members demand more – complete acquittal
etc. However, too much maximalism is often an obstacle in such cases.

ARAM ABRAHAMYAN

ARMENIAN BAZAAR TO BE HELD IN ARMYANSK, CRIMEA

tert.am
10.10.12

Tweet X festival of international friendship “Armenian Bazaar” will
take place in Armyansk (Crimea) on October 20, Analitika.at.ua reports.

According to press service of Armyansk city council, the program of
the festival includes exposition of Crimea’s livelihood, exhibition
of national pavilions with the demonstration of routine and tasting
of national dishes of Crimea. Different dancing and singing ensembles
will perform folklore songs and dances at the event.

Armenians are reported to have appeared in Crimea in VIII. The
first wave of migration of Armenians to the region dates to midst
of XI century. With the improvement of political and social-economic
conditions opportunities were created for new emigrants as well.

Crimean Armenians preserved their customs and traditions creating a
big community.

UN CITOYEN D’OUZBEKISTAN PROPOSE A L’ARMENIE DE PROVOQUER UN ATTENTAT A BAKOU
Laetitia

armenews.com
jeudi 11 octobre 2012

Dans un communique publie mercredi 10 octobre 2012, le National
Security Service (NSS) a affirme que Zamirzhon Otazhonov, un citoyen
de 33 ans de l’Ouzbekistan, s’est adresse aux forces de l’ordre
armeniennes le 24 septembre pour offrir ses services pour mener a
bien un acte terroriste dans la capitale azerbaïdjanaise de Bakou, en
echange de la somme de 20 000 dollars. Selon le communique, Otazhonov
a declare qu’ il a travaille pour une entreprise de construction
d’Azerbaïdjan qui a refuse de lui verser son salaire. Il a ensuite
eprouve une certaine haine a l’egard des Azeris.

Le NSS a declare que par l’envoi d’un agent en Armenie, l’ Azerbaïdjan
aurait tente de provoquer un scandale d’espionnage de grande envergure
pour ” adoucir ” l’affaire de Ramil Safarov, un assassin azeri
qui a assassine un Armenien en 2004. ” Par ses actions, la partie
azerbaïdjanaise a cherche a presenter l’Armenie comme un sponsor du
terrorisme “, a declare le NSS.

Après l’affaire Safarov, l’Armenie a suspendu ses relations
diplomatiques avec la Hongrie et l’Azerbaïdjan accusant de propager
la haine envers les Armeniens. L’Azerbaïdjan n’a pas encore reagi a
l’annonce du NSS armenien.

UN CADRE SUPERIEUR D’UNE ENTREPRISE PRIVEE A ETE ARRETE
Laetitia

armenews.com
jeudi 11 octobre 2012

Les autorites de l’Armenie ont arrete un cadre superieur d’une
entreprise privee soupconne de fraude. Albert Ohanjanian, le directeur
de l’usine de viande de Kapan, a ete accuse le mois dernier de
livrer a des unites de l’armee de la viande de buffle congelee qu’il
presentait comme etant du boeuf. Mary Sargsian, un officier superieur
de la Direction des enquetes du ministère armenien de la Defense,
a declare a RFE / RL mercredi 10 octobre que plusieurs fonctionnaires
ont egalement fait face a des accusations dans cette affaire.

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT REFUSES TO FOLLOW DEMANDS OF PROSPEROUS ARMENIA

Vestnik Kavkaza
Oct 10 2012
Russia

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan does not plan to fulfill the demands
of Prosperous Armenia, Armenia Today reports.

The party demanded 30% of seats at the government, 6 ministry seats
and the right to present their own candidate for prime minister. The
proposals were made in exchange for support of the president at the
next elections.

Sargsyan agreed to give 4 ministerial portfolios. He also offered
Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan or any of his supporters
to become a vice premier.

The president’s attitude has recently changed. He believes that
Tsarukyan is trying to gain extra time.