Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

ISABELLE YAYLYAN – CHAMPION OF EUROPE

ARMENPRESS
August 25, 2011
YEREVAN

Armenian weightlifter Izabella Yaylyan (53kg), showing 170 kg result,
achieved the title of champion in the girls’ tournament of Youth
Weightlifting Championship of Europe.

Daria Tseteleva from Belarusia has occupied the 2nd place (168 kg),
and Svetlana Yershova from Russia has won the bronze medal (156 kg).

Izaebella Yaylyan’s victory is the first victory of Armenian
weightlifters in this tournament,

European Weightlifting Championship will wrap up August 28.

From: Baghdasarian

GERMAN TOP MILITARY OFFICIAL PAYING VISIT TO ARMENIA

armradio.am
25.08.2011

Chief of the Department of Military Police of the Ministry of
Defense of Germany, Colonel Ulrich Stumpf is paying a working visit
to Armenia from August 24 to 26, the third mutual visit between the
military police departments of Armenian and German Defense Ministries
since 2009.

The German delegation met with Armenian Deputy Defense Minister, Major
General Vladimir Gasparyan and Head of the Defense Ministry Military
Police, Colonel Aram Ter-Sahakyan, visited Military Police subunits,
the Defense Ministry press office reported.

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MEMOIRE: LA RAFLE MECONNUE DU 20 AOUT 1941

collectifvan.org
25-08-2011

Info Collectif VAN – – Le Collectif VAN vous
propose cette article publie sur le site MEMORIAL 98 le 23 aout 2011.

Ce jour la en plein Paris, les policiers francais soutenus par les
militaires allemands, arretent 4232 Juifs pour les envoyer vers le
camp de Drancy qui vient d’ouvrir ses portes.

Le matin du 20 aout 1941, des policiers francais soutenus par des
Allemands en uniforme ont envahi les rues du XIe arrondissement de
Paris. Tous les hommes francais ou etrangers sont contrôles et les
Juifs envoyes vers la place Voltaire. Toutes les entrees des stations
de metro entre Republique et Nation sont bouclees.

Les Juifs qui etaient alle s’enregistrer au commissariat, conformement
a l’ordonnance allemande du 27 septembre 1940 publiee en zone occupee,
stipulant que ” toute personne juive devra se presenter jusqu’au 20
octobre auprès du sous-prefet de l’arrondissement dans lequel elle a
son domicile habituel pour se faire inscrire sur un registre special
” ont deja ete apprehendes directement chez eux.

Meme sort pour ceux qui etaient ” connus ” comme faisant partie des
familles juives du quartier, meme non repertoriees. Les femmes sont
epargnees et personne ne sait où sont emmenes les Juifs. Cette rafle
” surprise “, contrairement a celle qui l’a precede le 14 mai, utilise
comme pretexte un simple contrôle d’identite a la prefecture de Police.

Les 4232 personnes arretees ont toutes ete conduites dans des
autobus de la regie des transports parisiens, de la place Voltaire,
en direction du camp de Drancy, ” inaugure ” a cette occasion. Aucune
difference n’est faite entre citoyens francais et etrangers.

Du jour de son ouverture le 20 août 1941 jusqu’a sa liberation le
18 août 1944, plus de 70.000 Juifs, dont 11.000 enfants (le plus
jeune ayant 15 jours) ont transite par Drancy avant d’etre deportes
a Auschwitz.

Seuls 2.500 d’entre eux ont survecu.

Ces premières rafles avaient sans doute pour but de fournir de la main
d’~uvre aux nazis. et c’est ce qui explique que beaucoup des Juifs
qui en ont fait partie furent liberes En effet, la rafle ayant ete
faite de manière systematique, une majorite de cette main d’~uvre
etait inadaptee aux travaux que les nazis prevoyaient en raison de
la malnutrition et des maladies. Certains furent donc liberes assez
rapidement (malades, handicapes, vieillards…),

À partir de Mars 1942 le camp de Drancy devient un camp de transit
dont la population etait tout simplement redirigee vers les camps,
afin d’y etre exterminee.

Cette rafle d’août 1941 a eu lieu onze mois avant celle du Vel d’Hiv
de Juillet 1942 (voir Vel d’Hiv: le document.)

Souvent absente des manuels d’histoire, elle est le resultat du zèle du
gouvernement de l’Etat francais dirige alors par le marechal Petain. En
effet, le gouvernement de Petain est alle au-dela des directives
de l’ordonnance allemande du 27 septembre 1940 en promulguant le 4
octobre 1940 (J.O du 18 octobre 1940) le premier Statut des Juifs
(voir Antisemitisme: le double anniversaire du 3 Octobre)

À la meme date, la machine d’extermination nazie est deja intensement
a l’~uvre en Europe de l’Est ; ainsi le meme 20 août 1941 :

– La Gestapo assassine 350 Juifs de Koretz (Ukraine).

– Après l’entree des nazis a Minsk (Bielorussie), où vivent 60000
juifs, un ghetto est cree.

– Après la deportation des 3 000 juifs du Banat a Tasmajdan, près
de Belgrade, les nazis declarent le Banat yougoslave, situe entre la
rivière Tisa (Theiss), a l’ouest, et la frontière roumaine, a l’est,
” purifie de ses juifs “.

– Un convoi quitte Vienne (Autriche) avec 997 juifs a destination du
camp de concentration de Theresienstadt (Tchecoslovaquie).

– Debut de la deportation des juifs de Radzin (province de Lublin)
au camp d’extermination de Treblinka.

– 8000 Juifs de Falenica sont deportes en trois jours au camp
d’extermination de Treblinka (Pologne).

– 2000 Juifs de Rembertov (Varsovie) sont deportes au camp
d’extermination de Treblinka. Tous sont tues par les SS.

– Durant quatre jours a compter du 21, 21 000 Juifs sont deportes du
ghetto de Kielce (Pologne) au camp d’extermination de Treblinka. Le
ghetto se trouve ainsi pratiquement liquide. Les 2000 juifs restants
sont regroupes dans un camp de travail force.

– Un convoi de 1 000 Juifs, hommes et femmes, quitte le ghetto de
Theresienstadt en direction de l’Est. Sa destination reste encore
inconnue, car on ne signale aucun survivant. Il semble que les deportes
furent assassines dans la region de Minsk (Bielorussie) par les SS.

Souvenons nous !

Retour a la rubrique

Source/Lien : MEMORIAL 98

From: Baghdasarian

LA FAUNE ARMENIENNE PERD DEUX ESPICES DE VERTEBRES
Stephane

armenews.com
jeudi 25 aout 2011
ARMENIE

Au cours des 20 dernières annees la faune d’Armenie a perdu deux
espèces de vertebres, qui etaient dans le Livre Rouge des espèces
mises en danger et 15 autres espèces sont au bord de l’extinction
a declare Tatiana Danielian, le chef de l’unite de la politique de
biodiversite au ministère de la protection de la nature.

“Nous avons perdu deux espèces de truite Sevan, qui ne peuvent pas
etre retrouvees, 15 autres espèces, incluant le mouflon et le leopard
sont au bord de l’extinction” a-t-elle dit. Selon elle, 25 espèces
font face au risque d’extinction.

Elle a dit aussi que selon une recherche, la flore n’a supporte aucune
perte au cours des 20 dernières annees. De plus, quelques-unes des
plantes qui ont ete inscrites comme mises en danger, en ont ete
exclues après s’etre adaptees dans differentes regions d’Armenie.

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FRENCH MFA: “PARLIAMENTARIANS’ VISIT DOES NOT REFLECT FRANCE’S POLICY”

news.am

Aug 24, 2011
Armenia

“France, like all countries in the international community, including
Armenia itself, does not recognize this territory’s independence”

Baku. Victoria Dementieva – APA. “Parliamentarians have been duly
advised of our position with respect to Nagorno-Karabakh.

Consequently, this visit does not in any way reflect or change France’s
policy with respect to this conflict”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of France said in its statement, APA reports.

“France, like all countries in the international community, including
Armenia itself, does not recognize this territory’s independence. This
territory’s international legal status can only be determined within
the framework of a peaceful and equitable solution agreed upon
by all parties concerned. France co-chairs the OSCE Minsk Group,
together with the United States and Russia, and as such was tasked
with helping to find a compromise based on the Helsinki Final Act
and the proposals put forward by the French, American and Russian
presidents on numerous occasions, notably during the G8 Summits in
L’Aquila in 2009 and Muskoka in 2010”, the statement reads.

The Embassy of Azerbaijan in France submitted a note of protest to
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France concerning the illegal visit
of a group of French parliamentarians to the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan. Baku demanded official explanation concerning the visit
of the French parliamentarians to Nagorno Karabakh.

From: Baghdasarian

REPETITION OF LIBYAN SCENARIO IN SYRIA WILL PROVE DISASTROUS FOR THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY

Mediamax
Aug 24, 2011
Armenia

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Orientalist Suren Manukyan, Deputy Director of the
Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, said today that “the repetition of
the Libyan scenario in Syria will prove disastrous for the country’s
Armenian community”.

Suren Manukyan said that Syrian Armenians back current President
Bashar Assad and the repetition of the Libyan experience will have
negative consequences for the Armenians, Mediamax reports.

According to him, Armenians support Assad as they see him as a
guarantor for their security. Suren Manukyan thinks that in case of
intrusion of external forces, the Armenian community of Syria will
suffer the same fate as the Iraqi Armenians.

Meanwhile, he noted that international intrusion into Syria is unlikely
to happen in the foreseeable future.

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ARMENIA STATES THAT AZERBAIJAN BREAKS THE AGREEMENTS REACHED AT TRILATERAL MEETINGS

Mediamax
Aug 24, 2011
Armenia

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenian Permanent Mission in the UN called the
attention of UN Secretary- General Pan Gi Mun to the unprecedented
number of ceasefire violations on the contact line between the Nagorno
Karabakhi and Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

A letter was disseminated in the UN as an official document in reply to
the August 3 letter of Azerbaijani Permanent Mission, Mediamax reports.

The letter reads that Azerbaijan breaks the agreements on additional
efforts aimed to maintain the ceasefire regime and strengthen the
trust in the military sphere and reached at trilateral meetings
between Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents.

The Armenian Permanent Mission stressed that despite Azerbaijani
destructive stance, Armenia adheres to the position of exclusively
peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in accord with the
principles of international law.

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TER-PETROSIAN BLOC AGAIN CRITICIZED BY OPPOSITION RIVAL
Karlen Aslanian

Armenialiberty.org
Aug 24, 2011

The Armenian National Congress (HAK) has ceased to represent a
credible alternative to Armenia’s current leadership, a leader of
another major opposition force claimed on Wednesday.

Stepan Safarian reaffirmed the Zharangutyun (Heritage) party’s strong
criticism of the ongoing negotiations between the HAK and President
Serzh Sarkisian’s governing coalition.

“The Armenian National Congress, which was perceived to be an
alternative to these authorities in 2008, today … cannot be regarded
as such,” Safarian told journalists during a public debate with a
pro-government lawmaker. “For alternatives exist in cases where there
are alternative approaches and evaluations on many key issues.”

“One side writes up 80 pages [of written HAK arguments,] then the
other asks for two weeks’ time to read them,” he said, ridiculing
the dialogue. “Then the other side writes up 130 pages [of
counterarguments,] after which they start praising each other.”

But Artak Zakarian, a parliament deputy from Sarkisian’s Republican
Party of Armenia (HHK), defended the dialogue, saying that it is
“working.” He argued that the negotiating parties need time to consider
each other’s proposals and come up with counterarguments.

The HAK says that the main purpose of the dialogue is to force the
Sarkisian administration to call fresh presidential and parliamentary
elections. The alliance led by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian
has threatened to launch a campaign of “civil disobedience” if the
authorities continue to reject its key demand.

Zharangutyun as well as the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
(Dashnaktsutyun), the other major opposition party represented in
parliament, dismiss these statements. They claim that the talk of
snap polls is a smokescreen for the HAK’s readiness to cut secret
deals with Sarkisian.

Ter-Petrosian has repeatedly condemned these verbal attacks. He and
his associates have also said that the HAK is the country’s only
genuine opposition force.

From: Baghdasarian

ARMENIA, GEORGIA SEEKING JET FUEL IMPORT

Zawya.com
Aug 24, 2011

Iran is in talks with Armenia and Georgia for export of jet fuel,
managing director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company
(NIOPDC) said.

Jalil Salari told Mehr News Agency that with the implementation of a
number of refining projects and modifications in oil refining process,
the export of oil byproducts will rise.

According to Salari, Iran is one of the biggest producers and exporters
of furnace oil in the Middle East.

On the latest position in export, the official said some 500 million
liters of oil byproducts have been exported since the beginning of the
current Iranian year which started on March 21. He added that last year
a total of 1.5 billion liters of various oil byproducts were exported.

He noted that some one billion liters of base gasoline, 250 million
liters of oil byproducts, and 250 million liters of liquid fuel were
supplied to global markets via bunkering in the last Iranian year.

Currently, East and Southeast Asian countries are among the major
buyers of Iranian oil byproducts, added the official.

Turning to oil swap, Salari said Iran has the capacity to swap about
500,000 barrels of crude oil daily, adding the country has created
infrastructures to facilitate the export, transit, and swap of oil
byproducts.

The official further said currently an average of 3 million liters of
oil products are swapped daily via Iran. So far several contracts for
the export of oil products have been signed with Afghanistan and Iraq,
Salari added.

Top Gasoline Exporter Meanwhile, oil minister has underlined Iran’s
self-sufficiency in producing the needed gasoline for the country,
and said Tehran will turn into a major oil exporter in the world
after launching more refineries.

“Presently we are self-sufficient in production of gasoline. Once
the new refineries become operational throughout Iran in the next
couple of years, we will be one of the major gasoline exporters in
the world,” Rostam Qassemi said on Monday.

Touching on the news on ordering the import of 14 million liters
of gasoline, he reiterated, “There is no need to import gasoline
at present, but we might need to import some substances for its
production,” according to Fars News Agency.

The world’s fifth-biggest crude oil exporter has long depended on
imported gasoline for 30 to 40 percent of its consumption, but now
has become a net exporter.

In April, the National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company
(NIOEC) announced that Iran was set to increase its gasoline output
by more than four times, from the current 42 million liters (11.09
million gallons) per day to 186 million liters (49.1 million gallons)
per day in a five-year period. Also earlier in April, Iran’s former
oil minister, Massoud Mirkazemi announced that the country planned
to increase its daily gasoline output by 22 million liters this year.

From: Baghdasarian

CRIMINAL CASE LAUNCHED IN CONNECTION WITH SHOTS HEARD IN ARMENIAN MP’S RESTAURANT

epress.am
08.24.2011

As directed by General Prosecutor of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan, a
criminal case was initiated today in connection with the incident on
the night of Aug. 14 in the restaurant complex “Harsnaqar,” reports
RFE/RL’s Armenian service, citing the press service of the RA General
Prosecutor’s Office.

Recall, as a result of shots heard in Harsnaqar on the night of Aug.

14, two people were hospitalized. Media reported that during a wedding
celebration, an altercation took place which was intercepted by Ruben
Hayrapetyan’s bodyguard by the nickname of Yezidi Ashot. Local press
reported that he shot and injured 2 people, one of whom was Norik
Atoyan, 33, the bodyguard of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s
brother Sashik Sargsyan.

Earlier today, during a meeting with reporters, Hovsepyan said that
he learned about the incident from the press and instructed his staff
to check whether a criminal case had been launched or not.

“In any case, if there is an incident, a crime, they are preceded
by certain checks,” he said, replying to RFE/RL Armenian service’s
question as to why a criminal case hadn’t been launched until now.

To an observation by reporters that perhaps the lack of initiating
a criminal case was due to the fact that the shots were heard in a
restaurant owned by ruling party MP and prominent businessman Ruben
Hayrapetyan, Aghvan Hovsepyan only said that he instructed his staff
to look into the incident.

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