Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

MAMIKON GHARIBYAN CHAMPION EUROPEEN DES ECHECS DES MOINS DE 10 ANS

ARMENIE

Le joueur d’echecs armenien Mamikon Gharibyan âge de 10 ans est
devenu Champion d’Europe 2014 des moins de 10 ans dans le championnat
continental qui s’est tenu a Batumi, en Georgie.

Mamikon Gharibyan a remporte le tie-break contre deux autres joueurs :
Uzumcu Ahmet de Turquie, qui est arrive en seconde place et Nikoloz
Kachavara de Georgie, qui est arrive en troisième position.

Dans le concours feminin l’armenienne Mariam Lazarian a remporte
l’argent.

vendredi 7 novembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

LA CPI NE POURSUIVRA PAS ISRAEL POUR L’ASSAUT SUR LA FLOTTILLE VERS GAZA

LA HAYE

La Cour penale internationale ne poursuivra pas Israël pour le raid
meurtrier mene contre une flottille humanitaire a destination de Gaza
en mai 2010 meme s’il est “raisonnable de penser” que des crimes de
guerre avaient ete commis. “Je suis parvenue a la conclusion que les
affaires eventuelles qui pourraient decouler d’une enquete sur cet
evenement ne seraient pas +suffisamment graves+ pour que la Cour y
donne suite”, a indique le procureur Fatou Bensouda dans un communique.

Mme Bensouda avait ete saisie de l’affaire par le gouvernement des
Comores, un Etat partie au Statut de Rome, le traite fondateur de la
CPI, mais aussi celui auprès duquel etait enregistre le Mavi Marmara,
navire amiral de la flottille internationale humanitaire. Les avocats
des Comores ont denonce une decision “politique” et annonce leur
intention d’en faire appel “par tous les moyens legaux possibles”.

Cette decision “ouvre la voie a d’autres attaques contre de futures
flottilles pacifiques qui transporteraient de l’aide humanitaire” vers
Gaza, a declare l’un d’eux, Ramazan Ariturk, lors d’une conference
de presse a Istanbul. “Notre combat n’est pas fini (…) c’est un
combat pour la justice, l’humanite et l’honneur”, a-t-il ajoute.

A l’aube du 31 mai 2010, la flottille affretee par l’ONG turque IHH,
reputee proche de l’actuel gouvernement islamo-conservateur au pouvoir
a Ankara, avait ete arraisonnee dans les eaux internationales par
un commando israelien alors qu’elle tentait de rallier Gaza, sous
blocus israelien.

Neuf Turcs a bord du Mavi Marmara avaient ete tues dans l’assaut,
ce qui avait provoque une degradation des relations diplomatiques
entre la Turquie et Israël.

Un dixième etait decede plus tard de ses blessures. Cette flottille
etait composee de huit navires, avec a leur bord 70 passagers
originaires d’une quarantaine de pays. Son objectif declare etait
d’apporter de l’aide a Gaza, de briser le blocus israelien et d’attirer
l’attention de la communaute internationale sur les consequences du
blocus, a rappele le procureur.

– Des crimes “graves” mais “pas assez” –

“En prenant en compte la nature serieuse des blessures physiques
causees par l’usage de la force par les soldats des forces de defense
israeliennes contre certains passagers et en pensant a l’auto-defense
(…), les informations disponibles forment une base raisonnable pour
penser que les soldats ont commis un crime de guerre”, a indique Mme
Bensouda. Mais ces crimes ne sont pas “assez graves”, a-t-elle ajoute.

Selon son traite fondateur, la CPI “doit avant tout se concentrer sur
les crimes de guerre commis a grande echelle ou dans le cadre d’un
plan ou d’une politique”. Dans un communique, IHH s’est rejouie que
les “crimes et les fautes d’Israël” soient reconnus mais a regrette
que la CPI n’ait “pas eu la liberte” de poursuivre son enquete.

Israël, de son côte, a dit “regretter que les ressources et le temps,
precieux, du tribunal (…) aient ete gaspilles pour une plainte
sans fondement et aux motivations politiques”. En septembre 2011, un
rapport de l’ONU avait juge “excessive” l’intervention israelienne,
mais considere comme legal le blocus impose par l’Etat hebreu a Gaza.

Decrete en juin 2006 a la suite de la capture d’un soldat israelien,
le blocus terrestre, maritime et aerien de la bande de Gaza a ete
renforce en juin 2007 a la suite de la prise de contrôle de ce
territoire par le mouvement islamiste Hamas.

Deja tendues depuis l’operation israelienne “Plomb durci” dans la
bande de Gaza (decembre 2008/janvier 2009), les relations entre
la Turquie et Israël, allies strategiques dans les annees 1990,
s’etaient brutalement degradees après le raid.

A la demande pressante du president americain Barack Obama, le Premier
ministre israelien Benjamin Netanyahu avait presente ses excuses
a la Turquie. Depuis, des responsables turcs et israeliens se sont
rencontres pour discuter de l’indemnisation des familles des victimes,
sans toutefois parvenir a un accord.

Saisi par IHH et les familles des victimes, un tribunal d’Istanbul a
commence a juger par contumace quatre ex-chefs militaires israeliens,
dont il a ordonne en mai l’arrestation.

La Haye, 6 nov 2014 (AFP) –

vendredi 7 novembre 2014, Ara (c)armenews.com

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“MADE IN KAPAN”: KNITTING FACTORY STRUGGLES ON HOPING FOR BETTER DAYS AHEAD

Marine Martirosyan

15:19, November 4, 2014

There used to be guards at the Kapan Knitting Factory checking
workers on their way out to see if they had pocketed any items –
thread, fabric – on the sly.

I was told this by Armen Margaryan who now serves as company director.

He confirmed that in its heyday, such pilferage was commonplace.

Today, there are no guards at the security shack…just a heavy layer
of dust.

Armen told me about one incident when a worker came to the plant earing
nothing underneath and was caught leaving wearing six undershirts. He
had heard these stories from his father, Derenik Margaryan, and from
the old-timers.

Derenik Margaryan served as plant director from 1981. In 1996 the plant
was privatized and purchased by Sonatex OJSC, a company in which the
plant employees own 20%. Derenik now serves as company president.

Armen is his son.

While Armen Margaryan says he got interested in the business as a
child. He started working at the plant after being discharged from
the army in 2001. That’s when the plant’s business started to nosedive.

US Clients, Followed by Orders from Italy and France

The plant was fulfilling orders for customers in the United States.

Business was disrupted with the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
on the World Trade Center in New York. Flights were cancelled and
the finished goods couldn’t be sold.

Armen recounts that the plant then found French and Italian clients
and shows me some old examples of what was being produced for them. He
pulled out some women’s clothes in a brownish color with a brand
label and some Italian names.

The plant director says that the Italians would supply the raw
materials and the designs. Armen adds that one of those former
Italian clients recently telephoned him to ask if the plant was still
operating. They haven’t yet discussed any possible new orders.

Armen shows me a pink sweater from the old samples designed by
Valentine Yudashkin, who has since become a famous designer.

“At the time, we didn’t know who he was. When my father invited him to
the plant, he designed this sweater,” Armen says. He then recounted
that his father had invited the famous psychotherapist Kashpirovsky
to Kapan in the late 1990s and shows me one of their first products –
a sweater embossed with a cross. It turns out that Kashpirovsky signed
the sweater which was then presented as a gift to Vazgen Sargsyan.

(Armenia’s first defense minister who later served as Prime Minister)

“Recently I visited this village and an old man approached me. He said
hello. I had never met the man. When my friend and I were sitting at
the table, the old man took off his jacket to show that he was wearing
a sweater made by us. I felt really good. The sweater must have been
10-20 years old. I turned to my friend and remarked that the sweater
must have been washed 20-30 times but that it still looked good as
new. Surprised, my friend said that he could no longer wear a sweater
out in public that he just purchased last year,” Armen recounted.

Windows Covered with Plastic – Business Could be Better

Today, the windows of the plant are covered with plastic sheeting
which does little to keep out the wind. Armen said that the plastic
is no longer any protection from the cold and that one of production
units has to be renovated and the windows changed; a heavy financial
burden for the small company.

As we walk through the various production units in the larger building,
some colored threads used on the Swiss sewing machines are still to
be seen. Management still believes that one day the plant will get
a new lease on life and that the orders will be rolling in.

“We haven’t sold any fixtures or equipment, however strange that
may sound. During the cold and dark days after independence, many
plants sold everything. My father took the opposite approach; he
would purchase things. When I asked him why, he would say one day
we’ll need it, Armen says with a smile.

Today, only one production unit, located in the building’s warmest
corner, is operating. A stove is lit during the winter.

Business picked up in May 2013 to sew work clothes for local mining
companies. Now, the plant is fulfilling an order for Dundee Precious
Metals, located in Kapan.

Average salaries at the plant range from 70-80,000 AMD per month.

“Around here we don’t use the word ‘impossible’. If someone brings
in a sample for production, you’ll never hear me say, sorry, we can’t
make it,” Armen says.

Mining Orders Will Keep Plant Operating until Year’s End – Then What?

The Dundee order will keep the plant working until the end of the
year. After that, no one can say for sure.

“It’s tough when I have to tell the workers that have to go on
vacation, which is really obligatory leave,” says Armen.

Despite all the problems, the plant receives the odd order. They’ve
received a shirt order from some Armenians living in Miami. A few
days ago Armen’s father mentioned the possibility of getting some
order from Kazakhstan. Nothing has yet been confirmed.

Armen tells me about how he had met a Syrian-Armenian in Yerevan who
had worked in a shirt print shop back home and was then driving a
taxi in the Armenian capital.

“I wanted to help the guy since he was from Syria and because he had
run out of money. I asked him if he would come to work in Kapan if I
would provide him with everything. The guy agreed but wanted a large
amount in compensation. Let me be frank, I probably wouldn’t have
agreed if he wasn’t a Syrian-Armenian. Anyway, he came to Kapan and
worked here for three months and taught us how to do silk-screening,”
Armen says.

Factory Doesn’t Sell Products Locally – Can’t Afford a Retail Outlet

When I asked Armen if they sell their products in Kapan he let out
a sigh and said they didn’t have the money to open a shop.

A local retailer buys some goods from the plant and resells it in
his store in the downtown area. But the shopkeeper avoids marketing
the items as made in Kapan.

“That’s his business. Maybe he’s afraid it won’t sell. Who can
say?” Armen says.

When I ask if the plant goes to trade shows and expos to promote
its wares, Armen grins. He says that they participated in a few
shows but it cost 200,000 AMD. It costs 100,000 AMD just for the
exhibition space.

“It’s better to give that money to my workers in wages,” he says,
adding that such trade shows are only good to make contacts that may
or may not prove productive in the future.

“Right now my major concern is how will I tell the workers that they
will not be working come next year?” Armen says.

Amazingly, the plant even operated during the Artsakh War years.

Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan were put to work hand knitting
socks for the soldiers.

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168 HOURS: ARMENIA’S EXPORTS TO RUSSIA DECLINE

10:58 06/11/2014 >> DAILY PRESS

Armenian exports to Russia dropped by $15.2 million, or 6.5 percent,
in the nine months of this year, 168 Hours reports.

“While the exports totaled $235.1 million in January-September 2013,
they fell to $219.8 million in the same period of this year. The
decline is mainly due to the lower exports of food products,” the
newspaper notes.

Source: Panorama.am

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HOW THE US GOVERNMENT ‘NUDGES’ ITS ARMENIANS

Daily Sabah, Turkey
Nov 5 2014

by Tal Buenos

ISTANBUL — Who generates the accusation of genocide against Turkey? It
is a misconception to think that Armenians have masterminded
this long lasting anti-Turkish campaign. The Armenian polemic is
primarily an American issue. The accusation against Turkey serves
American interests in two main ways; it keeps some skeletons of the
Anglo-American imperialist past in the closet and it functions as
a big stick in the U.S.’s present dealings with Turkey. Turkey’s
many spheres of influence are of high importance to the U.S., which
throughout the latter half of the 20th century and to this day has
often needed Turkish cooperation in regional affairs. However, because
of Turkey’s unique cultural history, it is not perceived in the U.S.

as a natural ally, like the U.K. or Australia, but rather as requiring
a “carrot and stick” approach.

A universal characterization of the events as genocide could lead
to major property and compensation claims against Turkey as well as
severely harm the Turkish image in world history. Such a universal
characterization may very well become a reality if the U.S. issues
a formal declaration that the events were genocide, begins working
toward having this view be shared by other countries and officially
be put into writing through international organizations.

The status quo in U.S.-Turkey relations means that the U.S. cannot
be too obvious in its use of the Armenian polemic as a stick against
Turkey for that would lead to a worsening in the working relationship
between the two governments. Correspondingly, the U.S. does not seek
to make any formal declarations that what happened to Armenians was
genocide for that would negate the mobilizing utility of the stick and
the very idea of benefiting from an alliance with Turkey. Therefore,
the ideal presentation of the stick for the U.S. is to maintain
the relevance and significance of the Armenian polemic without it
appearing as instigated and controlled by the U.S. government.

How has this been done? The U.S. government has been “nudging”
the American public – in particular Armenian-Americans – toward
a belief that they are making their own historiographical choices
when in truth they are following a mapped out plan. The concept of
“nudging” was first introduced in the context of behavioral economics
by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein in their 2008 work, “Nudge:
Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness.” They argued
that a parental-like management of individuals’ choices is legitimate
and even preferable when it leads to decisions that are conducive
to their well-being. Nudging might mean that individuals may be led
to make choices that are not clearly expressive of their wishes or
best interest. Moreover, it seems as though Sunstein had in mind a
governmental application of nudges. Following the publication of the
book, he was appointed the Administrator of the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs under President Barack Obama with whom he had
shared the same law faculty at the University of Chicago. Just prior
to assuming the White House position that he would hold until 2012,
Sunstein argued that the nudge idea – through the prodding of experts –
should be used on behalf of government interests.

In the context of how to ward off “problems” of conspiracy theories
against the U.S. government, Sunstein, together with Adrian Vermeule,
suggested in an article titled “Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures”
in The Journal of Political Philosophy 17/2 in 2009: The government
can partially circumvent these problems if it enlists credible
independent experts in the effort to rebut the theories. There is
a tradeoff between credibility and control, however. The price
of credibility is that the government cannot be seen to control
the independent experts. Although the government can supply these
independent experts with information and perhaps prod them into
action from behind the scenes, too close a connection will prove
self-defeating if it is exposed – as witnessed in the humiliating
disclosures showing that apparently independent opinions on scientific
and regulatory questions were in fact paid for by think-tanks with
ties to the Bush administration.

It is important to notice three main aspects of this shocking quote
by a man who was on his way to a lofty position in the U.S. government.

1) the use of “credible independent experts” is offered as a solution
and a modus operandi for the U.S. government; 2) the successful
blend of “credibility” and “control” is only achieved if secrecy is
maintained and the public does not know that the alleged independent
experts are U.S. government-dependent; 3) the problem with this
practice, as in the case of the Bush administration, is not the act
of manipulating the public, but rather it is getting caught in the act.

Sunstein may not have invented this concept, but articulated it and
advanced it through the term “nudge,” and he still does. Another book
on nudging by Sunstein was recently published. Sunstein also recently
produced a book on conspiracy theories, though it does not contain
the article from which the above quote is taken.

One of the most famous “choice architects” of the Armenian polemic
or “credible independent experts” on genocide is Samantha Power, who
wrote “A Problem from Hell” (2002) and would later marry Sunstein. By
describing Turks as “perpetrators,” Armenians as symbols of morality
and the British as a force for good in what might be the most popular
book on genocide Power disseminated information that works in the U.S.

government’s favor. She made it seem as if the U.S. is destined to
play the role of judge and savior in atrocities, highlighting the term
genocide to cover up great power instigation of conflict. The term
genocide is not currently equipped to be applied to great powers as
the main actors in setting up local massacres. Power wrote her book
without academic training in Ottoman history and without caring to
learn whether her discussion of Raphael Lemkin presented fiction as
fact. Despite the book’s lack of academic integrity, it was catapulted
to, and by, a Pulitzer Prize and now Power is advocating the U.S.

government’s interests officially as its ambassador to the U.N. in
New York.

Prior to writing the book, Power came under the mentorship of Morton
Abramowitz as an intern at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. Abramowitz, then the president of the think tank organization,
had previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 1989 to
1991 and as assistant secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
from 1985 to 1989). After Power, his protégé, nudged
the American public – and especially motivated Armenian-Americans –
into thinking that they are making the right historical and emotional
choices about what happened in Anatolia in 1915 and 1916, Abramowitz,
along with Henri J. Barkey, could raise the stick and write in the
November/December 2009 issue of Foreign Affairs that “The AKP [Justice
and Development Party] government [.] has failed to come to grips
with the question of whether the Ottomans’ treatment of the Armenians
a century ago constituted a genocide.” Who has been raising this
question from behind the scenes? Who wants this question to be asked?

In another article, “The Never-Ending Armenian Genocide Resolution,”
posted online on March 19, 2010 on The National Interest, Abramowitz
provided a clear view of the trickery. Once notions of genocide
have been created, Abramowitz could then write as if he is merely
describing the public mood and the existing political pressures. He
described the routine of the congressional resolutions as an outside
observer, but continued the nudging of the public by claiming, as if
reporting, that “The Turks vehemently deny genocide occurred” and that
“Turkish governments complain bitterly when resolutions are introduced
in other countries.” He also associated the Turkish government with
emotional labels such as “rage” and “anger,” while he coolly continued
to reap the fruits of a nudged public and a biased discourse. He was
not taking away people’s choice by telling them what to think, but
he was nudging them in that direction by saying that “Most Americans
who pay attention to the issue probably sympathize with the Armenians
and believe historical evidence supports their claim of genocide.” The
American trick is not to make an accusation of genocide, but to create
an image of history by using the words “Armenian” and “genocide”
together to establish a common phrase, as he did in this article.

The nudging of the American public, and mainly that of Armenians,
has been going on for decades through many “choice architects” – some
less obvious than others. The field of genocide study has its share of
seemingly independent credible experts. The New York Times functions
as both source and space for “choice architects.” The newspaper’s
high status allows for the nudging of readers to form a world view
of politics and history according to its opinions and areas of focus.

Furthermore, experts cite its articles from World War I as if they were
fair reports even though they were reserved for pro-British wartime
propaganda. The World War I mini-series, “1914-1918: The Great War and
the Shaping of the 20th Century” that came out in 1996 was supported
by the governments of the U.S. and U.K. It was produced by the BBC
and the Imperial War Museum as well as by KCET in Los Angeles, the
same company that produced the annual “Armenia Fund Telethon” that
collected money for the construction of a highway that would connect
Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. The fact that this product, in which
Turks are accused of genocide, was distributed by the American Public
Broadcasting Service, means that one branch of the U.S. government
enabled the diplomatic branch of the U.S. government to say to Turkey:
the public seems to think that Turks committed genocide.

As a result, the public is continuously nudged away from historical
fact, Turks are vilified and the U.S. government continues to act as if
it is doing Turkey a political favor by holding off public pressure,
which was generated by the U.S. government itself via nudges. After
years of being nudged into passionate beliefs and political activity
in the U.S., some Armenian lobbyists might be “choice architects”
themselves, but most Armenians are simply nudged toward a twisted
view of their people’s history.

Nudges such as this are a danger to any democracy, even the proud
American one, and may be interpreted as policies of a “submerged
state,” as defined by Suzanne Mettler in her 2011 book “The Submerged
State.” She described such policies of “soft paternalism” as having a
“stealth presence in the lives of most Americans.” She warned that
“the submerged state threatens to undermine the basic principles
encapsulated in the idea of ‘government of the people, by the people,
for the people.’ ”

If, by nudging, the U.S. government is implementing its policies
stealthily, then while American citizens may maintain their freedom
of choice, they are limited in their view of what their government
is actually doing and are therefore kept under-informed or even
misinformed. Prior to being able to make decisions about government
freely, citizens must be able to form an opinion about government
performance. Even if the U.S. government is under the impression
that this Armenian nudge is beneficial to its citizens because
of national interest, such a policy presents a compromise of core
democratic values.

* PhD candidate at the University of Utah’s Department of Political
Science

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ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO OPERATE UNTIL 2026

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Nov 5 2014

5 November 2014 – 4:08pm

The Metsamor nuclear power plant of Armenia will continue running
the second block until 2026, according to an agreement between the
Russian and the Armenian governments to be signed at the end of the
year, said Armenian Deputy Minister for Energy and Natural Resources
Ara Simonyan, Trend reports.

Realization of the project will require $300 million. Russia will
allocate $30 million of the sum as a grant, the rest as a loan.

The Metsamor nuclear power plant was shut down after the earthquake in
1988. It was reactivated in 1995. Only the second reactor is running.

International specialists call the plant a very dangerous facility
due to the high seismic risks in the area.

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ARMENIA CAN SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT FROM EEU MEMBERSHIP: OFFICIALS

Global Post
Nov 5 2014

YEREVAN, Armenia, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) — Armenia’s membership in the
newly established four-nation Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) can lead
to a 1.2 percent annual growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
a senior official with Armenia’s Ministry of Finances on Tuesday.

Speaking at a regular discussion of the state budget draft in Armenia’s
National Assembly, Pavel Safaryan, deputy minister of finances,
also noted that in case of unfavorable economic situation in the
countries of the EEU, including Armenia, preliminary forecasts may
differ significantly from the final result.

Meanwhile, Vardan Ayvazyan, member of National Assembly and head of
the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs, predicted a profit
of about 300 million U.S. dollars from customs revenue due to the
status of being an EEU member.

The membership implies preferential privileges for Armenia on a number
of imports and exports. The EEU also creates favorable conditions
for Armenia’s economic development.

The EEU, also known as the Eurasian Union (EAU), is a political and
economic union established by a treaty signed by leaders of Belarus,
Kazakhstan and Russia in the Kazakh capital city of Astana on May
29, 2014.

A treaty to enlarge the EEU to include Armenia was signed on October 9,
2014. The EEU is expected to go into effect on January 1, 2015.

The main purposes of the EEU creation are formation of a single
market, creation of opportunities for free movement of goods, services,
investment and labor forces within the borders of the member countries
by 2025, as well as the introduction of a coordinated economic policy.

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GAMES-ARMENIA VOW TO COMPETE AT EUROPEAN GAMES IN AZERBAIJAN

Reuters
Nov 5 2014

By Julian Linden

(Reuters) – Armenia has agreed to participate in next year’s inaugural
European games in Azerbaijan despite the ongoing dispute between the
two countries.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in conflict over the breakaway
enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh region for more than two decades.

A ceasefire was called in 1994 after more than 30,000 people were
killed in the fighting but efforts to reach a permanent settlement have
failed despite mediation led by France, Russia and the United States.

With the first European Games scheduled to take place in Baku next
June, European and International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials
travelled to Armenia last month to discuss their participation.

“It’s a very tense situation and we had an excellent meeting with our
colleagues in Armenia,” Patrick Hickey, the president of the European
Olympic Committee, told reporters on Wednesday.

“They have agreed to participate in the games next year and they will
come to our general assembly in Baku in two weeks’ time.

“All the problems were solved.”

Hickey, in Bangkok for the Association of National Olympic Committees
(ANOC) general assembly, also said Kosovo was likely to compete as
an independent country.

The IOC last month granted provisional recognition of Kosovo, despite a
protest from Serbia, and will vote next month on whether to recognise
full membership of the IOC. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia
in 2008.

“We will have an additional member by the time the games open next
year and that is Kosovo,” Hickey said.

“If the IOC give them full recognition in the Monaco session in
December, well then they will automatically be brought into the
European Olympic family.

“Then that would be their first participation of a multi sports
games.” (Editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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JEAN-CLAUDE GAUDIN DEMANDE A LA FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE FOOTBALL QUE LE MATCH FRANCE-ARMENIE SE DEROULE A MARSEILLE

MARSEILLE VEUT ACCUEILLIR LE MATCH FRANCE-ARMENIE

Le Maire de Marseille, Jean-Claude Gaudin vient d’ecrire a Noël Le
Graet, President de la Federation Francaise de Football pour demander
que le match amical France-Armenie, prevu le 8 octobre 2015 au stade
de France a Paris puisse se derouler au stade Velodrome de Marseille.

Jean-Claude Gaudin ecrit
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LE TRAITE D’ADHESION A L’UEE EST-IL CONFORME SELON LA COUR CONSITUTIONNELLE ?

Legislation armenienne

La Cour constitutionnelle va examiner au durant du mois la conformite
aux lois fondamentales du pays le traite relatif a l’adhesion de
l’Armenie a l’Union economique eurasiatique (UEE).

Dans un communique publie hier, la Cour a dit que l’audience est
prevue pour le 14 novembre.

Le traite que l’Armenie a signe le 10 octobre a Minsk, en Bielorussie,
implique l’adhesion du pays au bloc commercial de la Russie, la
Bielorussie et du Kazakhstan a partir de janvier. Le Kirghizistan a
egalement fait demande a devenir membre de cette Union d’ici la fin
de l’annee.

Au moins cinq des six factions des 131 membres de l’Assemblee
nationale se sont declares explicitement ou implicitement en faveur
de l’adhesion de l’Armenie a l’UEE. C’est pour cette raison que la
plupart des experts locaux prevoient qu’il n’y aura pas d’obstacles
majeurs a la ratification parlementaire du traite.

mercredi 5 novembre 2014, Claire (c)armenews.com

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