Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

DES RESERVES DE MINERAIS METALLIQUES D’ARMENIE ESTIMES A 4138 MILLIARDS DE $

ARMENIE

Les reserves de minerais metalliques de l’Armenie sont estimes
aujourd’hui a 4138 milliards de dollars selon Hrachia Avakian, un
eminent specialiste de l’Institut d’economie de l’Academie Nationale
des Sciences.

Selon lui, l’Armenie est l’un des pays les plus riches en termes de
depôts de minerais metalliques. Il a dit qu’il y a sept gisements
de cuivre-molybdène et que le depôt de Kajaran dans la province
meridionale du Syunik etait l’un des plus importants au monde. Il a dit
que les gisements de cuivre et de molybdène contiennent 6,2 milliards
de tonnes de metaux, estime a environ 1040 milliards de dollars

” L’Armenie a egalement cinq gisements explores de minerais de
cuivre-pyrite dans le Kapan, l’Alaverdi, Shamlugh, Lichk et Ankadzor,
qui contiennent plus de 935 600 tonnes de cuivre pour una valeur de
11,42 milliards de $.

vendredi 23 août 2013, Stephane ©armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

Armenian Card – Ace of trumps against Baku opposition

19:09 24/08/2013 » ANALYSIS

Presidential elections in Azerbaijan are almost here, but the backup
candidate for opposition, in case Oscar-winning screenwriter Rustam
Ibrahimbekov fails to be nominated as a united candidate, is still not
defined . . .

The possibility of such an outcome of events is more than real, as he
still has a Russian passport in his pocket, the issue concerning the
property in the USA is not resolved, and, therefore, doesn’t have the
right to be nominated based on Azerbaijani law. Anyway, the initiative
group supporting Ibrahimbekov has submitted documents to Central
Electoral Commission.

Needless to say, it is pretty tough for oppositionists there, who
might as well be accused of Armenophilia. The method is an old and
tested one, guaranteeing a stamp it would be hard, if not impossible,
to get rid of.

Here are a few examples. Elchin Mirzabeyli, the deputy of Azerbaijani
Popular Front Party, has recently reminded Imbrahimbekov about the
interview in `Pravda’ newspaper given in 2008, where the screenwriter
regrets about the relocations of Armenians from Baku and states openly
that the city elite has disrupted, and that he misses the Armenians
who left. `There is a similar motive, nostalgia, in the latest work by
Akram Aylisli. From that viewpoint, I think it is possible they are
both controlled by the same center,’ said the politician.

The Youth organization of the ruling party issued a statement a few
months ago: `It is very shameful that these people still call
themselves representatives of Azerbaijani intelligentsia. Their
activities can be considered as treason to Fatherland. We demand
Rustam Ibrahimbekov and Akram Aylisli to be announced as `personae non
gratae.’ Yeni Azerbaijan pro-governmental newspaper described
Ibrahimbekov as `discourteous, amoral Armenophile.’ The executive
secretary of `Yeni Azerbaijan’ ruling party Ali Ahmedov claimed:
`Every citizen of Azerbaijan must despise the thinking and ideology of
Rustam Ibrahimbekov.’

Interestingly, this method is used not only against political
opponents, but also international organizations criticizing the
authorities of Azerbaijan. The head of the Geneva office of the bureau
of the human rights organization `Human Rights House’ Florian Irminger
said that everyone already knows who the next Azerbaijani president
will be. `In other countries people find out the name of the winner
the next day after elections.

The fact that it is previously known who the president will be proves
that the elections are falsified. In the meantime, the statement of
the former head of the European Union, according to which the current
president has some good chances to win in upcoming elections,
authorizes those elections in a way,’ notes Irminger. In return, the
official Baku, more specifically the head of the department of
political analysis and information support of the administration of
the president Elnur Aslanov accused the `Human Rights House’
organization in executing an order: `It’s not a coincidence that a big
number of Armenian Diaspora organizations are partners to `Human
Rights House.’ Besides that, the financial issues of the given
structure of the secretariat are directed by a person of Armenian
descent, Saro Saroyan.’ To be brief, because of an absence of other
more or less intelligible arguments, the Armenian card continues to be
the most effective one at the upcoming Azerbaijani elections for the
fight against oppositionists . . .

Asatur Sarkisyan

Source: Panorama.am

From: Baghdasarian

NKR President visits the town of Shoushi

17:38, 24 August, 2013

YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. On 24 August the Artsakh Republic
President Bako Sahakyan visited the “Shoushi” market of agricultural
products opened in the town of Shoushi.

The Central Information Department of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic
President’s Office informed “Armenpress” that Bako Sahakyan stressed
the importance of organizing such fairs considering them useful from
socioeconomic perspective, particularly for the agricultural
development as well as within the context of supplying high quality
local products to the people with acceptable prices.

On the same day the Head of the State also paid a visit to the Shoushi
Carpet Museum, which according to Bako Sahakyan, substantially
contributes to maintenance of national traditions and values as well
as boost tourism in Artsakh. During the visit the President was
accompanied by NKR vice primeminister Arthur Aghabekyan and other
officials.

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Azerbaijan violates ceasefire more than 200 times past week

15:10 24/08/2013 » SOCIETY

Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire at the line of contact between
Karabakh and Azeri troops about 200 times between 18 and 24 August.

Azeri forces fired more than 1,000 shots at Armenian defensive posts,
the NKR Defense Army said.

The Defense Army gave an adequate response to the enemy’s provocations
and kept on defending military positions safely along the whole
contact line.

Source: Panorama.am

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Jivan Gasparyan to celebrate his birthday anniversary in Kremlin Concert Hall

15:08, 24 August, 2013

YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. Prominent duduk-player Jivan Gasparyan
will celebrate his 85th birthday anniversary in Moscow’s Kremlin
Concert Hall on November 18. Supposedly, renowned chansonnier Charles
Aznavour will also attend the celebration. As reports “Armenpress” at
the course of the press conference held on August 24 Jivan Gasparyan
underlined: `I am not aware yet whether I shall celebrate my jubilee
in Yerevan or not. That’s not my job and depends upon their courtesy.
I don’t want to ask people to organize a concert for me. I shall not
say ‘Give me money to celebrate my birthday’, even if they hang me. If
they organize it I shall express my gratitude and feel that they are
engaged in a good job. But I don’t compel anyone to do that. I did not
ask anything from anybody even for the erection of my statue.”

The duduk-players’ monument (Jivan Gasparyan, Levon Madoyan, and Vache
Hovsepyan) will be erected in the Abovyan street of Yerevan. The
project is being realized by sculptor Davit Minasyan.

Jivan Gasparyan was born on October 12, 1928. He is an Armenian
musician and composer. He plays the duduk, a double reed woodwind
instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the
“Master of the duduk”.

Born in Solak, Armenia to parents from Mush, Gasparyan started to play
duduk when he was six. In 1948 he became a soloist of the Armenian
Song and Dance Popular Ensemble and the Yerevan Philarmonic
Orchestra. He has won four medals at UNESCO worldwide competitions
(1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). In 1973 Gasparyan was awarded the
honorary title People’s Artist of Armenia and in 2002, he received the
WOMEX (World Music Expo) Lifetime Achievement Award. A professor at
the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory, he has instructed and nurtured
many performers to professional levels of performance in duduk.

He has toured the world several times with a small ensemble playing
Armenian folk music. He has collaborated with many artists, such as
Hossein Alizadeh, Sting, Erkan Ogur,Michael Brook, Peter Gabriel,
Brian May, Lionel Richie, Derek Sherinian, Ludovico Einaudi, Boris
Grebenshchikov, David Sylvian, Hans Zimmer and Andreas Vollenweider.

Djivan Gasparyan and Hossein Alizadeh were jointly nominated for a
2007 Grammy Awardfor their 2006 collaboration album Endless Vision (an
album featuring a trilingual arrangement and recording of Sari Galin).

Gasparyan played as part of the Armenian entry “Apricot Stone” by Eva
Rivas at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo and became the
oldest ever person to feature in a Eurovision Song Contest
performance, but was not officially listed as a guest artist.

From: Baghdasarian

O’FARRELL SLAMS TURKEY FOR GALLIPOLI ‘BAN’

NEWS.com.au, Australia
Aug 21 2013

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has hit out at Turkey for threatening to
ban MPs from Anzac Day services, after parliament officially recognised
the Ottoman genocide of Armenians.

The NSW legislative council in May passed a motion calling for the
official recognition of the Assyrian, Armenian and Greek genocides.

Turkey says the motion is not compatible with historic facts.

Turkish consul-general Gulseren Celik said on Wednesday as a result
of that Mr O’Farrell and other NSW MPs would be denied visas to attend
the Gallipoli service.

Mr O’Farrell says such a ban would fly in the face of the freedom
Australian diggers fought for.

“What a terrible indictment by the consul-general of the freedoms
fought for on Gallipoli,” he told reporters.

Mr O’Farrell added that he would prefer to see the descendants of
Gallipoli veterans, not politicians, at commemoration services.

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NSW MPS NOT WELCOME AT GALLIPOLI CENTENARY

Radio New Zealand
Aug 21 2013

Updated at 8:12 am today

The Turkish Government is to ban all members of the state parliament
in New South Wales from attending the centenary commemorations at
Gallipoli in 2015.

The move was a response to motions the NSW parliament passed in May,
officially recognising the Armenian genocide.

The ABC reports an estimated 1.5 million Armenians died in Ottoman
Turk-controlled territory between 1915 – 1922, but the Turks have
long denied that genocide occurred.

Turkish officials described as outrageous the motions passed by both
houses of the New South Wales parliament, that condemn the genocide.

The Foreign Ministry said the proponents of the motions will no longer
be welcome at the Gallipoli commemorations and the council at Gallipoli
has backed that.

AAP reports Turkish consul-general Gulseren Celik was asked on ABC
Television whether the statement meant that Premier Barry O’Farrell and
other NSW MPs would be denied visas to attend the Gallipoli service.

“Yes,” she said.

From: Baghdasarian

KARS GOVERNOR CONFESSED THAT HISTORICAL CITY OF ANI IS ABANDONED

14:45, 21 August, 2013

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS. The Governor of Kars Eyup Tepe
announced that despite the ongoing archeological excavations in the
historical city of Ani, the current activities are not enough.

As reports “Armenpress” citing Turkish “Haberler” news agency, the
Governor of Kars Eyup Tepe highlighted that the ruins of Ani play a
significant role and are of a certain importance for the development
of tourism in Kars.

Among other things the Governor of Kars Eyup Tepe underscored:

“Unfortunately, it has been several years since Ani is abandoned. Some
petty activities are ongoing currently, notwithstanding our budget is
too small for such activities and if we maintain the current tempo,
we shall not be able to give Ani a start in life even in 50 years.

From: Baghdasarian

US SLAMS ERDOGAN OVER ISRAEL, EGYPT REMARKS

11:50 21.08.13

The United States condemned comments by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip
Erdogan accusing Israel of having a hand in the Egyptian military’s
overthrow of president Mohamed Mursi, Reuters reported, citing a
White House spokesman.

“We strongly condemn the statements that were made by Prime Minister
Erdogan today. Suggesting that Israel is somehow responsible for
recent events in Egypt is offensive, unsubstantiated, and wrong,”
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters in a briefing.

Earlier on Tuesday, Erdogan told provincial leaders of his AK Party:
“What do they say in Egypt? Democracy is not the ballot box. What is
behind it? Israel. We have in our hands documentation.”

Armenian News – Tert.am

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AZERBAIJANI AMBASSADOR TO SERBIA ACCUSES PRESIDENT’S ADMINISTRATION OF BLACK PR CAMPAIGN CARRIED OUT AGAINST HIM

20:18 21/08/2013 ” REGION

Former Attorney General, now Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and
Herzegovina Eldar Hasanov stated that the recent publications of
several media concerning his persona, are part of a pre-arranged
campaign. According to the Azerbaijani news portal “Minval.az” with
reference to Yeni Musavat newspaper, the ambassador assured that one
of the powerful groups is blacking this PR campaign.

“These reports say Eldar Hasanov owns a large business in Russia,
spends his time in that country, and allegedly he is a reserve player,
who stays in shadow for a while, and tries to carry out a coup of
Union of the billionaires’ in Azerbaijan,” the website notes.

According to the article, all this forced Eldar Hasanov to give an
explanation to the leadership of Azerbaijan in connection with this
and other allegations in his address.

According to the ambassador, among those backing this campaign there
is a person holding a high position in the administration of President,
as well as a number of officials, running important posts.

He also stated that the campaign against him is a blow to the
government’s prestige as a whole and that it will bring no dividends
to the authorities on the eve of the presidential election, writes
the portal.

“Not a single normal country will tolerate an ambassador within its
country who is supporting secret ties with official structures of such
a huge country as Russia, will not trust a diplomat who is involved
in anti-government conspiracy,” said Hasanov.

The Ambassador stressed that the campaign carried out against him
casts a shadow on his work as an Azerbaijani diplomat, especially in
the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. He said that everything written about him
was a lie, and that he was faithful to his State, a team in which
he was presented as well as his president and had always supported
Ilham Aliyev’s policy.

“Opponents admit that Eldar Hasanov once again managed to get away
with it,” writes “Minval.az.”

On the eve of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Baku,
Azerbaijani human rights activist Fatullayev published an article in
which he argued that a plot against Ilham Aliyev, the President of
Azerbaijan, was uncovered. According to the article in the conspiracy,
allegedly organized by the head of the Presidential Administration
of Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin, were involved: one of the
leaders of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Russia, the former Deputy Prime
Minister Abbas Abbasov, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Serbia Eldar Hasanov,
a number of former senior officials and leaders.

Source: Panorama.am

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