Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

MARTIN SHULTZ: RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS PRECONDITION FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION OF TURKEY

ARMENPRESS
18 September, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS: The Left Party of Germany
welcomes the position of the European Parliament, according to
which the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is considered to be a
precondition for Turkey~Rs European integration. This was reported
by Armenpress, quoting the official website of the Left Party of
Germany, which published the announcement of the President of the
German Parliament Martin Shultz, saying in particular that Turkey
should face the history.

The President of the German Parliament Martin Shultz stated about
it at the meeting with the Turkish State Minister and the Minister
for the EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis. They talked
about the official role of Turkey in Syria, visa issues and Turkey~Rs
possible membership in the European Union.

Martin Shultz and Egemen Bagis spoke also on the Armenian Genocide
issue, as well as the new bill initiated by the French Senate on the
Armenian Genocide.

Nevertheless at the press conference held at the European Parliament,
Bagis did not answer the question on the Armenian Genocide and his
comments and analysis made in Switzerland. He said that Switzerland
was not an EU member and ~SI will not spend a single second to speak
about issues, which do not concern the European Union~T.

Martin Shultz in his turn highlighted the clear position of the
European Parliament, according to which an appeal had been made since
2005 by the adopted decree that ~STurkey should recognize the Armenian
Genocide and it would be considered as a precondition to enter the
European Union~T.

In his website the German Left Party, besides this announcement,
published also an article about its own position welcoming the
announcement.

From: Baghdasarian

LE FONDS ARMENIEN EVACUE 370 ARMENIENS DE SYRIE

Publie le : 18-09-2012

Info Collectif VAN – – ” Les affrontements
de plus en plus violents qui se deroulent en Syrie font un nombre
croissant de victimes, notamment parmi les populations civiles. La
communaute armenienne de ce pays, en particulier celle d’Alep,
n’est pas epargnee par ces violences. Elle est menacee aussi bien au
niveau de ses membres, que de ses institutions. Si une partie de cette
communaute est composee de descendants de rescapes du genocide de 1915,
une autre est beaucoup plus ancienne puisque sa presence a Alep et
dans la region date de plus de huit siècles. Elle a donc un ancrage
très profond sur ces terres. Pour aider la communaute armenienne
de Syrie, le Fonds Armenien mondial a ouvert dès le mois d’août un
compte bancaire specifique. ” Le Collectif VAN relaye ici l’appel
aux dons du Fonds Armenien et rappelle que quatre Armeniens de Syrie,
de retour d’Erevan, ont ete froidement executes par des hommes armes,
sur la route de l’aeroport d’Alep dans la nuit de mardi a mercredi.

Paris, le 13 septembre 2012

Le Fonds Armenien procède a l’evacuation de 370 Armeniens de Syrie
a bord de deux avions

Les affrontements de plus en plus violents qui se deroulent en Syrie
font un nombre croissant de victimes, notamment parmi les populations
civiles. La communaute armenienne de ce pays, en particulier celle
d’Alep, n’est pas epargnee par ces violences. Elle est menacee aussi
bien au niveau de ses membres, que de ses institutions.

Si une partie de cette communaute est composee de descendants de
rescapes du genocide de 1915, une autre est beaucoup plus ancienne
puisque sa presence a Alep et dans la region date de plus de huit
siècles. Elle a donc un ancrage très profond sur ces terres.

Pour aider la communaute armenienne de Syrie, le Fonds Armenien
mondial a ouvert dès le mois d’août un compte bancaire specifique.

Grâce aux dons recoltes a ce jour, en particulier de la part de deux
grands donateurs, le Fonds Armenien a pu affreter deux avions a bord
desquels il a, ces dernières semaines, procede a l’evacuation de 370
Armeniens de Syrie. Ceux-ci se trouvent actuellement en securite,
en Armenie.

Le Fonds Armenien lance un appel urgent pour des dons supplementaires
car les besoins de la communaute armenienne de Syrie ne cessent
malheureusement d’augmenter sur le plan de l’aide medicale, de
la reconstruction et de l’assistance a des familles demunies ou
deplacees. Nous demandons donc a toutes les personnes de bonne volonte
de nous adresser leurs dons en mentionnant bien qu’il est destine a
l’Aide a la communaute armenienne de Syrie pour que le Fonds Armenien
puisse poursuivre et developper son programme d’assistance a cette
communaute.

Bedros Terzian President du Fonds Armenien de France

Fonds armenien de France, BP 12, 75660 Paris Cedex 14

Email : [email protected].

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From: Baghdasarian

UN ACCORD EST SIGNE ENTRE LE MUSEE DU GENOCIDE ARMENIEN ET LE COMPLEXE COMMEMORATIF LIDICE
Stephane

armenews.com
mardi 18 septembre 2012

Du 28 au 31 août le directeur de l’Institut-Musee du Genocide armenien
Hayk Demoyan a visite Prague. Le 29 août Hayk Demoyan a eu une reunion
avec les representants de la communaute armenienne pour presenter le
programme du 100ème anniversaire du Genocide armenien.

Le 31 août Hayk Demoyan et Milosh Chervencel, le chef du complexe
commemoratif Lidice ont signe un accord de cooperation entre les
deux institutions. Le document prevoit l’echange d’expositions et de
publications, la presentation de materiaux d’archives et l’echange
d’experts.

Avant la ceremonie de signature les deux parties ont discute des offres
concrètes de cooperation. L’ambassadeur armenien dans la Republique
tchèque Tigran Seyranyan, des membres de l’ambassade et du complexe
commemoratif, des representants de la communaute armenienne et de la
presse ont suivi la ceremonie.

Les participants de la reunion ont depose des fleurs au complexe
commemoratif consacre aux 82 enfants qui ont ete tues a Lidice et
ont visite le musee.

From: Baghdasarian

VARDAN AYVAZYAN HAS NO INTENTION TO PAY USD 37 MLN TO GLOBAL GOLD MINING

arminfo
Monday, September 17, 09:46

In a conversation with ArmInfo’s correspondent, Vardan Ayvazyan,
ex- Minister of Nature Protection of Armenia, currently Head of the
Armenian Parliamentary Commission on Economic Issues, member of the
ruling Republican Party of Armenia, says that the judgment of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
causes his irony.

To note, the United States Marshal Service for the Southern District of
New York filed for service a Writ of Execution to be enforced against
Vardan Ayvazyan in favor of Global Gold Mining LLC (GGM). The Writ
of Execution was issued by the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York following the order and judgment of
Judge J. Paul Oetken. The amount of the fine is USD 37 mln.

Ayvazyan says that he is not going to “obey” the judgment of the
Court and to pay the fine. He categorically refutes GGM’s bribery
accusations against him.

To recall, GGM applied to the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York against Vardan Ayvazyan, who demanded
a USD 3 mln bribe from GGM. Having failed to carry out Ayvazyan’s
demand, the Company lost its license to develop the deposit in
Hankavan. Thereby, the company suffered USD 27 mln losses. The Company
reported this situation to the appropriate authorities in Armenia
and in the United States, however, the license was not restored.

From: Baghdasarian

Agence France Presse
13 septembre 2012 jeudi 3:00 PM GMT

Turquie: un journaliste renommé publie un livre admettant un génocide arménien

: ISTANBUL 13 sept 2012

Un journaliste turc de premier plan vient de publier un livre
qualifiant de génocide les massacres d’Arméniens survenus en 1915-17
dans l’empire ottoman, une prise de position rare en Turquie où le
terme est récusé par les autorités et reste encore largement tabou.

Editorialiste du quotidien Milliyet, Hasan Cemal, qui est aussi le
petit-fils de Cemal Pacha, un des généraux à la tête de l’empire
ottoman lors de la Première guerre mondiale, relate dans “1915: Le
Génocide Arménien”, sorti mercredi en librairie, son cheminement
intellectuel et émotionnel vers la reconnaissance du génocide.

“Je comprends votre douleur face au génocide, je la partage”: c’est
par ces mots, prononcés en mars 2011 lors d’une conférence à Los
Angeles devant une audience largement composée de membres de la
diaspora arménienne, que l’auteur affirme être passé de l’autre côté
du miroir.

Des mots prononcés avec difficulté, au terme d’un long parcours
amenant Hasan Cemal, dont le grand-père a été assassiné en 1922 à
Tbilissi par un activiste arménien, à prendre progressivement ses
distances avec les thèses officielles.

“La douleur de 1915 n’appartient pas au passé, mais bel et bien au
présent. C’est en faisant la paix avec l’histoire –la vraie, pas
celle qui comme chez nous a été réinventée ou altérée– et en nous
sauvant du virus de l’exploitation de l’histoire que nous pourrons
trouver le repos”, souligne le journaliste.

La Turquie reconnaît des massacres d’Arméniens en 1915-1917 –elle
parle de 500.000 tués– dans les territoires administrés par l’empire
ottoman, dont elle est l’héritière, mais récuse le terme de génocide.
Les Arméniens avancent le chiffre de 1,5 million de morts dans un
génocide, reconnu par de nombreux pays.

La vision officielle turque est contestée depuis la fin des années
1990 en Turquie par certains historiens et la tenue en 2005 d’une
conférence universitaire sur la question arménienne a marqué une
relative libération du débat. Mais l’emploi du mot génocide par des
personnalités demeure très rare.

Le prix Nobel de littérature 2006, le Turc Orhan Pamuk, a été
poursuivi en 2005 et a reçu des menaces de mort après avoir affirmé
dans un journal suisse qu'”un million d’Arméniens et 30.000 Kurdes ont
été tués sur ces terres”.

From: Baghdasarian

AZERBAIJANI RULING PARTY APPEALS TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Trend
Sept 14 2012
Azerbaijan

The ruling New Azerbaijan Party and the Azerbaijani public are
concerned and sorry about the provisions reflected in the European
parliament’s resolution on Azerbaijan and the extradition of Ramil
Safarov, which was passed on September 13, the official website of
the party said today.

The ruling party sent an appeal to the European Parliament in
connection with this document.

“While extraditing and pardoning Azerbaijani army officer Ramil
Safarov, Azerbaijan remains true to the principles and norms of
international law,” the ruling party’s statement to the European
parliament said.

The concerns of the Azerbaijani public, who protested the resolution
of the European Parliament, are reflected in the appeal.

“The position reflected in the document is biased and prejudiced,
we are concerned by the fact that this document may exacerbate the
situation in the region, and we hope that parliamentarians will
comprehensively examine the problem while taking further action on
such a sensitive issue,” the statement said.

On Thursday, the European parliament adopted a resolution with regard
to Ramil Safarov’s extradition to Azerbaijan and his pardoning by
the president.

The resolution regretted that Safarov was received as a hero at home,
and expressed concern that this may lead to increasing tensions
between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

From: Baghdasarian

AZERBAIJAN: MEPS DEPLORE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON GRANTED TO RAMIL SAFAROV

ENPI Info Centre
Sept 14 2012

In a resolution passed on 13 September, the European Parliament
deplored the pardon granted by President Aliyev of Azerbaijan to Ramil
Safarov, on his transfer to Azerbaijan from Hungary, where he had been
sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of an Armenian
colleague in 2004, and the hero’s welcome accorded to Safarov on his
return to Azerbaijan.

MEPs fear this could further inflame tensions between Azerbaijan and
Armenia and jeopardise “all peaceful reconciliation processes”. They
say that the “legitimate frustration in Azerbaijan and Armenia” at the
lack of substantial progress in the peace process in Nagorno-Karabakh
“does not justify either acts of revenge or futile provocations”.

They call on the EU to play more of a role in the settlement of
the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Parliament also says that the
association agreement being negotiated between the EU and Azerbaijan
should include human rights and rule-of-law clauses and benchmarks.

(EU Neighbourhood Info)

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GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES DEVOID ARMENIANS IN JAVAKHK TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTORAL PROCESSES

news.am
September 14, 2012 | 17:41

TBILISI. – “Yerkir” Union of Public Organizations on repatriation
and development released a statement in connection with the upcoming
parliamentary elections scheduled for Oct. 1.

The election process in Javakhk proceeds in its consistent policy
of the Georgian authorities flouting of basic political and civil
rights of the Javakhk Armenians. In particular, there is a norm which
prohibits establishment of regional political organizations. According
to it, political parties presenting the interests of the Armenian
population are devoid of registration and participation in the
elections, the statement sent to the Armenian News-NEWS.am reads.

Hence, the Armenian population in Javakhk currently has no opportunity
to fully participate in the election processes anyway, as it is devoid
of the right to express political will and build its future through
free, fair and competitive elections.

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ARMENIA, ARTSAKH TO PARTICIPATE IN TOP RESA 2012 EXHIBITION IN PARIS

Panorama.am
14/09/2012

The National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) and NKR
representatives, along with Armenian tourism companies, will represent
Armenia and Artsakh at Top Resa 2012 International French Travel
Market on September 18-21 in Paris, NCFA press service said.

This year, more than 27,000 tourism companies from some 160 countries
are expected at the exhibition.

It’s noteworthy that for the first time in the history of international
exhibitions, Armenia and Artsakh will be represented by a united
pavilion.

Armenian delegation’s participation in the exhibition was made possible
thanks to the support of the Embassy of Armenia in France.

From: Baghdasarian

ARMENIA AMONG SAFEST ANTI-TERRORIST STATES – NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

PanARMENIAN.Net
September 14, 2012 – 17:13 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The National Security Council secretary commented
on Armenia’s inclusion on a list of 40 most dangerous countries for
Americans to visit.

“Armenia is a very safe county from the viewpoint of security and
counter-terrorism activities, as noted in NATO and EU official
documents, stressing the country’s progress in a struggle against
terrorism,” Artur Baghdasaryan said.

“Armenia has never been accused of ties with terrorist organizations,
or included in any terrorism-related international reports,” the
official said.

According to Baghdasaryan, a special interdepartmental committee for
struggle against terrorism, as well as a counter-terrorism national
program have been created, with “Armenia having no reason for concern.”

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