Author: Boshkezenian Garik

ISRAELI LEADER’S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN TO "HARM" BAKU’S IMAGE

Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sahar TV, Tehran
May 14 2009

The possible visit of the Israeli president to Azerbaijan will put Baku
under pressure and harm its image, state-run Iranian international
service Sahar TV has said. Israeli President Shimon Peres is
reportedly to visit Azerbaijan at the end of June – early July, several
Azerbaijani papers and news agencies have reported. The reports alleged
that such an agreement was received in Prague at a meeting between the
president and an Israeli minister. Protest voices are already heard
in Azerbaijan among which the Centre for the Protection of Freedom
of Conscience and Religion was the first. The statement from this
group described the possible visit as "disgrace". Iran’s Sahar TV,
which broadcasts in several foreign languages for foreign countries
as well as Azerbaijan and active in anti-government campaign, has
been active to this end. The following is an excerpt from report by
state-run Iranian international service Sahar TV on 14 May:

[Presenter] Realist analysts have assessed a possible visit of
Israeli President Shimon Peres to Baku as a threat to the Azerbaijani
Republic whereas some pro-Israeli and pro-Western [Azerbaijani] media
and political analysts launch a campaigns [to promote] the possible
visit of the criminal Zionist regime leader to Baku.

[Correspondent] A number of political experts say that Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev has taken a dangerous and illogical step by
inviting the leader of the criminal Zionist regime, who is the enemy
of all Islamic world, to pay a visit to the Azerbaijani Republic while
Aliyev himself has recently urged Turkey to avoid normalizing ties with
Armenia which is in enmity with Azerbaijan. In this regard, policy of
double standards pursued by Azerbaijan will harm Ilham Aliyev’s image.

Experts note that the possible visit by Shimon Peres to Baku
will cause serious economic, political and security problems for
Azerbaijan. However, from the security standpoint, the Zionist regime
will not suffice itself to the realization of the visit by the head
of this regime. Following this visit, Baku will face big demands as
Baku would put itself in an isolated political situation by making
wrong decisions. If the visit of Shimon Peres to Baku is realized,
unfortunately, it will put Baku in isolation and damage it image. As a
result of which an expansionist Zionist regime will issue a challenge
to the Azerbaijani Republic and compel Baku to more concessions.

RA NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY RECEIVES SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF UK FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS

Noyan Tapan
May 14, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 14, RA National Security
Council Secretary Artur Baghdasarian and Special Representative of
the United Kingdom for the South Caucasus Brian Fall discussed issues
regarding the 2009-2011 Actions Plan ensuring implementation of the
Armenia-European Union Actions Plan of the European Neighborhood
Policy. A. Baghdasarian mentioned that reforms are planned in various
spheres in Armenia, and EU member countries’ assistance to this
process is expected.

The sides discussed the necessity of development of bilateral
contacts of Armenia and Great Britain, possibilities of creation and
development of contacts between the RA National Security Council and
Great Britain’s corresponding structure.

According to the RA National Security Council Press Office, issues
related to Armenian-Turkish relations and Nagorno Karabakh settlement
were spoken about at the meeting.

EDWARD NALBANDIAN: TURKEY’S ATTEMPTS TO INTERVENE INTO NAGORNO KARABAKH SETTLEMENT PROCESS CAN DAMAGE THAT PROCESS

Noyan Tapan
May 14, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 14, RA Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian received OSCE Minsk Group French Co-chair Bernard
Fassier. They touched upon issues regarding Nagorno Karabakh settlement
process at the meeting. The interlocutors also exchanged thoughts
over regional issues.

According to the RA Foreign Ministry Press and Information Department,
the same day E. Nalbandian received Special Representative of the
United Kingdom for the South Caucasus Brian Fall.

Ways of expanding cooperation between Armenia and Great Britain,
possibilities of activation of partnership between the two countries’
foreign political departments were discussed at the meeting. At
British side’s suggestion they came to an agreement to hold
periodical consultations between Armenia’s and United Kingdom’s
Foreign Ministries.

The interlocutors also touched upon the process of normalization
of Armenian-Turkish relations. In that context B. Fall welcomed the
progress recorded in that direction lately.

Speaking about Turkish Prime Minister’s statements made the day before
in Baku, E. Nalbandian said that Turkey’s attempts to intervene into
the Nagorno Karabakh settlement process can damage that process. He
added that if Turkey wishes to assist problem’s peaceful settlement,
its most correct way will be not to intervene into that process at all.

NABUCCO AIMES AT DIVERSIFICATION OF ENERGY SUPPLY TO EUROPE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.05.2009 17:44 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nabucco is mainly an economic project aimed
at diversification of energy supply to Europe, Sir Bryan Fall ,
special representative of Great Britain at South Caucasus told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter at news conference in Yerevan.

According to him, all the states in the region will benefit from
the project. "Hope it will have a positive influence on regional
situation," Fall emphasized.

The Nabucco pipeline is a planned natural gas pipeline that will
transport natural gas from Turkey to Austria, via Bulgaria, Romania,
and Hungary. The project is backed by several European Union states.

"INACCURACY" OF BRYZA’S STATEMENT NOT ACCIDENTAL

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.05.2009 14:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Independent Armenian expert Harutyun Mesropyan
thinks that inaccuracy of OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-chair Matthew
Bryza was not conditioned by poor knowledge of the Russian language.

"Bryza’s statement was rather ambiguous. On the one hand, the
Co-chairs say that the Karabakh conflict resolution has nothing to
do with opening of the Armenian-Turkish border. On the other hand,
they say that these processes are interrelated," Mesropyan told a
news conference today.

"Bryza’s statement was a provocation. I advise journalists to closely
watch the record on the Karabakh issue. Mediators send a message and
if the sides to not react fiercely, this message transforms into a
document," he underscored.

"An agreement on road map was signed by Armenian and Turkish Foreign
Ministries on the eve of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Armenian
and Azerbaijani Presidents met on May 7, just two days before Shushi
Liberation Day. Is this really coincidence?" Mesropyan said.

ACCORDING TO SUREN ZOLIAN, MATTHEW BRYZA CARRIES OUT INFORMATION DIVERSION

Noyan Tapan
May 13, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. According to political scientist Suren
Zolian, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs’ statements have become alarming
for the Armenian side lately. As the political scientist emphasized
at the May 13 discussion, it is especially alarming that superpowers
are inclined to protect the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,
and they also see Karabakh as part of the latter. Besides, according
to S. Zolian, comparison of principles of territorial integrity and
nations’ self-determination, for which the Minsk Group strives, means
autonomy. "I heard Co-chair Matthew Bryza’s words that Azerbaijan’s
President made progress in the negotiations promising autonomy to
Karabakh," S. Zolian said. He reminded that former President of
Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev had also given promises on autonomy, and it
is not evidence of progress in Azeri side’s position at all.

S. Zolian touched upon M. Bryza’s statement voiced in his interview
to the Ekho Moskvi radio that the liberated territories should be
returned to Azerbaijan stage-by-stage. The speaker said that with
such statements the American Co-chair oversteps the limit of functions
reserved for him by carrying out information diversion.

Management expert Haroutiun Mesropian participating in the discussion
gave assurance that M. Bryza did not just make a mistake, but
permitted provocative information leakage to see the reaction of
the sides. Besides, according to H. Mesropian, M. Bryza said that
the Nagorno Karabakh problem is not connected with Armenian-Turkish
relations, but in the final result they have an impact on each
other. According to expert’s observation, that statement means that
the preconditions put forward by Turkey have not been liquidated,
but have received more delicate formulations.

PRESENTATION OF MEDICAL INTERNET PORTAL DRUGS.AM TOOK PLACE IN YEREVAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.05.2009 19:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Presentation of the new health and medical Internet
portal drugs.am took place in Yerevan. The portal is very dynamic
and divided into three main spheres: news, consultations and "Sharp
corner". In the section of News one can find international and local
news related to medicine and health care. The consultation section
at the Sharp corner includes answers of physicians to users questions.

"There have not been an Armenian Internet portal which would embrace
the whole health care.5 per cent of Russia’s Internet are devoted to
medicine and health care, in Armenia their number is even less that 1
per cent. The aim of the portal is raising public awareness in health
care issues. We cooperate with Association of Child psychologists and
psychiatrists, and Association of family doctors. Our work will be
watched by the ministry of health. All the information which will
be published on our web-site will be checked by professionals,"
told the founder of the portal Pavel Sarkisyan.

"Information field of the medical sphere is underdeveloped in
Armenia. The initiative is very helpful for the whole society,"
said Armen Parsadanyan, RA health minister assistant.

Turkey demands Karabakh progress

BBC News:

Tu rkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled out re-opening the
border with Armenia until it pulls troops out of Azerbaijan.

Turkey and Armenia last month agreed a framework to normalise their
strained relations, raising hopes their long-sealed border might be
re-opened.

That raised concerns in Azerbaijan, where Armenian troops occupy the
enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

But Mr Erdogan said a thaw with Armenia would not come at Azerbaijan’s
expense.

Speaking in the Azeri capital, Baku, he reiterated his backing for Turkey’s
long-standing alliance with Azerbaijan.

"The border was closed as a result of the occupation of Azeri territories
and therefore it will not be opened until the occupation ends," he said at
a news conference with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev.

Nagorno-Karabakh lies inside Azerbaijan but has been controlled by ethnic
Armenians since a war in the 1990s, which left some 30,000 people dead and
forced more than one million people from their homes.

While Turkey and Armenia have been engaged in a cautious rapprochement, so
have Armenia and Azerbaijan, including meetings between their leaders.

International diplomats have spoken of a new air of co-operation between
Armenia and Azerbaijan, and there is pressure for them to work towards an
agreement.

But Azerbaijan has protested over the potential thaw between Turkey and
Armenia, fearing the loss of its leverage over Armenia through its alliance
with Turkey.

MATTHEW BRYZA: BREAKTHROUGH ON KARABAKH POSSIBLE DURING THE MEETING IN ST. PETERSBURG

armradio.am
11.05.2009 11:36

"A breakthrough in the negotiations on the Nagorno Karabakh issue may
occur during the meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in St.

Petersburg," US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs, US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza
said in an interview with "Echo Moskvi," Interfax reports.

"They have a lot of work to do. But on the other hand, they are moving
step by step. Maybe they have not brought the turning point to the end,
but they have laid the foundation for it, and I hope that in a month,
when they meet in St. Petersburg, the turning point is possible in
the end," Bryza said.

According to him, Russia and the United States are equally suited for
resolving the Karabakh conflict. "I have always said that we have
a complicated relationship with Russia as regards Georgia, but our
relations are good and positive with regard to Karabakh," he said.

According to Bryza, it is necessary to continue solving the problems
connected with Nagorno Karabakh within the framework of the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chaired by Russia, the United States and France.

Regarding the U.S. position on the issue of settlement of this
conflict, Matthew Bryza stressed that the final decision should be
"balanced" in terms of the principles of the Helsinki Act of 1975 like
"self-determination, territorial integrity and non-use of force." "It
is possible to build such a balance, but it is a very difficult task,
that is why the negotiations have been continuing so long," he said.

ARMENIA, TURKEY, AGREE TO MOVE TOWARDS NORMALIZATION WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS
Anna Nazaryan

"Radiolur"
08.05.2009 12:15
Prague

On May 7 the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, had a meeting with
his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul in Prague. This was the second
meeting of the two Presidents after Abdulla Gul’s visit to Yerevan. The
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Turkey Edward Nalbandian and Ahmed
Davudoghlu were present at the meeting.

The Presidents of Armenia and Turkey positively assessed the talks
in Prague. During the meeting the parties agreed to "honor all
previous agreements and move forward towards the normalization of
the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions and within a
reasonable time frame."

"The meeting was useful. We agreed to respect the agreement reached,"
the Armenian President told reporters after the meeting.

"Any precondition in the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations is excluded," President Sargsyan added.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul said the normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations would establish stability in the South
Caucasus, which derived from the interests of all the countries.