Author: Chakrian Hovsep

ERDOGAN – HONORARY CITIZEN OF TEHRAN

AZG Armenian Daily
05/02/2009

International

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become an honorary
citizen of Tehran, Press TV reported.

The decision was made after Erdogan’s speech in Davos, where he
condemned Israeli military operations in Gaza.

Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqir Kalibaf assessed the Turkish PM’s speech as
"bold and sage deed".

Erdogan delivered a speech on January 29 in a conference in the
framework of Davos World Economic Forum. The conference was dedicated
to Gaza incidents. The Turksih PM was angry about the situation,
when Israeli President Shimon Peres was allowed to speak 25 minutes,
when he was not allowed to finish his speech. Erdogan managed to
condemn Israel for killing of peaceful Palestinians.

In his message addressed to Turkish PM Erdogan the Mayor of Tehran
wrote, "While many states have preferred to remain silent and
ignore the crimes committed by Israelis, the Turkish leader has
found the words to express their solidarity [with the Palestinian
people]. Turkish people should be proud of their leader".

"Azg" daily has touched upon the incident in Davos in its previous
issues.

To recall, earlier, the representatives of Palestinian "Hamas"
radical movement praised Erdogan’s courage. Moreover, at the airport
in Istanbul Turks greeted their Prime Minister as a national hero.

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Darchinyan to destroy Arce, experts say
30.01.2009 21:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ World Super Flyweight Champion Vic "Raging Bull"
Darchinyan will defend his unified junior bantamweight titles against
Jorge Arce at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 7 in the
season premiere of "Showtime Championship Boxing."

"If I were Arce’s team, I’d MapQuest the quickest routes from the
Honda Center to John Wayne Airport so he can get out of town fast,"
said Darchinyan from his Las Vegas-based training camp.

"As my promoter Gary Shaw said, they decided to serve "Chicken a la
Arce" two weeks early. What a shock. Mexicans are great fighters. Arce
is a disgrace to all of them. He is a clown. He should change his ring
name from ‘Travieso’ to ‘Travesty’ because that’s what he is. I
promise that I will demolish him just like I demolished Mijares. I
will let him be a coward for the first two rounds where he can run
around the ring. He can even wear his stupid cowboy hat. But after
that, I am going to be on him like a mongoose on a cobra. He does not
stand a chance. Interim Champion is the perfect description of his
so-called title reign," he said.

In every which way you look at this fight, it seems like Arce, 29, has
little chance at winning. Indeed, this fight seems like a fight
destined to be a terrible mismatch with Darchinyan ultimately
destroying Arce, specialists say. Head of Red Stars Boxing head and
Darchinyan’s former manager Eduard Humashian forecasts Vic’s victory
with a sixth-round knock-out.

Meanwhile, Arce pretends to be confident of his victory.

"He thinks he’s an intimidator. He always tells people what he will do
and they get intimidated. But, I’m not that type of guy. His words
won’t affect me. He can say and talk about what he is going to do to
me in the ring, but I’m not going to fold. I’m a bigger guy than
him. He won’t intimidate me," he said.

ARMENIAN SIDE ASSESSES RESULTS OF ZURICH MEETING AS CONSTRUCTIVE AND POSITIVE

Noyan Tapan

Jan 29, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. A meeting of the Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan and the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took place
at the Radisson Hotel in Zurich on January 28.

The Zurich meeting of the negotiation process on the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement was the third one between S. Sargsyan
and I. Aliyev. It started with the participation of the Foreign
Ministers of the two countries Edward Nalandian and Elmar Mamedyarov,
the Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Yuri Merzlyakov, Bernard
Fassier and Matthew Bryza, and the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Then the two presidents continued negotiations in the tete-a-tete
format.

After a one-hour tete-a-tete talk, the negotiations continued in an
enlarged format.

The Armenian side assessed the results of the Zurich meeting as
constructive and positive. During the meeting the sides presented
their opinions on the current stage of the negotiation process. As a
result of the negotiations, the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents
instructed the foreign ministers to continue the negotiation process in
cooperation with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. The presidents
expressed a desire that the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will
proceed with work on coordination of the approaches of the sides. An
agreement on the forthcoming regional visit of the co-chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group was reached.

According to the RA presidential press service, after the negotiations
Serzh Sargsyan left for Davos to attend the opening ceremony of the
World Economic Forum.

BABACAN AND NALBANTYAN MEET IN DAVOS

Sabah
Jan 29 2009
Turkey

During the summit in Davos, Babacan met with the Armenian Foreign
Affairs Minister Nalbantyan, and stated; "We will make an announcement
when there is something concrete."

The Davos summit is playing host to Turkish-Armenian
expansion. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan met with Armenia’s
Foreign Affairs Edvard Nalbantyan yesterday. In an announcement made
following the meeting, Babacan stated; "We have had ongoing meetings
ever since our National team’s played against each other. As soon as
we have something concrete to release, we will make an announcement."

INCIDENT ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH AND AZERBAIJANI ARMED FORCES CONTACT LINE

ArmInfo
2009-01-27 20:34:00

ArmInfo. An incident has taken place on the Nagorno-Karabakh and
Azerbaijani armed forces contact line.

Press-secretary of the Karabakh Defense Minister, Lieutenant Colonel
Senor Hasratyan reported that according to preliminary data, on
January 26 around 5:30 pm, Bad Tadevosyan, 1983, an inebriated
civilian, who was suffering from a mental disease, made his way to
the Azeri position. Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers tried to stop him but
failed. As a result, the enemy opened fire on the Nagorno-Karabakh
positions. Tadevosyan and soldier Arkadiy Hakopyan, 25, were
killed. According to the preliminary information, the enemy has
also sustained casualties. The body of Tadevosyan is in the Azeri
territory. Investigation is underway.

MEETING BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTERS EXPECTED IN DAVOS

Noyan Tapan

Jan 27, 2009

ANKARA, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali
Babacan does not exclude a possibility of meeting with his Armenian
counterpart Edward Nalbandian within the framework of Davos World
Economic Forum. According to the Ankara agency, the Turkish Foreign
Minister personally stated it at the airport, before leaving for Davos.

Ali Babacan also said that no meeting between RA President Serzh
Sargsyan and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planned
in Davos.

It should be mentioned that RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left
for Zurich on January 26. He will meet with Azeri Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammadiarov and OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs on January 27. And
RA President Serzh Sargsyan will leave for Switzerland on a working
visit on January 28 to take part in Davos World Economic Forum. A
meeting between Armenian and Azeri Presidents is planned the same day.

YERKIR UNION CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF GEORGIAN ARMENIANS

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.01.2009 14:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yerkir, the Union of Public Organizations, eyes the
arrests of Grigor Minasyan and Sargis Hakobjanian as a provocation
aimed to destabilize Samtskhe Javakheti and split the Armenian-Georgian
relations.

Grigor Minasyan and Sargis Hakobjanyan are accused of formation of
illegal armed unit and espionage.

A criminal case in compliance with articles 18.1, 223.1 and 314 of
the Georgian Penal Code was initiated. The investigation is led by
intelligence agency of the Interior Ministry.

"Official Tbilisi tries to avoid fulfillment of international
obligations on protection of ethnic minorities’ rights. Yerkir
Union calls on the international community to address problems of
Georgian Armenians," Yerkir program director Robert Tatoyan told a
news conference in Yerevan today.

For his part, Yerkir President Sevak Arstruni said that fear drives
Armenians out of Javakheti.

"We understand that the Armenian authorities can’t take drastic
measures. That is why we call on the Diaspora to join efforts to
protect Armenians of Georgia," he said.

At that, he warned that Azerbaijan is circulating rumors that Armenians
of Javakheti "want to declare independence."

PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA TO LEAVE FOR SWITZERLAND TO PARTICIPATE IN DAVOS WORLD ECONOMIC SUMMIT

ARMENPRESS
Jan 26, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
is leaving January 28 for Switzerland on a working visit to participate
in the Davos World Economic Summit.

Presidential press service told Armenpress that within the frameworks
of the visit on the same day in Zurich negotiations between Armenian
and Azerbaijani presidents over Nagorno Karabakh conflict are expected
to take place. This will be the third meeting between Serzh Sargsyan
and Ilham Aliyev after the Armenian president assumed his office.

Within the frameworks of the Davos Summit a number of bilateral
meetings with the heads of other states and representatives of
international companies are expected to take place.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will also meet with representatives
of Swiss-Armenian community.

GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN TARGETS PREMIER POST IN STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.01.2009 17:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ If the Australian Liberal Party wins the next
elections in the State of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian stands
poised to get the nod for a coveted cabinet post, the first Armenian
ever to come within touch of the circle of power in this country’s
most populous state, the Ragmamoul reports.

She has already carved out an Australian first with her appointment
as Shadow (opposition) Transport Minister.

The prospective portfolio in a Liberal State government would be
of a "toxic nature," as one columnist here observed, but that’s
still at least two years away. In the meantime, she will have to
content herself her current role, one she plays to a standing ovation
among her constituents: scarcely a week passes by that she does not
feature in some local publication or other, as she takes the cudgels
to the ruling Labor party and castigates it for its shortcomings,
and promises a better deal from her Party.

"I don’t deny that it will be extremely challenging, but I’m also
chafing at the bit to make things better for people," Berejiklian said.

Gladys Berejiklian was born and raised in Sydney, where her parents
had immigrated to in 1960. She attended local schools and studied
the Armenian language at Saturday School held in the Willoughby
Primary School.