Author: Dabaghian Diana

"THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" BOOK BY ARMENIAN SCIENTIST PUBLISHED IN HUNGARY

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.09.2007 14:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Hungarian translation of "The Armenian Genocide",
a work by a renowned Armenian scientist, member of the National Science
Academy of Armenia, prof. Nikolay Hovhannisian, was recently published
in Budapest. The publication was undertaken by the "Armenian Roots
of Transylvania" culture center. The translation was made from the
publication of 2005, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Genocide.

President of the "Armenian Roots of Transylvania" company and the
editor of the Hungarian version of the book Charlotte Iszekutz said
that the translation of the book was aimed at representing a rich
material on the first Genocide of the 20th century to the wide public
and the political circles of Hungary. She also said that their company
is striving for the official recognition of the Armenian Genocide by
the Parliament of Hungary.

The book is richly illustrated by photographs, provided by the
Museum-Institute of the Genocide, Yerevan.

Professor Nikolay Hovhannisian has been engaged in the studies of
the Genocide for a very long time. He is the author of 45 works
dedicated to the matter, 5 of which are well known and accepted
among the international science circles. One of his works in English,
entitled "The Armenian Genocide. Armenicide" was fully translated into
Turkish and published in Istanbul, 2005. Parts of that work were also
published in the "Marco Polo" journal in Venice, Azg newspaper reports.

ARMENIAN PM TELLS EU: TOO SOON TO MAKE TURKEY A MEMBER
By Dmitry Solovyov

Reuters, UK
Sept 26 2007

MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Armenia said on Tuesday the European
Union would be making a "strange" decision if it admitted Turkey
before Ankara had made progress in settling disputes with Yerevan.

Turkey shut its borders with its tiny neighbour Armenia in
1993 in protest at Armenian forces’ capture of territory inside
Azerbaijan, Ankara’s historic Muslim ally, during fighting over the
Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The two countries are also at odds over Anakara’s refusal to
acknowledge as genocide the massacre of large numbers of Armenians
in Ottoman Turkey at the start of the last century. Turkey has no
diplomatic ties with the former Soviet republic.

"I believe it would be very strange for the Europeans to accept to
their family a country which sometimes employs principles running
counter to the principles of the European Union," Armenian Prime
Minister Serzh Sarksyan said.

But Sarksyan, speaking at a news briefing during a visit to Russia,
a close ally, said he believed the EU application would pressure
Ankara into changing its stance on the border with Armenia and on
diplomatic relations.

"I believe … the more time passes the harder it gets for them to
stick to this position, because Turkey aspires to join the European
Union and faces a long negotiation process."

"So the ball is in Turkey’s yard, nothing depends on us," said
Sarksyan, a close ally of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan. Many
observers expect that when Kocharyan steps down next year, Sarksyan
will replace him as president.

Armenians and some European nations describe the 1915-17 killings
of Armenians, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, as genocide. Turkey
maintains they were part of a partisan conflict in which many Turks,
Armenians and other nationalities died.

It is a crime in Turkey to call the killings genocide.

Earlier this year a French parliamentary bill making it a crime to
deny the killings were genocide soured relations between Paris and
Ankara. Turkey suspended talks on a major gas pipeline with Gaz de
France in protest at the bill.

IRAN, ARMENIA TO BROADEN MUTUAL COOPERATION

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
Sept 25 2007

Armenian Ambassador to Tehran Karen Nazarian conferred here Tuesday
with the Head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy
Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi on expansion of cooperation between
the two countries.

According to the Information and Media Bureau of Majlis, at the
meeting, Boroujerdi highlighted the significant role of parliaments in
consolidating ties among countries and said expansion of parliamentary
relations would help bolster all-out ties between the two states.

Referring to exchange of views between the two sides’ officials,
he said such consultations have played effective role in broadening
mutual relations.

Expressing satisfaction with the current level of mutual relations,
he said there are huge untapped potentials which should be explored
for broadening of economic, cultural and political ties between the
two countries.

Iranian Majlis supports expansion of all-out relations between the
two countries, he pointed out.

The Armenian ambassador, for his part, underlined that the Armenian
officials are determined to further bolster ties with Tehran in
various fields.

Calling the two sides parliamentary ties as very good, he said Armenia
has formed a parliamentary friendship group to encourage development
of ties with Tehran.

The Armenian ambassador submitted to Boroujerdi a message from the
Armenian parliament speaker to his Iranian counterpart and voiced
his country’s readiness to broaden parliamentary cooperation with Iran.

PRESS RELEASE
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A DELEGATION FROM THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA
TRAVELS TO ETHIOPIA

A delegation representing the Catholicosate of Cilicia and His Holiness
Catholicos Aram I traveled to Addis Ababa today to participate in the
ceremonies marking the second millennium of Ethiopia. The delegation is
formed of Bishop Kegham Khatcherian (Primate of the Diocese of Lebanon), and
Bishop Nareg Alemezian (Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate).

An international conference dedicated to the second millennium of Ethiopia
will precede special religious services and ceremonies on this occasion.

His Holiness Aram I was invited as the only head of church to deliver a
lecture to the conference. However, given the uncertain situation in Lebanon
at the moment, His Holiness decided to cancel his visit to Ethiopia.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.

OPPOSITION NOT TO NOMINATE SINGLE CANDIDATE IN POLLS – ARMENIAN POLITICIAN

Mediamax
Sept 11 2007
Armenia

Yerevan, 11 September: The leader of the Democratic Party of Armenia
(DPA), Aram Sargsyan, has ruled out an possible alliance of opposition
parties on an ideological basis and the possibility of a single
candidate being nominated from the opposition.

Speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today, Sargsyan expressed
the opinion that "consultations between opposition representatives
will yield no results, since they do not have a single ideological
platform. As for the possibility of a single candidate being nominated
from the opposition, I simply rule it out," Mediamax reports.

"I would agree to participate in talks between opposition
representatives if issues of changing the current state system were
discussed at these meetings," the politician said. Sargsyan said that
the current system can be changed in two ways – either by an outside
force or by an inside force," he said. Sargsyan added that at the
same time, "it does not matter which of these forces will implement
the reform".

"If (Prime Minister) Serzh Sargsyan can change this system, I will
consider this to be progress, although I believe that he bears full
responsibility for the current situation in the country," he noted.

PRESS TV, Iran

Turkey condemns US support for PKK

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:06:15

Turkish FM Ali Babacan

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan says US cooperation with the
armed PKK movement can endanger Ankara-Washington relations.

Babacan also warned that acknowledgement of a mass murder of Armenians
as genocide by the US Congress can harm US-Turkey relations.

The Turkish foreign minister, currently in the United States, said
that the Turkish people cannot comprehend why the PKK is launching
attacks against Turkey from Iraq.

Recent reports regarding the transfer of American weapons to the PKK
has made the Ankara-Washington relations intense, just as the
conflicts between the Turkish army and the PKK have also intensified,
Babacan remarked.

"We are expecting both the United States and the Iraqi governments to
take urgent, firm steps in bringing the PKK terrorists to justice,"
Babacan told a meeting on Thursday held at the Chicago Council on
Global Affairs.

"Turkey cannot accept a third party playing the role of judge or jury,
and taking sides," Babacan said regarding a resolution in the US
Congress on Armenian allegations concerning the incidents of 1915 .

"We would like to see that the US Congress does not take sides in this
matter, and that common sense prevails. This is an issue that has to
be dealt with by Turks and Armenians," Babacan stressed.

AO/JG/BGH

DISSATISFIED WITH TEAM’S RESULTS AND JUDGES

Lragir.am
20-09-2007 17:01:21

The coach of the Armenian team of wrestlers Levon Djulfalakyan said in
an interview with the Ves Sport agency he is dissatisfied with the
performance of the Armenian wrestlers on the world championship in
Baku. Levon Djulfalakyan said our wrestlers could have won at least
2-4 medals and send 5-6 sportsmen to Olympic Games, meanwhile they won
one bronze, and only two will participate in the Olympic Games. Yuri
Patrikeyev, 120 kg, won the bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling.

By the way, the vice president of the Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan
said Patrikeyev’s victory showed that Armenia is a Russian fort
because the only medal of the Armenian team was won by the Russian
wrestler. The vice president of the Olympic Committee Patrikeyev said
the Armenians succeed only with Russia’s help and they occupy Karabakh
with the help of Russia.

Meanwhile, the coach of the Armenian team says our team’s failure was
also due to judges, and there had been no such bias against the
Armenian team before. Djulfalakyan said any independent expert will
confirm this fact, Regnum reported.

Reuters AlertNet, UK

Azerbaijani civilian transferred under ICRC auspices

21 Sep 2007 11:18:00 GMT

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – Switzerland

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this
article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are
the author’s alone. Geneva (ICRC) – An Azerbaijani civilian
previously detained in Nagorny Karabakh has been handed over to the
Azerbaijani authorities under the auspices of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The handover operation took place on the front line, in the Agdam
district of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The ICRC, acting as a neutral intermediary and in accordance with its
mandate, facilitated the transfer of the released civilian at the
request of all sides and with their full cooperation.

ICRC delegates visited him before the operation to verify that he was
returning of his own free will.

Since the start of its activities in connection with the Nagorny
Karabakh conflict in 1992, the ICRC has helped repatriate or transfer
662 people.

SUMMING-UP OF CONGRESS ARMTECH-2007 AND PRESENTATION OF COMMENDATION LETTERS TO BE HELD IN ARMENIAN NAS ON SEP 19

ARKA
18/09/2007 20:55

The summing-up of the Armenian Technology Congress (ArmTech) and
presentation of commendation letters to its organizers will take place
in the Armenian National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on September 19.

"NAS President Radik Martirosyan in the name of the NAS Presidium
will hand over the commendation letters to Chairman of Board of
Director of ArmTech-2007, President of Viasphere International Tony
Moroyan, Co-Chairman of Board of Director of ArmTech-2007, General
Executive Director of Synopsis Company Richie Goldman and Co-Chair of
ArmTech-2007 organization committee from the Armenian side, Genera
Director of Viasphere Techopark Aram Vardanyan, for a significant
contribution to the development of high technology in Armenia and
organization of ArmTech-2007," the NAS told ARKA.

Over 350 representatives from many countries of the world participated
in the Congress ArmTech-2007 held in San Francisco on July 4-7.

Armenia was represented by 60 businessmen and 11 business and
educational organizations entering the cluster of IT Armenia.

The Armenian delegation was headed by Adviser to Armenian President on
Economic issues Vigen Nersisyants. During the event, Armenia’s Foreign
Minister Vardan Oskanian, Senator from California Joe Simitian and
President of Synopsys Inc Dr.Chi-Foon Chan made reports.

LABOR, SOCIAL SECURITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO BE ELABORATED IN ARMENIA

ARKA
19/09/2007 18:11

A strategy of stable development of the labor and social security
system is to be elaborated in Armenia within the next 18 years.

At a news conference on the first 100 days of his work, RA Minister
of Labor and Social Security Aghvan Vardanyan reported that the
elaboration of the document is incorporated in the RA Government’s
program for 2008-2010 as one of the principal components.

According to him, Armenia needs a single document to sum up the
results of the reforms implemented over the last few years and present
a policy of implementing further reforms.

"The social sector consists of numerous components, and it is high time
to sum up the results of all the measures to prevent discrepancies,"
Vardanyan said.

The Minister added that the document also envisages Armenia’s European
integration and harmonization of the country’s social security system
with European standards.