Author: Felekian Ara

Vazgen Badalyan: Vic Darchinyan will play one of his 2010 fights in Yerevan
19.12.2009 15:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ After victory over Mexico’s Victor Rojas in Agua
Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage (California, U.S.), Armenian boxer Vic
Darchinyan is determined about gaining the upper hand over Nonor
Donaire (Philippines), his coach Vazgen Badalyan told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Let’s note that Donaire was defeated by Vic Darchinyan in 2007.

`Darchinyan is planning to play 3 games next year. He is seriously
preparing for match vs. Donaire. As Vic’s promoter Gari Shaw has
promised, Darchinyan will play one of his fights in Armenia and at the
end of year, he will compete in Moscow’.

Armenian boxer plans to spend New Year holidays with his family in
Australia.

Defense Ministry attaches major importance to the patriotic upbringing of youth
19.12.2009 15:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A conference devoted to the military-patriotic
upbringing of young generation was held Saturday in the administrative
building of Armenia’s Defense Ministry. The discussion was attended by
RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, Head of RA Armed Forces General
Headquarters Yuri Khachaturov, Minister of Education Armen Ashotyan,
Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of Emergency Situations
Mher Shhgeldyan, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Armen Grigoryan
and NKR Minister of Education Vladik Khachatryan.

In his welcoming speech, Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan stressed
the importance of taking measures towards the military-patriotic
education of young generation.

Minister of Education Armen Ashotyan noted for his part that such
events were aimed at bringing up deserved citizens of Armenia.
According to him, military-patriotic education will be introduced to
university curricula beginning next year.

THE NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN

president.am
Dec 18 2009
Armenia

Today, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark Michael
Borg-Hansen (residence in Kiev) presented his credentials to President
Serzh Sargsyan.

The President of Armenia congratulated the Ambassador on his
new assignment and noted that Armenia is interested in developing
relations with Denmark in both bilateral and multilateral formats. "We
are striving to invigorate the political dialogue between our two
countries which will undoubtedly bring along more active economic
contacts," the President of Armenia underlined.

According to Serzh Sargsyan, in addition to bilateral relations,
the Armenian-Danish cooperation has plausible perspectives in the
framework of the EU Eastern Partnership program. Concurring with the
President of Armenia, the Danish Ambassador said that it was in line
with the objectives of his government which is one of the supporters
of this Polish-Swedish initiative.

Stressing Denmark’s good will and sympathy toward Armenia, Ambassador
Michael Borg-Hansen underscored his country’s readiness to reinforce
bilateral relations with practical steps. Among the possible areas
of cooperation in the economic sphere he mentioned agriculture,
efficient management and use of energy in which Denmark has acquired
significant experience and could be very helpful.

President Sargsyan said that achievements of Denmark were impressive
and our country would certainly like to use their experience.

The President of Armenia and the Ambassador of Denmark exchanged
also views on the regional developments. Serzh Sargsyan noted with
satisfaction Denmark’s balanced approach toward the regional issues.

The two sides agreed that the best way to solve any problem were
dialogue and cooperation.

OUTRAGED AZERI MPS ISSUE ADDRESS TO U.S. PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS

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16.12.2009 17:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Outraged by the U.S. decision to allocate $8 million
to Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijani parliament members issued an address
to the U.S. President and Congress. The MPs called on Mr. Obama
"to impose veto on the decision".

The U.S. House and Senate agreed upon a far-reaching Fiscal Year 2010
spending measure that includes a $41 million economic aid package for
Armenia, $8 million for "programs and activities" in Karabakh. Parity
in military aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan was also maintained.

TURKEY FEARS SPOILING RELATIONS WITH IRAN

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16.12.2009 18:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey is against the proposal on locating elements
of American PRO system on its territory for fear of jeopardizing
relations with Russia and Iran. U.S. President Barrack Obama has
proposed Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan to locate "anti-missile
shield" on Turkish territory. The proposal was made last week during
negotiations in Washington. Turkish media report that Ankara has
disapproved the initiative.

"According to preliminary assessments, military and pro-government
circles are inclined to believe that such PRO will make Turkey a
direct shooting mark for Iranian short- and medium- ranged rockets.

Besides, there are concerns that the project will create tensions in
relationship with Russia, leading to ‘cold war’ atmosphere despite
Turkey’s ‘friendship with neighbors’ policy."

Turkish and Western media have several times released information
on United States plans to locate elements of PRO system in Turkey,
but Turkish officials did not confirm such information, RIA Novosti
reports.

THE N1 SCHOOL OF THE AKHTALA TOWN OF THE ARMENIAN PROVINCE OF LORI WILL HENCE BE NAMED AFTER THE FORMER DECEASED PRIME MINISTER ANDRANIK MARGARYAN

ARMENPRESS
DECEMBER 16, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, ARMENPRESS: The N1 school of the Akhtala town
of the Armenian province of Lori will hence be named after the former
deceased prime minister Andranik Margaryan. At the ceremony of naming
of the school present were Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan,
members of the family of Andranik Margaryan, Finance Minister Tigran
Davtyan, Governor of Lori Aram Kocharyan and other officials.

The school was formerly reconstructed with the efforts of A.

Margaryan and the renaming is a tribute to his memory and is expression
of gratitude for his patriotic activity.

"It is a great honor to have a school named after Andranik Margaryan
and it is also obliging. He was of such figures who during his lifetime
lived and worked for the sake of its nation and I am sure that the
naming of the school will have a positive impact on the pupils of the
school in respect of learning too," mayor of Akhtala Hayk Khachikyan
said in the opening speech.

With the school’s pedagogical council’s decision A. Margaryan’s son –
first vice mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan was granted the title
of honorable president of the council. Afterwards Tigran Sargsyan
and members of the family opened the face-sculpture of the former
prime minister.

With the participation of the Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
the gas pipeline of Akhtala’s Barit district opened with which over
175 farms will be ensured with blue gas. The program costs 25 million
AMD, part of which is being implemented with state support, and another
one with the financing of "ArmRusgasprom". First the Sarahart district
in Akhtala has been connected to natural gas network. It has 200 farms.

The full gasification of Akhatala town the population of which reaches
3000 is a difficult process, there are districts which having only
5-6 farms are 3-4 km far from the central districts, nevertheless
the mayor of the town said that during 2011-2012 all the districts
of the town will be connected to natural gas network.

THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE ARMENIAN-KARABAKHI INTER-PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION COMMISSION TOOK PLACE TODAY IN YEREVAN

ARMENPRESS
DECEMBER 15, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS: The regular session of the
Armenian-Karabakhi inter-parliamentary cooperation commission took
place today in Yerevan. NA public relations department told Armenpress
that in the morning the delegation headed by the NA speaker of Nagorno
Karabakh Ashot paid tribute to the memory of the October 27 victims
putting a wreath on the memorial immortalizing their memory.

Afterwards the face-to-face meeting of the speakers of the two
parliaments took place.

The interlocutors presented the large volume of work the sides
have implemented since the previous session of the commission. They
reiterated their determination to consolidate the partnership between
two Armenian states and in that pre-context highlighted the activity
of the inter-parliamentary commission as an important and irreplaceable
tool of bilateral cooperation.

PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS REPORT BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ARMENIA ON INCIDENTS OF 1-2 MARCH 2008

ArmInfo
2009-12-15 12:33:00

ArmInfo. The PACE Monitoring Committee will hold an exchange of views
on the report by the ad hoc Committee of the National Assembly of
Armenia on "The investigation of the events that took place in the
city of Yerevan on 1-2 March 2008 and the reasons thereof" on 17
December in Paris.

Estera Mktrumyan, Principal Specialist of the Armenian NA Department
for Foreign Relations, told ArmInfo that Head of the Armenian
delegation to PACE David Haroutiunyan, Vice Chairman of the delegation
(ARFD Party) Armen Rustamyan and a member of Heritage Party Zaruhi
Postanjyan will participate in the meeting.

ORIGIN ARMENIAN TOPONYMS RENAMED IN GEORGIA

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14/12/09

The origin Armenian toponyms fall under renaming in Armenian-populated
Javakheti, Georgia, told at today’s press conference the historian
and analyst Vahe Sarkisyan.

"Actually, the origin Armenian toponyms have now ‘i’ at the end of the
English-written signposts," he said. The numerous ‘Big’ and ‘Small’
prefixes are also ‘translated’ into Georgian, he said.

This is an obvious violation of the some international laws and
conventions, in particular, the Framework Convention for the Protection
of National Minorities which was ratified by Georgian government in
2005. It came into force in Georgia on April 1 2006.

These actions glossly violate the Article 11 of the Framework
Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, says Vahe
Sarkisyan. Besides, Georgian government has adopted a resolution to
Convention that allows running in accordance with the internal law,
he added.

"The Georgian government consider beside the purpose to ratify any
international conventions on national minorities. This is what must
be sat in judgment, I believe," he said.

TURKEY IS AT RISK OF DIVISION: DEVLET BAHCELI

News from Armenia – NEWS.am
13:27 / 12/14/2009

"Turkey became a country that followed Greeks in Cyprus, Barzani
[Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud] in Iraq, and Armenians in the Caucasus.

It gave Iraqi Turkmens a cold shoulder and made Azerbaijani brothers
upset. It also forgot our brothers in the Balkans," Hurriyet Daily
quotes the chairman of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli.

The source informs that at the Ankara meeting organized by MHP,
Bahceli reckoning Turkey is at risk of division. "Our country is now
facing much bigger and more important threats and risks," he stated.

The MHP leader directly addressed Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
saying, "As a prime minister, you are responsible for the safety of
the country. You don’t have the responsibility for those bloody-handed
terrorists but for innocent victims among our people.

Give up the destruction of this so-called initiative. You have
damaged our national values too much over the last seven years. You
encouraged those betrayers by asserting their ‘being from Turkey
and Turkish.’ You’ve invited the [terrorists] to negotiate at the
table and cooperated with Ymraly [the island where terrorist leader
Abdullah Ocalan is imprisoned]."