Author: Frangulian Shushan

LE MEMORIAL ARMENIEN A BON PORT
Geraud Alice

Liberation
25 avril 2006

Le monument du genocide a ete inaugure dans le calme hier a Lyon.

Lyon correspondance

Certains, riverains et politiques, craignaient que le monument ne soit
“trop visible”. Ils ont dû etre rassures. Hier, en fin de journee,
on ne voyait quasiment plus les trente-six fines feuilles de beton
blanc qui composent le memorial du genocide armenien, place Antonin
Poncet, en plein centre ville de Lyon. Trop de monde autour.

Massees dans un silence souvent embue de larmes, près de deux mille
personnes sont venues assister a la ceremonie d’inauguration du
memorial. Cette rencontre qui aurait dû avoir lieu il y a deja un an,
pour le 90e anniversaire du genocide.

C’etait sans compter les nombreux opposants au projet (Liberation du
22 avril). Des riverains de la place, en premier lieu. Regroupes
en association, et emmenes par la conseillère municipale UMP
Marie-Chantal Desbazeille, ils jugeaient que l’oeuvre n’aurait pas
dû etre installee “en plein coeur de Lyon”, “sur une des plus belles
places d’Europe”. Ils ont depose pas moins de quatre recours devant
le tribunal administratif pour empecher sa construction. Puis, plus
recemment, il y eut les debordements et declarations d’une partie de
la communaute turque. Une manifestation violente fin mars. Des tags
negationnistes la semaine dernière.

Hier, en ouverture de la ceremonie, une jeune fille a pris la parole.

Cette descendante de rescape du genocide, a raconte une histoire.

Parabole du SDF a qui l’on offrirait bien l’hospitalite mais dont on
craint qu’il ne salisse le tapis de ses souliers crottes. “Voila ce
que je ressens lorsque l’on evoque le genocide armenien.” La jeune
fille evoque une “memoire pietinee en permanence par le negationnisme
des uns et la xenophobie des autres”. Elle explique, simplement,
que ce memorial n’est “ni un caprice ni un luxe”, “juste un besoin
pour nos victimes qui n’ont pas eu de sepulture”. Citant Jaurès,
le maire de Lyon Gerard Collomb a rappele que “l’humanite ne peut
plus vivre avec, dans sa cave, le cadavre d’un peuple assassine”.

Autour de la place, le deploiement policier depuis le debut
d’après-midi temoignait des craintes d’incidents. Il n’y en a pas eu.

La seule tension palpable, eu lieu entre le maire de Lyon et le
ministre des Transports Dominique Perben : petites piques entre
candidats au trône municipal. Le premier se bat depuis deux ans pour
que ce memorial se fasse. Le second se bat pour venir l’inaugurer
en tant que “representant du chef de l’Etat”. Decalage des enjeux
au milieu d’une ceremonie que l’on sentait lourde d’emotion pour la
communaute armenienne.

–Boundary_(ID_s3cOLq7D7O6AJtPIxtrybA )–

TWO YOUNG MEN ACCUSED OF MURDER SURRENDER THEMSELVES TO POLICE

Noyan Tapan
Apr 26 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Hayk Ter-Tadevosian and Tadevos
Hambartsumian, both of them accused of killing Erik Asatrian,
came to the criminal investigation department on April 24, at 4:00
pm. According to the website of the Office of the RA Prosecutor
General, H. Ter-Tadevosian handed a Nagan pistol, and T. Hambartsumian
handed a Makarov pistol over to the police. According to the same
source, the accused were transported to Nubarashen prison of the RA
Ministry of Justice. To recap, a decision was made on April 15 to
bring charges of murder against these two young men, choose arrest as
a measure of restraint and to put them on the list of persons wanted
by police. The newspaper “Armenian Time” reported that late April
13 some shots were fired at house No 1 Komitas Street in Yerevan,
as a result of which Erik Asatrian, 25, was killed after receiving
bullet wounds in the chest and groin. On arriving at the scene of
the crime, policemen found three 9mm-caliber bullet cases and one
bullet. According to the newspaper, one of the accused is the son of
General Arkady Ter-Tadevosian, Komandos, Chairman of the Sport and
Technical Company. There are rumors that a few hours before the murder,
Komandos’ son quarreled with two young men who beat him. Some time
later H. Ter-Tedevosian and his friends arrived at the above mentioned
place, opened fire on a group of young men there and took to flight.

PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN RECEIVES LITHUANIAN COUNTERPART

Armenpress
Apr 25 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS: Armenian president Robert Kocharian
received today his counterpart from Lithuanian, Valdas Adamkus,
who has arrived here on a two-day official visit.

Kocharian’s press office said after the ceremonial welcome of Adamkus
at Kocharian’s residence the two presidents had a face to face
conversation and discussed the entire scope of bilateral relations,
Armenia-EU relations, regional issues, as well as exchanged opinions
on a string of important international issues.

This was followed by Armenian-Lithuanian talks with the focus on
boosting economic and trade ties. The talks ended with signing
of an agreement on reciprocal encouragement and protection of
investments. The presidents also gave an interview to journalists.

YEREVAN COMMEMORATES VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN 1915

Interfax, Russia
April 24 2006

YEREVAN. April 24 (Interfax) – Yerevan is commemorating the more than
1.5 million Armenians massacred in the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

Armenian officials and average citizens visit the Memorial of the
Genocide Victims in Yerevan every April 24.

Yerevan and Ankara still do not have diplomatic relations. Armenian
authorities are ready to establish diplomatic relations without any
preliminary conditions, but Turkish authorities want Yerevan to stop
insisting on the international recognition of the Armenian genocide
and make serious concessions to Azerbaijan in the Karabakh settlement.

NEWS Press
21 avril 2006

Region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur: Inauguration du memorial du
genocide armenien le 24 avril 2006 a Marseille

Prefecture de la Region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur

Christian Fremont, Prefet des Bouches du Rhône, Prefet de la Region
Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur participera a l’inauguration du memorial
du genocide armenien le :

Lundi 24 avril 2006 a 10h30

7 avenue du 24 avril 1915

13012 Marseille

Ce memorial est le premier monument erige a la memoire du genocide
armenien, finance en totalite par des fonds publics francais.

Le financement se repartit comme suit :

– Etat : 27.5 %

– Region PACA : 27.5 %

– Departement des Bouches du Rhône : 22.5 %

– Communaute Urbaine de Marseille Provence Marseille : 22.5 %

L’Etat via la Direction Departementale de l’Equipement des Bouches du
Rhône a par ailleurs assure la maîtrise d’ouvrage de cette
realisation.

–Boundary_(ID_zxLCy7y5fw+BdDc LfYt+UA)–

PanARMENIAN.Net

Torch Procession in Yerevan to Commemorate Genocide
Victims of 1915

22.04.2006 20:01 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A torch procession that has already
become a traditional one will be held in Yerevan under
the slogan “My name is struggle, my death is victory”
to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide in
1915. It will start at the Liberty Square at 8:00 p.m.
and will finish at Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex of
victims of the Armenian Genocide, reports the Press
Center of the Youth Wing of ARF Dashnaktsutyun and
Nikol Aghbalyan student union.

Ex-Foreign minister of Armenia Aleksandr Arzumanyan: “I do not
exclude Azerbaijan to start war”

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 20 2006

[ 20 Apr. 2006 18:11 ]

“Results of Azerbaijan and Armenia presidents Rambouillet talks is
not only failure of Nagorno Garabagh conflict resolution as well as
it is a failure of OSCE Minsk Group mission.” ex- Foreign minister of
Armenia Aleksandr Arzumanyan has made this statement. Negotiation
process, according to him, is prolonged not only by conflicting sides
but also the USA and European Union artificially.

“European Union appointed new representative to South Caucasus in
2006, Peter Semneby needs much time to be adopted to the situation.

Then the USA has changed its ambassador to Azerbaijan. This happens
to prolong the process by the end of 2006, and then pre-election
marathon will begin in Armenia. During the election process, as we
know, conflict regulation process stays in background.” Criticizing
the activity of OSCE Minsk Group in Rambouillet talks Arzumanyan has
stressed not existence of better mediating format. “I do not believe
happening any fundamental changes in regulation process. But after
Rambouillet talks, the tone sounded by Azerbaijani side does not
exclude this country’s start war.”/APA/

BOOK “CHARENTS AND ART” PRESENTS GREAT POET’S RELATIONS TO ART AND HIS IMAGE IN ART

Noyan Tapan
Apr 19 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the book
“Charents and Art” by Robert Davtian took place on April 19. The
book presents Charents’ art activity, his relations to art and his
image in art. As the author of the book mentioned, the estimation of
Charents’ huge and exclusive role in the art of the 20th century will
generalize the great poet’s heritage in the sphere of literature, art
and art criticism. According to R.Davtian, 1500 facts never published
before are presented in the book. According to art critics, the book
“Charents and Art” presents interesting data not only about history of
literary criticism but also about history of art. According to them,
the author has created a remarkable and valuable work that opens a new
page in the history of study of Charents’ heritage and history of art.

MILITARY TRAINING IS GOING ON IN NK

Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
April 19, 2006 Wednesday

On the territory of Nagorny Karabakh’s region and some occupied
Azerbaijan areas Armenia separatists are carrying out military
training. Military units together with the mobilizing population
take part in the training. The training’s aim is to put Armenian
forces on a war footing. General-Colonel Mikhail Arutyunyan, deputy
defense minister, general head quarters’ commander will take part in
the training as an observer.

PRESIDENT RECEIVES DELEGATION HEADED BY INTERIOR MINISTER OF TURKEY

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
April 19 2006

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 19 April received at President
Office the delegation headed by Abdulkadir Aksu, Interior Minister
of Turkey.

Expressing pleasure with visit of the fraternal country’s delegation,
President Aliyev said he is aware of their programs and meetings. The
President expressed satisfaction with the visits of top officials of
Turkey to Azerbaijan and bilateral negotiations.

Dealing with bilateral relations, President of Azerbaijan said they
would go ahead successfully, and stressed necessity for discussion
of the ongoing processes in region and of serious coordination.

Minister Abdulkadir Aksu thanked for cordial reception and conveyed
greetings of the President of Turkey and Prime Minister. ‘Turkey and
Azerbaijan are fraternal countries and Turkey is always with Azerbaijan
and this will continue’, he emphasized. ‘In the frame of common ties,
we should continue our cooperation in combat against terrorism and
organized crime, as well as trafficking’.

Regarding settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, the Minister said Turkey would and henceforth support
fair position of Azerbaijan and territorial integrity of country. The
Turkish minister appraised the development and alteration in Azerbaijan
and Baku. He, especially, highly assessed stability established in
the country.

President Ilham Aliyev said there is close cooperation among all
the ministries of two countries that serves our common goals. The
cooperation between the interior bodies is of great importance,
he emphasized.

President Aliyev conveyed greetings to the President and Premier
Turkey, noting unanimity of Turkey and Azerbaijan is the guarantee
both for ensuring of safety of two peoples and peace and stability
in region. This, as a whole, serves development of region.

Speaking of the world scale economic projects, President of Azerbaijan
urged for safety and combat against new threats, trafficking and
other negative cases. ‘The history shows that none of the developed
countries can consider itself fully defended’, President Aliyev said.