Author: Frangulian Shushan

. has a message of support for injured Everton defender …

— Manchester United (@ManUtd)

Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan has sent a public message of support to Everton’s Seamus Coleman.

Coleman broke his leg in two places in a horror challenge with Wales’ Neil Taylor during the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifier in Dublin last weekend.

He is now recovering at home in Liverpool and could be out for eight months.

Mkhitaryan used the official United programme to send his best wishes ahead of tonight’s clash between the two sides at Old Trafford.

He said: “Yes, I have seen the injury to Coleman and I feel sorry for him.

“I wish him a very quick recovery. It was a very bad injury and, when I saw the footage of it, I felt very bad about it.

“I want to support him and tell him to stay strong and to come back as swiftly as he can.

“It is not nice to see but also it is football. Danger is a part of the game and you have to be ready for it, of course not that kind of injury as it is pretty rare, but that is football.

“He could not have thought that something would happen like this. It was a battle between him and the opponent and he got a very bad injury.”

– CHP Istanbul MP Selina Doğan commemorated Armenian writers and thinkers Elbis Gesaratsyan, Sırpuhi Düsap, Zabel Asadur, Zabel Yesayan ve Hayganuş Mark, who are considered as the first feminists of Turkey, in the parliament.

CHP Istanbul MP Selina Doğan commemorated Armenian writers and thinkers Elbis Gesaratsyan, Sırpuhi Düsap, Zabel Asadur, Zabel Yesayan ve Hayganuş Mark, who are considered as the first feminists of Turkey, in the parliament.

Stating that many things have been said on the occasion of March 8 but the problem remains as it is, Doğan said, “This means that either the way we discuss this issue is not right or we are not sincere.”

Ignoring Zabel Yesayan while commemorating Halide Edip

Saying that others and minorities are forgotten in the history of women’s struggle in Turkey, Doğan said: “While Halide Edip is naturally commemorated with respect, her contemporary Zabel Yesayan, with whom she exchanged letters, is ignored. While dear Sabiha Sertel has the place she deserved in the feminism history of this country, nobody remembered her contemporary Elbis Gesaratsyan. While Nezihe Muhiddin, who struggled for enfranchisement of woman and whom I respect deeply, was making feminist history, her counterpart Hayganuş Mark, who issued a woman magazine for 14 years, is not remembered at all.”

Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan was hosted by Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II. The Catholicos welcomed the Prime Minister’s visit to Georgia, noting that it will contribute to the further development and reinforcement of ties between the two friendly peoples.

“The Armenian and Georgian people have centuries-old brotherly and friendly relations, while the cooperation between the two churches is built on the basis of warm and good-neighborly relations. The governments of the two countries have to do their best to develop the cooperation and ensure the wellbeing of the peoples,” Patriarch Ilia II said.

PM Karen Karapetyan thanked the Catholicos for the warm welcome and conveyed greetings from Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The Prime Minister praised the results of his negotiations with Georgian counterparts and noted that a broad range of issues related to the deepening of cooperation in both economic and cultural fields had been discussed.

“There is a huge potential for the further development of cooperation between the two brotherly states, and we are willing to do the utmost to utilize it,” the Prime Minister noted.

Karen Karapetyan expressed gratitude to the Georgian authorities and the Georgian Church for the attention towards the Armenian community and Armenian cultural legacy.

The interlocutors attached importance to the role of the Armenian and Georgian Churches in the life of the two peoples and states.

Congratulatory address of Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan
on the Motherland Defender’s Day

            Dear compatriots,

On behalf of the Artsakh Republic authorities and personally myself I cordially congratulate you on the Motherland Defender’s Day.

I congratulate our brave soldiers, officers and generals who defend our country’s and people’s security through their daily selfless service, who stand in critical moments next to a serviceman protecting the border and bring their inestimable participation in defending the Motherland.

Today is a holiday for our entire people, as we repeatedly mentioned, we are defending our country all together – workers and physicians, pedagogues and philanthropists, residents from remote village and school children from the Diaspora. The Four Day April War has once again proved this undeniable truth. The Motherland is grateful to all its devotees.

Dear friends,

I once again congratulate all of you, wishing peace, robust health, successes and all the best to you, unshakable spirit and safe service to our soldiers.

Vice-Presidents of the National Assemblies of Armenia and Artsakh Edward Sharmazanov and Vahram Balayan, MPs Gagik Melikyan and Alexander Arzumanyan visited the Artsakh frontlines today.

A number of issues related to the situation on the front-line, the conditions of military service and the strengthening of the defensive zone were discussed at a meeting with the command.

Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan, who arrived in Tehran on Monday evening at official invitations of his Iranian counterpart met with Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan to exchange views on bilateral, regional and international issues, reports.

Photo: AFP

 

Turkish police have arrested the main suspect in the New Year’s Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul after a huge manhunt, the BBC reports.

Abdulkadir Masharipov is believed to have mounted the assault on the Reina club which left 39 people dead.

The Uzbek national is said to have been caught in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district.

Citizens of Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia were among the victims, and dozens of people were injured.

So-called Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the attack, saying it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.

The gunman arrived at the club by taxi early that Sunday, before rushing through the entrance with a long-barrelled gun he had taken from the boot of the car.

He fired randomly at people celebrating the new year.

A statue of Argentine football star Lionel Messi has been vandalised in Buenos Aires, the BBC reports.

The bronze statue, unveiled last June, was broken in half and the torso, arms and head removed.

The motive for the damage was not clear but city officials say repairs to the statue are already under way.

It was unveiled just as the striker announced he was retiring from the national team – a decision he later reversed.

The statue stood on Paseo de la Gloria (Glory Street), which also displays casts of other famous Argentine sports stars such as tennis player Gabriela Sabatini and basketball player Manuel Ginobili.

Statues in the area have previously been targeted by vandals or thieves.

“The statue of Lionel Messi… was victim of an act of vandalism that left the footballer’s sculpture without its top half,” the Buenos Aires municipal government said in a statement.

“The city government is already working on its repair.”

A high-level delegation of the Armenian Jewelers Association (AJA) will attend the 6th International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI), from February 13 – 16, 2017, as guests of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), according to the website of the .

The visit of the delegation, to be headed by AJA President Sarkis Nourian, will mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Israeli exchange. A signing ceremony will take place at IDWI, under the auspices of the President of the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri.

AJA is a professional association to connect Armenian jewelers around the world and to increase communication and cooperation among them. The organization has representatives in the United States, Armenia, Russia, the Middle East, Europe, South America and Australia.

IDE President Yoram Dvash said, “I am pleased that the AJA will be sending an official delegation to Israel’s Diamond Week. Armenian jewelers have a unique and longstanding heritage as jewelry makers, and they have made an important contribution to the jewelry industry around the world. We are very happy that AJA has agreed to cooperate with the Israeli diamond industry to advance the diamond jewelry sector, especially in light of the investments we have made to strengthen this area.”

AJA President Sarkis Nourian said, “We are very pleased to have been invited by the Israeli Diamond Exchange to attend the International Diamond Week in Israel. We are bringing a delegation in order to explore channels of cooperation and to create a formal framework for collaboration. We know that this exhibition is of great importance to the bourse, and it offers us an excellent opportunity to learn about the industry and to meet its members,” he said.

The MOU will outline areas of cooperation between the two institutions in Israel and other countries of mutual interest.

Photo: Reuters

 

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson, as his choice for US secretary of state, the BBC reports.

Mr Trump praised Mr Tillerson, 64, in a statement as among the “most accomplished business leaders and international dealmakers” in the world.

Mr Tillerson is said to have a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, alarming both Democrats and some Republicans.

The nomination needs Senate approval.

Days ago it emerged that US intelligence agencies believe Russia acted covertly to boost Donald Trump in the election race.

The secretary of state is in effect the most senior US diplomat, responsible for enacting the government’s foreign policy.