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TURKISH PRIME MINISTER RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: "AZERBAIJAN CANNOT BE LEFT ASIDE OF PEACE PROCESSES IN THE REGION"

APA
April 14 2010
Azerbaijan

"Turkey closed the borders because of tensions between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, because of occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia"

Baku – APA. Ankara doesn’t think that President Barack Obama will
use "Armenian genocide" phrase in his traditional address to the US
Armenian community on April 24. "We want the third countries not to
cause rows between Turkey and Armenia and not to adopt resolutions. I
told Obama what I am telling every time. I have a character – I don’t
say one thing before the doors and another one behind the doors",
said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington,
APA reports. He said he didn’t think that Obama will do that.

Erdogan said they discussed next phase of the relations between the
two countries at the meeting with Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan.

He reminded about the meetings between the foreign ministers of
both countries, as well as US Secretary of State and Turkish Foreign
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Erdogan noted that the purpose of Zurich
protocols was described clearly. "It purposes to establish peace in
the region. How can Azerbaijan be left aside of these processes?

Azerbaijan is one of the elements in the regional peace processes. It
is necessary to solve the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and
to bring the sides to common solution. Why Turkish-Armenian borders
were closed in 1993? It was closed because of tensions between Armenia
and Azerbaijan, because of occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia.

Now it needs to reach progress in the settlement of the conflict
between the sides and to establish peace and stability for the
opening the borders. From this view, the OSCE Minsk Group has great
responsibility. Today, we discussed this issue with Russian president
Medvedev. We discussed the issue with Mr. Sarkozy last week. I consider
that the acceleration of the process will bring some results".

Erdoagn sad there was no concrete schedule for ratification of the
Zurich protocols. "We sent the protocols to the parliament. Armenia
also sent the protocols to the parliament passing them through the
Constitutional Court. I believe that there will be some positive
results to stimulate the process and it will accelerate the
parliaments’ activity toward this".

HRANT MELKUMYAN WAS 7TH IN DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP DREW TO AN END IN DUBAI. ARMENIA HAD FIVE PLAYERS IN THIS

Tert.am
11:17 14.04.10

World Chess Championship drew to an end in Dubai. Armenia had five
players in this tournament, reports Armsport.am.

In the 9th tournament the Armenian player Hrant Melkumyan defeated
the Azerbaijani player Eltaj Safarli with black figures, gained 7
points and became the seventh in the winners list.

Eight players could score 7 points but the winner was the Venezuelan
player Eduardo Iturrizaga.

With 6.5 points Armenian player Gabriel Sargsyan secured the 10th
place by defeating David Shengelia from Georgia.

Another Armenian player, Tigran Kocharyan, had a draw with the Mosshen
Sharbafi (Iran) and was 30th with 5.5 points.

Tigran Petrosyan was the 41st with 5.5 points, while Gevorg Harutunyan
was the 50th with 5 points.

MP: "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED AT GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT

Trend
April 13 2010
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani members of the Georgian parliament will take all measures
to prevent from discussion the appeal of the Armenian community in
Georgia on recognizing the genocide of Armenians in 1915 in Ottoman
Turkey, a member of the Georgia parliament Ramin Bayramov told Trend.

"Parliament is not the body in Georgia, in which this issue can be
addressed," he said.

Bayramov stressed that "Georgia carefully and objectively approaches
this issue, and therefore, the parliament will not consider it".

He said that he is in close contact with his Georgian colleagues and
is sure that the parliament will not discuss this issue.

Armenian community of Georgia appealed to the president and the
parliament to consider recognition of the so-called "Armenian Genocide"
in 1915.

As noted in the statement, the Armenian community appeals to the
authorities of the country to prepare a bill.

The initiators of the appeal are non-governmental organizations.

CONCEPTUAL PROVISIONS OF DEVELOPING ARMENIA’S MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT TO BE WORKED OUT WITHIN THREE MONTHS

NOYAN TAPAN
APRIL 13, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, APRIL 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The interdepartmental commission
coordinating issues of development of the military-industrial
establishment held its first meeting on April 13. The meeting was
conducted by Secretary of the RA National Security Council (NSC)
Arthur Baghdasarian.

The commission will prepare the concept of development of Armenia’s
military-industrial establishment and take concrerte steps on providing
the necessary assistance to enterprises of the military-industrial
establishment in order to ensure their efficient work.

A. Baghdasarian underlined the necessity of encouraging links of
Armenian enterprises with those in former Soviet countries with
the aim of increasing the defence capacity of Armenia and providing
its armed forces with necessary equipment. The development of the
military-industrial establishment will also solve social problems
through creation of new jobs.

The visits of the delegations headed by A. Bahdasarian to Russia
and Belarus have already produced the first results: representatives
of the military-industrial establishment of these countries visited
Armenia and examined the opportunities of cooperation on the spot.

Some basis have already been formed for establishing closer relations
with several enterprises of the military industry.

"There are joint initiatives, and we will assist the implementation of
all the programs. Armenia’s military-industrial establishment has some
potential which should be used," A. Baghdasarian stated, adding that
these problems are in the center of Armenian president’s attention.

According to the press service of the NSC Secretary, a decision
was made at the meeting to work out, within three months, conceptual
provisions of developing of Armenia’s military-industrial establishment
and to present them for discussion.

NEWBORN INFANT LEFT IN THE STREET

A1Plus.am
12/04/10

RA Police today issued a report on the incident that took place about
a month ago.

A newborn child wrapped in a gray robe was left near house 69 in
Yerevan’s Artsakh Street on March 17. The baby had a white vest,
a colorful diaper, yellowish towel and was wearing a baby bonnet.

People possessing information about the infant are asked to call the
nearby police department.

PRESS RELEASE
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:

12 April, 2010

Funds raised during Phoneathon 2009 help rebuild Askeran water and sewer
systems

Yerevan, April 12, 2010 – The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has launched a
major infrastructure project in Askeran City, the capital of Artsakh’s
Askeran Region, seeking to rebuild its crumbling potable-water and sewer
networks. The initiative is co-financed by the fund’s French affiliate –
through donations received during the 2009 Pan-European Phoneathon – and the
government of Artsakh.

Commenting on priority issues facing Askeran today, Albert Avanesyan, head
of the region’s Urban Development Department, identified the potable-water
problem as the most urgent. Currently drinking water reaches Askeran City
through rusted pipes and at minimal volume – due to water loss caused by an
extensively damaged network. Askeran’s aging sewer system is also in a state
of disrepair, posing serious health risks.
Avanesyan added that another obstacle affecting the growth of the city is
the recent decline in the number of marriages, a phenomenon brought on by
the lack of affordable housing, he said.

With the earthwork already completed, construction crews are now rebuilding
Askeran’s internal water-distribution system by installing new pipes, which
by the project’s end will cover the network’s close to six-kilometer overall
length. Also to be built are a 50-meter-long embankment along the shore of
the Badara River, meant to prevent riverbank collapse, and a
water-purification station. Finally, the project will include the
reconstruction of two water reservoirs (with a total capacity of 1,000 cubic
meters) and the sewer network.

"As the lack of access to water remains a critically urgent issue in both
Armenia and Artsakh, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is committed to helping
address the problem as a matter of highest priority," said Ara Vardanyan,
the fund’s executive director. "We are deeply grateful to our compatriots
across Europe, whose generous contributions during the 2009 Pan-European
Phoneathon made the Askeran infrastructure project possible."

Nestled in northeastern Artsakh, the Askeran Region borders Azerbaijan on
the east. Of the area’s some 17,600 residents, 2,100 live in Askeran City.

The Askeran Region is home to a number of major commercial companies
including Artsakh Alco (a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages), Artsakh
Fruit (a producer of fruits and vegetables), Varanda (a maker of barrels and
hardwood flooring), as well as a alabaster factory. These enterprises employ
close to 260 area residents. Products made by Artsakh Alco and Varanda are
also exported.

Agriculture continues to be a vital component of Askeran’s economy. The area
produces significant quantities of pomegranates, grapes, and cereal crops,
which are packed at local food-processing centers. Lately Askeran farmers
have begun efforts to grow watermelons as well.
Notable among Askeran’s historic monuments is the 18th-century Mayraberd
fortress. Another community institution is the Surb Astvatsatsin Church,
built in 2003.

Currently three projects financed by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s French
affiliate are nearing completion. They include the construction of the
Chartar Village school (Martuni Region, Artsakh), construction of an
internal potable-water network in Sos Village (Martuni), and construction of
a regional cardiology center in Akner, near Goris (Syunik Region, Armenia).

Two additional projects financed entirely or in part by the French affiliate
will be launched within the next few months. They are the reconstruction of
the Muratsan School (Shushi) and reconstruction of the Aygehovit-Vazashen
irrigation network (Tavush Region, Armenia). The latter initiative is
sponsored jointly by the fund’s French and Argentinean affiliates.

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Hayastan All Armenian Fund

OBAMA TO MEET TURKISH PM ON TUESDAY: WHITE HOUSE

Agence France Presse
April 11, 2010 Sunday 9:05 PM GMT
English

US President Barack Obama will meet Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, on the sidelines of his nuclear security
summit in Washington, the White House said.

The meeting, which was not previously announced, will occur just over
a week after Turkey decided to return its ambassador to Washington
after a row over moves in Congress to brand the World War I massacres
of Armenians as genocide.

"We very much wanted to have this opportunity to consult with Prime
Minister Erdogan," said Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security advisor,
adding that the talks would focus on Iran, Armenia and other issues.

The meeting will also take place as Turkey seeks to revive stalled
reconciliation efforts with Armenia. Obama is due meanwhile to meet
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in a separate bilateral meeting
on Monday.

Turkey recalled Ambassador Namik Tan on March 4 immediately after
the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a
resolution branding the 1915-17 massacres of Armenians under the
Ottoman Empire as genocide.

news.az, Azerbaijan
April 9 2010

Necessary to find effective formula for execution of UN SC resolution
Fri 09 April 2010 | 13:51 GMT Text size:

Nikolae Ureke Unfortunately, the OSCE, EU and other international
organizations can not take an active part in the resolution of such
conflicts as Nagorno Karabakh.

The statement came from Romanian ambassador in Azerbaijan, NATO
coordinator in our country Nikolae Ureke speaking at the Center of
Strategic Studies under the Aezrbaijani president and commenting on
passiveness of international organizations on the Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.

The diplomat said Romania is actively cooperation both with Azerbaijan
and Armenia. He voiced confidence that such partnership will help
search effective ways of the conflict settlement under the auspices of
international organizations.

"There is a need to find an effective and appropriate formula for the
execution of resolutions of the UN Security Council and other
international organizations for the resolution of conflicts in the
post-Soviet area", Nikolae Ureke said.

1news.az

COMANDOS DOES NOT UNDERSTAND SERGE SARGSYAN

08/04/2010
Lragir.am

Commander of the Karabakh war Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan – Komandos, by the
request of reporters, on April 8, dwelt on Serge Sargsyan’s interview
given to the Syrian Al-Watan paper in which he dwelt on the
possibility to surrender the territories in exchange of the right of
the Karabakh people to self-determination.

Ter-Tadevosyan said we do not have a national ideology. He says that
political figures, of course, can give such assessments, but the right
to decide is to belong to the people. He cannot even understand how it
is possible to surrender territories, where so many people died,
without having any security guarantees.

He considers it absurd to surrender the territories and to keep the
Lachin corridor where Azeris can hit our cars even with stones.

Anadolu Agency, Turkey
April 7 2010

Turkey’s PM pledges commitment to Armenian agreements

Paris, 7 April: The Turkish prime minister said on Wednesday that
Turkey would not step back regarding the protocols it signed with
Armenia in Switzerland.

Replying to questions of reporters following his gathering with CEOs
of leading French companies in Paris, Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan revealed the contents of the letter he sent to Armenian
President Serzh Sargsian by a special envoy today.

"This is what I can say about the main theme of the letter: Turkey
believes in the principle of ‘pacta sund servanda’ and it is
determined to act in accordance to that. Therefore, we will always
show commitment to the signatures we have put down in Switzerland.
Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, we will not step back,"
he said.

Erdogan said both Turkey and Armenia should fulfil their
responsibilities and be loyal to each other.

Pointing to the importance of carrying out the process through a
history commission, Erdogan said, "Turkey is ready to do all the
necessary things on such matter, however, this cannot be done through
the lobbies formed in the parliaments of various countries. On the
contrary, it will make the process more complicated".

Upon a question on whether he would meet with Sargsian in Washington
D.C., Erdogan said, "As you know I sent my special envoy to Mr
Sargsian today. I have a letter for him. I will make an assessment
once I get some results. I have a positive approach, but I will make
my final decision after my envoy returns".