Author: Hunanian Jack

KAREN BEKARYAN: KARABAGH HAS NO OBLIGATIONS

Aysor
April 2 2010
Armenia

Though during the last one year the Karabakh conflict normalization
process remains the main issue for us, no new changes in the processes
have been recorded yet, regardless the unjustified optimism of the
co-chairs after each meeting, told Karen Bekaryan, the chairman of the
"European Integration" NGO today to the journalists.

According to him the only progressive point in the Karabakh process
was the initiation of the RA President to sign the document on not
using force, which was rejected by the Azerbaijani side.

As for the renewed Madrid Principles K. Bekaryan said he doubts there
is a document like that, "The renewed Madrid Principles, if there
are such, are too tough to be comprehended."

The political scientist said that the talks about the renewed Madrid
principles are usual diplomatic processes.

Answering to the question whether there is probability of resuming the
war K. Bekaryan mentioned that we should never exclude the probability
of war, "On one hand we should not put the people into the panic,
and on the other hand we shouldn’t walk with the pink eyeglasses."

K. Bekaryan also didn’t exclude the participation of Karabakh to the
negotiations stating that there are two important factors for that.

"The first factor is that they should make it clearer for the mediator
countries that the effective ending in this format will be hard and
impossible, as it becomes clear for everyone that if Karabakh is not
participating in the negotiations it doesn’t have any obligations too
in that case. The second one is that the existence of the new reality
after the August war is still obvious, thus those two factors together
allow the NKR become a negotiating side," Bekaryan thinks.

However according to the chairman of the "European Integration" it
is a big question whether it is good or bad that Karabakh is not at
the Negotiation table. According to Karen Bekaryan Karabakh is in
an interesting situation, it gets angry, confused time by time but
when this reaction passes it calms down as it has not signed under
anything, thus the speaker thinks that Karabakh has no obligations
whatever the negotiating sides decide.

ITU SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA

news.am
April 1 2010
Armenia

Secretary-General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Hamadoun Toure plans to visit Armenia on April 5, RA Deputy Minister
of Transport and Communication Valter Marutyan told the journalists.

Marutyan informed that ITU Secretary-General is scheduled to meet
with RA President Serzh Sargsyan and RA Premier Tigran Sargsyan.

ITU’s aim is to enable the growth and development of telecommunications
and information networks, as well as facilitate universal access to
communication services. The organization comprises 191 member states.

CARL FROCH: I FANCY DOING A NUMBER ON KING ARTHUR QUITE EASILY. NO DISRESPECT TO HIM

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.04.2010 16:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch predicts
a knockout win over Mikkel Kessler in the second stage of the Super
Six tournament on April 24 in Denmark. The fight in the third stage
of the tournament will have Froch taking on Arthur Abraham. Size
sometimes matters, says Froch. He thinks the smaller Abraham will
take a pounding when the two of them are matched.

"I fancy doing a number on King Arthur quite easily. No disrespect to
him. He’s tough, strong and can bang a bit, but he’s quite a small
man. I’ve always coped with fighters and brawlers quite easily,
so I think I’ll knock him out. I want the recognition. I’ll do what
I have to do to win. If that means sticking my jab in his face, I
will do. If it means standing in front of him and going toe-to-toe,
I will," Froch told thisisnottingham.

Froch doesn’t care what Abraham tries to do in the ring, he will
stick to his course of trying to knock "King Arthur" out.

"Regardless of how it goes, I’ll be looking for the stoppage because
I want the bonus point to secure my place in the semi-finals," Froch
said, boxingscene.com reported.

DATA FROM YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS INTO THERMAL SCIENCE

Technology Business Journal
March 30, 2010

"The volumetric properties of amino acids (DL-glycine, DL-alanine,
DL-serine, L-aspartic acid, L-lysine, and L-leucine) in aqueous
solution of nonionic surfactant hexadecyl poly[oxyethylene(25)] alcohol
(C(16)A(25)) are studied," scientists in Yerevan, Armenia report.

"The values of apparent molar volumes V-phi, partial molar volumes
V-2,m(0) and volumes of transfer Delta V-t2(2,m)0 are calculated,"
wrote N.G. Harutyunyan and colleagues, Yerevan State University.

The researchers concluded: "The changes of volumes of transfer are
discussed in terms of hydrophilic-hydrophobic interactions."

Harutyunyan and colleagues published their study in Thermochimica Acta
(Volumetric properties of amino acids in aqueous solution of nonionic
surfactant. Thermochimica Acta, 2010;498(1-2):124-127).

For additional information, contact R.S. Harutyunyan, Yerevan State
University, Dept. of Phys & Colloid Chem, A Manoogyan 1, Yerevan
0025, Armenia.

The publisher’s contact information for the journal Thermochimica Acta
is: Elsevier Science BV, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Boston Herald
March 31, 2010 Wednesday
MA

Can’t forget genocide

In 1915, my grandparents abandoned all of their worldly possessions
and fled their village in Turkey, barely escaping the untold horrors
that were inflicted upon their family and community during the
Armenian Genocide.

I commend Dan Thomasson for his thoughtful piece regarding the
importance of recognizing this terrible moment in Armenian and world
history which today remains unrecognized by the United States as a
genocide ("If ignored, genocide enabled," March 26).

The 1.5 million souls lost, the few remaining survivors and the
world deserve this kind of honesty and recognition with regard to
the first genocide of the 20th century, the Forgotten Genocide,
the Armenian Genocide.

– Rep. Peter J. Koutoujian, Waltham

COUNCIL OF EUROPE ANTI-RACISM COMMISSION VISITS ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
31.03.2010 17:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A delegation of the European Commission against
Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) visited Armenia from March 23 to 26,
2010. During its visit, ECRI’s delegation gathered information on the
implementation of the recommendations it made to the authorities in
its 2006 report and discussed new issues that have emerged since.

The delegation held meetings in Yerevan with representatives of all
relevant ministries, public officials and human rights NGOs. It also
visited accommodation centers for asylum-seekers and refugees as well
as neighborhoods and villages with minority population.

Following this visit, ECRI will adopt a report in which it will make a
fresh set of recommendations on measures to be taken by the authorities
to address racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism
and intolerance in the country. Among these, three will be revisited
in two years’ time as part of an interim follow-up procedure.

In its 2006 report ECRI had deplored the lack of comprehensive civil
and administrative anti-discrimination legislation. ECRI had also
found that the Yezidi minority continued to face problems. Moreover,
ECRI had recommended changes to the law on alternative service,
the CoE communications unit reported.

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
March 27 2010

Mosque fund to finance restoration of Armenian church

A Malatya foundation established to build mosques will assume the
financial costs of the restoration of a historic Armenian church
located in Malatya’s Ã?avuÅ?oÄ?lu neighborhood, where assassinated
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was born.

The official paperwork to begin work on the restoration was filed by
the Ã?armuzu TepebaÅ?ı Mosque Building and Preservation Foundation at
the start of 2009.

Malatya Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Bahaettin
KabahasanoÄ?lu said foundation officials had contacted them about
restoring the church. Noting that one-third of the land where the
church locates belongs to the municipality and the rest to the General
Directorate of National Real Estate, KabahasanoÄ?lu said: `We filled
out the paperwork with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and
prepared a final report. According to the report, the municipality
must hand its share over to the General Directorate of National Real
Estate. We also briefed the Sivas Regional Board of Protection of
Cultural and Natural Assets on the project. After the board approves
it and the municipality hands its share over, the church can be
restored by the foundation.’

Latif Yıldırım, president of the foundation, said the church is about
280 years old and was built during the Ottoman period, adding that the
church is a symbol of tolerance and freedom of religion in Ottoman
times. He also noted that the restoration would be carried out with
support from the Municipality of Malatya.

Dink, upon visiting the site in 2002, said the church should be restored.

27 March 2010, Saturday
TODAY’S ZAMAN Ä°STANBUL

Don’t Forget! Armenia Moves Clocks Ahead One Hour Tonight

12:46 – 27.03.10

At 2 am on March 28 (that’s after midnight tonight), those in Armenia
will switch to daylight saving time, moving their clocks ahead one
hour, according to the RA Economy Ministry.

Along with Armenia, Russia and most of Europe will also be switching
to `summer time’ (as it’s sometimes in the UK) tonight. The US and
Canada switched to daylight saving time about two weeks ago.

Tert.am

Opposition politician rules out Sargsyan-Kocharyan tandem

2010-03-26 16:24:00

ArmInfo. Talks on return of Robert Kocharyan to big politics are the
result of Serzh Sargsyan’s weak political team, Suren Suyrenyants, a
member of the Republic opposition party, said in a press conference on
Friday.

He believes that if Sargsyan carried out system reform and created a
transparent political system in the country, all the ways to the big
politics would be closed for the second president. Nevertheless, he
said, Kocharyan as a politician is the most undesirable political
figure for the Armenian public. The "Republican Party does not want
Kocharyan’s return either. However, it is obvious that no one can
prevent that alone. The only hope of the RPA is the people and it is
the right choice since the people will not allow Kocharyan to take the
position of the prime minister," he said. In addition, Surenyants
believes that President Sargsyan will not agree to work with "prime
minister Kocharyan" since he would find himself in the state of the
"British Queen" under Kocharyan’s government.

news.am, Armenia
March 26 2010

Armenian President meets Czech Defense Minister

18:10 / 03/26/2010 RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting March 26
with Czech Minister of Defense Martin Barták.

The RA presidential press service informed NEWS.am that the Armenian
leader stated Armenia is interested in developing relations with Czech
Republic.

The sides pointed out the states’ great potential for cooperation
within European and Euroatlantic agencies. President Serzh Sargsyan
said official Yerevan attaches great importance to cooperation with
international agencies, which will facilitate reforms inside the
country.

Minister Barták welcomed the Armenian-Czech military cooperation
agreement. He informed the Armenian leader of his meeting with RA
Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan. The sides determined the fields of
cooperation. Martin Barták also said that many businessmen are members
of the Czech delegation. The sides expressed hope that Armenian-Czech
business contacts will give a new impetus to bilateral cooperation.

President Serzh Sargsyan thanked the Czech leaders for their impartial
position on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. He pointed out that
independent Czech Republic and Slovakia are a good example of
self-determination.

T.P.