Author: Jane Topchian

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Jane Topchian
  • 27.11.2018

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Արցախի ՊԲ մամուլի խոսնակ Սենոր Հասրաթյանը ջնջել է ֆեյսբուքյան իր քննադատական գրառումն՝ ուղղված Սասուն Միքայելյանին:


Սենոր Հասրաթյանը երեկ անդրադարձել էր «Իմ քայլը» դաշինքի քարոզարշավի ժամանակ Սասուն Միքայելյանի ելույթին, որտեղ նա նշել էր, որ հեղափոխության հաղթանակն ավելի կարեւոր էր, քան Արցախյան ազատամարտը: «Արցախյան ազատամարտում հաղթանակեցինք հայ քաջորդիների շնորհիվ, եւ այդ հաղթանակի արդյունքը պետք է տեսներ ժողովուրդը, որը նախորդ իշխանությունները չթույլատրեցին: Մեր ժողովուրդը չհասկացավ հաղթանակի գինը, ժողովուրդը չպատկերացրեց` ինչ մարդիկ ինչի համար գլուխը դրեցին զոհասեղանին: Այսօր եկել է ժամանակը, որ այդ ամենով գնանք դեպի փայլուն ապագա»,- ասաց Միքայելյանը:



Անդրադառնալով Միքայելյանի այս հայտարարությանը Հասրաթյանը ֆեյսբուքյան իր էջում գրել էր հետեւյալը. «Ե՞րբ է մարդու ասածը ոչ միանշանակ ընդունվում: Երբ ասելիք չունի, բայց ունի խոսելու ցանկություն: Ապացույցը Սասուն Միքայելյանի կողմից այսօր արված հայտարարությունը կամ ավելի ճիշտ՝ համազգային երևույթները մեկը մյուսին վերադասելու կամ ստորադասելու փորձը: Հ. Գ. Աշխատեք հրաժարվել այդ «սովորությունից», մանավանդ, երբ խոսքը վերաբերում է մեր հազարավոր հերոս նահատակների արյամբ կերտված Արցախյան հերոսամարտին»:


Սասուն Միքայելյանի հայտարարությանն անդրադարձել էր նաեւ Արցախի նախագահի հատուկ հանձնարարությունների գծով ներկայացուցիչ, գեներալ-լենտենանտ Արշավիր Ղարամյան՝ կոչ անելով «գիտակցությունից ջնջեք «ազատամարտիկ» սասուն միքայելյանին»:


Նա իր Facebook-յան գրառման մեջ փոխրատառերով է գրել Սասուն Միքայելյանի անունը՝ անվանելով նրանք նախկին ազատամարտիկ։


«Այսօր,արդեն նախկին ազատամարտիկ ՝ սասուն միքայելյանը իր պատկերացմաբ կարևոր «պատմական» հայտարարություն է արել,արցախյան ազատամարտում համայն հայության ձեռք բերած հաղթանակը ստորադասելով ներքաղաքական գործընթացներում ունեցած կուսակցական հաջողություններին,ասել է թէ հազարավոր հայորդիների թափած արյունը անարգանքի է ենթարկել:


Դիմում եմ իմ բոլոր մարտական և զինակից ընկերներն ՝ Ձեր գիտակցությունից ջնջեք «ազատամարտիկ» սասուն միքայելյանին», – ասված է նրա գրառման մեջ:


Սասուն Միքայելյանի աղմկահարույց հայտարարությանը եւ դրա քննադատողներին անդրադարձել էր նաեւ վարչապետի պաշտոնակատար Նիկոլ Փաշինյանը։ 


Սասուն Միքայելյանն ինքն էլ զգաց, որ ոչ այնքան հաջող ձեւակերպում արեց եւ ինքն էլ ուղղեց իրեն՝ նշելով, որ նկատի է ունեցել՝ համաժողովրդական շարժումը կարեւոր էր Արցախի ամրության առումով: Ու հիմա անհասկանալի է այս ամբողջ աղմուկը: Այս մասին ֆեյսբուքի իր էջով ուղիղ եթերում հայտարարեց ՀՀ վարչապետի պաշտոնակատար Նիկոլ Փաշինյանը՝ մեկնաբանելով այսօր Գյումրիում Սասուն Միքայելյանի կողմից հնչեցված միտքն այն մասին, որ տեղի ունեցած հեղափոխությունն առավել կարեւոր էր, քան Արցախյան ազատամարտը:


«Հիմա հիշում եմ նմանօրինակ մի 2 հայտարարություն, երբ ես ասեցի, որ չեմ թողնելու զինվորի հագուստի, սնունդի, պարագաների վրա իրենց անձնական բարեկեցությունն ապահովեն ոմանք: Ես զարմանում եմ, որ մարդիկ, ովքեր տարիներ շարունակ մասնակցել են բանակի թալանին, զինվորների բաժինը գողցողների հետ են նստել ու վեր կացել, հիմա մի սխալ ձեւակերպման համար ուզում են աչոկներ հավաքել»,-ասել էր Փաշինյանը:

168: Acting PM Pashinyan to meet with parents of Karen Ghazaryan who is in Azerbaijani captivity

Jane Topchian
| 12:49 | November 28 2018
Category
Politics

Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on November 28 will meet with the parents of Karen Ghazaryan who is currently in the Azerbaijani captivity.

“Today I will meet with the parents of Karen Ghazaryan in the municipality. My spouse has visited them two times. Azerbaijan has made a semi-official offer to exchange three Azerbaijani citizens in Artsakh with the three Armenians who are in Azerbaijan. But two of these Azerbaijani citizens are imprisoned in Artsakh, the one for 20 years and the other to life imprisonment because they have killed citizens of Artsakh. And now the question is the following: whether the relatives of those killed will agree that Artsakh returns the murderers of their kids to Azerbaijan. It’s clear that Azerbaijan will declare new Ramil Safarovs from these murderers. Do we want to bear the political and practical consequences of this? A man accidentally crossed the border from Turkey, and we sent him back to his country without any preconditions. It would be logical if they returned Karen in the same way. We dealt and are dealing with the issue of Karen also in accordance with the agreement reached in Dushanbe. It’s a simple, humanitarian issue, and we will make all efforts to solve this issue”, Pashinyan said during the election campaign of My Step alliance in Noyemberyan town.

Pashinyan said there is a version that Karen has been kidnapped from his own home.

“People are concerned and worried about the level of defense at the border. There is a suspicion that Karen was kidnapped from his own home, but there are no proofs yet. I will definitely discuss this issue with the representatives of our Armed Forces. We will take actions if necessary”, he said.

Armenia: Pashinyan says issue of new CSTO chief is "non-essential"

Jane Topchian
PanArmenian, Armenia
Nov 30 2018
– 12:31 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The issue of electing a new Secretary General for the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is not the most essential one, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a campaign rally in Sevan on Thursday, November 29.

“The issue of the CSTO Secretary General is a very small and non-essential one. Questions discussed in that context are more important. We will constantly defend the interests of Armenia and Artsakh,” Pashinyan said.

He said Armenia has not damaged relations with any of the CSTO member states but has instead noted "the bad and discredited situation it has inherited in this establishment and not only.”

“Unlike previous authorities we are not going to remain silent and put up with the situation," the acting PM told supporters.

"We prioritize the specification of our commitments in the CSTO before our allies and theirs before us. We raise these issues for developing relations with our partners. If we do not address the existing issues, the situation will deteriorate paving the way for more and more issues."

The CSTO Collective Security Council relieved Armenia’s Yuri Khachaturov of his duties as the organization’s secretary general in late October.

On July 26, Armenia’s Special Investigative Service accused Khachaturov of overthrowing the constitutional order in 2008 and requested his arrest. Khachaturov, who was the Commander of the Armenian Armed Forces’ Yerevan Garrison back in 2008, pleaded not guilty. On July 28, the Yerevan City Court of General Jurisdiction released him on his own recognizance and a bail of about $10,000.

Three teams of Sevan startup Summit 2018 receive Armenian Presidential awards

Jane Topchian
  • 17:15 | November 23,2018 | Official
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Three participating teams of the Sevan Startup Summit 2018 today received special awards of the President of Armenia at the Presidential Palace, the Presidential Office reports.

In summer 2018 President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian participated in the closing ceremony of the Sevan Startup Summit during which he promised that one more nomination – award of the President of the Republic, will be added to the awards for the 120 startup teams participating in the summit.

Today Armen Sarkissian handed over the Presidential awards to the three winner teams.

The first prize and 5 million AMD award was handed over to the SuperAnnotate AI project. The second and third awards were bestowed to YOLO and SENSE2beat projects respectively.

President Sarkissian congratulated the Sevan Startup Summit organizers and award winners, expressing hope that they will continue their activities and will be presented at the international arena. “It’s time for us to hold the Startup also in the Silicon Valley. Of course, the participation of 120 teams is a great number, but I hope that 1200 teams will participate in the coming years. This is a really perfect idea and project. Many young people make first steps in the life and will achieve great success by your help and the will of God,” the President said.

Startup Armenia foundation’s co-founder Hakob Hakobyan considered the President’s support encouraging. “The fact that you visited us and delivered a lecture was a great progress for us. And today’s awards and their idea are really obliging. We are ready to do more for Armenia to capture an importance place on the innovation map,” he said.

168: Cabinet rejects bill on banning same-sex marriage citing existing prohibition in Constitution

Jane Topchian
| 13:36 | November 15 2018
Category
Society

The Cabinet today issued a negative conclusion for the bill submitted by MP Tigran Urikhanyan on amending the Family Code of Armenia.

Deputy minister of labor and social affairs Arsen Manukyan said that the lawmaker proposes to add a ban on same-sex marriage in the code’s marriage regulations, thus ruling out same-sex marriages.

“Article 35 of the Constitution already defines that marriage is possible [only] between a man and a woman. In addition, the necessary conditions for marriage are also stipulated in Article 10 of the Family Code, according to which a marriage registration requires mutual consent between the man and the woman, as well as marriageable age – 18 or above,” the deputy minister said.

The Cabinet rejected MP Tigran Urikhanyan’s bill because the Constitution already bans same-sex marriage.

In order to avoid misinterpretations and manipulations, caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asked the deputy minister: “Suppose two men or two women enter a [marriage registration office] and say they want to marry…is there any legislative way or possibility for their marriage to be in fact registered?”

The deputy minister said there is no such possibility, since the Constitution Cleary states that a marriage can be registered between a man and a woman.

Sports: Mkhitaryan named Man of the Match in Arsenal-Sporting

Jane Topchian
ArmenPress, Armenia
Nov 9 2018

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YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan, the midfielder of London’s Arsenal, has been named Man of the Match of the Arsenal – Sporting Europa League match that ended 0:0.

Gunners forward Danny Welbeck has suffered a "very big injury" after he was carried off on a stretcher during his side's Europa League game against Sporting Lisbon on Thursday, BBC reported.

Arsenal secured a place in the last 32.

"He is at the hospital. The news is that we are going to wait, but we think it's a serious injury," said Arsenal boss Unai Emery.

Welbeck was hurt in the 25th minute when he jumped for a header and landed badly on his right ankle.

Some of Welbeck's team-mates were also visibly affected by the incident.

"They saw it was a big injury," added Emery.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

168: Parliament of Artsakh installs new Ombudsman

Jane Topchian
| 14:32 | October 31 2018
Category
Artsakh

The parliament of Artsakh has installed Artak Beglaryan as the new Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of the country.

Beglaryan said on Facebook that he was elected with 29 votes in favor and zero votes against.

“Assuming this responsible function is an honor for me, which I will fulfill with the utmost responsibility,” he said.

Excerpts from Beglaryan’s speech in parliament are available in Armenian.

Amnesty won’t cover murderers, says Pashinyan

Jane Topchian
| 17:26 | October 27 2018
Category
Politics

No murderer should be granted amnesty, acting PM Nikol Pashinyan told reporters today, at the same time confirming that the mechanisms of parole, changing prison sentences and clemency should function.

“Amnesty requires a general approach, not individual. In this regard we will work for the cases of all convicts to be reviewed one by one and for everyone to have individual approach. I’m still convinced that no one who has murdered someone should be granted amnesty,” he said.

He also stressed that violence as a tool must be ruled out in Armenia. “Violence in politics will be countered in the strongest terms,” he said.

Asked why the amnesty will also cover the Sasna Tsrer group, Pashinyan said it was necessary to restore public solidarity.

The Armenian parliament will debate the bill on declaring amnesty on October 31.

Photo: Dozens of presidential aircraft parked at Zvartnots airport as Yerevan transformed into Francophonie global capital October 11-12

Jane Topchian
| 16:56 | October 13 2018
Category
Society

Civil Aviation Committee chairperson Tatevik Revazyan has released a photo taken at Armenia’s Zvartnots airport showing a number of presidential and governmental aircraft parked side by side.

Nearly 40 heads of state and government were in Armenia October 11-12 for the XVII Summit of La Francophonie.

Delegations from a total of 84 countries took part in the summit.

“All presidential aircraft are nicely parked in the airport,” she wrote on Facebook.

Azerbaijani Press: Baku says "nonsense" to Armenia’s attempt to show Karabakh conflict as conflict over protection of human rights

Jane Topchian
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 13 2018
11:28 (UTC+04:00)
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Armenian leadership’s attempts to demonstrate the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as a conflict over the protection of human rights and assert that Azerbaijan demands territories without the Armenian population are completely unfounded and nonsense, deputy head of the foreign relations department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend on Oct. 12.

Hajiyev stressed that Armenia, contrary to the UN Charter, by using force, occupied the territories of Azerbaijan – Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven adjacent districts and created a separatist regime on those territories.

"Armenia has committed numerous war crimes against Azerbaijan, crimes against humanity, by grossly violating the international humanitarian law,” he said.

“Having carried out bloody ethnic cleansing against the Azerbaijani community of the Nagorno-Karabakh occupied by Armenia and the residents of the surrounding areas, the country openly demonstrates that it aims at the illegal annexation of these territories without the local Azerbaijani population,” Hajiyev added.

He also said that Armenia’s talks on human rights when it grossly violates the most fundamental rights of more than a million Azerbaijani internally displaced people and refugees, and goes beyond all political, legal and moral frameworks.

"Armenia is trying to deny the existence of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh,” Hajiyev said. “Armenia in no way allows building a dialogue between the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.”

“Fundamental human rights and freedoms are universal and must be applied on an equal basis without discrimination,” he said. “As fixed in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993), all human rights are universal, inseparable, interdependent and interrelated."

“Armenia’s such claims are nothing more than hiding the aggressive policy, creating an untrue impression of the real affairs and attempts to divert international community’s attention from the fact of Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan and the military occupation of the Azerbaijani territories, which is the basis of the conflict,” he said.

"Armenia must understand that military aggression and the situation, accompanied by bloody ethnic cleansing and gross violation of human rights, will never be considered legitimate,” Hajiyev said.

“Therefore, the international community unanimously accepts and supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan within internationally recognized borders,” he said. “Armenia’s claims on the creation of a democratic and civil society, without stopping an aggressive policy and fulfilling international legal obligations, are nothing more than words."

“As opposed to the mono-ethnic Armenian state, Azerbaijan is a multicultural country with an inclusive society,” Hajiyev said.

"Various ethnic and religious communities live together peacefully in Azerbaijan for many centuries,” he said. “Today, thanks to the state policy, these traditions are further strengthened.”

“According to the requirements of the corresponding resolutions of the UN Security Council, the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, the return of displaced people to their homeland, there may be a possibility for the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh to live together within the territorial integrity, sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan. Finally, permanent peace, stability and security will be ensured in the region.”

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.