Author: Jidarian Alex

LARISSA ALAVERDYAN: DASHNAKTSUTYUN HURTS CORRUPTION BATTLE

Panorama.am
19:31 28/08/2007

"During the past four years, not enough laws have been implemented
concerning social issues. Now we will begin in this direction," stated
former head of human rights protection and member of the "Heritage"
party, Larissa Alaverdyan, at a press conference with Artsvik Minasyan
of Dashnaktsutyun. "The human rights commission didn’t do what it
was capable of. As an organization protecting human rights, it should
have done more to battle against laws harming citizens and society,"
Alaverdyan stated, adding that the Dashnaktsutyun party didn’t stand
with the people when a law concerning the foreignization of property
was being accepted.

"This kind of law not only hurts our economy, but the establishment
of a lawful state," she stated, to which Minasyan answered "True,
our party voted in favor of the law, as we thought the government
should be responsible for its activities. But as to how that would
be realized, other organizations bear this responsibility, along
with Dashnaktsutyun."

On the other hand, Dashnaktsutyun was a member of the ruling coalition
at that time, and bears a major part of the responsibility for the
passage of the law.

IN THE TIME OF ELECTION TO MAYOR OF STEPANAKERT

KarabakhOpen
29-08-2007 15:04:01

The Movement 88 Party will take part in the local elections on October
14, said the acting mayor of Stepanakert Edward Aghabekyan, chair of
the party, in an interview with Karabakh-Open.com. He said the part is
likely to run in the elections in two or three communities. "Perhaps
our party will name candidates in Askeran and Martakert. However, what
I said is preliminary because the conference of the party will discuss
the question at the beginning of September," said Edward Aghabekyan.

With regard to the election to the mayor of Stepanakert
Mr. Aghabekyan only said the party will probably ally with the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun in the capital like in 2004. In 2004, however, the
ARF Dashnaktsutyun-Movement 88 alliance was oppositionist.

After the presidential election a situation changed. However, Edward
Aghabekyan thinks it is pointless to dissolve the alliance because
"nothing has changed over the past 3 years." In answer to the question
if he is likely to run a second term, Edward Aghabekyan said everything
depends on the decision of the alliance.

NEW ARMENIAN CHURCH WILL BE BUILT, FINALLY; HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL CHURCH VISITING SITE
By Jason Tait , Staff Writer

Eagle Tribune, MA
Aug 27 2007

HAVERHILL – A worn and faded sign on an empty lot on Route 125 near
the North Andover line has promised for about five years that the
Armenian Apostolic Church at Hye Pointe will be built there.

The project is finally happening after years of planning and
fundraising, boosting the spirits of hundreds of local Armenians who
have been waiting for a permanent home, church members say.

The parishioners will come from two congregations – Holy Cross of
Lawrence and St. Gregory the Illuminator of Haverhill, a total of
600 member families.

"It is so exciting for all of us who have worked so hard for this,"
said Gale Cifra, a parish councilor. "It’s time for the two parishes
to come together as one."

The project will break ground in the spring, but before it happens
the ground must be blessed.

His Holiness Karekin II, who heads the international Armenian Apostolic
Church and is called the Catholicos, will consecrate the land during
a visit on Columbus Day in October, church trustees said.

Former Holy Cross member Mark Kazanjian, owner of the Whirlaway
golf center in Methuen, said he and a few other parishioners started
looking for land for a new church in 1994.

He said they closed on the property in 2000, and "that’s when it
really became a long road" trying to propel the project forward.

"All good things take time," Kazanjian said.

Parish Council Chairman Scott Sahagian, originally a Holy Cross member,
said the Merrimack Valley has a viable Armenian community.

"By coming together with the two churches, we’ll become stronger,"
he said.

The official merger happened in 2002, an emotional situation for the
people of both parishes, Sahagian said.

Church services were alternately held in Lawrence and Haverhill until
this spring when Holy Cross was closed for good. Services are now
held exclusively at St. Gregory.

Both churches will be sold to help finance the new church.

Holy Cross has a buyer and is being sold in September, Sahagian said.

St. Gregory also has a potential buyer, and the sale could be completed
in October.

Sahagian would not reveal the potential buyers or how much money is
needed for construction.

An Eagle-Tribune story in 2002 said the project would cost $3.9
million, but Sahagian said the current project has been downsized.

"It will be done in a way that is manageable for the parish," he said.

The new church will be built on 9 acres of land at 1280 Boston Road
(Route 125) near Spring Hill Garden Center. It will be built in
a style reminiscent of buildings in Armenia. Sahagian said losing
the original church buildings in Haverhill and Lawrence is hard but
necessary for the church’s growth.

"It’s sentimental, but as I look at the future, we need to have a
modern facility that is adaptable to our changing needs," Sahagian
said.

The Catholicos

Position: Heads the international Armenian Apostolic Church.

Name: His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos
of All Armenians.

Born: Ktrij Nersissian in 1951 in the Armenian village of Voskehat.

Ordained: 1972 and was given the name Karekin.

Elevated to head the church: Elected the 132nd Catholicos of All
Armenians and was consecrated on Nov. 4, 1999.

Source:

m/punewshh/local_story_239093815?keyword=secondary story

The New Anatolian, Turkey
Aug 24 2007

Anti-Defamation League extends support to Turkey’s proposal to
convene a joint commission

The New Anatolian / Ankara
24 August 2007

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a new statement in which it
extended support to Turkey’s proposal to convene a joint commission.

The new statement signed by Glen S. Lewy, ADL National Chair and
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, indicated, "we must
encourage steps to create an atmosphere in which Armenia will respond
favorably to the several recent overtures of Turkey to convene a
joint commission to assist the parties in achieving a resolution of
their profound differences."

"We believe there are many renowned historians, human rights
activists and distinguished world leaders who are willing to lend
their knowledge, experience and judgment to this cause. We know that
earlier this year, Prof. Dr. Elie Wiesel and more than 50 of his
fellow Nobel Laureates called for concrete steps to be taken by
Turkey and Armenia to find a way forward to reach the goal of
reconciliation, and that, last week, Professor Wiesel reaffirmed his
support for efforts to create a body in which both Turkish and
Armenian experts can come together to work cooperatively in
re-examining the shared past of both peoples," it said.

"Although independent scholars may have reached a consensus about the
genocide, in an effort to help accomplish the reconciliation there is
room for further dispassionate scholarly examination of the details
of those dark and terrible days. ADL and the American Jewish
community should focus their attention on supporting efforts to urge
Turkey and Armenia to make this happen," the ADL said.

Earlier in the week, the ADL released a statement in which it
described the incidents of 1915 as "genocide". Upon the statement,
Turkey expressed its uneasiness and Turkish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs said, "the statement released by the ADL is lack of
historical and legal ground. The ADL’s attempt to rewrite the history
is quite contradictory. On the other hand, Jewish community in Turkey
is a part of our society. We consider this statement, which is also
unjust against the memory of victims of the Holocaust, unfortunate."

ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
August 23, 2007 Thursday

Presidents hail Russia-Armenia trade and economic ties

SOCHI August 23

The presidents of Russia and Armenia, Vladimir Putin and Robert
Kocharyan, hailed on Thursday progress in the development of trade
and economic relations and, in particular, investment cooperation
between the two countries, Putin’s aide Sergei Prikhodko told Tass.

"The meeting assessed high amounts of trade and economic cooperation
between Russia and Armenia," he noted. "In the first six months of
this year trade between the two countries grew 70 percent," Prikhodko
stressed.

"President Kocharyan highly appreciated a growing interest of the
Russian business in investing in his country," the Kremlin aide said.
"A high growth pace of the Russian economy and the economy of Armenia
make investment projects more attractive," he stressed.

"The energy sector and the development of the transport network are
also actively discussed," Prikhodko added.

Andover Townsman, MA
Aug 23 2007

There’s something award-winning about seniors’ show

Bethany Bray

Marty Epstein says he gets recognized around town and at the grocery
store all the time, and that’s a good thing.

"That’s how we know people are watching (our show)," agreed Jeanette
Barron with a smile.

Epstein, Barron and a group of about a dozen local seniors produce
the half-hour show "There’s Something About Andover," which airs
daily on Andover Community Television, Channel 8. The seniors create
a new episode each month and take turns producing, editing and
spending time on camera, interviewing community members and
highlighting "anything that would be interesting," they said.

"It’s fun," said Epstein of why he works so many hours in the editing
room and in front of the camera. "I was born a ham," he added with a
grin.

The amateur television crew was recently honored with a 2007 Hometown
Video Award from the Alliance For Community Media for their
documentary "Our Immigrant Heritage." The hour-long documentary
originally ran on Andover community access television in the month of
November, and has been rerun occasionally since then.

The group, which meets to plan episodes weekly, received a plaque for
the award at its Aug. 16 meeting.

Group members agree they’re thrilled about the award, which is the
first they’ve ever received.

"It felt great (to win)," said Terry Crossfield, one of the group’s
unofficial leaders.

"We always knew it (the show) was good," said Epstein.

In "Our Immigrant Heritage," the seniors interviewed eight people
from Andover and the local area that have immigrated to the U.S. The
immigrants, from Russia, Vietnam, India, Germany, Sweden, England and
other European countries, sit comfortably in front of the camera and
share their stories about how they made it to America. They also talk
about how they struggled to adjust to America, what cultural
traditions they strive to preserve in their homes and what they’ve
learned from the process.

Their stories differ widely, and first-person details are captured,
including catching the very last train out of Germany before WWII,
having an unexploded German bomb land in a family’s third-floor
apartment in France and spending a month on a ship heading toward
Ellis Island, with only bread and jelly to eat.

"To this day, I don’t like jelly," said Eva Loosigian in her
interview, who escaped the Armenian genocide in her native Turkey.

Footage of the immigrants’ interviews is spliced with black-and-white
images of Old World family photos, photos of hometowns and historical
events taking place, including Allied soldiers marching down the
Champs D’Elysees in Paris. The documentary ends with a montage of
current family photos, showing the interviewees, smiling and
surrounded by second- and third-generation Americans.

The Alliance For Community Media is a Washington, D.C.-based
nonprofit committed to assuring people’s access to electronic media.
It says it supports and advocates for educational and community media
around the country.

"Our Immigrant Heritage" was chosen from entries from around the
country in the nonprofessional "cultural and international
perspectives" category.

The organization’s Web site states, "Hometown Video Awards are
presented to creative programs that address community needs, develop
diverse community involvement, challenge conventional commercial
television formats and move viewers to experience television in a
different way."

A break from their usual half-hour television show, "Our Immigrant
Heritage" was the second documentary the group has ever made. Andover
seniors made their first documentary after September 11, interviewing
Andover World War II veterans.

The group formed in 2000 and people are mostly self-taught, learning
to use equipment and new techniques through trial and error. After
seven years, they have it pretty much down, said Crossfield.

William and Jeanette Barron said they took a course on television
production as the group was forming. "There’s Something About
Andover" is the longest continually running show on Andover Community
Television. The organizers have never missed a month of putting a
fresh episode on the air.

They use the television studio at the Collins Center at Andover High
School, and also have a small room of editing equipment at the senior
center, so they can "stay out of the students’ hair" during the
school year. They also pick up tips from the staff at the studio,
said Epstein.

They shoot interviews in the studio or on locations around town,
including a "word on the street" segment where they interview folks
outdoors.

Copies of the two documentaries the group has made are available at
the Andover library. "Our Immigrant Heritage" reairs periodically on
Channel 8.

The amateur television crew will be honored for its award at a
reception on Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. at the senior center.

OVER 300 OBSERVERS WILL OBSERVE VOTING AT ELECTORAL DISTRICT 15

Lragir.am
23-08-2007 12:32:43

On August 26 the voting to member of parliament from electoral district
15 will be held. Candidates are 6, including the leader of the Heritage
Party Raffi Hovannisian, Gurgen Shahinyan from the ARF Dashnaktsutyun
and Republican Khachik Manukyan. The voting has aroused great interest,
and over 300 observers from 5 organizations will be observing the
voting. By the way, Khachik Manukyan won the voting on May 12 but on
June 6 he resigned explaining his move by reported election fraud.

"HERITAGE" CALLS FOR TAX EVASION
V. Aharonyan

Hayots Ashkharh Daily Newspaper
23 Aug 2007
Armenia

It came clear recently that one of the propaganda groups of Raffi
Hovhannisyan’s "Heritage" party that campaigns in constituency 15
for an MP mandate, headed by the parliamentary faction member Anahit
Bakhshyan came out with a rather "interesting" appeal in Arax community
of Armavir province. This is what village governor Ruben Karapetyan
told us.

"Our community is in constituency 15, naturally all the nominated
candidates must hold campaign also in village Arax.

Last Saturday, on August 18 some representatives of "Heritage" party
were holding their pre-election campaign. They were moving around
the village with one Jeep and two Mercedes, under Anahit Bakhshyan’s
leadership and speaking with the village people. I haven’t interfered
in this process, up to the moment when the people from my community
informed me that those propagators told them that the land tax is
compensated from the state budget and that the community leaders and
the village governors cheat the villagers and extort money.

This can’t be considered a pre-election campaign. I am a village
governor I never interfere in political issues but when somebody
makes encroachment upon the state I can’t be silent.

I responded the alarm and found out that Anahit Bakhshyan has
personally called the villager for tax evasion declaring that
the village governors and community leaders cheat and exploit the
villagers. She has also passed on apparently false information saying
that property and land taxes are compensated from the state budget. She
has even introduced quotations from certain laws and used expressions
humiliating the village governors.

The communities are part of the state structure; local
self-governmental bodies, the budget of which comes from the local
taxes in a manner envisaged by the law. In fact such games and
announcement are not only against the village governors but also
against the state and can seriously damage the local self-governmental
system that is on the way of accomplishment. Are these people against
having diligent taxpayers in our country? Isn’t it enough to pin our
hopes upon the foreign money?"

"Mr. Karapetyan what measures have you taken?"

"In the framework of pre-election campaign I’m ready for any type
of criticism and condemnation, but criticism should also pursue a
sensible object. I have only protected my rights; I have prevented
them from spoiling my reputation and in their presence I have assured
my community members that "Heritage" propagators were cheating
them. It was aimed at revealing the falsehood. Maybe these people
think that it is easy to deceive the villagers because they are not
well informed. But even though because of the lack of information
the villagers are vulnerable we shouldn’t speculate on this fact.

I can definitely state that at least in our community "Heritage"
lost its rating. Later I was informed from the members of "Heritage"
party that Raffi Hovhannisyan was upset about Anahit Bakhshyan’s
anti-state propaganda. However, next day, no one attended the meeting
with Raffi Hovhannisyan."

"Was it only in Arax community that they made those anti-state
propaganda?"

"Usually one propaganda group attends one community and prepares
ground for Raffi Hovhannisyan’s visit to that community. Later he
comes, shakes hands with the villagers, chats about different topics,
and goes back. After what happened in our community I talked with
the village governors of the neighbor villages. They said the same
thing happened in their village but they avoided any clarifications.

But I couldn’t tolerate it. Later I found out that, to confirm her
lie, Anahit Bakhshyan has introduced a list of those living on dole
stating that the prices written in front of the names are the state
compensations of the land taxes, whereas our community of 1200 people
has a debt of 100 million drams for land and property tax. Is Anahit
Bakhshyan going to cover those debts? After my indignation some members
of their propaganda group admitted that Anahit Bakhshyan made wrong
announcements and appeals.

U.S. Department of State

Daily Press Briefing
*Gonzalo R. Gallegos, Director, Office of Press Relations*
Washington, DC
August 22, 2007

*INDEX:*
*BURMA*

U.S. Condemns Arrest and Intimidation of Activists, Calls for Their Release
U.S. Will Continue Support For Individuals and Groups in Burma That Want
Free Society
*IRAN*

U.S. Welcomes Steps to Release Mr. Tajbakhsh
Charges against Dr. Esfandiari and Other Americans Baseless, Should Be
Dropped
*CYPRUS*

U.S. Policy Unchanged
Parties Should Focus on UN’s Efforts to Reunify Island in Bi-zonal,
Bi-Communal Federation
Final Settlement Will Allow All Cypriots to Benefit from Island’s Resources
*ARMENIA*

U.S. Position on 1915 Events Unchanged / U.S. Opposes Attempts to Make
Political Determinations on Terminology of Tragedy
*KOSOVO / SERBIA*

U.S. Supports Supervised Independence
Peace and Stability Common Desire for Region
Serbia Should Work with Kosovar Leadership and Contact Group Troika on Final
Status
Ahtisaari Plan basis for new talks

*TRANSCRIPT:*

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12:41 p.m. EDT

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Good afternoon. I have a statement to read you. I’ll start
out with that.

"The United States Government condemns the Burmese regime’s arrest of Min Ko
Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and several other pro-democracy activists on August 22nd
for organizing peaceful demonstrations to express public concern about
recent increases in the price of fuel. The United States calls for the
immediate release of these activists and for an end of the regime’s blatant
attempt to intimidate and silence those who are engaged in peaceful
promotion of democracy and human rights in Burma. We call on the regime to
engage in a meaningful dialogue with the leaders of Burma’s democracy
movement and ethnic minority groups and to make tangible steps toward a
transition to civilian democratic rule."

All right.

*QUESTION:* Has this been conveyed to the government in particular?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Yes, yes, this — well, I’ll be putting this out after the
briefing.

*QUESTION:* No, but has this been directly conveyed to the —

*MR. GALLEGOS:* I believe they know we understand — they understand where
we stand on these issues. We’re going to continue pushing the human rights
issues. We’re going to continue supporting those individuals and groups
inside Burma who wish to live in a freer society with the ability to express
their rights.

*QUESTION:* But do you know if the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon or anybody from
State has conveyed it directly to them? If you don’t know, that’s okay at
this point.

*MR. GALLEGOS:* No, I don’t. But I believe that they now know —

*QUESTION:* Okay.

*MR. GALLEGOS:* — with this.

*QUESTION:* Okay. Any follow-up to the direct talks held between the U.S.
and Myanmar parties —

*MR. GALLEGOS:* No, I don’t have —

*QUESTION:* — during the meeting in Beijing recently?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* No, I don’t have anything on that.

*QUESTION:* Do you have any more on the case of Mr. Tajbakhsh? Is there any
reason to believe that the Iranian authorities plan to release him?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Let me see, I do have something on that. Hold on right here.
Yes, I’ve seen media reports on that. We’d welcome this step from Tehran.
Don’t have anything more than that. We’re working to confirm that. We
haven’t heard whether or not they are in the process of doing that or where
exactly that situation is at this moment.

*QUESTION:* But you would welcome it?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Yes.

*QUESTION:* The U.S. and North Korea bilateral working group meeting for the
— in Geneva, Switzerland on August 28th and 29th. Is that —

*MR. GALLEGOS:* I don’t have any information on the date or the location
yet. I don’t know if you’re hearing that from other source, but I don’t have
anything more on that to share with you.

*QUESTION:* Okay. Not exact date is set yet?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Not yet. As soon as I can, I will verify location and a
place and a time. Unfortunately, I can’t do that right now.

*QUESTION:* Thank you.

*QUESTION:* Can we go back to Iran?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Sure, Arshad.

*QUESTION:* When we spoke to you this morning about this, I asked whether
you wanted the charges to be dropped against Ms. Esfandiari — or Dr.
Esfandiari — Mr. Tajbakhsh and the others who have been charged, and you
weren’t sure whether you wanted to actually say that. Do you have any
clarity on that?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* What I do want say on that is that we see that — we’ve
stated before — I’ll state now, we see these as baseless charges. These are
individuals who were there, who were visiting family, who we don’t see as a
threat to the Iranian Government. And the most important thing, though, is
that they’re allowed liberty to come out of jail. And secondly that they’re
ultimately allowed to be able to return home and be with their families.

*QUESTION:* To the United States?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Yeah, if that’s what they desire. Yes.

*QUESTION:* On Monday I asked you about the U.S. view on the Greek Cypriot
Government’s projects for oil exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean and
the U.S. view on potential U.S. business participation in that. And you had
the statement on your website yesterday.

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Yes.

*QUESTION:* Thanks for that, but it was mainly on the business aspect.

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Yes.

*QUESTION:* Could I ask you to comment on the political angle of the
situation of the Cypriot Government’s effort, initiative, which is a
contentious issue with Turkey?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Yeah. Yesterday, you did speak to me about an economic
matter. Today, I want to clarify though that our policy on Cyprus has not
changed. Moreover, the controversy — this economic controversy that you
talked about — points to the need for all parties to focus on restarting
the UN’s Good Office’s Mission to forge a comprehensive Cyprus settlement
that reunifies the island in a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation.

The next step should be to implement the agreement brokered by Under
Secretary General Gambari July 8th, 2006. Final settlement will enable all
Cypriots to benefit from the island’s resources.

*QUESTION:* Can I ask one more on Turkey? The Jewish group, the
Anti-Defamation League, yesterday reversed its position on the Armenian
killings of the last century in the Ottoman Empire and decided to qualify it
as genocide. But it also said that it’s still against the passage of a
genocide resolution pending in Congress. So in light of this, is there a
change in the U.S. Government’s policy on the Armenian killings?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* No, our policy remains. It’s clear. We mourn the victims of
the tragic events of 1915, call on Turks and Armenians to come to terms with
the past through candid and heartfelt dialogue. We oppose attempts to make
political determinations on the terminology of this tragedy.

Lambros.

*QUESTION:* On the Balkans. Any answer to my yesterday’s pending question on
Serbia?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Mm-hmm. I think I do have something on that, Lambros. One
second. Yes, I do.

The United States supports independence for Kosovo. The overwhelming
majority of UNSC members, as well as European Union member-states and
others, support supervised independence for Kosovo. Calling the Ahtisaari
plan for Kosovo a "NATO state" is quite a stretch. We do not consider this
statement to represent the official view of the Serbian Government. Baseless
and unhelpful rhetoric will not bring us closer to what we feel is the
common desired position for peace and stability in the region.

We hope that the Serbian Government will concentrate on working with the
Kosovar leadership and the Contact Group troika to find a mutually
acceptable resolution to Kosovo’s final status. The Ahtisaari plan will be
the basis for the new talks. We share with most Serbian citizens the same
vision for Serbia: peace, prosperity, and ties to transatlantic and European
institutions.

*QUESTION:* So you’re appealing for independence of Kosovo, a matter — on
participation based on the Ahtisaari plan?

*MR. GALLEGOS:* I think I made a clear statement about where we are on that.
I’ll —

*QUESTION:* Thank you.

*MR. GALLEGOS:* Thank you all.

(The briefing was concluded at 1:49 p.m.)

*DPB # 149*

Released on August 22, 2007

Source: tm

TAX ALLOWANCES FOR CABBAGES AND STORKS
James Hakobyan

Lragir.am
22-08-2007 13:17:11

A few months ago the Armenian government approved the national policy
on cattle breeding. Consequently, Armenia lacks cattle or will be
facing a lack soon, therefore a national policy was necessary to
provide Armenia with cattle in the nearest future. Cattle is good,
and most importantly, it is tasty. But there is a subtlety. People
in Armenia become fewer, and according to a World Bank forecast,
in the upcoming 15 years the population of our country will decline
by about 200 thousand. It is a major figure, of course, and is
close to about 5 to 6 percent of the official number and about 10
percent of the unofficial number on the population of Armenia. In
other words, as cattle become more in number, people become fewer
in Armenia. Consequently, the question occurs who will need so much
beef. Is it possible that our government attends to cattle breeding out
of a humanitarian approach in the sense that a cow also has the right
to live? It might be possible but it would be an unserious treatment
for the government of Armenia. After all, we do not have enough
territory to keep a cemetery of cows. Our graves are hardly enough
for people, let alone cows. In other words, cattle will be bred to be
eaten, consequently the growth of the number of people along with that
of cattle, at least a commensurate growth, becomes a vital necessity.

Therefore, the government needs to make pro-active efforts to improve
the demography of Armenia, which is an urgent national security
issue, and will also help protect the country from the expansion
of cattle. However, the demographic state would not improve on its
own. It takes a lot of money. The point is that nobody gives birth
to children out of having nothing else to do. The two-digit economic
growth distracts the Armenians, and now they would not agree to leave
their work and have children. Time is money, and money is everything,
the Americans say. Consequently, in order to have citizens waste their
precious time on improving the demographic state, it is necessary to
place this process on a commercial basis. There are two options. First,
the government encourages young people through allowances to have them
work at night as well. Young people may consider it if the government
pays well. However, the government has no money, all the money is
with the oligarchs who hardly afford to support their children,
let alone give money to the nation to have children.

Therefore, the second option should be taken up, which is much
cheaper and solves several problems at once. It is necessary to
launch a project of breeding storks and cabbages, in other words,
to create soft conditions for stork breeding, exempt storks from the
value added tax, and the storks which bring children from the other
possible taxes. Besides, it is necessary to raise the fee for visa
for storks on the border. More exactly, the entry of the storks which
fly to Armenia with a baby on the beak is free of charge.

The ones which fly to Armenia empty-beaked pay for both themselves and
the baby they failed to bring. The same flexible tax policy should be
applied to cabbages. The cabbage in which a baby is found is exempt
from taxes and protected by the government, meanwhile, a "barren"
cabbage should be confiscated and fed to the cattle.