Author: Kajoyan Gevork

Syria profile

BBC
28 August 2011

Once the centre of the Islamic Empire, Syria covers an area that has
seen invasions and occupations over the ages, from Romans and Mongols
to Crusaders and Turks.

A country of fertile plains, mountains and deserts, it is home to
diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Kurds, Armenians,
Assyrians, Christians, Druze, Alawite Shias and Arab Sunnis, the last
of who make up a majority of the Muslim population.

Modern Syria gained its independence from France in 1946 but has lived
through periods of political instability driven by the conflicting
interests of these various groups.

>From 1958-61 it united with Nasser’s Egypt, but an army coup restored
independence before the Alawite-controlled pan-Arab Baath
(Renaissance) party took control in 1963. It rules to this day.

Baath government has seen authoritarian rule at home and a strong
anti-Israeli policy abroad, particularly under former President Hafez
al-Assad. In 1967 Syria lost the Golan Heights to the Israelis, while
civil war in neighbouring Lebanon allowed it to extend its political
and military influence in the region.

Syria pulled its forces out of Lebanon in 2005, having come under
intense international pressure to do so after the assassination of
Lebanese former premier Rafik Hariri. A UN report implicated Syrian
and pro-Syria Lebanese officials in the killing. Damascus denied any
involvement.

The government has dealt harshly with domestic opposition. Tens of
thousands are reported to have been killed in the crackdown on the
1982 uprising of the Muslim Brotherhood in Hama.

Following the death of Hafez al-Assad, Syria underwent a degree of
relaxation. Hundreds of political prisoners were released. But the
granting of real political freedoms and a shake-up of the
state-dominated economy have not materialised.

On the world stage Damascus has been increasingly isolated in recent
years, having come under fire for its alleged support for insurgents
in Iraq, and over its role in Lebanon.

That isolation showed signs of easing after efforts by France to bring
Syria back into the international fold in 2008, but allegations of
Syria’s violation of a UN ban on arming the Lebanese Hezbollah militia
led to the extension of US sanctions in May 2010.

Syria is one of Israel’s harshest opponents, and supports a number of
armed groups that carry out attacks against Israel. Hopes for
reconciliation have foundered over the future status of the Golan
Heights.

Peace talks between the two countries stalled in January 2000, and
indirect talks under Turkish auspices in 2008 came to an end amid
tensions over Hezbollah and Syrian support for the Hamas Islamic
government in Gaza.

Turkey to return confiscated property
Associated Press
Published Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s government is returning hundreds of
properties confiscated from the country’s Christian and Jewish
minorities over the past 75 years in a gesture to religious groups who
complain of discrimination that is also likely to thwart possible
court rulings against the country.

A government decree published Saturday returns assets that once
belonged to Greek, Armenian or Jewish trusts and makes provisions for
the government to pay compensation for any confiscated property that
has since been sold on.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was scheduled to announce the
decision formally later Sunday when he hosts religious leaders and the
heads of about 160 minority trusts, at a fast-breaking dinner for the
holy Muslim month of Ramadan, officials said.

The properties include former hospital, orphanage or school buildings
and cemeteries. Their return is a key European Union demand and a
series of court cases has also been filed against primarily Muslim
Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights. Last year, the court
ordered Turkey to return an orphanage to the Greek Orthodox
Patriarchate.

Some properties were seized when they fell into disuse over the years.
Others were confiscated after 1974 when Turkey ruled that non-Muslim
trusts could not own new property in addition to those that were
already registered in their names in 1936. The 1974 decision came
around the time of a Turkish invasion of Cyprus that followed a coup
attempt by supporters of union with Greece and relations with that
country were at an all time low.

Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted government seeking to promote religious
freedoms has pledged to address the problems of the religious
minorities. In the past few years, it amended laws to allow for the
return of some of the properties, but restrictions remained and the
issue on how to resolve properties that were sold on to third parties
was left unsolved.

The decree overcomes those restrictions and helps scupper further court rulings.

“There was huge pressure from the European Court of Human Rights which
has already ruled against Turkey,” said Orhan Kemal Cengiz a human
rights activist and lawyer who specializes in minority issues.

“It is nevertheless a very important development,” he said. “With the
return of properties and the compensations, the minority communities
will be able to strengthen economically and their lives will be made
easier.”

The country’s population of 74 million, mostly Muslim, includes an
estimated 65,000 Armenian Orthodox Christians, 23,000 Jews and fewer
than 2,500 Greek Orthodox Christians.

Religious minorities have often complained of discrimination in
Turkey, which had a history of conflict with Greece and with Armenians
who accuse Turkish authorities of trying to exterminate them early in
the last century. Turkey says the mass killings at that time were the
result of the chaos of war, rather than a systematic campaign of
genocide. Few minority members have been able to hold top positions in
politics, the military or the public service.

Turkey is also under intense pressure to reopen a seminary that
trained generations of Greek Orthodox patriarchs. The Halki
Theological School on Heybeliada Island, near Istanbul, was closed to
new students in 1971 under a law that put religious and military
training under state control. The school closed its doors in 1985,
when the last five students graduated.

ARMENIE
La municipalité va installer des caméras de surveillance aux arrêts de bus à Erevan

La municipalité d’Erevan envisage d’installer des caméras de
surveillance à 200 arrêts de bus pour le suivi des activités de
transport a annoncé le maire d’Erevan Karen Karapetyan.

“Le suivi est effectué afin de déterminer comment les entreprises de
transport qui ont signé des contrats avec nous, menent à bien leurs
obligations » a dit le maire.

Selon lui, la municipalité a entrepris des réformes dans les
transports publics, qui impliquent un certain nombre d’activités.

“Cette année, nous prévoyons d’annoncer un appel d’offres et l’achat
de moyens et grands autobus, qui remplacera les fourgonnettes. En
outre, nous avons l’intention de réviser le calendrier des transports
publics afin d’éviter les heures de pointe” a déclaré Karapetian.

Parmi les réformes à long terme, le maire a noté que le transport
public à Erevan va passer à un système unifié de tarif.

“Nous allons essayer d’introduire ce système en 2012. Le conducteur ne
sera pas intéressé à avoir 20 personnes dans un bus de 14 places Le
montant du paiement sera déterminé par le trajet kilométrique » a
déclaré le maire.

dimanche 28 août 2011,
Sté[email protected]

Marie Claire , Italia
Mercoledì, 17 agosto 2011

Armenia: il potere delle pietre: Pareti rocciose e luoghi sacri nel
cuore dell’Ortodossia.

[Armenia: Power of the Stones: Rocky walls and Sacred places in the
heart of Orthodoxy]

Cristiana Ceci
Mercoledì, 17 agosto 2011

Un capannello di persone scruta l’orizzonte, poi lancia nel vuoto
candide colombe. Puntini bianchi contro il cielo azzurro, sempre più
piccoli fino a scomparire. Siamo sul parapetto del giardino che
circonda il monastero di Khor Virap, in quella piccola grande terra
che è l’Armenia, e il volo propiziatorio è un rito molto amato. Perché
da questo punto si vede distintamente il monte Ararat, e le colombe
gli vanno incontro portando con sé i desideri che i devoti esprimono
al momento di liberarle. Sorretti dalla fede in Dio e dall’amore
struggente per la loro montagna mitica. Così ha inizio il nostro
viaggio che proseguirà anche nei giorni a venire con continue
manifestazioni del credo di questo popolo. E percorrendo deserte
strade di montagna e valli profonde, la vista in lontananza
dell’Ararat non ci lascerà mai, gigante buono pronto a vegliare sulle
sorti di tutti. Con la cima innevata e la silhouette elegante, su su
fino a oltre 5000 metri, è molto più che una bella montagna: è simbolo
della creazione e della cristianità, approdo dell’arca di Noè dopo il
diluvio universale secondo la tradizione biblica. Sommamente sacro
dunque, da sempre, anche se oggi, per paradosso della sorte, si trova
in Turchia, visto che i confini dell’Armenia sono stati nei secoli più
volte ridisegnati a seguito di invasioni e dominazioni straniere.

L’itinerario
Abbiamo volato sulla capitale yerevan esplorandola per un paio di
giorni. Poi con una macchina ci siamo diretti verso sud per visitare i
monasteri di Khor Virap e di Noravank, fra i più belli e conservati
del Paese. Abbiamo pernottato a Jermuk, punto strategico per
raggiungere l’indomani il suggestivo sito archeologico di Karahunge,
la Stonehenge armena, quindi ancora più a sud verso il complesso
monastico di Tatev, raggiunto con la nuova funivia che ci ha fatto
risparmiare vari chilometri di strada tutta curve. Siamo tornati nella
regione di armavir (dove sorge la capitale), per una sosta a
Etchmiadzin, la Santa Sede della Chiesa armena, poi a Garni con il suo
tempio ellenico e al vicino monastero di Geghard. Ritorno alla vicina
Yerevan, ancora una notte e all’alba l’aereo per il rientro in Italia.
Il viaggio è durato 6 giorni.

PRIMA DI PARTIRE/FORWARD

Informazioni generali. L’Armenia è un piccolo Paese equivalente
all’incirca alla nostra Sicilia, nel Caucaso meridionale, regione
montuosa tra il Mar Nero e il Mar Caspio. È dunque al crocevia tra
Asia, Medio Oriente ed Europa, nonché unico Paese cristiano, insieme
alla confinante Georgia, in un’area dominata dall’Islam. Metà della
superficie si estende sopra i 2000 metri d’altitudine, la capitale
Yerevan sorge su un altipiano a circa 900 metri. Solo dal 1991, dopo
70 anni di dominazione sovietica, è una Repubblica indipendente. È
scarsamente popolata, con poco più di 3 milioni di abitanti, ma 6-7
milioni sono gli armeni della diaspora nel mondo, a causa delle
persecuzioni da parte dei turchi e del genocidio del 1915-18.
L’attuale stato è solo una parte di quella che in passato costituiva
la Grande Armenia e comprendeva l’attuale Turchia orientale, parte
della Georgia e dell’Iran; oggi anche il monte Ararat, sacro per il
popolo armeno, si trova in territorio turco. Proprio in questi ultimi
anni il Paese sta uscendo definitivamente dalla difficile fase
postsovietica per avviarsi verso un’economia più strutturata.
L’agricoltura resta la voce più importante, ma crescono gli
investimenti in altri settori: come il recentissimo Tatev Revival
Project, ambizioso progetto nel settore turistico nella zona del
complesso monastico di Tatev. Comprende la costruzione di
infrastrutture, una funivia ad alta tecnologia che conduce al
monastero (appena inaugurata) e il restauro dei siti storici.

Clima. Continentale, con estati secche in cui la temperatura va dai
22° ai 36° e inverni molto rigidi. Il momento migliore per organizzare
un viaggio va da aprile a novembre.
Lingua. L’armeno, lingua di derivazione indoeuropea con un alfabeto
proprio. Il russo è parlato da molti, i più giovani comunicano bene
anche in inglese e talvolta in italiano.
Religione. La maggioranza appartiene alla Chiesa Apostolica Armena,
cristiana ortodossa autonoma. È una delle antiche chiese orientali e
ha avuto un ruolo fondamentale nella formazione dell’identità
nazionale. La Santa Sede è ad Etchmiadzin, dove risiede il Catholicos,
massima autorità religiosa. Altri due patriarcati sono a Gerusalemme e
Istanbul.
Moneta. Il dram (abbreviata in AMD). 1 = circa 547 dram.
Consigliabile portare cash, le carte di credito sono accettate solo in
grandi alberghi e negozi, soprattutto nella capitale.
Documenti. Passaporto e visto. Quest’ultimo si può ottenere
all’Ambasciata della Repubblica d’Armenia a Roma o direttamente in
entrata nel Paese.

Viaggi organizzati.Columbia Turismo propone un tour di 9 giorni
(gruppi minimo 15 persone) a partire da 1.250 euro a persona: dalla
capitale verso i principali monasteri e il lago Sevan. Kel 12 offre
vari tour: 5 giorni da 1.250 euro, 9 giorni da 2.080 euro.

Viaggi individuali. Nessun rischio ad affrontare un viaggio senza tour operator.

Per volare: Armavia Airlines , diretti da Roma e Venezia a partire da
400 euro; Austrian Airlines , via Vienna, a partire da 450 euro. Per
noleggiare un’auto: Europcar Armenia, 8 Kievyan St. presso l’Hotel
Golden Tulip, Yerevan, tel. +374 10 229495. Per un contatto sul posto:
Shushan Martirosyan (tel. +374 93 468647 molto più che una guida e
un’interprete dall’italiano perfetto, anche studiosa di cultura armena
e degli aspetti naturalistici del suo Paese. È autrice del libro
Armenia. Colori e profumi, in italiano, ma da editore armeno (Tigran
Metz).

Web utile.Travel Mark: tante informazioni, news e una miniguida
scaricabile in pdf. Armenia info: in inglese, è il sito ufficiale
dell’ente del turismo. Arm Hotels: portale in inglese per ricerca e
prenotazione di hotel.

La guida. Nadia Pasqual, Armenia e Nagorno Karabakh. Monasteri e
montagne sulla Via della Seta, Polaris, pp. 351, 27 euro.

DURANTE/PLAY

Dormire
Hotel Marriott, Republic Square, Yerevan, sulla piazza principale,
dotato di tutti i comfort, 180-200 euro. Hotel Golden Tulip, Abovian
St., Yerevan: originario degli anni ’20 restaurato da un’azienda
italiana che ora lo gestisce. Atmosfera di charme e un ottimo
ristorante, il Rossini, con chef italiano. 150-170 euro. Tufenkian
Dzoraget: catena di boutique hotel sparsi nel Paese, dall’arredamento
tradizionale rivisitato in chiave contemporanea; tappeti, tessuti e
ceramiche, anche in vendita, sono prodotti in laboratori voluti dallo
stesso proprietario. Il costo di una notte parte da 140-150 euro.

Mangiare
The Club, 40 Tumanyan St., Yerevan: ristorante ma anche tea room e
lounge bar, con uno shop interno dove acquistare libri d’arte, Cd,
oggetti di artigianato. Circa 15-20 euro.
Charentsi 28, Charents St. 28, in una vecchia casa di epoca sovietica,
bella atmosfera vintage (ma alle pareti opere di giovani artisti
locali) e ricco menu di cucina un po’ turca, un po’ armena, fra
sfoglie al formaggioe e ravioli di carne in brodo con salsina allo
yogurt. 15-20 euro.

A Tatev: telefonate al 347 94414284 e chiedete della signora mariné.
Qui ristoranti non ce ne sono e lei, a casa sua, vi prepara un
magnifico e rustico pranzo sotto il pergolato a 8 euro.

A Garni: da Serghej, tel. 347 91528087, pranzo a casa di Serghej
Gabrielian (su prneotazione) che apparecchia tavolate in giradino
mentre le donne preparano in diretta il pane lavesh nel forno
interrato. A 10 euro.

DOPO/REWIND

Comunità armena in Italia, la comunità romana organizza incontri
culturali, lezioni di lingue e celebra le feste religiose: Comunità
Armena.it. Milano è la sede della Chiesa Apostolica Armena d’Italia. A
Venezia c’è lo splendido monastero dei Padri Armeni sull’isola di San
Lazzaro, aperto per visite guidate (info: tel. 041 5260104).
Associazione di amicizia Italia Armenia.

Libri. Frank Westerman, Ararat, Iperborea, pp. 312, 17 euro: uno
scrittore olandese esplora in questo romanzo la questione armena in
parallelo all’identità curda. Antonia Arslan è la più grande
scrittrice italiana di origini armene. Fra i suoi libri, La strada di
Smirne (Rizzoli, pp. 285, 10 euro), La masserie delle allodole (BUR,
pp. 200, 19,50 euro), Ishtar 2 (Rizzoli, pp. 111, 12,50 euro).

Celebrazioni 2012. Yerevan sarà Capitale mondiale del libro. Previste
manifestazioni anche a Venezia, al Museo Correr (dicembre 2011-aprile
2012) e all’isola di San Lazzaro (aprile-giugno 2012).

Il reportage completo in Armenia è su Marie Claire Travel in edicola.

news.am, Armenia
Aug 27 2011

Flashy number sign of `cool boy’ for Armenian oligarchs – WikiLeaks

August 27, 2011 | 22:04

YEREVAN. – Sometimes for pure vanity, sometimes as a charm against
traffic police, Armenia’s residents are picking their own license
plate numbers and paying handsomely for them, reads the U.S. Embassy
Yerevan cable published on the WikiLeaks website.

Flashy number plates have become de rigueur for Yerevan’s flashy cars,
and identify relatives and close associates of Armenia’s tycoons. Even
the middle classes cannot resist the temptation to pick their own
lucky numbers. As a result, custom license plates have become a steady
source of informal income for Armenia’s traffic police.

In many cases oligarchs have purchased exclusively use of all the
double-zero plates available with their chosen number for the cars of
their family, staff and friends.

The oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan, owner of Yerevan’s first Hummer and
Rolls Royce, has de facto exclusive rights to the various
possibilities of using 08 XX 008. Samvel Aleksanian has preserved 06
XX 006, and Ruben Hayrapetyan 05 XX 005.

Besides the benefits of vanity and prestige, lucky number plates bring
immunity from harassment by the traffic police. Special plates signify
a special relationship.

Even those Armenians who are unwilling to pay for custom license
numbers are surprisingly willing to accept the practice as legitimate.
It is not perceived as real corruption, as anyone can receive a normal
(random) license plate. All private numbers have the same legal
status. Perhaps Armenians are so keen to accept the system because it
simply adds clarity to familiar systems of nepotism and favoritism. At
least you always know who is cutting in front of you, reads the cable.

news.am, Armenia
Aug 27 2011

Fifth unit of Hrazdan HPP may be put into operation – newspaper

August 27, 2011 | 12:20

YEREVAN.- The fifth energy unit of Hrazdan hydro power plant will be
put into operation this year, Aravot newspaper writes referring to its
sources close to the Armenian Government.

`The fate of the first loan of the Third Republic is associated with
this power unit. The loan agreement was signed in 1993 amounting to
$57.4 million. The loan was granted by European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.

Construction of the unit was launched in 1987, but was suspended after
the collapse of the Soviet Union. Based on the calculations it was
forecasted that the amount would be sufficient to complete the
construction and plant will be an alternative to the closed NPP.

However, in 1996 the entire amount was spent, while construction was
not completed.

Inspections conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of
Finance revealed that most likely the most serious fraud and
inappropriate expenditures were related to this project. Inspection
also revealed a $1 million shortage of equipment.

Prosecutor’s Office opened a number of criminal cases,’ the newspaper writes.

Turkey Dragged into War

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 11:59:23 – 27/08/2011

Turkey has withdrawn the Zurich protocols from the agenda of the
parliament. In fact, there is no process of normalization of Armenian
and Turkish relations. The political scientist Igor Muradyan commented
Turkey’s decision and why it happens now.

I have stated that the process of `normalization’ is not intended to
reach that goal as such but to restrain Turkey’s expansion, first of
all in the direction of the region, it is part of the U.S. strategy.

Before the Armenian issue, the relations between Turkey and Armenia
were not so dynamic, and the Armenian factor needed some focus and
importance. It was successfully done, and Armenia, together with the
cluster of the Armenian issues, was given a more significant role in
the U.S. large-scale policy of restraining Turkey which involves both
cooperation with and blockade of this country.

I should say at once that my opinion on this U.S. strategy is
positive, although it will cause tensions in the region, posing
threats and risks to Armenia but for the time being it is an essential
premise to the independent foreign policy of Armenia.

The Turkish-Armenian relations are not separate from the regional
policy, it is closely related to, or rather juxtaposed with a series
of problems in the region which the United States has successfully
arranged toward restraining Turkey. No matter in what direction Turkey
tries to expand, serious problems will occur which will engage Turkey
in big and small military conflicts.

It seems to be an undeniable fact that the Arab revolutions have
enhanced not just Turkey’s blockade but its isolation in the Near East
where Ankara bets on the neo-Ottoman policy. Turkey’s efforts to
integrate in the Kurdish space, including Iraqi Kurdistan, led to an
escalating confrontation with the Kurds. We witnessed shattering of
Turk-Iranian relations, creation of a stronger Shia area on the way of
Turkish expansion in the result of aggravation of relations of Syria
and Iran, and soon also Iraq.

Turkey soon understood that the United States and Europe will prevent
realization of its main goal regarding the Armenian direction, i.e.
final neutralization of the Armenian issue which remains an important
leverage of the Western community on Turkey.

Turkey does not need normalization with Armenia if the Armenian issue
maintains its place in world politics. Besides, it should be taken
into account that Turkey is `stuck’ in the Near East for a long time,
where it is dragged into a large-scale war or military conflict,
therefore Turkey has no opportunity to activate its own policies,
neither in the South Caucasus, nor in the Balkans, not even in Central
Asia.

At the same time, a serious economic crisis is expected in Turkey
which it already bewares. One way or another, Turkey has already
partly, or rather demonstratively, `returned’ under the U.S. control
though it hopes to continue its own foreign policy.In this situation,
Ankara cannot allow doubts about its policy on Armenia, more exactly
the Armenian issue. In regard to this issue, everything must be
certain and cause no doubt because the Armenia issue which the foreign
parties, even partners may manipulate is not just a matter of foreign
policies but Turkey’s territorial integrity, Igor Muradyan said.

Melikyan: Armenian authorities should admit fault in protocols issue

August 26, 2011 – 18:22 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian authorities should acknowledge that the
attempt to normalize relations with Turkey through the protocols
signed in Zurich was a mistake, former Foreign Minister of Nagorno
Karabakh Republic said.

`Armenia needs precise policy on the Karabakh conflict and relations
with Turkey. Emotional talk is not the right thing. The protocols
proved that Armenia doesn’t have its own position,’ Arman Melikyan
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter when commenting on Turkey’s withdrawal
of protocols from its parliament agenda.

According to him, Armenian-Turkish relations should be normalized but
by other means.

On August 22, 2011, Turkey’s Grand National Assembly has withdrawn
from the agenda 898 bills, including the Armenian-Turkish protocols
envisaging normalization of relations with Armenia and opening of the
border. The new Turkish parliament considers that the issue of opening
of border with Armenia is no longer actual for the country’s political
course. Besides, in compliance with the parliament’s regulations, a
bill that was rejected by the parliament loses its legal force during
six months.

The protocols were signed in 2009 in Zurich by Armenian Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu. In April 2010, RA President Serzh Sargsyan decreed to
suspend the process of ratification of the protocols due to Ankara’s
unwillingness to ratify them.

No information warfare between Armenia and Azerbaijan – analysts

12:34 – 27.08.11

Political analysts Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan and Narek Galstyan held a
news conference on Saturday to address the information campaign by the
Azerbaijani media.

The experts agreed that there is no information warfare between
Armenia and Azerbaijan at present.

The pro-Azerbaijani information materials made public by international
experts are biased opinions that cannot have a long life, Melik
Shahnazaryan said. “You cannot buy love for money,” he added.

The expert noted that Armenia restricts itself to denying the
Azerbaijani circles’ disinformation, despite having the ability to
launch a propaganda in an attempt to influence the Azerbaijani public
opinion.

Tert.am

EGLISES ARMENIENNES
34 églises arméniennes en activité en Turquie contre 2 300 avant 1915

« Asbarez », le journal arménien paraissant aux Etats-Unis a présenté
la liste des lieux de culte arméniens actuellement en activité en
Turquie. Le journal publie également la lettre du sénateur Robert
Menendez adressée à l’Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis à Ankara, Francis
Richardson demandant le nombre d’églises arméniennes en activité
aujourd’hui en Turquie. R. Menendez évoque dans sa lettre les plus de
2 000 églises arméniennes en activité jusqu’en 1915 en se questionnant
sur leur nombre de nos jours. Le représentant de Washington en Turquie
a répondu au Sénateur Menendez « la majorité de ces églises est en
activité, quelques églises qui représentaient des particularités sont
transformées en musées, les autres en mosquées ou sont tout simplement
à l’abandon ». « Asbarez » pointe du doigt ces mensonges du diplomate
américain résidant à Ankara écrit qu’il y avait près de 2 300 églises
arméniennes jusqu’en 1915 et dresse la listes des seules 34 églises
arméniennes en activité en Turquie, dont 28 à Istanbul et 6 en
Anatolie. « En ajoutant les églises orthodoxes, catholiques et
protestantes, nous doublons ce chiffre » écrit « Asbarez » et ajoute «
il est très facile de savoir combien d’églises arméniennes sont
aujourd’hui en activité. Il suffit tout simplement de le vouloir
».Pointant ainsi la réponse très imprécise de l’Ambassadeur Américain
en poste à Ankara.

Krikor Amirzayan

samedi 27 août 2011,
Krikor [email protected]