Author: Kajoyan Gevork

Earthquake hits border area between Azerbaijan and Karabakh

14:40 07/01/2015 » SOCIETY

Magnitude 3.1 earthquake hit the border area between Azerbaijan and
Nagorno-Karabakh at 10:44 am local time on January 7, according to the
website of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The earthquake measured 4 on the Richter scale in the epicenter. The
hypocenter was at a depth of 10 km.

The epicenter is reported to be at 40.34 degrees north latitude and
46.46 degrees east longitude.

Source: Panorama.am

MARSEILLE LE 7 JANVIER À 19H
Projection de > avec la présence de Fatih Akin et de Simon Abkarian
Une avant-première organisée dans le cadre d’Amnésie international

Amnésie fait du bruit mercredi 7 janvier au cinéma Le César à
Marseille. Cette soirée sera le premier acte avant la 7ème édition
d’Amnésie Internationale qui se déroulera les 23 et 24 janvier.
Amnésie propose ainsi en avant première la présentation du film The
Cut de Fatih Akin, avec Tahar Rahim et Simon Abkarian.

APA, Azerbaijan
Jan 6 2015

Erdogan: Turkish Foreign Ministry to coordinate efforts against
so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ claims

[ 06 January 2015 19:55 ]

Baku – APA. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hosted a dinner
at his residence in honor of the country’s ambassadors to foreign
countries.

During the meeting, Erdogan spoke about the “Armenian genocide” along
with a number of other issues, APA reported, citing CNN Türk.

According to him, Armenia prefers to expend its energy on the
so-called “Armenian genocide” and politicize the issue: “In this
regard, the Turkish Foreign Ministry is carrying out broad and
large-scale measures. In 2015, the ministry and other relevant
authorities will work in a coordinated manner. I’m confident that they
will be able to overcome baseless claims”.

Agenda, Georgia
Jan 6 2015

Georgia’s PM Garibashvili wishes Armenians happy Holy Feasts

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has wished Armenian
parish peace, health and prosperity as the Armenian Apostolic Church
is celebrating Christmas and Holy Epiphany today.

I wholeheartedly wish our Armenian brothers and sisters, every
Armenian family peace, health, and prosperity on these Holy Feasts of
the Nativity and Epiphany,” Garibashvili wrote in his address.

Historically, our nations have lived side by side for centuries,
maintaining mutual respect, close friendship, and love, and I am
convinced that this is the path we will pursue in the future as well.”

Meanwhile, being one of the largest ethnical minority groups in
Georgia, Armenians made up about 5.7 percent of the country’s
population.

ARMENIE
Les pertes dans le système arménien de l’électricité sont causées par
le vieillissement du réseau et une gestion non optimale

Les pertes élevées dans les réseaux électriques à haute tension
d’Arménie sont causées par le vieillissement du réseau et sa gestion
non optimale a déclaré Vincent Lambillon, directeur de Tractebel
Engineering SA lors de la présentation du rapport sur le développement
des réseaux d’énergie et leur optimisation.

L’Arménie a besoin d’une nouvelle infrastructure car la demande
d’énergie est croissante a-t-il dit. En dehors de cela, l’optimisation
peut aider à améliorer le système de gestion, a-t-il ajouté lors d’une
conférence sur l’optimisation de la perte d’énergie à Erevan.

Vincent Lambillion a également déclaré que son entreprise peut
proposer des solutions pour réduire les pertes.

Tractebel Engineering SA met actuellement en oeuvre deux projets en
Arménie pour la réhabilitation des réseaux et des postes électriques,
ce qui est la première étape pour réduire les pertes, a-t-il dit.

Vincent Lambillon a noté que sa société n’a pas encore étudié le
montant d’une éventuelle réduction des pertes en Arménie, du temps et
des investissements nécessaires.

mardi 6 janvier 2015,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

ARMENIE
L’Iran assouplit ses règles de visa pour les Arméniens

L’Iran a unilatéralement assoupli ses exigences en matière de visa
pour les Arméniens en reconnaissance de ses profonds liens d’amitié
avec l’Arménie a annoncé l’ambassadeur iranien à Erevan.

Mohammad Reisi a déclaré à l’agence de presse Armenpress que dès l’an
prochain les ressortissants arméniens se rendant dans la République
islamique seront en mesure de recevoir rapidement des visas iraniens à
la frontière entre les deux Etats.

Les visas ont été délivrés jusqu’à présent que par le consulat iranien à Erevan.

Uruguay-Haut-Karabagh
Le Ministère des Affaires étrangères de l’Uruguay appelle à
l’autodétermination et la reconnaissance du Haut-Karabagh

Le ministère des Affaires étrangères de l’Uruguay a demandé la
reconnaissance internationale de la République du Haut-Karabagh et le
droit de son peuple à l’auto-determinationon dimanche 4 Janvier, après
une réunion avec les représentants arméniens.

Le ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Uruguay, Luis Almagro
(photo), a rencontré les membres du Comité National Arménien d’Uruguay
et Mario Nalpatian, membre du Comité national arménien international,
pour discuter de la situation dans le Caucase du Sud et les violations
continues du cessez le feu de l’Azerbaïdjan, qui ont été fortement
condamnées par le ministre.

Almagro a souligné la > (avant la
soviétisation).

, a ajouté le
Comité National Arménien de l’Uruguay dans un communiqué.

Le ministre des Affaires étrangères a eu l’occasion de présenter ses
voeux de Noël pour le 6 Janvier prochain au peuple arménien de la
République d’Arménie et de la République du Haut-Karabagh, en espérant
qu’il trouvera bientôt sa reconnaissance sur la scène internationale
des nations “.

Environ 20 000 arméniens sont installés en Uruguay, premier pays du
monde à avoir reconnu la réalité du génocide des Arméniens le 20 Avril
1965.

mardi 6 janvier 2015,
Jean Eckian (c)armenews.com

Uruguay’s Foreign Ministry calls for recognition of Nagorno Karabakh

23:45, 05 Jan 2015

The Uruguayan Foreign Ministry asked for the international recognition
of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh and the right of its people to
self-determinationon Sunday January 4, after a meeting with Armenian
representatives, Prensa Armenia agency reports.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay Luis Almagro met with
members of the Armenian National Committee of Uruguay and Mario
Nalpatian, member of the International Armenian National Committee, to
discuss the situation in the South Caucasus and the continuing
violations of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan, which merited a strong
condemnation from the Minister.

Almagro stressed the `need for a peaceful settlement of Nagorno
Karabakh taking particular account of the right to self-determination
of the Armenian people and the principle of territorial integrity of
the Republic of Armenia under its borders as an independent country
between May 1918 and December 1920³.
`In September 2011 the Minister of Foreign Affairs made public that
Uruguay had begun to analyze the case of Nagorno Karabakh in order to
take a State decision about it,’ said the representatives of Armenian
National Committee of Uruguay. `Since then there have been meetings of
the Chancellor and senior officials of the Uruguayan government with
the Foreign Ministers of the Republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan and
with the respective ambassadors in Uruguay’.

`On the legislative front, dozens of legislators had the opportunity
to meet the President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh during his
visit to the Uruguayan Parliament in December 2011. In turn, a
parliamentary delegation led by President of the Chamber of
representatives Jorge Orrico and legislators of all parliamentary
parties visited the Republic in November 2012, where they met with
officials of the executive and legislative branches, as well as with
civil society of Nagorno Karabakh. The subject has also been present
on the visits by legislators and political leaders of all parties to
Azerbaijan from 2011 to date. More recently, the issue was addressed
in a joint declaration signed by Presidents Jose Mujica and Serzh
Sargsyan in July 2014, on the occasion of the official visit of the
president of the Republic of Armenia to Uruguay. Both presidents
stressed the need for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and supported the mediation of the Minsk Group of the OSCE,’
added the Armenian National Committee of Uruguay in a statement.

The official text is posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Uruguay.

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Jan 5 2015

So-called Armenian genocide threatening regional peace

5 January 2015, 17:55 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova

Turkish official said the so-called Armenian genocide is a threat to
peace in the region.

Mazhar Bagli, a board member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and
Development Party told Trend Agency that Turkey rejects as baseless
Armenian claim that the events of 1915 amount to “Armenian genocide”.

“Turkey has repeatedly expressed readiness to open its archives to
investigate the events of 1915 and the country has opened all its
archives,” Bagli said.

Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that Turkey’s predecessor, the
Ottoman Empire has allegedly carried out “genocide” against Armenians
living in Anatolia in 1915.

The Armenians are going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the myth
in 2015. Armenia commemorates the alleged genocide on April 24 each
year.

Bagli said Armenians’ claims regarding the “genocide” will eventually
lose its meaning thanks the development of relations with brotherly
Azerbaijan and other brotherly nations.

Turkey will easily be able to cope with this issue with its increasing
power, he said.

Strengthening the efforts to promote the so-called “genocide” in the
world, Armenians have achieved a recognition for its empty claim by
the parliaments of some countries.

Turkey supports the creation of a joint historical commission to
investigate the events of 1915, but Armenia is unwilling to disclose
its archives as it fears revealing what the archives may hold.

Bagli also noted that the double standards with respect to Azerbaijan
are unacceptable, noting that as always, Turkey will support
Azerbaijan’s position in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.

“Unfortunately, today the international community is indifferent to
Azerbaijan’s problems related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” said
Bagli.

He added that the mass murder of Azerbaijanis in Nagorno-Karabakh and
other occupied territories is marked in Turkey.

Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by U.S, Russian and French mediators have been largely
fruitless so far.

As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.

The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.

EurasiaNet.org
Jan 5 2015

U.S. Denies Turkey Leftover Warships

January 5, 2015 – 11:14am
by Joshua Kucera

The U.S. Congress has approved the handover of some leftover naval
vessels to allies, pointedly excluding Turkey from the list of
recipients.

In late December, the U.S. finally approved the long-delayed handover
of six naval frigates to Mexico and Taiwan. But the bill passed
Congress only after Turkey (along with Pakistan and Thailand) were
eliminated as potential recipients, for a variety of political
reasons.

In the 2012 version of the “Naval Transfer Act,” Turkey was to receive
two Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates, the USS
Halyburton and the USS Thach, which are being decommissioned by the
U.S. Navy.

But the inclusion of Turkey proved controversial, as members of
Congress pointed out Turkey’s increasingly hostile stance toward
Israel and its threats against natural gas exploration by American
companies near Cyprus. “I believe we should hold off on sending
powerful warships to Turkey and encourage the government in Ankara to
take a less belligerent approach to their neighbors,” said
Representative Eliot Engel during that debate.

That bill was ultimately defeated, and an alliance of Greek, Jewish,
and Armenian lobbying groups took credit. But the defeat was only a
symbolic one, says Can Devrim Yaylali, a Turkish naval blogger, who
notes that the frigates in question were significantly more poorly
equipped than the ships Turkey currently operates (including those of
the same class) and could only have been cannibalized for spare parts.

“The lack of these frigates will not have any effect on the Turkish
Navy at all from a technical point of view,” Yaylali tells The Bug
Pit. “If the US lawmakers tried to give some kind of a signal to the
Turkish government by not adding Turkey to the list of the nations
that may get a frigate is beyond my understanding. But if they did;
the message was not delivered as the medium is not the correct one.”