Author: Kajoyan Gevork

ISRAEL TO DELIVER UNMANNED JETS WORTH OVER $300M TO AZERBAIJAN

News.Az
Wed 30 May 2012 09:14 GMT | 10:14 Local Time

Israel has signed a large military contract with Azerbaijan. According
to an Israeli Zman website, the Israel “Aviation industry” has signed a
contract with Azerbaijan for the supply of some tens of unmanned jets.

The negotiations between the parties lasted long enough and
successful. This is a significant contract in excess of such an
agreement with Turkey, which was estimated by experts at $300m.

Earlier, Azerbaijan agreed with Israel to purchase arms for a total
of $1.6bn. According to The Jerusalem Post, the arms to Azerbaijan
will be supplied by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

Earlier, in April 2011, IAI planned to sell Heron and Searcher Mk.2
unmanned jets to Azerbaijan.

Flightglobal assumes that the Azerbaijani military could use them
in monitoring gas and oil pipelines along with execution of purely
military tasks.

POLITICIAN SLAMS AZERI COMPLAINT OF STEPANAKERT’S MILITARY PARADE

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 30, 2012 – 16:03 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Director of the Institute of CIS Countries commented
on Azerbaijan’s complaint to the UN Secretary-General of conduction
of a military parade in Stepanakert on May 9.

“Had Azerbaijan not maintained war rhetoric and threatened to use
force, perhaps it would have had the moral basis to be alarmed,”
Konstantin Zatulin told a press conference.

According to him, Baku’s militaristic stance was conveyed in both
the statements of Azerbaijan’s officials, including Ilham Aliyev and
the state policy of the country, whose military budget exceeds that
of Armenia.

The politician further slammed Azeri authorities’ decision to declare
everyone to have visited Nagorno Karabakh Republic persona non grata.

POLITICIAN SAYS CLASHES BETWEEN SOCHI’S ARMENIANS AND CHECHENS NOT ORCHESTRATED

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 30, 2012 – 16:01 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – CIS States Institute director commented on the
conflict between Armenian population of Russian city of Sochi and
Dagestan and Chechnya nationals working at Olympic construction in
the city.

“I don’t believe any third side to have caused the clashes between
the workers and Sochi’s Armenian population,” Kostantin Zatulin told
a news conference in Yerevan.

According to the Russian politician, “one doesn’t expect high levels
of sophistication from construction workers.”

Clashes between Armenian and Dagestan nationals have been reported at
Sochi’s Adler region for several days. According to official sources,
Armenian youth started the fight, while trying to protect Armenian
girls from abusive behavior of the Dagestanis.

ARMENIA AWARDS LARGEST-EVER ROADS CONTRACT

Wed May 30th 2012

Isolux Corsan is to construct more than 550km of roads under what is
described as Armenia’s largest-ever roads contract.

The company beat five other bidders mostly of Chinese origin to win
the contract, which will run through the Caucasus region in Armenian
and Georgian territory.

The is valued at US$250m (£159m) and is funded by the Armenian
government and the Asian Development Bank.

In the Caucasus region, Corsan-Corviam will build three sections:
Erivan-Ashtarak (11.7 km), Erivan-Ararat (38 km) and Ashtarak-Talin
(42 km), all of which form part of the corridor linking Central Asia
and Iran with Europe. The first section is to take 36 months, with
18 months allocated for sections two and three.

According to Ramon Aige, European area director for Corsan-Corviam,
“the uniqueness of the project lies not only in the size, but also
in the fact that Armenia is a country that does not have significant
activity in the construction sector, so beginning the works in a place
without prior implantation requires a special effort in developing
the project.”

Ignacio Campos, commercial director in India said: “This award allows
us to position ourselves in a new high-potential market.”

ELECTIONS ARE DISCREDITED
Naira Hayrumyan

Story from Lragir.am News:

Published: 14:59:42 – 30/05/2012

The Constitutional Court has recessed for deliberations after which
it will rule in connection with the ANC request to declare the results
of the May 6 parliamentary elections invalid.

Congress presented a rich amount of facts about frauds and breaches
stating that more than half a million votes have been rigged in favor
of the Republican Party. ANC also believes that the 380 thousand
people who had voted by 11 o’clock were organized by the authorities,
and they were taken from constituency to constituency for multiple
voting. In addition, Congress believes that the voters underwent
administrative pressure and were bribed.

Almost the same was stated by the representative of the Prosperous
Armenia Party Vartan Oskanian, ARFD, Heritage and the Communistic
Party. The OSCE/ODHIR report, the CoE and other observers also speak
about the aforementioned breaches.

CEC and the Republican Party reject all the accusations. Anyway,
they don’t reject it but they just try to prove that these frauds
didn’t impact on the result of the election. The Constitutional Court
will also state that there were frauds but they didn’t influence the
election outcome.

At the same time, no one was brought to responsibility for the
disappearing ink, for the bribes, terror towards the voters, who
were terrorized at the administrative level. No one has said what
the amount of frauds is which would make the elections invalid.

ANC Coordinator Levon Zurabyan said in his speech at the Central
Election Commission that the frauds impacted the election outcome
and discredited the voting system of Armenia.

This is true, and it’s not about who was elected to parliament after
the elections, the problem is the lack of confidence in the electoral
system, the Constitutional Court, which Congress applied only not to
be charged with unsubstantiated statements. In fact, neither Congress
nor anyone else believes in the justice of the CC, which already before
the election had showed that it fulfills the orders of the power.

In the end, if the Constitutional Court had met the request of
the joint election headquarter to publish the list of voters, many
frauds would lack. But it didn’t rendering it evident that frauds
were being planned.

Many assess the May 6 election as the worst in the history. First
of all because the falsifications were so perfected that they seems
legitimate. And if previously, one could catch the falsifiers, this
time, one cannot even sue anybody.

What will the presidential elections be like? Its technology is
somewhat different, the struggle is too personalized, and if, during
the parliamentary elections, the struggle was for more or fewer seats
the party would take, during the presidential election the question
is – elected or not. And the confrontation is inevitable, unless,
of course, the fight will not be staged on a pre-agreed plan.

ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN PMS DISCUSS ECONOMIC TIES

news.am
May 30, 2012 | 14:24

Prime Ministers of Armenia and Russia – Tigran Sargsyan and Dmitry
Medvedev – discussed development of economic cooperation on the
margins of CIS summit of heads of governments held in Ashgabat.

Russian PM said the sides can discuss any issues related to development
of economic and humanitarian ties between Armenia and Russia, RIA
Novosti reports.

In his turn, Tigran Sargsyan recalled that Armenia attaches particular
importance to development of relations with Russia. Russia is a
number one strategic partner for Armenia, he said underscoring the
economic aspect.

“Russian investments in Armenia make 60%,” he said adding that Yerevan
is interested in deepening of cooperation.

ARA VARDANYAN HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED IN THE POSITION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF “HAYASTAN” ALL ARMENIAN FUND

ARMENPRESS
30 May, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 30, ARMENPRESS: In the session of Board of Trustees of
“Hayastan” all Armenian fund on May 30 Ara Vardanyan was re-elected in
the position of the Executive Director of the fund. Armenpress reports
that the candidacy of Ara Vardanyan was nominated by the head of the
Board of Trustees of the Fund, President of the Republic of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan.

“I and many other people think that Ara Vardanyan performed his duties
conscientiously during this period. He has gained some experience
and I think that it will be right if that experience is used” said
Serzh Sargsyan.

In his words during this period very effective work has been done. “It
will be very good if after three years the opinions of trustees
and local institutes about you are so positive” mentioned President
of Armenia.

US `prepared’ to attack Iran, says Panetta

tert.am
17:54 – 28.05.12

United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said the US prevents
Iran from developing a nuclear weapon at every cost, thenewstribe.com
reported.

The American envoy to Israel earlier said that the military option is
`fully available’ and the necessary planning has been done.

`We will do everything we can to prevent them from developing a
weapon,’ ABC News quoted him as saying.
Earlier, US Ambassador Dan Shapiro’s said on Israel’s Army Radio on
May 17 that Washington has a military contingency plan in case
`diplomatic talks’ fail to `pressure’ Iran successfully. He said the
option is not only `fully available’, but `ready.’

Now, a week on, Panetta said US officials `have plans to be able to
implement any contingency we have to in order to defend ourselves.’
However, Panetta said that the US still hopes that the conflict over
Iran’s nuclear ambitions can be `resolved diplomatically.’
Israel is the only country insisting on using military force to
pressure Iran away from a suspected nuclear weapon.

Loreen : “Les droits de l’Homme violés en Azerbaïdjan”

Publié le : 28-05-2012

Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU)

Info Collectif VAN – – A Bakou, c’est Loreen,
chanteuse suédoise d’origine marocaine (Lorine Zineb Noka Talhaoui de
son vrai nom), qui a gagné samedi 26 mai l’Eurovision 2012 avec son
titre “Euphoria” qui a recueilli 372 points. Artiste engagée, Loreen
avait créé la polémique à son arrivée en Azerbaïdjan, en déclarant :
“Les droits de l’Homme sont violés quotidiennement en Azerbaïdjan. On
ne doit pas se taire face à de telles choses”. Au cours de la soirée,
l’Azerbaïdjan a fait de la promo pour impressionner les millions de
téléspectateurs qui suivent à travers le monde cette prestation
annuelle kitschissime : pays riche en hydrocarbures, avec quelque 9,2
millions d’habitants à majorité musulmane, Bakou a mis les bouchées
doubles pour se présenter sous un jour aimable et faire oublier les
terribles images des pogroms anti-arméniens de Soumgaït, Bakou,
Kirovabad et Maragha (de 1998 à 1992).

Entre chaque chanson, les téléspectateurs ont pu observer des images
de l’Azerbaïdjan, de ses paysages et de ses traditions. Du moins de
certaines d’entre elles, car les traditions de vandalisme et de
profanation qui ont mené à la destruction d’un patrimoine
architectural arménien (églises et cimetières) présent depuis des
millénaires en Azerbaïdjan, n’ont, elles, pas été mises en lumière.
Ainsi, il n’a pas été fait mention de la destruction complète par
l’Armée azérie (en 2005), du cimetière de Djoulfa (Jugha), sur les
bords de l’Araxe au Nakhitchevan : ce cimetière arménien comportait
des milliers de somptueux Khatchkars (croix de pierre ciselées) de
l’époque médiévale, joyaux de l’Art arménien. Si des images du
Karabakh, République enclavée au sein de l’Azerbaïdjan et peuplée
majoritairement d’Arméniens présentés comme “des séparatistes”, ont
été montrées durant les intermèdes du show télévisé, les images
insoutenables des villageois arméniens brûlés à Maragha,
village-martyr du Karabagh, n’ont pas été diffusées : elles auraient
pourtant parfaitement illustré l’impérieuse nécessité, pour les
Arméniens, d’avoir un havre de paix hors d’une gouvernance azérie
belliqueuse et haineuse.

Pour des raisons de sécurité, Erevan avait refusé de participer au
concours de l’Eurovision qui s’est déroulé à Bakou, après une
déclaration du président Aliev selon laquelle tous les Arméniens
étaient hostiles à l’Azerbaïdjan.

Un boycott plus général aurait été le bienvenu : l’Europe s’est hélas
largement compromise dans cette opération de communication du clan
dictatorial des Aliev, véritable oligarchie familiale régnant à Bakou.
Le seul effet positif de l’Eurovision 2012 est d’avoir mis en lumière
les graves atteintes aux droits de l’homme en Azerbaïdjan.
L’opposition azerbaïdjanaise a en effet pu profiter de la présence des
médias internationaux pour accuser le régime du président Ilham Aliev
qui réprime la liberté d’expression et emprisonne des opposants sur de
fausses accusations. Même si Loreen n’a pas abordé ce sujet sur scène,
la jeune chanteuse suédoise avait rencontré auparavant des militants
locaux des droits de l’homme et leur avait publiquement apporté son
soutien. La victoire de la Suède sonne donc comme une gifle magistrale
pour la clique au pouvoir à Bakou : celle-ci a, en définitive, dépensé
des sommes folles pour un concours qui aura surtout permis de parler
des carences démocratiques dans le pays. Quid de l’Eurovision 2015 en
Turquie à l’occasion du centenaire du génocide arménien de 1915, pour
dénoncer médiatiquement le négationnisme d’Etat d’Ankara et
l’oppression des minorités ?

Collectif VAN [Vigilance Arménienne contre le Négationnisme]
BP 20083 – 92133 Issy-les-Moulineaux – France
Boîte vocale : +33 (0)1 77 62 70 77
Email: [email protected]

Lire aussi:

Eurovision : la Suède gagne avec Loreen, 22ème place pour la France et Anggun

Eurovision : les droits de l’homme bradés à bas coûts

Eurovision : Une vague de violations des droits humains en Azerbaïdjan

Azerbaïdjan : Un mot pour la liberté de la presse ?

Nakhitchevan : il n’y a jamais eu d’Arméniens ici !

« Expo censurée ! Patrimoine bafoué ! » : manifestation au sein de l’UNESCO

La langue de bois, art immatériel préservé par l’Unesco

Que se passe-t-il à l’UNESCO ?

Il y a 5 ans : la destruction du cimetière arménien de Djoulfa

Fallait-il vraiment aller chanter à Bakou ?

Vidéo : Des interpellations d’opposants en marge de l’Eurovision en Azerbaïdjan

Nouvelles interpellations en marge de l’Eurovision

L’Azerbaïdjan élimine un patrimoine culturel datant de 12 siècles

Azerbaidjan : 20 ans après le pogrom de Maragha

Khojalu : 20 ans de mensonge d’Etat

Azerbaïdjan : le pogrom de Soumgaït

Le procès des crimes de Soumgaït (Février 1988)

Les 20 ans du pogrom anti-arménien de Soumgaït

“Maragha, 10 avril 1992. Génocide ordinaire’

Maraghar : Avril, le mois des génocides…

Maraghar : Caroline Cox parle du Golgotha contemporain

Des pirates informatiques qui ont des assassins pour héros

Xocali.net : le site qui dénonce la contrefaçon azérie

Azerbaïdjan : appel au piratage informatique

Janvier 1990, les pogroms anti-Arméniens de Bakou

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Exhibition dedicated to May 28 celebrations opens in Romania

news.am
May 28, 2012 | 18:30

BUCHAREST. – The Armenian Embassy in Romania and the Armenian Union of
Romania organized celebrations on May 27 dedicated to Armenia’s First
Republic Day. An exhibition opened in the cultural center of the
Armenian Union.

Armenian Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan, Leader of the
Armenian Diocese in Romania Father Tatev Hakobyan and the chairman of
the Armenian Union, Senator Varujan Vosganian came up with speeches.

`If we know our history and norms we can be proud for what a strong
and gifted nation we are and what contribution we made to development
of the civilizations from the Caucasus to Cappadocia, from Pontus to
the Mediterranean, from Mesopotamia to the Balkans,’ Ambassador Hamlet
Gasparyan said addressing the Armenians of Romania.