Author: Kalantarian Kevo

YEREVAN HOSTS ART OF JEWELRY BY ARMENIAN MASTERS IN SEPTEMBER

Panorama
Aug 4 2011
Armenia

Armenian Jewelers Association (AJA) supported by Armenian Ministry
of Diaspora will be holding first AJA international exhibition on
September 22-24 dedicated to the 20th jubilee of the Independence
of Armenia.

The press service of Diaspora Ministry reports the first exhibition
is going to be a charitable show. Armenian jewelers from USA, Canada,
Switzerland, Russia, France, Italy, Thailand and Lebanon will be
taking part in the exhibition.

“Yerevan Show” will display masterpieces by famous Esthete, Haytayan,
Bergio, Tacori, Waskol, Yessayan Jewellery companies.

LA GEORGIE DEVRA BIEN CHOISIR ENTRE BAKOU ET EREVAN
Gari

armenews.com
vendredi 5 aout 2011

Lors d’une visite officielle qu’il effectuait en Armenie au debut de
l’annee, le president georgien Mikhaïl Saakachvili avait exalte en
termes particulièrement forts les liens d’amitie unissant l’Armenie a
la Georgie. Mais il semble eprouver les memes sentiments envers son
voisin azerbaïdjanais, si l’on en juge a ses recentes declarations
selon lesquelles “quiconque s’oppose a l’Azerbaïdjan est un ennemi
de la Georgie “, qui le mettent en porte a faux avec ses precedents
couplets sur l’amitie armeno-georgienne, quand on sait que Erevan et
Bakou sont en situation de guerre larvee.

Le president georgien, en conflit quasi ouvert avec la Russie depuis
la guerre eclair qu’avait livree contre lui en août 2008 son puissant
voisin du nord, ne voudrait avoir que des amis au sud du Caucase,
mais il devra bien choisir entre les Azeris et les Armeniens, meme
si ses interets economiques le portent manifestement a courtiser les
premiers. D’autant que M. Saakachvili, meme s’il se plait a repeter
que les liens strategiques entre la Russie et l’Armenie n’interfèrent
en rien dans ses relations avec Erevan, se sent davantage porte
a comprendre l’Azerbaïdjan, avec lequel il partage le fardeau de
“conflits non resolus”, l’Ossetie du Sud et l’Abkhazie sous la coupe
russe pour la Georgie, le Haut Karabagh contrôle par les Armeniens
pour l’Azerbaïdjan.

C’est dans un entretien accorde au magazine The Business Year, dont
une edition special etait consacree a l’Azerbaïdjan, que le leader
georgien a designe comme un partenariat strategique la relation
unissant son pays a l’Azerbaïdjan, laissant entendre du meme coup que
les ennemis de son ami pourraient etre tenus pous ses ennemis. “La
Georgie et l’Azerbaïdjan doivent se tenir côte a côte, du fait de leur
situation geographique comme de leur histoire commune. Nous partageons
une vision commune, nous avons des liens puissnats. Je suis convaincu
que nos pays seront en mesure de construire un avenir meilleur en
s’unissant, en entretenant de bonnes relations et en partageant leurs
acquis. Nos deux Etats ont de serieux problèmes avec les conflits non
resolus, et quiconque s’oppose a l’Azerbaïdjan et a la Georgie peut
etre tenu pour un ennemi de nos deux pays. Notre puissance repose
sur notre unite, et ce ne sont pas la que des mots, mais la realite
“, a souligne le president georgien.

“Au cours des dernières annees, la Georgie et l’Azerbaïdjan n’ont cesse
de se rapprocher, et nous allons continuer dans ce sens. Il ne fait
aucun doute qu’un tel rapprochement doit beaucoup aux efforts du defunt
president azeri Haïdar Aliyev, et nous nous emploierons a maintenir la
tendance. Grâce aux effeorts deployes par le president Ilham Aliev,
nos liens se resserrent de facon constante. Nous sommes convaincus
que cette relation contribuera a la stabilite et au developpement
de notre region. Je suis convaincu que c’est l’amorce d’un grand
partenariat de fraternite et d’amitie”, a ajoute M.

Saakashvili, en soulignant que cette amitie s’appuyait sur une longue
histoire. IL en veut pour preuve l’aide qu’a apportee l’Azerbaïdjan
a la Georgie lorsqu’elle etait en en proie a une grave penurie
energetique en janvier 2008, et il a encore remercie le president
azeri pour le gaz et le petrole qu’il avait alors choisi de livrer
au peuple georgien, une aide que ” la Georgie n’oubliera jamais “.

Le president georgien a aussi evoque les grands projets avec le voisin
azeri, comme la construction d’une voie ferree reliant Bakou a Kars
en Turquie via Tbilissi, qui illustre selon lui la transformation
geopolitique de la region, appelee a creer “une relation de partenaiat
strategique nouvelle, associant non seulement la Georgie, l’Azerbaïdjan
et la Turquie, mais aussi l’Asie centrale, la Chine et l’Europe”. ”
En fait, i s’agit d’une version moderne de la Route de la Soie. Ce
projet devrait garantir le developpement sur le long terme de nos
pays. Notre relation est plus qu’un lien entre nos deux pays, elle
illustre l’amitie profonde unissant la Georgie et l’Azerbaïdjan”,
a conclu M. Saakashvili, en evitant soigneusement d’evoquer l’amitie
liant la Georgie a l’Armenie, superbement ignoree par les differents
projets economiques et energetiques associant Bakou et Tbilissi dans
le cadre d’une cooperation regionale dont Erevan est exclu.

RACIST PLEASURES AND ALIYEV’S SINCERITY
Tevan Poghosyan

Mediamax

Aug 2, 2011
Armenia

Some may remember the joke about the trade-offs to get stuff: three
people talk about how they get things, and the first two start
a lengthy story about what that had to trade off for one or the
other achievement. The third suddenly feels inspired with the honest
conversation and confesses that stuff has happened to him, but only
twice, and as a matter of fact, all he got was pleasure (hey, guys,
as we’re shooting straight…). In fact, this is a little fun story
about how one misinterprets the game the others play, adopts the
street jargon and decides that he can also participate, thus messing
up the whole show and embarrassing himself.

Ilham Aliyev recently appeared in a similar situation, when he felt
inspired and decided to catch up with his elder brother. A quote from
the President of Azerbaijan during the joint press conference with
the Prime Minister of Turkey in Baku: “This proves that something is
missing in the heads of these people” (aka Armenians – T.P.)

I’m not surprised when the Turkish diplomacy starts a large-scale
hysteria over a made-up story: eventually the Protocols are not
ratified. The documents are a bone stuck in the throat of Turkey,
and it is unable to either swallow it or spit it out.

I’m not surprised when the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan asks for an
apology from Armenia for a groundless accusation, and when the deputy
prime minister Bulent Arınc tells Armenians “Come to your senses”.

Many are aware of the vulgar and uncivilized diplomatic discourse of
Turkey, and I’m certain that these statements will still be addressed
by the Armenian side at a right moment and in the right format.

I’m not surprised that the President Gul has not joined this fake
Turkish-Azerbaijani campaign and has not made any statement regarding
this incident. I believe he won’t make any statements in the future
as well.

What I’m really surprised at is the behavior of Ilham Aliyev who
was inspired by the street slang of the Turkish leaders. Without
understanding the logic of the means of expression of the Turkish
diplomacy, and without realizing that even in their uncivilized
discourse the Turkish leaders do not cross the line, the Azerbaijani
President blurts,”this proves that something is missing in the heads
of these people”, as if trying not to be left out of the conversation,
or perhaps feeling secure next to the elderly brother. He basically
insults a whole nation.

This is a brave behavior indeed. I have nothing else to add. I just
wonder: was it for pleasure at least?

Still, pleasure or not, some questions are in the air. Will the sides
involved in the regulation the conflict, the co-chairs remain silent
when a whole nation has been insulted?

Will the leaders of the European community keep silent when they are
perfectly aware that hurting national dignity does not contribute
to peace-building in any way? Such actions actually waste all the
efforts hundreds of organizations in the region have been investing
in establishing peace for years, and in many cases these efforts have
been financed by the European taxpayers.

Will Turkey remain silent? Turkey, which though involuntarily,
has provided its Prime Minister as a background for the Azerbaijani
President to label nations during a joint press conference.

These are important questions which will bring about even sharper
ones if no answers are provided.

Tevan Poghosyan is the Executive Director of International Center
for Human Development (ICHD). These views are his own.

THE CEREMONY OF LIGHTING THE TORCH OF ALL-ARMENIAN GAMES TAKES PLACE IN GANDZASAR

Mediamax
Aug 2, 2011
Armenia

Yerevan/Mediamax/. The solemn ceremony of lighting the torch of the
fifth All-Armenian Games took place in Gandzasar’s St. Hovhannes
Mkrtich Cathedral.

President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan spoke at the event,
Mediamax reports.

He said that the ceremony of lighting the torch is taking place in
Gandzasar as “over the recent 20 years Artsakh has become the symbol
of unity of all Armenians”.

“Such events bear witness to Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora firm and unshaken
trinity”, said Bako Sahakyan.

Approximately 100 sportsmen from Artsakh will take part in the fifth
All-Armenian Games.

NATO ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL INVITED TO ARMENIA

Panorama
Aug 2 2011
Armenia

The head of Armenian mission to NATO Armen Yedigaryan received
yesterday the newly appointed NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for
Public Diplomacy Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.

Press service of Armenian Foreign Ministry reports Armen Yedigaryan
congratulated Mrs. Ambassador for her new position and wished her
success in her new mission.

Armen Yedigaryan and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic have focused on
NATO-Armenia cooperation in the sphere of public diplomacy.

Ambassador Yedigaryan invited Mrs. Kitarovic to visit Armenia in
autumn when Armenia will be hosted “NATO week”.

MATTHEW BRYZA: OBAMA AND CLINTON INTERESTED IN RESOLUTION OF NK CONFLICT

Panorama
Aug 2 2011
Armenia

“US President and Secretary of State are interested in the resolution
of NK conflict,” US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza said.

“US attends the resolution talks on its senior levels. President
Barack Obama and State Secretary Hillary Clinton are interested in the
resolution of the conflict,” SalamNews quotes Matthew Bryza as saying.

According to the source Bryza refused to comment on US Congress
disapproval for financial aid to Nagorno-Karabakh.

OSCE MINSK GROUP SHOULD COMPLETE KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION-BRYZA

news.am
Aug 2 2011
Armenia

U.S. are involved in the Karabakh peace process at the highest level.

The OSCE Minsk Group will determine the next step towards the conflict
resolution, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza stated in an
interview with SalamNews.

According to Bryza, the OSCE Minsk Group is operating properly and
is working on a framework agreement. “Although there are certain
provisions to prepare the document, the Minsk Group should complete
the conflict resolution,” Bryza concluded.

SYRIAN-ARMENIAN DENIED ENTRY VISA TO ARMENIA

Tert.am
02.08.11

The Armenian Consulate-General in Aleppo, Syria has denied an Armenian
woman an entry visa on the grounds that she does not have an Armenian
name.

Isabel Oso, who has been a teacher at an Armenian school in Qamishli
for more than 30 years, was planning to spend her summer holidays in
Armenia, together with her sister, Sirun.

A few days after applying for a visa, the two sisters got the
Consulate’s response which said Isabelle Oso’s visa request was
rejected because she, unlike her sister, does not have an Armenian
name, and therefore she is not an Armenian.

The sisters told Tert.am that Isabelle (Zapel Abrahamyan) had
submitted her birth and baptism certificates to the embassy along
with other documents.

She later applied to the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora but the latter
proved unable to do anything to help her.

Isabel Oso has several times visited Armenia to take part in teacher
training programs. But the Ministries of Diaspora and Foreign Affairs,
and the National Security Service claim there is no documented evidence
that she is an ethnic Armenian, and therefore her entry to Armenia
is impossible without a visa.

Isabelle’ sister who is now in Armenia told Tert.am that she is very
offended and does not want to visit the country any more.

VOLVO MAY ORGANIZE ASSEMBLAGE OF TRUCKS IN ARMENIA

Mediamax
July 29, 2011
Armenia

Representatives of Volvo Trucks Corporation and Krone holding
GmbH&Co.KG discussed with Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian today
the prospects of opening a regional specialized warrantee center for
trucks maintenance.

Mediamax was informed in the press service of the government that
the sides also discussed the opportunity of organizing assemblage of
agricultural equipment, trucks and refrigerated vehicles with carrying
capacity of up to 5 tons in Armenia.

The Prime Minister noted that the Armenian government is ready to
render support in realizing the presented programs.

Spayka Company is the partner of Volvo Trucks Corporation and Krone
holding GmbH&Co.KG in Armenia.

RUSSIA’S PROPOSALS ON KARABAKH RESOLUTION MAY BE PRO-ARMENIAN – MP

news.am
Aug 1, 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – The Azerbaijani side goes on presenting excessive demands
at the talks on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Chairman of Union of
Political Scientists of Armenia Hmayak Hovhannisyan told reporters
on Monday. He stressed Azerbaijan puts obviously impossible demands
at each new stage of the peace process.

“Meeting Baku’s demands is absurd to Armenia. This would mean for
the first time in history the winner in the war actually surrenders,”
he noted.

The MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Lernik
Alexanyan stressed that following the presidents’ recent talks in
Kazan, the international community is dissatisfied with Azerbaijan’s
behavior rather than that of Armenia, taking into account 10 claims,
presented by Baku during the last meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani
and Russian Presidents.

Referring to the presidents’ next meeting in Sochi, Alexanyan believed
Russia’s proposals for peace process would be favorable for Armenia.

“I believe Russia will remain a leader in the Karabakh peace process.

Western countries are trying to seize Moscow’s initiative,” he
emphasized.