Author: Kalantarian Kevo

NKR Prime Minister: Trade turnover increased 2.5 times

14:20, 03.01.2015

YEREVAN. – During the latest ten year, Nagorno-Karabakh’s trade
turnover volume increased 2.5 times, NKR Prime Minister Arayik
Harutyunyan said in an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“We are trying to use even small opportunities we have to establish
economic ties with various countries. We have achieved progress on the
matter, but at the moment economic cooperation, to a large extent, is
carried out through private organizations in the form of foreign
trade,” he said.

NKR has been working with over 20 countries with 95 percent of trade
falling on CIS states, in particular Armenia and Russia.

“As to other states, among them are UK, Iran and China,” Harutyunyan added.

Armenia News – NEWS.am

Reconnaissance-in-Force: 2 Killed, 1 Wounded

Lragir.am
Country – 03 January 2015, 12:27

In the morning of January 3, at 3:15 am the enemy undertook two
reconnaissance-in-force actions in the southern and eastern directions
of the Defense Army. The front-line units took operative actions and
pushed the enemy back to its previous positions causing losses.

Unfortunately, while confronting the enemy two servicemen of the
Defense Army Karen Samvel Grigoryan and Vardan Martik Lazarian were
killed. Serviceman Volodya Gagik Harutiunyan was wounded.

The NKR Ministry of Defense offers its condolences to the families,
friends and fellow serviceman of the killed soldiers. Investigation is
carried out to find out the circumstances of the incident, the
Armenian Army page on Facebook informed.

Azerbaijan launches deadly subversion along Line of Contact

12:25 * 03.01.15

Azerbaijan’s armed forces provoked two subversive attaks in the
southern and eastern directions of the Line of Contact overnight.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army says in a press release that its
frontline subdivisions managed to push the adversary back to the
starting positions with losses,

But the military operations were not unfortunately without losses for
the Nagorno-Karabakh military either. Two Defense Army servicemen,
Karen S Grigoryan and Vardan M Lazarian, were killed in the
retaliatory attack.

Another Armenian serviceman, Volodya G Harutyunyan, was wounded.

The Defense Army extends its condolences to the families, friends and
fellow servicemen of the diseased.

A probe into further circumstances is underway.

PRESSE-GENOCIDE ARMENIEN
> consacre un dossier sur >

> (n°653-décembre 2014-janvier 2015), le magazine
de la LICRA consacre 13 pages au > avec
en couverture une photo de manifestants défilant à mémoire de Hrant
Dink le journaliste arménien assassiné par un nationaliste turc à
Istanbul en janvier 2007. Dans son éditorial, le rédacteur en chef,
Antoine Spire rappelle > car écrit-il >.

> consacre plusieurs articles au génocide
arménien. Sous le titre >, le
magazine rappelle sur une page les dates importantes de cet évènement
depuis 1915 jusqu’en 2015. Puis un article signé d’Alain Barbanel et
titré > le journal fait un
rappel des ouvrages historiques -dont le dernier livre d’Yves Ternon
et Raymond H. Kévorkian >. > présente également une interview de l’historien Yves
Ternon, spécialiste du génocide arménien, sous le titre , une
large part est consacré à Jacques Kebadian (1977) d’Henrik Malyan, > (1982)
de Sarky Mouradian, > (1991) d’Henri Verneuil, >
(2002) d’Atom Egoyan, > (2015) de Fatih Akin et >
(2015) de Valérie McCaffrey et Gary Titizian. Enfin le dossier > se termine par une tribune libre de Séta
Papazian qui appelle à une solidarité des victimes des génocides et
conclut>.

Contact : Le Droit de Vivre (le magazine de la Licra), 42, rue du
Louvre, 75001 Paris. Tél 01 45 08 08 08, courriel : [email protected].
Site internet :

Krikor Amirzayan

jeudi 1er janvier 2015,
Krikor Amirzayan (c)armenews.com

ARMENIE-DEFENSE
Le président arménien rend visite aux soldats du front pour le Nouvel An

A quelques heures du Nouvel An, le président arménien Serge Sarkissian
a rendu visite sur l’un des points de défense au sud-ouest de la
République d’Arménie, faisant face au Nakhitchevan. Le président
arménien était accompagné par le Catholicos Karékine II ainsi que du
ministre de la Défense Seyran Ohanian. Le président arménien a
rencontré les soldats ainsi que les officiers pour examiner leurs
conditions de vie sur les positions de défense. Autour d’une table
festive, le président Serge Sarkissian a partagé avec les militaires
le repas de fête et conversé avec nombre d’entre eux. Il a rappelé
l’importance du rôle des soldats pour la protection de la patrie et la
sécurité des citoyens tout en insistant sur le moral exemplaire des
militaires arméniens qui ont au cours de l’année écoulé, répondu avec
réussite aux attaques ennemies.

Krikor Amirzayan

Le président arménien Serge Sarkissian a rendu visite aux soldats du front
Le président arménien partage le repas de fête du Nouvel An avec les
soldats au front, au sud-ouest de l’Arménie

jeudi 1er janvier 2015,
Krikor Amirzayan (c)armenews.com

American Armenian Float to Debut in 2015 Rose Parade on January 1st

By MassisPost
Updated: December 31, 2014

PASADENA — On January 1, 2015 New Years Day the Tournament of Roses
will celebrate its 126th Rose Parade presented by Honda. The theme of
the parade is “Inspiring Stories” which “pays tribute to those who
have loved unconditionally, persevered courageously, endured patiently
and accomplished much on behalf of others.”

The first Armenian American Rose Float Association (AARFA) float will
be joining the rest of the floats in the Parade and show the inspiring
people and stories from the American Armenian community.

The colorful float features the head of an Armenian woman wearing a
headdress in the center under a bush of Armenian plums, also known as
apricots, and a tree of pomegranates, a symbol of Armenia. Bushels of
grapes, representing the discovery of the world’s earliest known
wine-making facility found in Armenia, are also featured.

An old carpet-weaving machine and a carpet leans against a structure
representing the Armenian architectural style going back 4,500 years.
On the opposite side of the float are two men playing the duduk, a
woodwind instrument indigenous to Armenia.

The round Armenian eternity sign, an Armenian national symbol, white
storks and the Armenian alphabet is also found throughout the design.

Several prominent American Armenians with inspiring stories will also
ride on the float during the parade, including:

Gov. George Deukmejian and his wife Gloria, who served as the Governor
of California from 1983-1991

US Federal Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, the first Armenian immigrant
federal judge in the United States.

Actress Angela Sarafyan who can be recognized from her roles in The
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 and The Immigrant.

Attorney Mark J. Geragos, internationally celebrated trail lawyer who
is a regular legal commentator on several TV networks.

Coach Jerry Tarkanian aka “Tark the Shark” famous Basketball coach at
Long Beach State, Fresno State and University of Nevada Las Vegas
where he lead them to a Championship during 1989-1990 season and the
Final Four in the subsequent year.

Pasadena native Flora Dunaians AIWA-LA Founder and Executive Board
Member. She has been involved with several community service
organizations for more than 20 years.

Jill Simonian, Television Host, Reporter and Founder of popular blog
The Fab Mom.

Lavrov says EEU treaty is Russian diplomacy success

16:35, 29.12.2014

YEREVAN. – The signing of the treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union
(EEU), which will be launched on January 1, 2015, became the
unequivocal success of the Russian diplomacy and its major
contribution to the strengthening of regional and international
stability.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the aforementioned to
Interfax news agency of Russia.

“Armenia will become its full member in several days. Kyrgyzstan’s
accession treaty was signed on December 23.

“Numerous [other] states’ aspiration to join the EEU, or sign a free
trade agreement with it, bespeaks the successfulness of the project,
[and it] confirms its being in demand,” the Russia FM specifically
noted.

Armenia News – NEWS.am

The Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency
Jan 2 2015

All of Armenia’s efforts are aimed either at not holding the
negotiations or at conducting them for the sake of imitation

02.01.2015 [15:17]
Baku, January 2, AzerTAc

“But unfortunately the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh has not been resolved this year either. The reason
for this is the criminal and bloodthirsty regime of Armenia. Armenia
does not want peace. All of its efforts are aimed either at not
holding the negotiations or at conducting them for the sake of
imitation,” President Ilham Aliyev has said in his message of
congratulation to the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the Day
of Solidarity of Azerbaijanis of the World and the New Year.The
Azerbaijani President noted: “This year the mediators were more active
– we have to acknowledge that. The leaders of Russia, USA and France
held consecutive trilateral meetings in August, September and October.
I appreciate that and am grateful to these countries. However, Armenia
acted insincerely at these meetings. Moreover, less than two weeks
after the Paris meeting it began a large-scale military exercise on
occupied territories. The exercises pursued only one goal – to provoke
Azerbaijan, to commit an act of sabotage and undermine the process of
negotiations. We observed the same in the summer months when Armenian
sabotage groups attacked Azerbaijani positions. But the Azerbaijani
army gave them a fitting rebuff, killing more than 50 occupants.
Similar events took place at the end of this year. And again, the
Azerbaijani army gave an adequate response to the enemy.” “The
occupying state should know that a strong Azerbaijani army may restore
the territorial integrity of our country at any time. We still hope
that the negotiating process can produce a positive result, and there
are many factors enhancing this hope. We have political power,
economic potential and a powerful army. Next year, about $5 billion
will be spent on the development of our army, twice the total budget
of the impoverished Armenia.””The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh can be resolved only on the basis of norms and
principles of international law. UN Security Council resolutions must
be implemented. The occupying forces must withdraw from the occupied
Azerbaijani lands and the territorial integrity of our country must be
restored. These are the basic principles. On the basis of these
principles we are ready to sign any agreement,” the head of state
added.

WorldBulletin, Turkey
Jan 2 2015

Muslims unite at 13th MAS-ICNA in Chicago

Organised after the Sept 11 attacks, Muslims unite in Chicago with
Turkish Americans attending for the first time.

World Bulletin / News Desk

First set up after the September 11 attacks, Muslims in America have
come together for the 13. MAS-ICNA meeting in Chicago held at the
McCormick Place convention centre, organised by MAS and ICNA and took
place between 25-29 December. With Muslims attending from all corners
of the globe, the event had activities, artistic performances,
exhibitions, business meetings and a Quran reading contest and an
exhibition.

The yearly meeting initially started with 500 attendees, with this
years numbered at 15,000, and the main sponsor being the Turkish
backed American Zakaat Foundation. The Foundation was founded by Halil
Ibrahim Demir, and in a short time has achieved a strong backing and
appreciation from the Muslim community in America. As them ost
attended stand of the exhibition, it collected a sponsorship of 550
orphans in 15 minutes. Attendees collected $600 per child bringing the
total sponsorship amount to $330,000. In a statement, Demir said,
“After the twin tower attacks in NYC, this pushed Muslims to be more
confident and united them to act as one and so at the end of 2001,
they came together forming ICNA. After 9/11, even innocent muslims who
were targeted just for their belief felt the need to come together”.

With the fair bringing Muslims from different cultures and
backgrounds, it was the first time a Turkish-American organisation
took part with the Turkish-American Will attending for the first time.
Stating that they intended to participate at ICNA each year, the
association officials said that, “We are part of the Muslim community
in America. We must find common solutions to our shared problems. Here
many of the Muslims were unaware of the Turkish-Armenian dispute and
we have distributed brochures for them to be informed”.

With the slogan, “All for Turkey” adopted by the association, they
believe they will attract other Turkish organisations to the fair
hoping to strengthen the community.

Vahan was big patriot – Armenian FM on late ambassdor

19:59 * 02.01.15

Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has expressed his sorrow over the
untimely demise of Vahan Hovhannesyan, Armenia’s ambassador to
Germany.

“Vahan was unfortunately an ambassador for a very short period. He had
big plans and a great enthusiasm. He played a big role in foreign
policy, representing Armenia in different parliamentary assemblies. He
was a bright personality,” he told reporters at the politician’s
requiem mass on Friday.

“It is hard to imagine that Vahan is no longer with us. Those who have
known and communicated with him know and understand that he is with
us. He was a big patriot, a champion, a state and political figure, a
good husband and a loving son.”

Hovhannesyan passed away after a long decease on December 28. He was
Armenia’s ambassador to Germany since December 2013.