Author: Kalantarian Kevo

HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN : 25 SOLDATS AZERIS TUES SONT PAS UNE COINCIDENCE

ARMENIE

25 soldats azeris tues ne sont pas une coïncidence, mais une preuve
de la panique en Azerbaïdjan a declare le Premier ministre armenien
Hovik Abrahamyan aux journalistes.

“Nous voyons clairement la panique. Cela a ete cause par notre reponse
a leurs empietements. En fait, le plan des Azeris de provoquer la
panique en Armenie et au Haut-Karabagh a echoue. Tout ce qu’ils ont
pu faire etait de creer des tensions sur la ligne de contact. Mais
ils l’ont fait au detriment de la vie de leurs propres soldats.

Malheureusement, nous avons aussi perdu des hommes mais par consequent,
ils ont vu en Azerbaïdjan qu’ils ne peuvent rien faire contre nos
armees. Je suis sûr que nous devons aller vers la paix et que les
tensions nous donneront rien de bon >>, a declare Abrahamyan.

mercredi 13 août 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

LES YEZIDIS D’ARMENIE EXHORTENT LE MONDE A AIDER LEUR COMMUNAUTE EN IRAK

ARMENIE

La communaute yezidie d’Armenie a organise vendredi dernier une
manifestation dans la capitale Erevan condamnant les attaques de
militants islamistes contre leurs frères en Irak et appelant la
communaute internationale a proteger les Yezidis de la menace.

“Nous ne pouvons pas aider nos frères qui sont la, en raison des
terroristes”, a declare un organisateur communautaire a Erevan. “Mais
nous demandons a la communaute internationale qui observe comment
les Yezidis sont tues a agir.”

Les protestations ont ete organisees par le Comite national des
Yezidis d’Armenie et les organisations et militants communautaires
qui ont manifeste devant l’ambassade americaine et ont fait part de
leur preoccupation sur le sort des civils yezidis sur le mont Shingal
dans le nord-ouest de l’Irak.

“Vous savez comment nous nous se sentons d’etre victimes d’un genocide
et de persecution” a declare Karam Hadzoyan, un manifestant. “Nous
demandons au gouvernement armenien d’aider les Yezidis, qui sont
opprimes et tues par l’armee Islamique a Sinjar.”

Les manifestants ont egalement critique le gouvernement irakien pour
“ne pas faire assez pour proteger la communaute antique et pacifique
d’Irak” en se rassemblant en face de l’ambassade irakienne.

mercredi 13 août 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

L’APPEL DE CHARLES AZNAVOUR POUR LES PERSECUTES DU MOYEN-ORIENT

Irak-Syrie

Dans la guerre de religions qui est en train d’embraser l’Irak et
la Syrie, il est essentiel, certes, de se preoccuper du sort des
chretiens d’Orient, des Kurdes, des yazidis et des autres. Mais dans
cette enumeration,il ne faut pas oublier une communaute chère a mon
coeur, les Armeniens. On n’en parle jamais, et pourtant, en Syrie,
hier encore, ils etaient quelque deux cent mille. Je suis bouleverse
par les drames qui se jouent la-bas au quotidien. Notre devoir
n’est-il pas d’aider moralement, et concrètement, ces populations,
le plus vite possible ?

Je ne veux donner de lecons a personne. Je ne suis pas quelqu’un qui
croit avoir raison sur tout. Je propose seulement une idee simple.

Dans la situation actuelle, ces chretiens, ces Kurdes, ces yazidis,
ces musulmans et ces Armeniens doivent, comme tant d’autres, quitter
ce pays le plus vite possible. Oui, mais pour aller où ? Et pourquoi
pas en France ? Mes tournees et mes voyages les plus recents a
travers l’Hexagone m’ont permis de decouvrir de charmants villages,
aujourd’hui totalement a l’abandon. Les terres sont en friche. Il y a
des ecoles, des bureaux de Poste, mais personne n’y a sans doute mis
les pieds depuis quelques annees.C’est aussi le cas des eglises. Je
viens d’ailleurs de traiter le sujet dans un couplet d’une chanson
de mon prochain album :

CHRETIENS D’ORIENT : FRANCOIS BAYROU APPELLE A LA MOBILISATION NATIONALE

Irak

Dans un communique date du 11 août, le president du MoDem Francois
Bayrou, denonce le “Crime contre l’humanite” qui se joue en Irak et
“doit etre traite comme tel”. Il appelle a une grande manifestation
nationale, car > dit-il, appelant a

DES TEMOINS CONTREDISENT LA VERSION DE BAKOU SUR L’ARMENIEN MORT EMPRISONNE

AZERBAÏDJAN

L’Armenien qui est mort en detention en Azerbaïdjan, vendredi etait
seul et non arme lorsqu’il a franchi la frontière la veille, selon
les habitants d’un village proche de la frontière qui l’avaient repere.

Les villageois azerbaïdjanais interroges par le service azerbaïdjanais
de RFE / RL (Azadliq.org) contredisent les allegations des autorites
azerbaïdjanaises selon lesquelles Karen Petrossian, un habitant du
village de Chinari dans le nord de l’Armenie, etait membre d’un
commando armenien qui a tente de mener une attaque de leur côte
de la frontière. Le ministère de la Defense de l’Azerbaïdjan avait
declare jeudi que ses troupes ont capture Petrossian après avoir tue
quatre autres soldats armeniens, dans une declaration brocardee par
l’armee armenienne. L’homme de 31 ans a ete declare mort en detention
par l’Azerbaïdjan le lendemain, apparemment en raison d’une >. Le gouvernement armenien estime
qu’il a ete torture a mort.

Karen Petrossian dans une video prise dans le village azerbaïdjanais
où il a ete arrete.

Petrossian a ete fait prisonnier a Agbulaq, un village situe dans le
district de Tovuz en l’Azerbaïdjan occidental, a quelques kilomètres de
Chinari. Farida Tagiyeva, une femme de la region, a affirme l’avoir
repere en premier. >.

>. >, a precise Mammadov. >.

Une video amateur courte apparemment filmee par l’un des villageois
montre Petrossian assis dans le salon de the de Agbulaq et parler a
des personnes. Certains d’entre eux lui pose des questions en russe.

Une autre video en ligne suggère que les responsables militaires
de l’Azerbaïdjan se sont bagarres avec plus d’une douzaine d’hommes
d’Agbulaq pendant qu’ils arretaient l’Armenien.

Aux correspondants du service azerbaïdjanais de RFE / RL, les gens
du pays ont explique avoir exige que les journalistes de television
de Bakou les interviewent et qu’ils certifient que Petrossian a ete
capture par eux, plutôt que par l’armee. Certains d’entre eux se
sont plaints que le village n’est pas protege des postes militaires
armeniens qui les surplombent. Petrossian portait des bottes de
l’armee et un gilet de camouflage dans la video officielle de son
interrogatoire effectue plus tard dans la journee et où apparaissait
le general de l’armee azerbaïdjanaise, Rovchan Akperov. Ce dernier
a accuse l’homme terrifie, force de rester a genoux par des agents
masques, d’etre un soldat armenien envoye en l’Azerbaïdjan a des fins
de sabotage.

Le President Serge Sarkissian a denonce a son homologue azerbaïdjanais
Ilham Aliyev la mort de Petrossian lors de leur rencontre a Sotchi
de dimanche. >, a
declare Sarkissian a Armnews TV. Il a repondu,

LAWRENCE SHEETS: ANY FURTHER ESCALATION IN KARABAKH CONFLICT ZONE RISKS SPILLOVER TO NEIGHBORING STATES

by Nana Martirosyan

Tuesday, August 12, 11:38

“Any further escalation risks spillover to neighboring states such
as Georgia and would threaten to drag in Russia, Turkey and possibly
Iran,” Bloomberg writes citing Lawrence Sheets, an analyst on the
Caucasus region and the author of “8 Pieces of Empire,” a memoir that
deals with the post-Soviet wars in the region.

“The nature of the clashes is totally unprecedented,” said Lawrence
Sheets. “What has changed is that over the past weeks, we have seen
the first instances of the use of high-caliber weapons, not just small
arms as had previously often been the case. The verbal threats have
also hit an unprecedented peak.”

“With all the current violent upheavals in the world, from Ukraine
to Iraq and beyond, unfortunately some are not taking the current
major escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia seriously enough,”
Sheets said. “This is a war, and we are now only a step away from any
of the sides deciding to resort to the use of highly destructive and
sophisticated missile systems they have acquired, capable of causing
massive casualties and destruction.”

For his part, Thomas de Waal, senior associate at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace in Washington, said by e-mail
yesterday: “No way do they need a war in Karabakh. “Russia has a strong
incentive in preventing a new conflict, as it would cause massive
instability in its southern tier. It also has treaty obligations
to defend Armenia militarily and would therefore also destroy its
carefully developed relationship with Azerbaijan.”

ARMENIA MAY SIGN AGREEMENT ON ACCESSION TO EEU BEFORE SEPTEMBER – PRESIDENT

YEREVAN, August 12. /ARKA/.The agreement about Armenia’s accession
to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) may be signed as early as before
September, Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan said.

“We have never expected membership starting from this year. What is
meant is probably the signing? I don’t think we will not sign it this
year. I believe we will sign it, and it is quite possible the signing
will not be delayed till autumn”, Sargsyan said.

In speaking about his talks with the Russian president Putin, Sargsyan
said they discussed a wide range of issues of interests to the two
countries, from the loan for extension of operational life span of
the Armenian nuclear power plant (a quite high 15% grant element is
expected) to terms and conditions for Armenia’s accession to the EEU
and military and defense technology cooperation.

Armenia’s president said he was satisfied with the content of the talks
and expressed confidence the outcome of the meeting will be seen soon.

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed an agreement about the Eurasian
Economic Union in Astana on May 29. The agreement will come into
effect on January 1, 2015. At the meeting Armenia’s president Serzh
Sargsyan said Yerevan intended to join the agreement by mid June,
but the respective documents have not been signed yet.

On May 30 Armenia’s premier Hovik Abrahamyan told reporters he had
agreed with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev about a $300
million loan for repair of the Metsamor NPP, located some 30 kilometers
west of Yerevan.

The plant was built in the 1970s but was closed following a devastating
earthquake in 1988. One of its two VVER 440-V230 light-water reactors
was reactivated in 1995. -0–

– See more at:

Trend, Azerbaijan
Aug 10 2014

Azerbaijani president hopes for solution on Nagorno-Karabakh through
negotiations

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved, Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev said at a trilateral meeting of the Azerbaijani, Russian
and Armenian presidents in Sochi on Aug. 10.

“It has been protracted for a long time,” President Aliyev said.

“This problem must be resolved,” President Aliyev said while appealing
to the Russian counterpart. “It has been protracted for a long time. I
hope that your personal involvement in this process will give a new
impetus to the negotiation process. As you stressed, there is a format
of negotiations. There is also a legal basis for the conflict
settlement. The UN Security Council passed four resolutions requiring
immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian occupying
forces from the territory of Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, more than 20
years have passed but these resolutions remained on paper.”

“Of course, I think that Russia, as our close friend, partner and
neighbor, has a special role in the settlement process,” President
Aliyev said. “We hope that in the near future we will find a solution
through the negotiations in a peaceful way. And this solution will
meet the norms and principles of international law and will conform to
justice.”

A trilateral meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh with participation of
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin
and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was held in President Putin’s
Sochi residence Bocharov Stream on August 10.

The bilateral meetings have been recently held among Russian President
Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.

The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently
holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Aug 10 2014

The nightmare is over

by EMRE USLU

Since the March 30 local elections, Turkey has been living a terrible
nightmare. This Sunday was the last day of the election campaigns,
campaigns during which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an polarized
Turkish society and divided it into pieces.

Due to his polarizing campaign, people have started to hate each
other. Husbands have divorced wives. There was even a case in which a
person was killed. The murderer confessed to killing the person just
because the victim did not like ErdoÄ?an. What’s worse, the killer
showed no sign of regret.

In order to win, ErdoÄ?an has destroyed every institution that holds
society together. Just last week he stressed the Alevi identity of
Kemal KılıçdaroÄ?lu and the Zaza identity of Selahattin DemirtaÅ?.

In order to win, ErdoÄ?an even denied his own identity and claimed to
be a Turk. However, just ten years ago he himself revealed that he is
a descendent of Georgian families. Moreover, he insulted Armenians and
espoused the idea the being Armenian is shameful.

He has not only destroyed the ties between people, he has also
destroyed the judicial system. In order to prove his claims, he
changed the judicial system, appointed like-minded judges and found
like-minded prosecutors to persecute his opponents.

He threatened judges who do not rule as he wishes. He even criticized
the Constitutional Court for not being a `nationalist’ court.

In his characteristic style, he utilized his election campaign to
crack down on the alleged parallel state. During the holy month of
Ramadan, police officers were arrested in the middle of the night and
handcuffed in front of TV cameras, pro-government media outlets
threatened businessmen and he tried to make a bank declare bankruptcy.

Even President Abdullah Gül and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan
received their share in the mud-slinging campaign of ErdoÄ?an and his
associates. Pro-ErdoÄ?an journalists targeted Gül when he said he would
continue to be in politics.

Last but not least, Babacan, the most respected AKP politician and a
cabinet member in the AKP government, was accused of helping and being
a member of the Gülenists.

ErdoÄ?an’s top aid, YiÄ?it Bulut, accused Babacan of helping Gülenists.
Many thought that Bulut accused Mr. Babacan to advance his own career,
but Bulut would not have said a word without a signal from ErdoÄ?an.

ErdoÄ?an’s bullying campaign was not only limited to domestic actors.
He has not hesitated to target foreign figures and countries in ploys
to get more votes. For instance, he targeted the American ambassador
and threatened to deport him. He claimed that foreign powers were
behind the Gezi protests and corruption scandals. He harshly
criticized the EU when he thought it would win him more votes.

Even as he bullied everyone under the sun, the Turkish economy did not
collapse, and foreign powers, including the US and the EU, were not
alarmed for two reasons.

First, they understood ErdoÄ?an very well. ErdoÄ?an would do anything to
maintain his power. Powerful nations know quite well that ErdoÄ?an
would ultimately be quick to bow down to the powerful. He even bowed
before Ã-calan and the Koç group. Thus, neither the economically
powerful nor the politically powerful take him seriously. They
consider him nothing more than another authoritarian leader who likes
to put on a show for his own people but cannot do anything to
foreigners.

Unfortunately, poor Turkish people who think he is a world leader see
him as a savior, while the world simply laughs at him and his domestic
posturing. Imagine a world leader who cannot not reach US president
Obama, leader of the world’s superpower. Imagine a world leader who
declared, in front of international press, that he was going to go to
Gaza to support Palestinian people, then neglected to mention it
again. Imagine a world leader whose life is full of zigzags. Imagine a
world leader who said he would quickly rescue the hostages in the
hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) but, after
months, was unable to rescue his own diplomats and 49 hostages from
ISIL’s bloodthirsty terrorists.

It is the typical behavior of a dictator; in order to hide his
weakness he needs to flex his muscles against a weak opponent and
smash them in front of his hysterical supporters.

During the election campaign and the period of the last six months,
this is what has happened in Turkey. Thank God the nightmare is over¦

World Bulletin, Turkey
Aug 10 2014

Azeri soldier killed in Armenian border clashes, Putin urges talks

The Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense reported one fatal casualty in
fighting with Armenian troops

An Azeri soldier has been killed in clashes on the Armenian border,
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has said.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the ministry named the soldier as
Rufet Fetelizade, 19, who was killed in Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district.

Another soldier, 21-year-old Orhan Tagiyev, was wounded in the
country’s Gadabay district. He is recovering in hospital.

Both casualties were incurred on Saturday night.

Fighting since August 1 has seen 13 Azeri soldiers killed, according
to the ministry. A military source in the Armenian enclave of
Nagorno-Karabakh said five of its soldiers had been killed, the
Institute of War and Peace Reporting claimed.

TALKS

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the leaders of Azerbaijan and
Armenia on Sunday to talk instead of fight, after more than a dozen
people were killed in clashes.

The Kremlin chief hosted a meeting between the heads of the two
ex-Soviet states this weekend, giving him a chance to play a
peacekeeping role in the former Soviet Union at a time when the West
is accusing Moscow of backing pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.

“The key thing is: There’s no bigger tragedy than the loss of human
lives,” Putin told Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Serzh
Sagrsyan in the second day of talks in his Black Sea residence in
Sochi. “We need to act wisely and patiently and pay respect to one
another to find the solution.”

Sargsyan and Aliyev agreed on the need for a political solution to the
23-year-old conflict.

“Back then (in the 1990s) we came to a conclusion that this conflict
has no military solution,” Sargsyan said. “If we keep on blaming each
other, I don’t think it will be resolved for a long time.”

The good-faith comments were echoed by Aliyev, who said: “I hope that
we will find a solution in line with… the principles of
international law in the nearest future.”

Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh first erupted in 1991, when the Soviet
Union broke up. A ceasefire was called in 1994 after more than 30,000
people were killed in the fighting. The two sides have regularly
traded accusations of further violence around the region and along the
Azeri-Armenian border.

Energy-producing Azerbaijan, host to oil majors including BP, Chevron
and ExxonMobil, frequently threatens to take Nagorno-Karabakh back by
force and is spending heavily on its armed forces.

Meanwhile, Russia is at odds with the West over Ukraine. The United
States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Russia,
including visa bans, asset freezes and limiting access to capital for
Russian state banks, over its role in the fighting and Moscow’s
annexation of the Crimean peninsula in March.

Moscow has retaliated with counter sanctions, imposing sweeping trade
restrictions of Western food imports.