Author: Kalantarian Kevo

LAWYER SAYS RECENT TESTIMONY OF DINK MURDER HITMAN IS PART OF PLOT

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Dec 12 2014

December 12, 2014, Friday/ 14:16:54/
by YAKUP CETÝN / ISTANBUL

The lawyer of Erhan Tuncel, an informant for the Trabzon Police
Department who was accused of initiating the effort to have
Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink murdered in 2007, has said
that the recent testimony of the hitman who killed Dink, Ogun Samast,
is part of a plot designed to link the faith-based Hizmet movement
with the murder.

Tuncel’s lawyer, Erdoðan Soruklu, told the press that they had heard
earlier that a plot was being designed regarding the Dink assassination
and that someone was attempting to convince Samast, who was sentenced
to 21 years and six months in prison in 2011 for assassinating Dink,
to speak “as desired.” “We had heard about a plot, but we were not sure
whether Ogun [Samast] was convinced or not. The testimony [recently
provided by Samast] has shown that he was convinced,” Soruklu said.

Seven years after the murder, Samast suddenly decided to testify as
a witness on Dec. 5 to Prosecutor Yusuf Hakký Doðan. Samast’s latest
testimony differs from what he said back in 2010. Most recently he
claimed that while at Tuncel’s house he heard a conversation between
two people who were talking about Ramazan Akyurek, the former head
of the intelligence unit of the National Police Department, and a
police chief named Fuat.

Samast said that when he asked Yasin Hayal — another suspect in the
case who was sentenced to life in prison for inciting Samast to commit
the murder — about the names he overheard, he was told that Tuncel
knew these people and that they were fully behind the plot to kill
Dink. The testimony contradicts Samast’s 2010 deposition that led to
his conviction. He had earlier claimed that he never knew Tuncel and
that Hayal was acting as a liaison to Tuncel.

Pro-government media outlets, such as the Sabah daily, used Samast’s
testimony to report on an alleged link between the Dink murder and
the Hizmet movement, which is inspired by the teachings of Turkish
Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen. Their reports implied that Hizmet
members were the ones behind the assassination.

Soruklu said Samast’s testimony is contradictory, adding that it
would be very easy to expose these contradictions.

Soruklu says evidence in Dink trial destroyed

The lawyer also said that the location where Dink was attacked is one
where there are security cameras everywhere, but just one recording
was provided as evidence. “We believe that almost all the evidence
and video collected from the security cameras was destroyed,” he said.

Hakan Bakýrcýoðlu, a lawyer representing the Dink family, filed a
complaint against police inspector Selim Kutkan, who was the head of
the Ýstanbul Police Department’s anti-terrorism unit when Dink’s murder
took place on Jan. 19, 2007, for playing a role in the destruction of
security camera footage from an ATM on the street where Dink was shot
and killed. Bakýrcýoðlu had said Kutkan was a lackey of Workers’ Party
(ÝP) leader Doðu Perincek, who was given life without parole in August
of 2013 in the trial against the Ergenekon terrorist organization,
but was then released in March of this year.

Dink was assassinated in broad daylight outside the office of his Agos
newspaper by an ultranationalist teenager in January 2007. Samast and
18 others were brought to trial. During the process, the lawyers for
the Dink family and the co-plaintiffs in the case presented evidence
indicating that Samast did not act alone.

Tuncel, who was the man accused of initiating the effort to have
Dink murdered, was acquitted of all charges related to the killing
of Dink, but then rearrested during the retrial of the murder case
early in 2014. He was released again in March of 2014 as part of a
bill reducing the maximum period of arrest to five years.

Deputy governor confirms Dink ‘warned’ over Sabiha Gokcen reports

In recent years, there have been claims in the media that former
Ýstanbul Deputy Governor Ergun Gungor and National Intelligence
Organization (MÝT) members invited Dink to the Ýstanbul Governor’s
Office to warn him of “possible danger if he continues to make
controversial statements.”

Testifying for the Ýstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Dec. 9
as a suspect in the trial into the Dink murder, Gungor reportedly told
the prosecutors that his meeting with Dink at the governor’s office
took place “on an order from MÝT.” Confirming MÝT’s role during his
testimony, Gungor also stated that Dink was warned that his report
about Sabiha Gokcen, the adopted daughter of the founder of the
Turkish Republic, “might be manipulated by someone or some segments”
during the conversation at the governor’s office.

It was claimed that Gungor had summoned Dink to his office on Feb. 24,
2004, where two MÝT agents warned the journalist to be “more careful”
about what he wrote. The meeting came a week after Dink had suggested
that Gokcen was in fact an Armenian orphan. During the conversation,
the deputy governor and the two MÝT officials threatened Dink by
saying things like, “We know who you are, but society may not” and
“We are concerned that society might not be able to understand things
like this.”

GEORGIA AND ARMENIA VOW TO ENHANCE COOPERATION

Agenda.ge, Georgia
Dec 12 2014

Georgia’s relationship with one of its nearest neighbours is deepening
after the two countries’ Prime Ministers met in Tbilisi.

Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan met Georgia’s Prime Minister
Irakli Garibashvili at the Government Administration yesterday, where
the parties discussed readiness to enhance cooperation across the
board. The enduring Georgia-Armenia friendship was also reaffirmed
by both leaders.

The main topics of the face-to-face meeting were continuing bilateral
friendly relations, maintaining the current trade regime and further
strengthening economic cooperation.

“The meeting between Mr. Irakli Garibashvili was held in a warm and
friendly atmosphere,” said the Armenian PM afterwards at a joint
press conference.

“We once again reaffirmed the strong friendly bond between our two
countries and expressed readiness to further strengthen cooperation,”
Abrahamian said.

The Armenian official also said the sides stressed the importance of
a Georgia-Armenian intergovernmental commission and the necessity of
regular meeting.

“We also discussed the issue of modernising customs checkpoint. Great
importance was given to the operation of Upper Lars checkpoint without
any problems. We also spoke about the construction of a 400kV power
line between Georiga and Armenia,” Abrahamian noted.

“In addition, both sides stressed the importance of rehabilitation
and protection of historic and cultural heritage.”

When the Georgian Prime Minister spoke, he commented that the two
friendly countries were driven by strong will and aspiration to
continue mutually beneficial cooperation, and this was once again
confirmed by the meeting.

“I am happy to have the opportunity of meeting the Armenian Prime
Minister and members of his delegation. Our countries count this
relationship and history over numerous centuries, which is a firm
foundation for enhancing our cooperation,” Garibashvili said.

“The current year is especially distinguished with the visits between
our two countries. As you know, I went to Armenia in August for an
official visit where we discussed a wide range of common interest
issues and set a plan for their development. Today’s meeting was a
continuation of the dialogue started in Armenia,” he noted.

“We have noted that Georgia and Armenia have close political and
economic relations, despite the fact Armenia will become a member of
the Eurasian Union and we have signed the Association Agreement with
the European Union, it does not affect us. On the contrary, we will
use this to the best interest of our countries,” the Georgian PM said.

Today, the Armenian Prime Minister met with the country’s President
Giorgi Margvelashvili. Afterwards Margvelashvili hosted the Armenian
delegation at a working lunch, which was attended by Georgia’s Culture
Minister, State Minister for Diaspora Issues, Ambassador to Armenia,
National Security Council Secretary and the President’s advisers.

AZERBAIJAN WARNS AGAINST ‘DIRECT INTERFERENCE’ IN ITS JUSTICE SYSTEM BY FORCES WITHIN PACE

Gnomes, Spain
Dec 12 2014

PARIS, December 12, 2014 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ –

Azerbaijan has cautioned fellow members of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE) against using the pretext of human
rights to engage in “direct interference” in the Azerbaijan justice
system.

Elkhan Suleymanov, a member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE,
issued the warning after a meeting of the PACE Legal Affairs and
Human Rights Committee in Paris, Wednesday, at which an information
note covering Azerbaijan human rights was discussed.

That note, by the Rapporteur on Azerbaijan Pedro Agramunt, was critical
of Azerbaijan but it did state that the issue of so-called political
prisoners in Azerbaijan should be resolved in a legal context, and
that these prisoners should have recourse to the European Court of
Human Rights.

This, Suleymanov told the Committee, is something with which he agrees.

“I particularly stressed that the issue of political prisoners is a
legal issue and should be resolved on a legal context rather than a
political one,” he said.

But he added that despite consensus on this point there remain forces
within PACE out to use this issue “in a deliberate and exaggerated way”
to politically pressure Azerbaijan. This is evident in just the title
of the information note: Azerbaijan’s Chairmanship of the Council of
Europe: What follow-up on respect for human rights?

“Dear colleagues,” he asked in response. “Did any of 600 PACE
members raise the issue of What follow-up on Armenia’s occupation of
Azerbaijani territories? during Armenia’s Chairmanship of Council of
Europe Committee of Ministers?”

Suleymanov warned PACE against making sweeping demands to release
from custody those who are midway through criminal cases being heard
by the Azerbaijani courts.

“Such kinds of demands call for the violation of a fair trial for
those persons and (amount to) direct interference with the course of
the investigation,” he cautioned.

Azerbaijan feels aggrieved that it is continually attacked by
European politicians while Armenia turns its back on Europe (by
joining the Russian-sponsored Eurasian Customs Union), yet still
receives generous funding.

But of more concern to Suleymanov is that not only does Armenia escape
the kind of scrutiny that Azerbaijan is now enduring, it is allowed
to blithely ignore the international community year after year.

International bodies including the United Nations Security Council
and the Council of Europe have called for Armenia to withdraw from
Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding territories, but it steadfastly
refuses to do so.

TURKEY’S NEW SECURITY BILL TO LEAD TO MORE ARBITRARY POLICE ACTION: HRW

16:24 â~@¢ 11.12.14

Human Rights Watch has expressed concerns that Turkey’s new security
bill adopted by Parliament last week dangerously increased the powers
of the national police force and could undermine human rights, the
Hurriyet Daily News reports.

The new bill allows the police to take people who are considered to
be a “serious threat to public order” into 24-hour custody without
evidence, amid criticism that the measure will make police actions
even more arbitrary than before.

“The government has already pushed problematic new police measures
through Parliament, and now it wants to give itself even greater
security powers,” said Emma Sinclair-Webb, senior Turkey researcher
at Human Rights Watch, calling on Parliament to reconsider the new
measures introduced by the bill.

“Parliament should put the brakes on to ensure that this bill protects
human rights as well as public safety,” Sinclair-Webb added.

The bill was brought to Parliament after a wave of protests in October
over the assault of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, particularly in southeastern
Turkey, where demonstrators accused the government of turning a blind
eye to the jihadist advance.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has defended the bill, saying it
aimed to end the “ambiguity” over the use of “weapons of violence”
in demonstrations.

Davutoglu also dismissed claims that the competences given to the
police were too great, stressing that the measures would be “in line
with EU standards and based on universal standards.”

However, Human Rights Watch argues that the new measures will pave
the way for “more abusive police action.”

“The government’s legitimate concern about violent protests should
not be a blank check for police powers,” Sinclair-Webb said.

PATRIARCHE MANOUGIAN AU CATHOLICOS KAREKINE II

RELIGION

Nourhan Archbishop Manougian

Patriarche Armenien de Jerusalem

Votre Saintete,

Soyez assure que je ne couche ces lignes sur le papier qu’a
contrecoeur, dès lors qu’il y a peu, j’ai ete informe que vous
reprochiez a certains de vos eveques leur passivite pour avoir omis
de repondre aux nombreuses critiques qui s’elevaient a votre encontre
sur les sites internet.

On y disait que le ” silence est un signe d’acquiescement “.

En septembre, au cours d’une seance photo de la reunion des
representants a Saint Etchmiadzine vous avez encore une fois aborde
le sujet de la retrogradation du Patriarcat Armenien Apostolique de
Jerusalem en une ” sorte de diocèse “, un sujet que vous aviez evoque
dès les premières annees de l’exercice de votre charge au cours d’une
reunion similaire. Selon l’adage, ” le fruit ne tombe jamais loin de
l’arbre “, et cette annee, un certain nombre d’eveques dechaînes…

Hovnan, Mikayel, Haygazoun et Hovaguim… pour des raisons et
motivations que l’on peut comprendre – (moins pour proteger leur siège
et leur position – et plus pour ne pas avoir a puiser dans leurs poches
– mesure avouee comme etant votre but et unique preoccupation) ont ”
heroïquement ” demande que le Patriarcat Armenien de Jerusalem soit
deplace d’urgence sous la juridiction d’Etchmiadzine.

Parmi les eveques – l’eveque Hovnan (Derderian) – a exprime le desir,
il y a quelques annees, de rejoindre la Fraternite de Saint Jacques,
en compagnie de son frère d’armes l’eveque Pagrad qui etait enchante
par la perspective d’un futur plus brillant. Au lieu de s’inquieter
de la menace imminente d’un nombre croissant de membres de sectes
et de catholiques dans son diocèse, l’eveque Mikayel passe son temps
sur des questions qui depassent ses capacites intellectuelles. Tandis
que l’eveque materialiste Haïgazoun qui a dû attendre très longtemps
avant de se voir reconnaître le merite du rang d’eveque, a cette
fois transforme son anti ” comptine karekinienne ” en hymne ” seul
Karekine “. Je souhaite ne rien dire a propos de l’affligeant eveque
Hovaguim, qui a l’instar de quelques-uns des eveques de la Fraternite
d’Etchmiadzine visitant Jerusalem ne tarissait pas de plaintes envers
votre regime despotique. Je m’en tiendrais a ces mots simples pour
decrire votre attitude envers la Fraternite dans son ensemble.

Tous ces membres de la Fraternite d’Etchmiadzine, qui ont apprecie
la chaude hospitalite de ce Saint Siège, semblent etre les otages
des reflexes lies a leur fonction et n’ont pas voulu voir ce combat
permanent que chaque membre de la Fraternite de Saint Jacques
a engage pour proteger et preserver le doit national du peuple
armenien. Comme si nos problèmes et difficultes avec les autres
confessions chretiennes, comme si le conflit constant avec les Juifs et
l’Islam, ne suffisaient pas, voila a present que la Fraternite du Saint
Siège que vous personnifiez lance une croisade contre le Patriarche de
Jerusalem, intoxique par votre quete debridee de l’autorite absolue…

le fruit ne tombe pas loin de l’arbre. Votre Saintete, il n’y a pas
si longtemps, a tente de neutraliser les Patriarcats Armeniens de
Jerusalem et de Constantinople, et elle a echoue. N’essayez pas une
autre fois. N’oubliez jamais un fait… que les etrangers ont fait
connaissance avec l’Eglise Armenienne en la personne du Patriarcat
Armenien de Jerusalem et grâce a lui.

Cette sainte institution a survecu a travers les âges malgre tous
les desastres humains et naturels, vos predecesseurs – toute une
generation de catholicos – ont reconnu et respecte l’independance et
la Constitution de la hierarchie patriarcale, et où prenez- vous cette
autorite pour encourager vos larbins a prendre une telle position
negative envers la Fraternite ?

Vous croyez-vous plus sage que vos predecesseurs ? Le sens des affaires
commerciales n’est pas une manifestation de sagesse. Vous pouvez
acheter ou rejeter les hommes mais N’AVEZ PAS LE POUVOIR D’USURPER
ET DE VOUS APPROPRIER LA SAINTETE.

Au cours de la seconde guerre mondiale, Winston Churchill avait averti
les dirigeants allemands : ” ceux qui sèment le vent recoltent la
tempete “. Et tout au long de decennies d’exercice de votre charge,
vous avez seme le vent ; preparez-vous a affronter la tempete. Les
annees ont passe depuis la chute de l’Union Sovietique, depuis les
jours où des laïcs au passe incertain, et meme des clercs vicieux,
avaient ete engages pour creer des institutions comme l’ ” Eglise
Libre “. Il est penible, de nos jours, de voir le meme esprit maladif
s’installer dans notre Patrie, où fleurissent et se developpent
de nouvelles sectes, sous votre ‘ regard bienveillant et tolerant
‘. Vous qui avez ete appele pour etre le chef de notre Eglise, main
dans la main avec des responsables politiques anti – religieux et de
peu de foi, vous vous efforcez, avec votre esprit bradeur et pueril,
avec vos decisions capricieuses tendant a deraciner le chene plusieurs
fois centenaire de notre Eglise Armenienne, parce qu’en depit de votre
âge, vous n’avez point encore atteint la maturite. Tout au long de
votre vie, vous avez manque de bon sens, de cette combinaison de foi
et de clairvoyance qui est l’une des plus grandes vertus qu’un homme
ait pu recevoir.

Tout comme vos raisonnements sophistes, votre expression et vos
decisions sont irresponsables. L’eglise Apostolique Armenienne,
tout au long de ses siècles d’existence, n’a pas eu peur des
dangers venus de l’exterieur, et il en est de meme pour vos actes
insenses et destructeurs que votre Saintete – un fils issu du sein
de cette meme Eglise – emploie dans une guerre, en elle-meme et
contre elle. Priver l’Eglise de ses qualites particulières revient a
compter le cordon ombilical qui la relie a son passe a un moment où
le renforcement de la religion et de son influence, le miracle de ce
siècle, contribue a affirmer notre image. Ceux qui se sont donnes par
eux-memes l’autorite de veiller a l’interet general et a sa sauvegarde
doivent sûrement savoir qu’une etincelle ne peut allumer un feu que
si elle est provoquee et qu’un abcès ne peut se vider que s’il a
ete perce. Nous ecrivons ces lignes, pensant que constater un mal et
rester indifferent equivaut a etre complice du mal. Une fois encore en
liaison avec notre demande pour que le Frère Baret soit ordonne eveque,
vous avez montre la meme propension immature, cedant aux rumeurs et
rancunes de certains individus, qui ayant coupe le cordon ombilical
avec leur peuple, s’efforcent avec quelques dollars d’attirer sur
eux les faveurs-refusant toujours de voir la verite qu’est dans ce
cas la decision du Synode de la Fraternite de Saint-Jacques, Jerusalem.

Vous blâmez sans raisons des personnes, incapable de distinguer les
faits de la fiction, vous etes celui qui selon les aptitudes qui
sont les siennes en apparence, ou par l’effet de ses verres colores,
voyez la realite. En d’autres termes, votre Saintete, vous etes
de ceux qui mettent la charrue avant les boeufs. Le temps est venu
d’arreter de pretendre que vous vous efforcez, resident du paradis,
de recouvrir votre nudite morale avec des feuilles de vigne.

De nos jours, notre Eglise se trouve confrontee a une situation
desesperee qui laisse planer le doute sur le futur, lorsqu’on imagine,
pendant un instant, toutes les vertus dont notre nation a herite et
dont elle pourrait etre encore digne. Soyez assure que la force et la
grandeur d’une nation ne se trouvent pas dans ses succès materiels,
parce que les gens ne meurent pas des blessures physiques qu’ils
recoivent mais des blessures spirituelles. Les blessures infligees a
son peuple sont plus le resultat d’actes irresponsables et egoïstes ;
elles peuvent etre considerees comme la mort naturelle d’une nation.

Le temps est venu pour votre Saintete de redecouvrir nos valeurs
spirituelles, si vous en avez jamais eues vous-meme. Dans le cas
contraire, vous pourriez vous declarer vous-meme defroque et eviter
a notre Mère l’Eglise la destruction absolue.

L’eglise Armenienne a toujours ete le foyer des aspirations
intellectuelles, spirituelles et morales de notre peuple. Il a ete
par excellence le bateau de sauvetage de notre foi. Notre Eglise,
cette estimable institution religieuse- nationale, a survecu a toutes
sortes de situations historiques et politiques adverses, elle a pris
forme et vous, comme ” Père de Tous “, vous etes force d’agir sans
esprit de vengeance, avec generosite et avant tout, gracieusement. Les
griefs que vous evoquez, fondes ou infondes la plupart du temps,
mais en reconnaissant vos erreurs, vous serez considere comme vertueux.

Votre Saintete, peut etre certaine que le Saint Siège d’Etchmiadzine
est pour nous et restera toujours la source de notre inspiration et
espoir. Mais vous…

Signe Archeveque Nourhan Manoukian, Patriarche Armenien de Jerusalem

PS Ayant observe votre manque de courtoisie elementaire, n’ayant pas
repondu a une precedente lettre du Patriarcat, nous avons opte pour
l’envoi de ce present courrier via le site internet.

Note du Traducteur [de l’armenien a l’anglais] :

L’Eveque Mikayel Adjapahian est le Primat de Shirak et de Gumri-Armenie

L’Eveque Hovaguim Manoukian est le Primat d’Arthik, Thalin- Armenie

L’Archeveque Archbishop Hovnan Derderian est le Primat du Diocèse
d’Amerique, Los Angeles

L’Eveque Haygazoun Nadjarian est le Primat d’Australie et
d’Extreme-Orient

L’Eveque Pagrad Galstanian etait precedemment Primat du Canada.

Baret Dzayrakouyn Vartaped Yeretsian (ne en 1946, ordonne en 1966)
a ete designe par le Synode de la Fraternite de St Jacques doit etre
eleve au rang d’Eveque. L’honneur de cette ordination est reserve au
Catholicos de Tous les Armeniens. Dans cette attente, Sa Saintete a
refuse d’acceder a la decision unanime de la Fraternite.

Traduction Gilbert Beguian

vendredi 12 decembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

PLUS DE VISAS POUR LES AMERICAINS VISITANT L’ARMENIE

ARMENIE

A compter du 1er janvier 2015, les citoyens des Etats-unis n’auront
plus besoin de se munir d’un visa pour se render en Armenie, a annonce
jeudi 11 decembre le gouvernement armenien. Le ministre armenien
des affaires etrangères, Edouard Nalbandian, a annonce la levee des
procedures de visa pour les ressortissants americains, lors de la
reunion hebdomadaire du Conseil des ministres a Erevan. M. Nalbandian a
precise que le gouvernement americain devrait appliquer le principe de
la reciprocite en facilitant les mesures de son côte pour les citoyens
de l’Armenie qui devaient en passer par des procedures fastidieuses
et contraignantes pour obtenir un visa pour les Etats-Unis. En
particulier, “plusieurs categories” d’Armeniens seront desormais en
mesure d’obtenir ce visa a entree multiple valable 10 ans, auquel
ils ne pouvaient avoir droit jusque la, a ajoute le ministre.

Le projet de Erevan de supprimer unilateralement le regime de visa
avec les Etats-Unis avait ete devoile en mai dernier par l’un des
adjoints de M. Nalbandian, Sergey Manasarian. “Cette mesure montre le
haut niveau qu’ont atteint nos relations avec les Etats-Unis”, avait
declare alors M. Manasarian devant les parlementaires. Les procedures
de visa imposees par l’Armenie se sont considerablement simplifiees
depuis la fin des annees 1990. Les citoyens americains,pour la plupart
d’origine armenienne, voyageant en Armenie, pouvaient dès lors retirer
leurs visas son seulement dans les consulats armeniens a l’etranger
mais aussi aux poste-frontières et dans les aeroports. Les citoyens
de l’Union europeenne, quant a eux, peuvent deja se render en Armenie
sans visa si la duree de leur sejour n’excède pas 90 jours.

Le gouvernement armenien les a exemptes de visas en 2012, peu avant
la signature d’un accord avec l’UE sur la simplification du regime
des visas. Cet accord, qui a pris effet en janvier 2014, avait
facilite les procedures contraignantes imposees par l’UE a certaines
categories d’Armeniens se rendant en Europe. Les autorites de Erevan
ont maintenu les termes de cet accord après leur decision controversee
d’interrompre le processus de rapprochement avec l’UE pour se rallier
a l’Union eurasiatique dirigee par la Russie en septembre 2013.

L’adhesion de l’Armenie a l’Union economique eurasaiatique, approuvee
par le Parlement armenien et par le Parlement russe le 10 decembre,
sera effective a compter du 1er janvier 2015.

vendredi 12 decembre 2014, Gari (c)armenews.com

LE PRESIDENT DU KARABAGH FAIT LE POINT SUR LA SITUATION DE L’ARTSAKH

KARABAGH

Le president de l’Artsakh Bako Sahakian, dans un long entretien
accorde au journal italien Il Giorno, a expose les defis auxquels son
pays est confronte sous l’effet du lancinant conflit qui l’oppose a
l’Azerbaïdjan. B.Sahakian a souligne que les exportations azeries de
gaz et de petrole etaient un obstacle majeur aux negociations. “Plus
l’Azerbaïdjan exporte d’ hydrocarbures, plus sa position dans les
negociations est intransigeante”, a note B.Sahakian.

Avec les devises que lui rapporte les exportations d’or noir,
l’Azerbaïdjan a augmente ses depenses militaires de 2 500 % en dix ans,
a constate le president du Haut Karabagh, en ajoutant : “Mais je suis
persuade que ce petrole et ces depenses militaires ne sont d’aucune
valeur lorsque l’on combat pour la liberte et la defense des droits
fondamentaux”. B. Sahakian a souligne que la communaute internationale
pouvait faire davantage pour s’interposer face a l’agression de
l’Azerbaïdjan, specialement en raison de la deterioration toujours
plus nette de la situation des droits de l’homme dans ce pays.

“Mais la communaute internationale, pour ce qui concerne le
processus d’independance de notre Republique et le droit de notre
peuple a l’auto-determination, applique la politique du deux poids
deux mesures. La reconnaissance du Kosovo et du Soudan est est un
bon exemple. Mais nous ne perdons jamais espoir ni notre âme. Notre
Etat a ete fonde a une epoque où, comme les grandes democraties de ce
monde, nous aussi, avons reagi aux exactions de l’ennemi, en exercant
notre droit a nous rebeller a a defendre notre auto-determination”
a ajoute B.Sahakian.

vendredi 12 decembre 2014, Gari (c)armenews.com

PRIME MINISTER OF GEORGIA: WE GIVE HIGH PRIORITY TO MAINTENANCE OF THE CURRENT TRADE REGIME WITH ARMENIA

by David Stepanyan

ARMINFO
Friday, December 12, 00:36

We give high priority to maintenance of the current trade regime
with Armenia and further development of economic relations, Georgian
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili told journalists on December 11,
following negotiations with the Armenian governmental delegation
headed by Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan.

“Today’s meeting has once again demonstrated that both countries
want to deepen their mutually beneficial relations. In this light,
the year 2014 has proved to be quite dynamical for Armenia and Georgia
given my official visit to Armenia in August. Though Armenia becomes
a member of the Eurasian Economic Union in January 2015 and Georgia
has signed an Association Agreement with the EU, these arrangements
will by no means affect our relations. Moreover, we will use them in
our countries’ interests”, he stressed.

Hovik Abrahamyan, in turn, reconfirmed the friendly relations between
Armenia and Georgia and pointed out the big unused potential. He also
singled out a number of fields negotiated on in Tbilisi. Abrahamyan
also pointed out the arrangement concerning the upcoming construction
of a Bridge of Friendship at Bagratashen-Sadakhlo checkpoint

KLOPP BACKS MKHITARYAN TO REGAIN SCORING TOUCH

15:01, 11 Dec 2014

On a day of comebacks Borussia Dortmund ensured they finished top
of Group D in the UEFA Champions League and are now eagerly awaiting
the draw for the last 16 which takes place in Nyon, Switzerland, on
Monday. Before that, however, there is the small matter of a match
in Berlin. In the hunt for Bundesliga points, Jurgen Klopp has seen
more than just good preparations.

He was “very happy with large parts of the game”, the coach said as
part of his post-match analysis. The only criticism he had for his
team, and which has been a problem for several weeks now, is their
inability to convert their chances. Only one goal was scored from
eleven chances.

After a subdued first half in which Dortmund created three chances and
the visitors had two golden opportunities to put the ball in the back
of the net, a BVB side which contained six changes came out for the
first 25 minutes of the second half like a freight train. They took
the lead during this period with a strong move by Ciro Immobile, who
delayed his shot to wrongfoot Deschacht and slot home. They failed,
however, to add to their lead. Henrikh Mkhitaryan in particular held
his hands to his head. The Armenian did so many things right and was at
times outstanding but lacked that little bit of luck in front of goal.

“I’m completely satisfied with his performance,” said the coach,
adding: “Miki is an incredibly important player for us. It’s through
his play that he ends up in situations where he can score goals. It’s
just not quite coming off for him right now.” Klopp is advising his
highly talented but sensitive player to “stay cool and not alter his
game. There’ll come a day when he’ll score not just once but two or
three times.”

NAIRIT : LES TRAVAILLEURS DE L’USINE CHIMIQUE POSENT A NOUVEAU LEURS PREOCCUPATIONS

ARMENIE

Plusieurs centaines de travailleurs d’une usine de produits chimiques
qui marche au ralenti a Erevan se sont a nouveau rassembles près du
palais presidentiel pour reclamer leurs arrieres de salaires et plus
de certitude quant a l’avenir de leur entreprise.

Les manifestants ont dit aux medias que l’usine leur doit des salaires
depuis 18 mois. Une autre preoccupation des travailleurs est qu’ils
seront demis de leurs emplois en Fevrier dans le cadre d’un > pour l’usine.

Selon les rapports, les nouveaux contrats seront signes seulement avec
un tiers environ des 1 500 travailleurs qui sont en conge partiellement
paye depuis quatre ans.

Ce ne est pas la première fois que les travailleurs de l’usine Nairit
manifestent a proximite des bureaux du gouvernement, mais l’avenir
de l’unique producteur de caoutchouc chloroprène dans tout l’espace
post-sovietique reste encore incertain.

jeudi 11 decembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com