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Feb 15 2014

Yerevan Celebrates Mkrtich Sedrakyan at National Gallery

Published on Feb 15, 2013 by Phillip Butler
Tomorrow the National Gallery of Armenia plays host to an exhibition
by world famous painter Mkrtich Sedrakyan (1922-2009). The opening
marks the celebration of what would have been Sedrakyan’s 90th
birthday.

According to the news, the exhibition will be comprised of portraits,
many of which will be shown for the first time ever. The artist’s
works are famed for exhibiting Armenia’s often troubled past and the
struggle his countrymen have made over the years.

For those unfamiliar Mkrtich Sedrakyan received his education in
Echmiadzin, later moving to Yerevan, where he continued his schooling.
In 1938 he began attending the school of fine arts of Yerevan, but
entered the war as a volunteer in 1941, without graduating. His
participation in what was known as the Great Patriotic War from 1941
to 1945, heavily influenced his work. He is one of Armenia and the
region’s most celebrated and awarded artists.

The gallery has created a Facebook presence for the artist here, for
those who would like to see more of his fantastic works. For more
infomation about tomorrow’s opening, readers may want to read the
original press here. The gallery is located at: 1 Arami Street
(Entrance from Republic Square), Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia.
The image of Sedrakyan’s ‘Vardananq’ below, is courtesy the artist’s
Facebook.

Meeting of YSU students with NA Standing Committee chairman

The Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defense,
National Security and Internal Affairs Koryun Nahapetian met today
with students of the Department of International Affairs of Yerevan
State University, the press service of the Armenian parliament
reports.

Nahapetian introduced the students to the structure of the parliament
and its standing committees, their activities, bill drafting, and
other activities of the parliament. He expressed hope that practical
training will widen the students’ knowledge.

He stressed that the National Assembly of the fifth convocation
attaches great importance to parliamentary diplomacy and the
activities of Armenian delegations in international organizations, and
to the promotion and strengthening of links between the friendship
groups of MPs.

Koryun Nahapetian is the Head of the Armenian parliament’s delegation
in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. At the meeting with YSU students,
he also spoke about NATO’s functions, purposes and programs,
NATO-Armenia relations and their development prospects.

Mika Progresstekh to enlarge cooperation in Armenia

ARMINFO
Friday, February 15, 18:35

The managers of Mika Progresstekh engineering center met on Thursday
with representatives of Armenian engineering and design companies and
universities.

Executive Director of Mika Progresstekh Konstantin begijanov said that
set by Armenian Mika Limited and Russian Progresstekh in Aug 2008,
Mika Progresstekh provides engineering and consulting services in
machine building, car and aircraft industries, robototronics.

The company has conducted a strength analysis of three models of
Boeing and Sukhoi SuperJet 100. In car industry it cooperates with
Renault- AutoVAZ and manufactures components for new makes.

The Yerevan office of Mika Progresstekh employs 75 engineers and
designers. The company has branches in Moscow and Novosibirsk and
cooperates with Yerevan State University and the State Engineering
University of Armenia.

About Assassination Attempts

February 15 2013

In Armenia, sensational crimes that have anything to do with politics
have always created an atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion. We don’t
know who are behind the October 27 terrorists, no one has been
punished for the events of March 1, although there is no one on the
face of the earth who doesn’t know who organized that slaughter. It is
not known who assassinated Colonel Vahram Khorkhoruni, Deputy Chief of
Police Gevorg Mheryan, Tax Agency Director Shahen Hovasapyan; we have
doubts about the official versions of the assassinations of Attorney
General Henrik Khachatryan and General Artsrun Margaryan.
Assassination attempts, in particular, are covered with such a mist
that the situation even becomes somewhat funny. For example, it was
officially stated that Smbat Ayvazyan wanted to assassinate Artashes
Geghamyan, but then he probably changed his mind, taking into account
how important for the nation the speeches made by Mr. Geghamyan at the
PACE were. It also was officially stated that some Biting Misha was
going to assassinate Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, and it was
arranged by Eduard Madatyan, aka Curly Edo, a former minister.
However, afterwards, that person made friends with Mher Sedrakyan, aka
Mher of Tokhmakh, currently an MP, and became related to him; now he
comes to Armenia and leaves without difficulty, and it seems no one
reminds him about that accusation. There is almost the same story
about the assassination attempt on Paruyr Hayrikyan. At first, that
candidate for president expressed a conviction that the terrorist act
had been committed by Chekists and Russian Imperialism; however,
afterwards, he didn’t claim that version. Vardan Sedrakyan, another
candidate for president, thinks that the government suspects him,
although the preliminary investigation body hasn’t said a word about
that. And the expert in epic poems himself suspects Masons led by
Raffi Hovhannisyan. No one can tell why Chekists, imperialists, the
expert in epic poems, or Masons would want to harm Paruyr Hayrikyan or
impede the normal process of the election. The only thing we know
about this assassination attempt is the following; a tiler who is a
terrorist and a drug addict – whose mother-in-law also suspects the
expert in epic poems, by the way – came home after the assassination
attempt on Hayrikyan and told his wife: `This is the gun I used to
shoot at Hayrikyan, keep it, please, in the groats jar; I will need it
for other crimes.’ However, when the vigilant Chekists – not the
Chekists mentioned by Hayrikyan, but ours, officers of the National
Security Service of independent Armenia – went to the tiler’s home and
asked: `Ma’am, is it possible that you have a gun here, and it is the
gun, which was used in the assassination attempt on a candidate for
president?’ Naturally, the wife went to the kitchen and showed the
crime weapon. Therefore, it is obvious that this assassination attempt
will be completely solved, and society will have no doubt about the
one-to-one correspondence between the official version and the
reality. ARAM ABRAHAMYAN

Read more at:

© 1998 – 2013 Aravot – News from Armenia

`Terrorist’ blackmails Executive Director of Armenia International Airports

TERT.AM
17:08 – 15.02.13

Armenia’s National Security Service identified a criminal who
blackmailed Mr Juan Pablo Gechidjian, Executive Director, Armenia
International Airports C.J.S.C, and his family.

To extort a large sum of money from Mr Gechidjian, the criminal, who
introduced himself as a member of an international terrorist
organization, from January 21 to February 14, sent e-mail messages
containing death threats to Mr Gechidjian and his family. The criminal
demanded AMD 80m (about $200,000) from the Gechidjian family.

On February 14, Karen A. Simonyan was arrested.

Raffi Hovannisian: If authorities refuse from voter bribery and
election rigging, there will be no second round of presidential
election

arminfo
Friday, February 15, 14:29

Candidate for president of Armenia, Leader of Heritage Party Raffi
Hovannisian told media, Friday that he is sure that there will be no
second round of the presidential election and the Armenian public will
win the election.

“Armenia has significantly changed over the last 25 years. The people
are ready for changes. So, if the authorities conduct fair election,
refuse from voter bribery and election rigging, we will have a new
president on February 19. If they artificially organize a second
round of election, the opposition will consolidate,” he said.

The candidate said that incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan is compared
favorably with the other candidates, as he has an opportunity to
listen and learn. He just needs to give freedom to governors, mayors,
and ordinary citizens, even if it means a defeat in the first round.
Hovannisian said that there is large-scale voter bribery and
inaccuracies in the electoral registers.

He said that he will be waiting his voters in the Liberty Square on
February 19 and will make assessment of the past election. He did not
specify what will be in case of his defeat, but said that he is not
going to put up with violations. Hovannisian urged voters to vote in
favor of their favorite candidates.

The presidential election will be held on February 18. The election
campaign launched on January 21 was hot and diverse. Unlike other
candidates, Arman Melikyan, former foreign minister of NKR, and Vardan
Sedrakyan, specialist in epic, preferred just media propaganda.
Political expert Andreas Ghoukassyan is on a hunger strike. There was
an assassination attempt against another candidate, leader of the
Union of National Self-Determination Party Paruyr Hayrikyan. In the
meantime, president Serzh Sargsyan, former- PM Hrant Bagratyan and
Leader of Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian meet with their voters
throughout the country every day.

Upcoming vote cannot be called election – Arman Melikyan

NEWS.AM
February 15, 2013 | 13:14

YEREVAN.- Armenian presidential candidate Arman Melikyan will not
agree to admit election results even if he wins, he told reporters on
Friday.

Earlier Melikyan repeatedly said he considers there will be election
fraud since the votes of citizens absent from Armenia and those having
dual citizenship are likely to be used.

Melikyan said he would not participate in the vote himself, at the
same time urging others to vote for `Arman Melikyan, not for a
candidate but as a sign of protest against the current situation.’

`Upcoming vote cannot be called election. It is a method for the
pro-government candidate to preserve his post,’ Melikyan noted.

Indian Medical Students in Yerevan Say They Were Swindled Out of $700 Each

$700-each.html
11:55, February 15, 2013

Fourteen students from India enrolled in the first course at Yerevan’s
Medical College told police that they were each swindled out of $700
by a fellow Indian citizen.

The students allege that the man approached them with a request for
money do that he could purchase an airplane ticket back to India from
Yerevan.

Armenian police say they have launched an investigation as to the
whereabouts of the man.

EXPOSITION
La Haute Joaillerie Arménienne s’expose à Paris

Sous le Haut Patronage de Son Excellence M. Charles Aznavour,
Représentant Permanent de la République d’Arménie auprès de l’UNESCO,
l’Association des Joailliers Arméniens (AJA) présente, en première
mondiale, une prestigieuse exposition

co/art

***HAUTE JOAILLERIE UN SAVOIR-FAIRE ARMÉNIEN***

Du 16/ au 18/ février 2013 au Grand Hôtel Intercontinental-Paris 2,
rue Scribe 75009 Paris – Métro Opéra

Pour la première fois, des joailliers arméniens du monde entier
exposeront ensemble leurs plus belles réalisations dont une bague
ornée du plus gros diamant jaune du monde (110 carats) ¨de taille «
Asscher »

Exposition ouverte le 16/02 de 12 h à 23 h, le 17/02 de 10 h à 18 h,
le 18/02 de 10 h à 20 h.

Renseignements :

Les événements autours de l’exposition

Grand dîner de gala Samedi 16 février à 20 h 30, précédé d’un
cocktail à partir de 19 h 30

Cocktail de clôture : Lundi 18 février à partir de 18 h, en présence
de M. Charles Aznavour, et de nombreuses personnalités, ¨dans les
salons de l’Hôtel Intercontinental.

Pour toute information complémentaire, veuillez contacter Houry
Simonian, coordinatrice de l’AJA France au 06 84 81 65 54

[email protected] – –

A propos de « co/art »

S’il y a un métier arménien par excellence, c’est assurément celui de
la joaillerie.

Les arméniens maîtrisent le travail de l’or et des métaux depuis la
nuit des temps, depuis dit-on que l’arche de Noé s’est posé sur le
mont Ararat. A Constantinople et dans tout l’Empire Ottoman, les
Sultans faisaient appel exclusivement aux joailliers arméniens. La
joaillerie, nécessitant un travail sur pierres et métaux précieux, les
joailliers transmettaient leur métier de père en fils, préservant
ainsi leur savoir-faire à travers les générations.

En France, Colbert, ministre du roi Louis XIV, fonda en 1664 la
compagnie française des Indes, spécialisée dans le négoce avec l’Asie.
Il nomma Macara Avanchinz, un arménien de la Nouvelle-Joulfa en tant
que premier directeur. Avanchinz mit en place des réseaux commerciaux
et introduisit en France des joailliers arméniens de l’Empire Ottoman,
de Perse et de l’Inde.

Ce métier d’art se perpétue encore de nos jours et donne aux arméniens
la réputation de maîtres joailliers, d’Istanbul à New York, en passant
par Hong Kong et Singapour, jusqu’aux ateliers des prestigieuses
maisons de la Place Vendôme.

L’exposition « co/art », la première en son genre, se propose de
mettre en lumière à la fois des créations uniques et un savoir-faire.

Cette manifestation exceptionnelle mettra en avant des chefs d’oeuvres
de la grande joaillerie, de la haute horlogerie ainsi que les
créations de jeunes bijoutiers-orfèvres talentueux.

L’Association des Joailliers Arméniens de France, organisatrice de
cette exposition en collaboration avec l’Ambassade de la République
d’Arménie en France, est heureuse de partager cette occasion unique de
découverte, réunissant professionnels et amateurs de bijoux, ayant en
commun une passion pour le merveilleux. Cette même passion qui a fait
de Paris, la capitale du luxe.

Hovel Chenorhokian, « co/art » Organisateur

AJA, mission et vision

L’AJA, Association des Joailliers Arméniens, a été créée à Erevan en
1997 avec comme principal objectif de contribuer au développement de
l’industrie joaillière en Arménie. Pour atteindre cet objectif, il fut
essentiel de créer un réseau regroupant les bijoutiers arméniens du
monde entier.

Au cours des quinze dernières années, l’AJA s’est développée pour
devenir l’une des premières associations professionnelles arméniennes.
A travers ses réseaux régionaux et internationaux, ses membres ont pu
construire des relations d’affaires.

L’AJA est actuellement présente en Australie, au Japon, Ã Hong Kong,
en Thaïlande, au Moyen-Orient, en Arménie, en Russie, en Europe, au
Canada et aux Etats-Unis, et continue à aller de l’avant. L’AJA a fait
une fulgurante avancée sous la présidence de M. Gagik Gevorkyan, grce
à sa généreuse contribution et au travail tenace du conseil
d’administration. En moins de deux ans, les résultats suivants ont été
réalisés :
La revue trimestrielle de l’AJA, qui surpasse de par son contenu et
sa qualité la plupart des publications professionnelles
internationales.
Le site web de l’AJA et ses reportages vidéo hebdomadaires.
Le salon international annuel de Erevan.
Une association fructueuse avec l’organisation CIPJO.

Le prochain projet AJA sera le développement de la zone franche.
L’Arménie représente ainsi un grand intérêt pour les principaux
négociants de bijoux en France, en Italie, en Espagne et en Allemagne.
L’AJA, en coopération avec le Ministère de l’Economie de la République
d’Arménie, va développer et exploiter une zone franche, avec pour
objectif de créer des milliers d’emplois d’ici quelques années.

voir aussi Aja sur Facebook

vendredi 15 février 2013,

D´autres informations disponibles : sur Coart-expo.com

Trend, Azerbaijan
Feb 14 2013

British MP: Proposal to re-open airport at Khojaly damaging to
negotiation process

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 14 /Trend, E. Mehdiyev/

The proposal to re-open airport at Khojaly is damaging to negotiations
process for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, British MP Chris
Heaton-Harris responded to the European Azerbaijan Society on
Armenia’s illegal plans for opening Khojaly airport.

“As somebody who has visited the region, I know how the tragic events
which occurred in Nagorno-Karabakh still resonate and that peace
negotiations are delicate. That is why the proposal to re-open the
airport at Khojaly is so damaging,” Harris said.

He said it not only ignores international law, it also conjures up
memories of the civilians who died when forced out of their homes in
Khojaly just twenty years ago.

“Any plans to re-open the airport at Khojaly would be
counterproductive,” Harris said.

Earlier, Armenian media reported on the commissioning of the airport
at Khojaly in the near future.

The commissioning of the airport is an open violation of the
Convention on International Civil Aviation [adopted on December 7,
1944 in Chicago], the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported earlier.

Azerbaijan will strengthen the legal level use of the application of
the Chicago convention.
Azerbaijan banned the use of the airspace over Nagorno-Karabakh
occupied by Armenia, as no one can guarantee a safe air corridor in
the area, Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration said earlier.

According to Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration, Armenia’s
steps towards the operation of the airport are attempts to violate
international aviation law. This air space belongs to Azerbaijan, so
its use by Armenia is illegal.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European
Civil Aviation Conference (ICAC) also support the position of
Azerbaijan on this issue.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia 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 the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.