Author: Kalantarian Kevo

Armenian Parliament to discuss statement on Greek and Assyrian
genocides in Ottoman Empire

16:31 * 29.01.15

Armenian Parliament Vice-Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov hosted on Thursday
representatives of the Greek and Assyrian communities of Armenia.

Mr Sharmazanov welcomed the guests and explained the reason for the
meeting: he and other MPs are drafting a statement condemning the
Greek and Assyrian genocides in the Ottoman Empire in 1914-1923.

The aim of the initiative is to remedy historical injustice, protect
human rights and struggle against Turkey’s genocide denial policy.

Crimes against humanity are likely to recur unless the entire
civilized world condemns them, and the denial policy in the 21st
century is unacceptable.

Members of different parliamentary factions welcome the draft
statement, and the Parliament plans to approve it at its spring
session.

Representatives of the Greek and Assyrian communities thanked Mr
Sharmazanov for the draft and present their proposals on further
cooperation.

Threat of Drought in Armenia: Drinking and Irrigation Water Levels in Danger

01.29.2015 11:51 epress.am

Due to the scarcity of precipitation during the winter, Armenia is in
danger of a drought, writes Haykakan Zhamanak daily.

The level of snow coverage around the Republic is 60% below the
season’s norm. That signifies that the large reservoirs have not been
filled. According to experts, if there is no heavy snowfall by
February 15 and abundant rain in March, Armenia will have serious
problems with drinking and irrigation water.

Eduard Sharmazanov: “OSCE MG’s latest statement was unprecedented, as
the mediators took Baku down a peg for the first time ever ”

by Tatevik Shahunyan

ARMINFO
Thursday, January 29, 10:32

The latest statement of the OSCE Minsk Group co- chairs was
unprecedented, as, for the first time ever, the mediators addressed
one of the parties to the conflict with a call and even demand, Eduard
Sharmazanov, Spokesperson of the Republican Party of Armenia, Vice
Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, told ArmInfo.

“In their statement, the mediators took Baku down a peg for the first
time ever. In January, Azerbaijan suffered defeat both in the
battlefield – in its own raids – and in the diplomatic field,”
Sharmazanov said.

To recall, in their latest statement the mediators, particularly,
said: “The rise in violence that began last year must stop for
confidence to be restored and progress to be made in the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process. We called on Azerbaijan to observe its
commitments to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. We also call on
Armenia to take all measures to reduce tensions. All sides must abide
by the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Violence undermines efforts
to bring about peace.”

168 Zham: Armenia-EU Association deal no longer on agenda

09:52 * 29.01.15

The Association Agreement, negotiated between Armenia and the EU back
in 2013, is no longer on table, according to the European commissioner
for enlargement.

Speaking to the paper, Johannes Hahn said that the deal was viewed as
a complete package comprising also the Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Area Agreement. Commenting on the possibility of signing a new
deal, the European official said that it has to be a new document, but
the paper says that he did not reportedly rule out the possibility of
the formerly negotiated agreement’s influence.

ONU
Le président israélien reconnait le génocide arménien à l’ONU

Le Président israélien Reuven Rivlin a déclaré mercredi devant
l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies que les accusations “cyniques”
contre Israël de crimes de génocide et de guerre nuisent à la capacité
de l’organisation mondiale pour lutter contre la vraie chose.

Prenant la parole afin de marquer la Journée internationale du
Souvenir de l’Holocauste devant l’assemblée, Reuven Rivlin a mentionné
le génocide arménien de 1915 – la mort de plus d’un million de
ressortissants arméniens par la Turquie – qui n’est pourtant pas
reconnu comme un génocide par Israël affirme le journal Haaretz.

Rivlin a déclaré :

Armenian army’s might not limited to weapons – ex-lawmaker

10:52 * 29.01.15

The Armenian Army’s power is not restricted to its soldiers and
weapons, as our military derives much of inspiration also from culture
and the realizations of our national identity, according to Azat
Arshakyan, a former lawmaker and a Soviet-time political prisoner.

In an interview with Tert.am, the politician said he doesn’t think
that the Azerbaijani army has enough willpower to take advantage over
Armenia despite its tremendous material and human resources.

“As long as the Republic of Armenia exists, the Armenian Armed Forces
will be efficient. And they have the necessary potential which is
quite enough to inflict a heavy blow on the adversary. This, I
believe, is an obvious evaluation,” he noted.

Arshakyan he sees that Azerbaijan’s failure to use its potential and
resources blatantly demonstrates the country’s fear of losing a
possible battle to Armenia.

“They never cross the border; as for the efficiency – quantity, modern
super-powerful equipment, personnel training etc – there is only one
way to check all that: military operations. If they are really that
strong, then they have to use it. A rifle hanging on the wall shoots,
as they say, amidst or at the end of the play. As long as they do not
use their military potential, they aren’t confident that they can do
that,” he said, citing the Pan-Turkish polcies aimed at destroying the
Armenian statehood like the ancient civilizations (Assyrian, Coptic
states etc).

Arshakyan said he knows that the Azerbaijanis themselves admit that
the Armenian army’s potential means much more than just soldiers and
arms. “The Azerbaijanis themselves have given the evaluation, which is
absolutely right. They say the Armenian Army is not only soldiers and
weapons but also Martiros Saryan, Arno Babajanyan, Aram Khachatryan –
I mean the Armenian culture and the realization of the Armenian
identity. It is important to see today that our soldier and our army
are the bearer of that cultural layer and that civilization too. What
protects an Armenian is the cultural climate; that is why he always
wins, knowing the culture and history behind,” Arshakyan added.

US Fed News
January 27, 2015 Tuesday 2:09 PM EST

WIPO PUBLISHES PATENT OF BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS,
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY AND “YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY” STATE
NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION FOR “THE METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF
CHANGES OF POLARIZATION STATE OF MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT RADIATION”
(ARMENIAN, AMERICAN INVENTORS)

GENEVA

GENEVA, Jan. 27 — Publication No. WO/2015/006788 was published on Jan. 22.

Title of the invention: “THE METHOD FOR REGISTRATION OF CHANGES OF
POLARIZATION STATE OF MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT RADIATION.” Applicants:
“YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY” STATE NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION (AM),
BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO. (US) and BROOKHAVEN
NATIONAL LABORATORY (US). Inventors: Hakob Margaryan (AM), Vladimir
Aroutiounian (AM), Nune Hakobyan (AM), David Hovhannisyan (AM),
Artashes Movsisyan (AM), Petros Gasparyan (AM) and Nelson Tabirian
(US). According to the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual
Property Organization: “The invention refers to optics, in particular
to the development of a new method for optical measurements.

Possible fields of the invention application are: polarimetry,
spectropolarimetry and ellipsometry. The invention proposes a method
for registration of changes in monochromatic light beam polarization,
based on using an axial symmetric liquid crystal phase retarder and a
polarization diffraction grating. The radial symmetric phase retarder
allows to create a unique correspondence between the state of incident
beam polarization vector and the intensity distribution of the radial
symmetric beam passed through the polarization diffraction grating
placed after the retarder. In the proposed method for registration of
changes in a monochromatic light beam polarization the state of
polarization vector is determined by values of Stokes’ parameters,
obtained by a single measurement.” The patent was filed on Nov. 15,
2013 under Application No. PCT/AM2013/000005. *For further
information, including images, charts and tables, please visit:

Interfax, Russia
Jan 27 2015

Armenian DM: Yerevan-Moscow relations to be unaffected by Gyumri tragedy

YEREVAN. Jan 27

The killing of seven people in Gyumri, northern Armenia, by a Russian
serviceman cannot divide Yerevan and Moscow, Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanian said.

“The Gyumri events cannot drive a wedge between us. Our cooperation
with the Russian military base is strong. Exercises are consistent
with our operative and combat plans demonstrate the readiness for
joint provision of Armenia’s security,” Ohanian said at a press
conference on Tuesday.

“I have said before and I repeat that the Armenian army has no problem
[dealing with] Azerbaijan. The presence of the Russian military base
in Armenia is solving a more global problem of regional security,
especially considering Turkey’s military presence,” he said.

The Russian military base in Armenia “has done a lot in recent years
to build up its combat readiness and to procure new types of weapons,”
the minister said.

Six members of a family, including a 24-month-old child, were murdered
in Gyumri on January 12. Six-month-old Seryozha Avetisian was taken to
hospital with a stab wound. He died on January 19.

Armenia accused Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov of killing seven
people to which he confessed.

Te mk

Southern Minnesota
Jan 28 2015

Amal Clooney on legal team in Armenian genocide case

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lawyer Amal Clooney went before Europe’s top
human rights court Wednesday to argue against a man convicted of
denying the 1915 Armenian genocide.

Clooney is representing Armenia as part of an appeal before the
Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights, which ruled in favor
of the man, Dogu Perincek, in December 2013.

Perincek believes his right to free speech was violated when Swiss
courts convicted him of racism for denying the genocide in 2005. He
described the genocide as “an international lie.”

Clooney said the “most important error” of the court’s 2013 ruling in
favor of Perincek was that “it cast doubt on the reality of the
Armenian genocide.”

Historians estimate up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman
Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by
genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey,
however, denies the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has
been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and
unrest.

The court said its decision would be made at a later date.

Amal Clooney, who married actor George Clooney last year, has also
argued on behalf of Greece for the return of the so-far unsuccessful
campaign to reclaim the Parthenon Sculptures from Britain.

Armenian Patriarchate in Turkey establishes foundation

18:46, 28 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

The Armenian Patriarchate in Turkey has established a foundation under
the name `Hovagim 1461,’ in order to formally acquire a legal
personality, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.

The foundation is named after the first Armenian patriarchate Hovagim
and the date when he was appointed to his position.

Istanbul’s 22th civil court of first instance registered the
foundation officially. The foundation’s board of trustees will be made
up of 10 members of the patriarchate and headed by the Deputy Armenian
Patriarch Archbishop Aram AteÃ…?yan.

The patriarchate will be able to give decisions on financial issues
via the Hovagim 1461 foundation.

The activities of foundations in Turkey are detailed under the law as
follows: Organizing seminars, workshops, conferences, providing
information, documents and data, publishing magazines, newspapers, and
articles in line with the aims of the patriarchate, and accepting
donations from Turkey and abroad.

The foundation also has the right to own property by inheritance,
purchase or donation. It will also be able to make investments through
cooperation with other foundations.