Author: Kanayan Tamar

FMS OF IRAN, TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN TO MEET IN NAKHICHEVAN

ARMENPRESS
MARCH 2, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARMENPRESS. Regular trilateral meeting of the
Iranian, Turkish and Azerbaijani foreign ministers will take place in
Nakhichevan March 7, Armenpress reports citing Turkish “Zaman” daily.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi along with his counterparts
Turkish Ahmet Davutoglu and Azerbaijani Elmar Mammadyarov will discuss
issues on the interest of the three states. The agenda included issues
on terrorism, organized crime, drug smuggling and the fight against
trafficking in human beings.

The first meeting of three foreign ministers took place in Urmia April
2011. Next regular meeting was scheduled for January 17 2012 but was
postponed to February 21 because of the funeral of Rauf Denktash, the
former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus whereas
the rescheduled meeting also did not take place due to noncoincidence
of working schedules of high-ranking officials.

Interfax, Russia
March 2 2012

Baku’s statements contradict Sochi understandings – Yerevan

YEREVAN. March 2

Yerevan is accusing Baku of departing from the understandings reached
at the Sochi meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in
January.

“The Armenian foreign minister at a meeting with cochairmen of the
OSCE Minsk group for settling the Karabakh conflict drew the attention
of the mediators to the fact that Baku has been making statements
lately that contradict the understandings reached in Sochi which once
again indicates that Azerbaijan does not take its own commitments
seriously,” the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry says.

The press release says that at a Friday meeting in Yerevan Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian discussed the process of the Karabakh
conflict settlement.

At their January 23 meeting in Sochi, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian expressed readiness to speed up the
coordination of the key principles of the Nagorno Karabakh settlement.
In a joint statement they acknowledged a report of the cochairman on
the mechanism of investigating incidents on the separation line they
had developed together with the personal representative of the OSCE
acting chairman in office and gave instructions to continue the work.

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PRESS RELEASE
ARMENIAN YOUTH FEDERATION OF CANADA
ARMEN KARO STUDENT ASSOCIATION
50 HALLCROWN PLACE
TORONTO, ON
M2J 1P6

MARCH 3, 2012

E-MAIL: [email protected]

CANADIAN-ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH `FREE ZARAKOLU’ CAMPAIGN

The Armenian Youth Federation of Canada and Armen Karo Student Association
have launched a joint campaign to call for the release of Turkish
journalist, publisher, writer and human rights advocate Ragıp Zarakolu.

Several months ago, 40 intellectuals were arrested in Turkey on trumped-up
charges of terrorism. Among them was Ragıp Zarakolu who runs of one of the
few publishing houses in the country which prints books on the Armenian
Genocide and other topics deemed taboo.

Zarakolu is also a recipient of the National Library Award of the Republic
of Armenia and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

The `Free Zarakolu’ letter-writing campaign kicks off March 8, 2012, at the
Armenian Youth Federation Room – Armenian Community Centre, 45 Hallcrown
Place, Toronto.

For further information, please e-mail [email protected].

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Founded in 1934, the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada is the largest
and most influential Armenian-Canadian youth organization in Canada working
to advance the social, political, educational, and cultural awareness of
Armenian-Canadian youth.

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Founded in 2005, Armen Karo Student Association’s mission is to assist
existing Armenian Student Associations in Canadian universities and provide
a platform for the study and promotion of all things Armenian on campus.
Moreover, Armen Karo Student Association strives to mobilize the community
at large in furthering the Armenian Cause through political, academic and
intellectual means.

Vandalism in Armenian city – statues and benches of city park are
broken (PHOTOS)

March 02, 2012 | 21:29

IJEVAN. – For already several days vandalism is occurring in Armenian
Tavush region’s Ijevan city: several statues and benches in the city
park have been broken.

If USA and Israel pull Azerbaijan towards anti-Iranian alliance they
might provoke unrest like in Guba – Armenian MP

news.am
March 03, 2012 | 01:11

YEREVAN. – If the USA and Israel pull Azerbaijan into an anti-Iranian
alliance then they might provoke unrest like in Guba, Armenian MP from
the ruling Republican Party (RPA) Shirak Torosyan told the reporter of
Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to him, it is not a coincidence that distress occurred in
the center of the historic Guba Khanate. The authorities of the local
administration in Guba displayed Khanate habits which caused the
protest of citizens even in the highly authoritarian regime of
Azerbaijan. Even the opposition in Baku is aware of the
demonstrations, Torosyan mentioned.

As Torosyan pointed out, if one were to look for foreign subtexts,
then the distress might be provoked by the USA and Israel in order to
pull Azerbaijan into an anti-Iranian alliance.

`In that case demonstrations might spread throughout the country.
Otherwise, if one were to assume only the inner political conditions
in the country, that is not much possible,’ Torosyan added.

Environmental activists to continue struggle for Mashtots Park in
Yerevan downtown

news.am
March 03, 2012 | 17:48

YEREVAN. – Environmental activists struggling against the installation
of boutiques in the Mashtots Park in Yerevan downtown will continue
their struggle and demand that the city hall should dismantle the
pavilions, the activists said during the civil forum organized on
Saturday.

According to them, Armenia has established a civil society and the
authorities cannot neglect it.

Many famous people, including actors Yervand Manaryan and Ashot
Adamyan, joined the activists in their protest against the
installation of the pavilions.

The activists met with Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan on the issue but
have not reached any agreement.

Research on Armenian Architecture NGO to publish a book about Armenian
communities in India

arminfo
Saturday, March 3, 18:26

The Research on Armenian Architecture NGO will publish a book about
Armenian communities in India, Director of the NGO Samvel Karapetyan
said in an interview to ArmInfo.

He said that in 2011 the NGO’s experts visited 12 Indian cities.

“Two of them, Chinsura and Seyidabad, have Armenian churches. We have
also found Armenian cemeteries in Gwalior and Hyderabad. We have found
proofs that in XVI there were Armenian churches in Surat and Agra.
They no longer exist. But Surat has an Armenian church of XVII, while
in Madras we have found a church and a bridge built by Armenians in
XVIII,” Karapetyan said.

Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople complains about
discrimination against Armenians in Turkey

news.am
March 03, 2012 | 17:28

ISTANBUL. – Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of
Constantinople, and the spiritual leaders of Turkey’s Assyrian
Catholic and Orthodox communities also attended the conference held in
Istanbul and devoted to the preparations for the country’s new
Constitution.

In his address at the event, Archbishop Ateshyan noted that Turkey’s
current Constitution has a distressing point, according to which all
citizens of the Republic of Armenia are considered Turks.

`We know that we are the citizens of Turkey, but Armenian citizens of
Turkey. You cannot say that everyone who is a citizen of Turkey is a
Turk. A change must be made here. I cannot become even a police
[officer]. Everyone is equal before the law, but, in reality, that
equality does not exist,’ the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of
Constantinople stated, Haberler news agency of Turkey informs.

President Sargsyan to visit Brussels

armradio.am
03.03.2012 11:45

President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to Brussels March
5-7, President’s press Office reported.

Within the framework of the visit President Sargsyan will participate
in the sitting of the North-Atlantic Council+Armenia format and will
make a speech at the Konrad
Adenauer Foundation.

President Sargsyan will have bilateral meetings with NATO Secretary
General Andres Forg Rasmussen, President of the European Commission
Jose Manuel Barroso, Chairman of the European Parliament Martin
Schulz, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood
Policy Stefan Fule, President of the European People’s Party Wilfred
Martens, as well as the leadership of the Belgian Parliament.

President Sargsyan is scheduled to meet representatives of Armenian
organizations of Belgium.

D. Dumanyan: Though advancement is materialized, much is left to be done

12:57 03/03/2012 » Society

`Armenian army welcomes its 20th jubilee with serious achievements
and successes. We fought the war forced to us with shotguns, but today
we have our own production, and this conference is aimed at displaying
the road we’ve passed and our future,’ Derenik Dumanyan, president of
State Medical University after M. Heratsi, delivered opening remarks
at military-medical conference.

The conference is organized on the sidelines of events dedicated to
the 20th anniversary of formation of Armenian army. Issues related to
the establishment of military medicine, its past and future
development will be highlighted during the conference.

`Although we’ve materialized a number of achievements in military
medicine, we still have lots of things to do,’ D. Dumanyan said adding
that 90 doctors would be awarded with different prizes for their
contribution in Artsakh war, assistance in front line.

The conference hosts Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, Defense
Minister Seyran Ohanyan, President of Volunteer Homeland Defenders
Union Manvel Grigoryan, MPs, Generals and officers.

Military medicine has been established in Armenia parallel with the
formation of Armenian army and in 1992 military medicine department
was founded as army subdivision.

Source: Panorama.am