Author: Kanayan Tamar

ARMENIAN ARMY NEEDS SOCIAL WORKERS – OFFICIAL

Tert.am
21.10.11

It is necessary to involve social workers in the army to avoid
complicated situations resulting from interpersonal conflict, according
to the president of the Defense Ministry’s Public Council.

At a news conference on Wednesday, Gegham Harutyunyan addressed the
current situation in the Armenian army. considering interpersonal
problems much more serious a problem than technical re-equipment.

He noted in the meantime that having psychologists in the army is
not enough as the solution to such problem appears more difficult.

“Army is a complicated sphere. Technical re-equipment is partially
possible, but settling intrapersonal or interpersonal matters is much
more difficult, and we often come across deviations,” he said. “Army
never avoids responsibility but this remains a very complicated area
where the only solution, to my mind, is the enhancement of professional
skills, be it for soldiers or officers’ command.”

LA TURQUIE LANCE UNE VASTE OPERATION CONTRE LE PKK EN IRAK
Stephane

armenews.com
vendredi 21 octobre 2011

L’armee turque a annonce jeudi avoir lance une operation d’envergure
dans le nord de l’Irak ainsi que sur son sol, a la frontière irakienne,
contre les rebelles kurdes du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan
(PKK), qui ont tue 24 soldats (mardi) dans le sud-est de la Turquie.

“Des operations terrestres d’envergure ont ete lancees dans cinq
points du nord de l’Irak et en Turquie par 22 bataillons, soutenues
par l’aviation”, indique un communique de l’etat-major des armees.

Le document ne precise pas le nombre de troupes depechees en territoire
irakien. Les unites impliquees dans l’ensemble de cette offensive
qui se concentre dans la province turque de Hakkari (extreme sud-est)
et les zones du Kurdistan irakien au dela de cette zone, sont evaluees
entre 10 et 15.000 hommes par les analystes militaires. Elle constitue
une riposte aux attaques multiples menees par plus de 200 rebelles
tard mardi contre des postes militaires turcs situes a la frontière
irakienne, qui ont coûte la vie a 24 militaires et en ont blesse
18 autres.

“Elle (l’offensive) vise a avoir des resultats” contre le PKK, qui
dispose d’une force de 2.000 hommes en Irak, a declare a Ankara le
Premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan devant la presse, refusant
de devoiler d’autres details.

“Les operations terrestres et aeriennes se poursuivent”, a-t-il dit.

La dernière incursion massive turque en Irak remonte a fevrier 2008
et avait dure 8 jours.

De source securitaire turque a Diyarbakir, principale ville du sud-est
anatolien peuple majoritairement de Kurdes, on avait precise auparavant
que les chasseurs turcs continuaient de pilonner les camps du PKK
situes dans la montagne irakienne.

L’aviation avait immediatement riposte aux attaques de mardi. Des
commandos ont egalement ete lances a la poursuite des assaillants
et des unites speciales ont ete heliportees a quelques kilomètres a
l’interieur du territoire irakien.

L’Irak a condamne jeudi l’attaque du PKK en Turquie et promis de
cooperer avec Ankara en matière de securite, a indique le ministère
des Affaires etrangères dans un communique.

Ankara demande regulièrement a Bagdad de ne pas laisser les rebelles
utiliser son territoire comme base.

Cette offensive du PKK est la plus meurtrière depuis presque vingt
ans et a provoque une onde de choc en Turquie, qui enterrait ses
morts jeudi.

Les corps des victimes, transportes dans des cercueils recouverts
du drapeau rouge et blanc turc, ont ete transferes a bord d’avions
militaires a leurs villes d’origine pour y etre inhumes.

M. Erdogan, le chef de l’Etat Abdullah Gul, et des ministres ont
assiste aux obsèques d’un des soldats tues dans une mosquee de la
capitale.

Des manifestations spontanees ont ete organisees a travers la Turquie
mercredi et jeudi pour denoncer les attaques et les gens ont hisse
sur leur voiture ou leur balcon le drapeau turc. Des concerts ont
ete annules.

Le Parlement a entame une session a huis clos pour discuter
d’eventuelles nouvelles mesures.

M. Erdogan, sous le feu des critiques, a affirme que l’offensive du
PKK, denoncee par la communaute internationale, ne changerait en rien
la determination de son gouvernement d’en finir avec le conflit kurde
par la voie democratique.

Il a d’autre part indique jeudi avoir invite le president de la region
autonome du Kurdistan irakien Massoud Barzani a venir le rencontrer.

La Turquie exhorte les Kurdes d’Irak a decourager le PKK d’utiliser
leur territoire.

Le PKK s’est declare pour sa part pret jeudi a souhaiter “la bienvenue”
en Irak aux soldats d’Ankara. “S’ils veulent venir, qu’ils viennent,
nous leur souhaiterons la bienvenue ici”, a declare un porte-parole,
Dozdar Hammo, a l’AFP.

Une intervention au sol etait evoquee depuis l’ete lorsque le PKK,
considere comme terroriste par bon nombre de pays, a repris les armes
après une periode d’accalmie.

Le conflit, qui a demarre en 1984, a fait plus de 45.000 victimes.

L’AZERBAIDJAN VA SE DOTER DE DRONES ISRAELIENS
Gari

armenews.com
vendredi 21 octobre 2011

L’Azerbaïdjan devrait acheter quelque 60 petits drones concus en
Israël, confirmant ainsi le rapprochement entre la Republique du
Sud Caucase riche en petrole et l’Etat hebreu, grand producteur
d’equipements militaires, parmi lesquels ces avions sans pilotes
devenus indispensables dans les guerres modernes. La nouvelle
ne devrait pas ravir l’Iran, qui n’a cesse, depuis l’accession a
l’independance de son voisin azeri, sa politique de cooperation
avec Israël, inspiree de la diplomatie de son ” grand frère turc “,
lui aussi avide de technologie militaire israelienne. Mais si les
relations entre Israël et la Turquie se sont nettement tendues depuis
quelques temps, l’Azerbaïdjan ne semble pas avoir remis en cause ses
liens avec l’Etat hebreu, bien au contraire.

La cooperation de plus en plus active entre Bakou et Israël dans
le domaine militaire suscite l’inquietude de l’Iran, mais aussi de
l’Armenie, preoccupee par le nombre croissant de drones dans le ciel
azeri. Le mois dernier, les forces du Haut Karabagh avaient exhibe
les debris d’un de ces appareils, qu’elles auraient abattu alors
qu’il avait fait une incursion dans l’espace aerien du Karabagh. Selon
les termes du nouvel accord entre l’Azerbaïdjan et Israël, les engins
israeliens Aerostar et Orbiter 2M vont etre produits en partie dans les
ateliers de Bakou d’Azad Systems Co., une societe mixte regroupant le
ministère azerbaïdjanais de la defense et Aeronautics Defense Systems
de defense aerienne d’Israël, le troisième constructeur de ces engins
volants sans pilotes en Israël, après Israel Aerospace Industries
(IAI) et Elbit Systems. Quelque 70 % des composants seront produits
en Israël, le reste en Azerbaïdjan. Soixante de ces drones iront
equiper les forces armees d’Azerbaïdjan avant la fin de l’annee,
et seront affectes a des missions d’espionnage, de surveillance et
de reconnaissance.

L’armee d’Azerbaïdjan utilise deja des engins de type Hermes 450 de
Elbit Systems ainsi que des drones de reconnaissance d’IAI, ainsi
que certains des engins de type Aerostar et Orbiter dont elle va
contribuer a la fabrication, avec Aeronautics Defense Systems. Le
ministre azerbaïdjanais de l’industrie de la defense, Yavar Jamalov,
a annonce a la presse au debut du mois que Bakou envisageait la
production de drones armes de missiles dans les deux prochaines annees,
ce qui ne devrait pas manquer d’inquieter plus encore les Iraniens
et les Armeniens. L’accord avec Bakou concernant les drones est
d’autant mieux accueilli en Israël qu’il permettra aux constructeurs
israeliens de compenser en partie du moins les prejudices causes par
la degradation des relations militaires avec la Turquie, qui etait
l’un de leurs principaux clients dans la region.

Depuis l’assaut d’un commando israelien sur la flottille pour Gaza,
qui avait cause la mort de 9 Turcs le 31 mai 2010, les relations
strategiques entre la Turquie et Israël etaient au bord de la rupture.

Cette rupture a semble-t-il ete consommee le 6 septembre dernier,
quand le premier ministre turc Erdogan, face au refus israelien de
presenter des excuses officielles, a annonce le gel total des relations
commerciales et militaires avec l’Etat hebreu. Aeronautics Defense
Systems aurait ainsi rompu ses contrats portant sur la livraison de
drones avec plusieurs compagnies turques de l’industrie d’armement,
dont TAI, Baykar Makina et Global Teknik.

L’Azerbaïdjan dispose de reserves petrolières estimees a plus de 1,2
milliards de barils et de très importantes reserves de gaz, et les
fonds de la mer Caspienne ne sont pas encore complètement explores. Il
est l’un des principaux fournisseurs de petrole d’Israël. Israël,
de son côte, se flatte de posseder l’armee la plus puissante de
la region et, en raison de ses liens etroits avec les Occidentaux,
a pu devenir l’un des principaux producteurs d’armes de la planète,
disposant d’une technologie de pointe. Les drones sont le fleuron
de cette technologie militaire, comme l’a rappele l’armee de l’air
israelienne au debut du mois, en marquant le 40e anniversaire de
la creation de sa première unite de drones ; a cette occasion, des
satellites IAI ont ete lances depuis la base aerienne de Palmachim,
sur le littoral mediterraneen, au sud de Tel Aviv.

TURQUIE – LE STATUT ” D’ELEVE INVITE ” NE REPOND PAS AUX BESOINS DES ENFANTS DES MIGRANTS ARMENIENS
Stephane

armenews.com
vendredi 21 octobre 2011

L’ecole armenienne, placee au sous-sol de l’Eglise Protestante
Armenienne de Gedikpas, a ouvert ses portes a 84 elèves, dont les
parents sont des immigrants armeniens sans papiers en Turquie.

Cela fait plusieurs semaines que la nouvelle annee scolaire a
commence, mais il y a toujours des choses a faire dans cette ecole
extraordinaire, où les elèves sont excites par leurs nouveaux bureaux
et chaises. Le lieu est Gedikpas une Eglise Protestante Armenienne,
qui a ouvert ses portes cette annee a 84 elèves dont les parents
sont des immigrants d’Armenie sans papiers en Turquie. Les classes
sont au sous-sol de l’eglise et quelques-unes des salles de classe de
fortune n’ont aucune porte. Les salles de classe etaient divisees par
des rideaux avant que des separations en dur n’aient ete recemment
installees.

” Grâce a des donnations de la communaute armenienne d’Istanbul nous
avons un peu plus de materiaux appropries pour les enfants ” a declare
le Rèverand Kirkor Agabaloglu. Il a dit que l’ecole a commence en
2003 avec quatre enfants suivi par l’enseignante Heriknaz Avagyan. ”
Avant aucune ecole n’acceptait ces enfants ” a-t-il dit. C’est ce qui
arrive aux enfants des ouvriers armeniens illegaux meme s’ils sont
nes en Turquie. Leurs parents ne peuvent pas demander la citoyennete
turque pour leur enfant. Ils ne peuvent pas retourner en Armenie non
plus parce qu’alors ils ne seront pas capables de revenir en Turquie ;
Donc, l’enfant ne peut pas obtenir un passeport armenien. Selon les
lois en Turquie, on permet seulement aux citoyens turcs d’origine
armenienne d’accèder aux ” ecoles des minorites ” dans le pays. ”
Les Eglises ne fournissent pas juste des services religieux. Donc
nous avons pris notre responsabilite et avons pris ces enfants “.

Depuis 2003 le nombre des elèves a graduellement augmente bien que le
gouvernement turc ait accepte que les ecoles armeniennes acceptent ces
” elèves invites ” cette annee scolaire.

Seuls 48 elèves ont ete acceptes avec ce statut dans plus de 10
ecoles armeniennes d’Istanbul. Par exemple, Bezciyan a accepte 11
elèveset Ferikoy Merametciyan en a accepte huit, selon les chiffres
du journal Agos.

Heriknaz Avagyan se dit heureuse que les enfants puissent aller dans
les ecoles proches de leur domicile mais elle a aussitôt ajoute que
cela n’est pas une situation ideale pour l’education des enfants parce
qu’il y a une probabilite qu’ils retourneront en Armenie un jour et
qu’ils auront besoin de certificats pour prouver leur statut educatif.

” Qu’est-ce que le statut elève invite ? C’est un nouveau programme et
il y a des incertitudes. Le gouvernement turc a besoin de considerer
que les parents des enfants qui ne sont pas ici legalement et que
quand ils retourneront en Armenie, leurs enfants auront besoin de
faire la preuve de leur education ” a-t-elle dit.

L’ecole de l’eglise suit le calendrier educatif de l’Armenie,
emploie les livres qui sont employes en Armenie et adhèrent au système
educatif de l’Armenie dans leur enseignement. Ils disent que c’est la
seule voie par laquelle ces enfants se retrouveront dans leur cursus
scolaire quand ils retourneront en Armenie.

” Les parents disent que c’est très important pour eux que leurs
enfants apprennent la langue armenienne ” a indique un enseignant
de l’ecole.

Selon Mme Avagyan ” ces enfants ont besoin d’etudier et d’avoir un
diplôme avant qu’ils n’atteignent l’âge auquel ils iront dans une
universite “. ” Autrement, la plupart de ces enfants sans instruction
passeront leur temps a jouer dans la rue sans surveillance. Bien
qu’ils soient des gosses sympas ils travailleront dans des metiers a
faible valeur ajoutee et auront de bas salaires comme leurs parents “.

Environ 96 pour cent des immigrants armeniens en Turquie – dont le
nombre est estime a 15000 – sont des femmes et une majorite d’entre
elles travaillent comme fammes de menage, infirmières ou baby-sitters.

Leur revenu mensuel varie entre 500 $ et 1000 $ et ils resident
generalement dans le district de Kumkapi d’Istanbul.

” Ils aiment Istanbul et ils aiment les turcs ” ajoute le reverand
Abaloglu. ” Au cours des 10 dernières annees, ils sont venus en tant
que familles, non individuellement “.

” Si le gouvernement est sincère dans ses initiatives il doit trouver
des voies pour ou bien integrer ces enfants dans le système educatif
turc ou rendre possible un statut special pour leur education selon
le système en Armenie “.

AZERBAIJAN MAY END UP IN CONFLICT SITUATION BY BREAKING TIES WITH FRANCE, ISRAEL

news.az
Oct 20 2011
Azerbaijan

News.Az interviews Fazil Mustafa, member of the Azerbaijan-Turkey
working group on parliamentary ties and member of the Azerbaijani
Parliament.

May inclusion of the Turkey-Armenia protocols into the agenda of the
Turkish Parliament be enough to liven up Turkey-Armenia normalization
process?

The stance taken by Armenia does not allow Turkey to take the issue
of normalization of ties with Armenia to the agenda of the parliament.

This is because the Constitutional Court of Armenia ruled against
discussing Turkey-Armenia protocols signed in Zurich on 10 October
2009.

In this connection, Armenia lacks political situation suitable enough
to table this issue in the parliament.

Nevertheless, there is no appropriate situation in Turkey that would
make it possible to review normalization of ties with Armenia as
OSCE Minsk Group efforts to solve Karabakh conflict do not produce
any results.

More likely, Turkey-Armenia normalization may come into mainstream
after the upcoming 2012 presidential elections in Russia and U.S.

Turkey may take up this issue again following elections in these
countries. Anyway, Turkey and Armenia are not expected to review
provisions of these protocols again.

A number of Turkish politicians have claimed recently that Azerbaijan
should halt all oil and gas contracts with France due to French
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s threats to institute a punishment for
the denying the so-called “Armenian genocide.” How realistic are
proposals of the Turkish politicians?

I don’t think these proposals are correct because proposals for
Azerbaijan to sever ties with foreign states can be interpreted as
an attempt to involve the country into conflict situation.

Nevertheless, I believe Sarkozy’s attitude towards Azerbaijan which
he showed during his recent visit to Baku is unpleasant and incorrect.

The remarks Sarkozy made in Yerevan aimed at threatening Turkic world.

Therefore, during his visit to Baku, Sarkozy should have been given
a good response for what he had said. But Baku did not criticize
Sarkozy which caused confusion in Turkey.

As to a proposal for Azerbaijan to beak ties with French structure,
this would be a wrong step.

How reasonable are demands of Turkish official and non-official people
for Azerbaijan to break ties with Israel?

It is incorrect to advise Azerbaijan to terminate diplomatic ties
with Israel. This kind of demands does not meet national interests of
Turkey as Azerbaijan can make similar demands in case similar situation
surfaces in Turkey in future. In this matter, one does not need to
confuse the Karabakh conflict with other problems, in particular,
with the Turkish-Israeli relations.

After all, the Karabakh problem is not just the fact of occupation
of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia. The Armenian side, at the same
time, makes territorial claims against Turkey. Ankara, at a time when
Armenia insults Turkey’s territorial integrity, must take steps taking
into account not only own interests, but also interests of Azerbaijan.

Therefore, it is not right to compare relations between Turkey and
Armenia with the relations between Azerbaijan and Israel.

What chances might Turkey-Armenia rapprochement have if Azerbaijan
was initially involved in negotiating process?

Despite the U.S. played a significant role in Turkey-Armenia
normalization, Turkey is also interested in resuming talks with
Yerevan. Of course, Russia also has a direct bearing on the issue.

Turkey believes that it is possible to solve the Karabakh conflict
and the problem of normalizing relations with Yerevan without military
intervention, by involving Armenia with regional projects. In addition,
at a time when Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed it seemed unreal
to include Azerbaijan in a process of normalizing Turkish-Armenian
relations. It does not seem realistic at current stage, too. Baku
may be involved in this process only in the later stages on the side
of Turkey.

ARBITRATION ‘BEST WAY’ TO SETTLE KARABAKH CONFLICT

news.az
Oct 20 2011
Azerbaijan

News.Az interviews Konstanty Gebert, political observer, Gazeta
Wyborcza (Poland).

What are the chances of European integration for the countries
participating in the EU’s Eastern Partnership program?

Integration prospects depend not only on Europe itself, but also on
the countries taking part in the Eastern Partnership. The results
of the last summit in Warsaw are known – the participating countries
did not sign a declaration on Belarus, which quite clearly shows that
European prospects are not what’s most important for these countries.

This, of course, hinders their integration. On the other hand, this
process is always dynamic. Today Europe has its own problems, and
even if the neighbouring countries were totally ready, I’m not quite
sure that Europe would accept them with joy. Well, let’s wait and
see what changes occur in the Partnership countries and see whether
Europe will have time to normalize things at home.

How long can the integration of the six former Soviet countries with
the EU take?

I think that this integration is necessary in the historical
perspective. But this may take 15 or 20 years. This primarily depends
on the participating countries themselves.

European sources are reported as saying that differences between
Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh issue hindered
the signing of a document in Warsaw on the admission of the Eastern
Partnership countries to the EU. How accurate are these reports?

Yes, but these differences started earlier in Strasbourg in Euronest,
at the meeting of parliamentarians from the Eastern Partnership
countries. At that time they wanted to include the provision on Belarus
I mentioned above in the declaration of basic principles. If I am
not mistaken, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed on the possible signing
of the declaration on Belarus only if this document referred to the
inviolability of borders, as stated by Baku, or the right of peoples
to self-determination, as stated by the representatives of Yerevan.

Of course, these are interrelated principles of international law and
one principle cannot exist without the other. As you know, Azerbaijan
and Armenia have different views on these principles, and in the end,
this conflict led to the political declaration not being signed during
the Euronest meeting.

There are still different interpretations of these principles in
the world and these principles are applied in a different way in
conflict resolution.

It is very difficult to separate these concepts, since they are both
reflected in international law. Of course, borders are inviolable,
and only when a national minority lives under pressure of another
nation and has no prospects – as in the case of Kosovo – can the
right of peoples to self-determination be considered more important
than the right to the inviolability of borders.

But if there is a separatist movement, which lacks the support of
majority of the population – as in the case of the Spanish Basque
country, where the terrorists are supported only by 15-20% of the
area – their right to self-determination is less important than the
principle of territorial integrity. This is a matter of a case by
case principle.

But how can you say that Karabakh Armenians have a legitimate right to
self-determination after the Azerbaijanis living there were expelled
from this region?

I understand your arguments. The counter-argument of the Armenian
community of Nagorno-Karabakh is that they were pressured by the
Azerbaijani government and this led to a change in the geopolitical
situation. It is extremely difficult to apply international law in
similar situations, in particular, because of the need to combine
two mutually exclusive principles – the right of nations to
self-determination and territorial integrity.

All this complicates the solution of the conflict. I believe that
arbitration is the best way. The Minsk process has got nowhere, and
the status quo suits Armenia more than Azerbaijan. And the status
quo will certainly hurt the already negative relationship between
the two countries; therefore the question must be addressed.

How soon can this happen?

The proposal of one of the parties is not accepted by the other. This
has led the Minsk process to deadlock. One of the parties needs to give
way in circumstances, when the parties rely on different principles
of international law. But it takes a long time, long years for any
of the options. It is impossible to predict exactly.

ARMENIAN MPS TO TAKE AUSTRIAN AIRLINES TO COURT – NEWSPAPER

news.am
Oct 20 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Having passed through registration, customs, and the
special control area, passengers of the Austrian Airlines flight from
Vienna to Armenian capital Yerevan on October 14 heard an unexpected
announcement that one of the pilots is ill, the flight is postponed,
and there are no back-up personnel, Yerkir daily writes.

“And since the Vienna airport is closed at nights, the passengers were
suggested to spend the night on location, until the airport opens at
8 a.m., and that they would receive information about their return
[flight] at 10 a.m. The passengers also included Lilit Galstyan, Artak
Zakaryan, and Styopa Safaryan, members of Armenia’s parliamentary
delegation to Euronest.

The MPs immediately cited international laws, according to which the
passengers must be refunded and provided with food and basic needs. At
first, the airport staff called the police, and subsequently, as a
result of talks, the women and children were provided resting rooms,
whereas the remaining welcomed the dawn on foot.

And they arrived in Yerevan by indirect routes. For example, one of
the MPs arrived via London. The passengers of this flight are now
collecting signatures to file a lawsuit against Austrian Airlines,”
Yerkir daily writes.

STATE AWARD TO THE SWISS ARMENIAN ENTREPRENEUR

National Assembly of RA

Oct 19 2011
Armenia

On October 18 in Geneva the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan in the
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia met Vardan Srmakesh, Swiss Armenian
businessman, benefactor, President of “Franck Mueller” Company.

The President of the Parliament handed over the state award to Ms.
Srmakesh granted by the RA President Serzh Sargsyan. Vardan Srmakesh
has been awarded 1st degree Medal “For the Services rendered to the
Motherland” by the RA President’s decree on the 20th anniversary of
the RA Independence for the weighty contribution to the preservation
of Armenian identity, services rendered to the motherland, as well
as greatly promoting the reinforcement of friendship between the RA
and foreign countries.

Hovik Abrahamyan congratulated Mr. Srmakesh on the occasion of being
granted the high state award and emphasized his patriotic activity
and contribution to the strengthening of the Armenian-Swiss friendly
relations. Vardan Srmakesh thanked him for highly appreciating his
activity and noted that from now on he would do his best to be useful
to Armenia.

GLOBAL GOLD, CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES RELEASE REPORT FOR TOUKHMANUK, GETIK

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 19, 2011 – 18:44 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Global Gold Corporation and privately held
Consolidated Resources Armenia announced that an updated NI-43-101
format independent technical report prepared by Behre Dolbear
International Limited has been completed for the Toukhmanuk and Getik
properties in Armenia. At Toukhmanuk, a 2.6 million ounce gold and
17.8 million ounce silver resource at average grades of 2.1 g/t and
14.1 g/t, respectively, using a 0.6 g/t cut-off is reported for the
already operating bulk open pit mine. Following a rigorous five month
review of drill core, assay and geological data by Behre Dolbear
and Gemcom and the creation of a new Surpac resource block model,
the comprehensive report was completed and delivered in connection
with the advancement of the Global Gold Consolidated Resources joint
venture announced in April 2011.

For the first time, the report also discloses that in 2011, Global
Gold has “uncovered significant unanticipated gold-silver vein zones
in a region where the known vein-sets splay and diverge.” The new
discoveries are vein and stockworks which parallel Global’s 2008
discoveries at Toukhmanuk. Those discoveries in 2008 significantly
changed the outlook at Toukhmanuk from a narrow vein potential
underground mining deposit to a vein and stockwork open pittable
deposit with vein zones ranging from 5 to 25 meters wide. The 2011
discoveries have revealed four new vein zones outside of the existing
drilling grid and also ranging from 5 to 25 meters wide in the central
section. These vein zones, which require further exploration, have
already produced ore averaging slightly more than 2 grams per tonne
that is being processed at the plant on site.

In addition this year, Global Gold has concluded 4,000 meters of
diamond drilling in both the central section and in other parts of the
license area. As of today, Global Gold has completed approximately
24,064 meters of diamond drilling at Toukhmanuk (beyond the Soviet
era levels of exploration) primarily covering the 2.2km2 central
section of the deposit and selected target areas along and outside
of the corridor in the broader 53.76 km2 deposit.

Further updates are anticipated in the next 6 months and on a
continuing basis, as results are received from the new discoveries,
the recently concluded 4,000 meter diamond drilling program, and
further analyses from prior exploration work.

Stripping and mining activity at the deposit has steadily increased
from summer to fall this year, with two stages of stripping
completed in accordance with the open pit mine plan and mining
of ore reaching 1,100 tons per day, adding to an existing ore
stockpile that now exceeds 30,000 tons for milling during the
winter. Mining is taking place pursuant to Global Gold’s mining
license and previously reported reserve determinations by the
Armenian Government. On October 27 and November 18, 2009, the
Company announced the approval of reserves for Toukhmanuk by the
Republic of Armenia’s State Natural Resources Agency, available at
**http%3A/

The report also includes information on the previously announced
initial plant expansion which is progressing well. Two new mills are
installed and in testing, along with further near-term improvements to
boost plant capacity and recoveries. Two concentrate shipments of 60
tons each are proceeding to offtaker Industrial Minerals in October
and further shipments will follow as milling ramps up throughout
the winter. The report notes that the plant “has been established
without recourse to cyanide reagents, which ensures that the plant
meets stringent waste and tailings quality benchmarks and is reputed
to be the leading Armenian company in pursuit of sustainable mining
and processing practices.”

The report also reviews exploration at the 27 km2 Getik property, where
exploration activity commenced in the 1920s, noting that Global Gold
has done geological mapping, ground geophysical surveys, trenching
and a small amount of diamond drilling. The report notes that there
is potential for an open pittable deposit, but further exploration
is necessary and underway, Yahoo Finance reported.

HEZBOLLAH DELEGATION VISITS MOSCOW

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 19, 2011 – 16:28 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – A delegation from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement
arrived in Moscow for a three day visit on Wednesday at the invitation
of the State Duma, RIA Novosti said citing a report on Lebanese
website Al Manar.

The delegation will be headed by the leader of the Loyalty to the
Resistance group, Mohamed Raad, and will include the leader of the
parliamentary information committee Hassan Fadlallah and the deputy
of the ruling council Nawar As-Sakhili.

The delegation is due to visit Russia’s lower house of parliament,
the Duma, as well as the council of Muslims in European Russia and the
Foreign Ministry, and will also give lectures at Moscow universities.

The delegation will discuss the situation in the Middle East including
the recent events in Libya, Palestine, Syria and Yemen.

Hezbollah is a paramilitary and political organization originating in
Lebanon’s Shiite population, fighting for an Islamic state in Lebanon.

The group is considered terrorist by many Western governments including
Israel, the US, UK and many European states, but not by Russia.