Author: Kanayan Tamar

IRDIPLOMACY.IR: TURKEY’S POLICY MAY THREATEN INTERESTS OF NEIGHBOR STATES

Panorama, Armenia
Oct 11 2011

Under strained regional conditions, Turkey is moving in a path which
can oppose to the state interests of neighbor countries, Iranian
“irdiplomacy.ir” news site writes.

The columnist, referring to the Iranian-Turkish strained relations,
writes that the relations between the two countries became tensed
when they uttered different positions for Syrian domestic life.

“If Turkey’s efforts to oust Bashar al-Assad of Syria are failed,
Turkey will have to invent new strategy to live next to Iran and
Syria,” writes the columnist.

Iranian-Turkish relations became even more tensed when Turkey passed
a decision to host NATO’s ABM.

D. HARUTYUNYAN: FUTURE OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON KARABAKH DEPENDS ON POLITICAL SITUATION IN PACE

Panorama, Armenia
Oct 10 2011

Head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE), David Harutyunyan finds it difficult to
comment on the future of the PACE sub-committee on Nagorno-Karabakh
after Chairman Mevlut Cavusoglu completes his term of office.

“For the present, I would refrain from answering this question,
because there are possible options, there are also some complicated
options. Unfortunately, everything depends on the current political
situation in PACE,” David Harutyunyan told a press briefing at the
National Assembly and at the same time noted that PACE has long ceased
to be an organization propagating values.

“We are deeply convinced that PACE turns into an organization of
interests,” the head of the delegation said.

Note that Mevlut Cavusoglu will complete his term as PACE Chairman
in 2012 January.

TARAFF: BEFORE CALLING FRANCE COLONIAL, TURKEY MUST REMEMBER OTTOMAN SYSTEM

Panorama, Armenia
Oct 10 2011

Turkish professor Murad Belgen has published a story in “Taraf” daily
focusing on official Ankara’s behavior towards French President Nicolas
Sarkozy’s state visit to Armenia and the statement the President has
made there. The Turkish professor has called Turkey’s Foreign Ministry
counterattack to Sarkozy’s statement failed and inaccurate.

Turkish Foreign Ministry released a statement counterattacking French
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s calls to Turkey encouraging the country
to recognize Armenian Genocide.

According to Belgen reference to French colonial past isn’t the right
way to resolve the issue of 1915. Before accusing of France, Turkey
should remember that hundred years ago Ottoman colonial system existed.

“We’re trained to say we, the Turks, are good people, we haven’t
committed genocide, those who say it are slanderers,” complains Belgen.

AZERBAIJAN NOT TO GO BEYOND OSCE MG FORMAT – RUSSIAN EXPERT

news.am, Armenia
Oct 11 2011

MOSCOW. – OSCE is the only structure dealing with the security of
Europe, no matter Azerbaijan likes it or not, head of Russian Centre
for Military Forecast Anatoly Tsyganok told Armenian News-NEWS.am
commenting on the statement by the second secretary of the Security
Problems Office of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elchin Huseynli
that OSCE MG creates opportunities to artificially lengthen the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

OSCE understands that the situation may be settled only through peace,
which goes against the bellicose rhetoric of Baku.

“Minsk group holds that position. Neither Europe nor U.S. wants
war in the South Caucasus. Meantime, Azerbaijani rhetoric that Baku
will not hesitate to use force, finds no support in the West. Thus,
OSCE acts correctly,” the expert said and added that Baku will hardly
manage to go beyond the format set by OSCE MG.

Besides, the conflict settlement depends not only on Azerbaijan but
also Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh as well as Russia, Iran and Turkey,
Tsyganok concluded.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Huseynli stated that OSCE
creates opportunities in lengthening Karabakh conflict settlement.

According to Huseynli, OSCE MG is almost 20 years old but co-chairs do
not feel the responsibility put on them. Such passivity of the OSCE
MG on Karabakh conflict may serve for the authority of the structure
in the Caucasus to be under attack, Huseynli concluded.

OSCE OFFICE SUPPORTS PUBLICATION OF REVIEW OF HIGH COURT DECISIONS IN ARMENIA

armradio.am
11.10.2011 18:09

An OSCE-supported publication comprising legal review, analysis and
interpretations of selected decisions of the Armenian Cassation Court
was presented today in Yerevan.

The publication covers cases related to human rights and fundamental
freedoms in front of the Armenian Cassation Court, which is the
highest judicial instance in Armenia, except on constitutional issues.

It was prepared by the Association of Judges in partnership with the
Armenian Cassation Court and with the support of the OSCE Office in
Yerevan as a contribution to judicial reform and strengthening of
judicial independence, integrity and competence.

“A strong judicial system is an essential means of securing basic
rights of people,” said Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, the Head of the
OSCE Office in Yerevan. “Judicial independence and impartiality are
important for ensuring public confidence in the authorities. The
Cassation Court has a vital role to play in interpreting the law,
unifying the legal practice and thus ensuring equality of treatment
and consistency of decisions.”

The publication of a detailed analysis of 30 decisions on most
controversial criminal cases will be distributed among judges and
lawyers, as well as made available to the general public. It is
expected to reduce the number of the Cassation Court appeals as lawyers
and individuals will be better informed about similar decisions taken
in the past.

Some 60 representatives of the Armenian judiciary, state institutions,
prosecutors, lawyers, academia, advocates, students and international
organizations attended the launch of the publication.

Professor Vahe Yengibaryan, Executive Director of the Association of
Judges of Armenia, said: “It is for the first time that this sort of
legal analysis is being done. Lawyers, defenders and the prosecution
often express different opinions on the same issue, and there has been
a definite need for a unified approach to be taken by the Cassation
Court. This explanatory publication will serve the needs of not only
judges and lawyers, but also of the public at large”.

SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL TO LAUNCH BY “12TH NIGHT” PERFORMANCE BY DECLAN DONNELLAN

ARMENPRESS
19:48, 11 October, 2011

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS: Shakespeare international theater
festival named after Vahram Papazyan will be conducted October
14-29 in Yerevan. The festival which has become one of the most
important pages of Armenia’s cultural life, simultaneously gaining
international recognition, is a member of the Euroepan network of
Shakespeare festivals from the last year.

Chairman of the Union of Theatrical Figures of Armenia, founder of
the festival Hakob Ghazanchyan told Armenpress that because of some
financial issues the destiny of the festival was unknown, but with
the support of Yerevan Mayor, its conduction became reality this year.

According to him, “12th Night” by world famous theatrical director
Declan Donnellan will be the core performance of Shakespeare
international theatrical festival. The performance has been staged
with participation of distinguished artists of Russia.

IRELAND STRIKER: ARMENIA SCORED 11 GOALS IN LAST 3 GAMES AND THAT’S PHENOMENAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 11, 2011 – 14:25 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Ireland striker Simon Cox says he’s praying that
Ireland captain Robbie Keane can recover from his injury in time to
face Armenia in Dublin on October 11 night even though Keane’s absence
would hand Cox the chance to start the game and turn himself into an
Ireland hero, Herald.ie reports.

“I’d love to see Robbie play, he’s our best chance of getting through
and you want your best players out there. You can’t be selfish in these
situations,” Cox told the Herald. “Robbie would be devastated to miss
this game but I know he’s working as hard as he can to be fit. If
he’s not fit, he will give full support to whoever fills his place.

Oct 11 sees a clash of styles with the meanest defense in Europe
(eight successive clean sheets for Ireland) against one of the
deadliest strike forces around (11 goals in the last three qualifiers
for Armenia), the report says.

“They (Armenia) have scored 11 goals in their last three games and
that’s phenomenal for any team, even more so at international level,
but with our defensive record I feel we can deal with that. Not just
the guys at the back but the whole team, because we defend as a team,”
Cox said.

ARMENIA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENFORCEMENT OF JUDICIAL ACTS

Tert.am
15:50 ~U 11.10.11

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan participated in the opening of
the International Theoretical and Practical Conference “Contemporary
Problems and Development Trends of State and Private Systems of
Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts” in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia.

Armenian Minister of Justice Hrair Tovmasyan was present at the
conference as well.

The Armenian premier noted that the formation of Armenia’s enforcement
system has been a rather difficult process. “Our aim was to find
efficient mechanisms of enforcing judicial acts and building up public
confidence in this institute. With this end in view, our legislation
has gradually been reformed, and we are ready to share our experience.

We are also interested in studying international experience,
particularly the institution of private enforcement systems. We know
that some countries are efficiently applying this mechanism though they
have their state enforcement institutes,” the Armenian premier said.

Armenia’s system of enforcement of judicial acts has launched an
electronic mechanism of holding auctions. “We believe that this
mechanism makes the enforcement system more transparent thereby
building up our citizens’ confidence in it. We should also admit that
the volume of e-transactions is not yet so large. Among the factors
accounting for that is that Armenia’s IT and telecommunication sectors
have been rapidly developing over the past five years only. The number
of Internet users has been rapidly increasing as well. In 2008, we
registered 45,000 Interne users, whereas this number has now reached
341,000,” the Armenian premier said.

Tigran Sargsyan hopes that the conference will help to find new
mechanisms of enhancing the enforcement system’s efficiency.

Among the participants are delegates from Armenia, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
Israel, Georgia, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

JUNIOR EUROVISION DRESS REHEARSAL TO INVITE AUDIENCE

Tert.am
18:02 ~U 11.10.11

The guests invited to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will have
a chance to enjoy the splendid show for two days.

The tickets for the concert’s dress rehearsal (set to take place on
December 2) will be offered for sale later this month, the organizers
have said.

The numbers of the participants representing 14 countries became
known at a meeting of the heads of delegations on Tuesday.

Dalita, the Armenian participant, will be the fourth to sing at
the concert.

The Yerevan hosted Junior Eurovision 2011 will be opened by the Russian
participant. The Belgian representative will be the last to perform.

The tickets prices will range between 1,000 – 20,000 drams ($2.70-
$54).

Gohar Gasparyan, the head of Armenia’s delegation to Eurovision,
said the name of the host will be announced later.

CSTO JOINT EXERCISES TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA IN 2012
Anna Balyan

“Radiolur”
11.10.2011 15:09

The Collective Security Treaty Organization plans to hold large-scale
military exercises in Armenia in 2012, featuring all CSTO member
countries. The military drills will be dedicated to the 20th
anniversary of formation of the Organization, and will attract wide
international response, since observers from different international
structures will also be invited, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery
Semerikov declared during the sitting of the CSTO Emergency Situations
Coordination Council in Yerevan.

During the sitting the heads of Ministries of Emergency Situations
of Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
discussed important issues like joint management of natural and
technical disasters, establishment of a common informational
and programmatic basis, conduct of joint exercises, provision of
humanitarian assistance to member countries, etc.

Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan said “no
matter how powerful the country is, it can’t fight disasters alone.”

“We should be united in struggling against strong disasters. We
all provide human and technical support to each other,” Minister
Yeritsayn declared.

During the sitting in Yerevan Valery Semerikov declared proposed to
create a joint financial store, which will finance the rescue works
in case of emergency in any of the CSTO member states.