Author: Kanayan Tamar

ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS MEETS WITH SYRIAN CHARGE D’AFFAIRES

news.am
Oct 4 2011
Armenia

ETCHMIADZIN. – Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received, at
the Holy See of St. Etchmiadzin on Monday, Syrian Charge d’Affaires
to Armenia Mamun Hariri, and noted with delight that religions in
Syria coexist in harmony.

During the meeting Karekin II reflected on the warm and close relations
existing between both peoples, but he also expressed a concern over
the current complicated political situation in Syria, hoping that,
with God’s will, the Syrian people would overcome the obstacles they
are facing.

At the end of the meeting, the Catholicos hoped that peace would soon
be restored in Syria, the Holy See informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

FRENCH PRESIDENT DUE IN ARMENIA OCTOBER 6

armradio.am
04.10.2011 22:37

The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, will arrive in Armenia on
October 6 for a two-day state visit.

Within the framework of the visit the French President will have
meetings with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Catholicos of
All Armenian Karekin II.

Nikolas Sarkozy will visit the Tsitsernakaberd memorial to pay tribute
to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Serzh Sargsyan will participate in the opening
of Charles Aznavour Museum in Yerevan.

TURKISH JOURNALISTS: TURKEY IS WALKING ON THE PODIUM AS A MODEL, BUT FAILS TO WALK PROPERLY ON IT

arminfo
Tuesday, October 4, 16:42

Turkey is walking on the podium as a model, but fails to walk properly
on it, Ozgun Ozcer, the correspondent of the Istanbul-based Taraf
newspaper, said at a Roundtable entitled “Armenian-Turkish Protocols
2 Years After: Mass Media Coverage and Public Perception” that kicked
off in Aghveran resort, Tuesday.

He said that Turkey is perceived as a peculiar eastern democracy
model by the western Mass Media, first of all. In the eyes of the
West, the ruling Party of Justice and Development of Turkey tries
to balance and swim between the Islamists and Kemalists observing
a certain level of democracy more or less admissible to the Turkish
public. However, he said, displaying surplus self-confidence Turkey
has made a radical turn from the policy of “no problems with the
neighbors” to threatening to the neighbors.

The Turkish journalist is sure that the given factor is enough
to deprive Turkey from its role of a model. In this context, he
highlighted Turkey’s threats to at least two neighbors: Cyprus and
Syria. To recall, the roundtable has involved experts and journalists
from Turkey and Armenia.

VENICE HOSTS ARMENIA – VENETO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
October 4, 2011 – 16:01 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – On October 4, National Competitiveness Foundation
of Armenia (NCFA) organized a Venice-hosted conference for Armenia –
Veneto cooperation in tourism development.

The initiative was supported by Italian region of Veneto, Venice Area
Chamber of Commerce and St. Lazarus’ Mekhitarist Order.

The event hosted representatives of 55 companies; meetings with Veneto
officials, the chairman of Venice Area Chamber of Commerce and local
Armenian community are scheduled.

Yerevan was selected as the next conference venue; the event is due
November, NCFA press service reported.

GALUST SAHAKYAN: “THE PARLIAMENT WOULD BE FORMED THROUGH NEXT AND NOT SPECIAL ELECTIONS”

Noyan Tapan

04.10.2011

Armenia’s political state is full of positive developments. The
head of RA NA Republican’s Party, the vice-president of Republican’s
Party Galust Sahakyan expressed such opinion during the conference
on October 4 and said that in the case of such continuation of events
“good” elections will take place.

In his words, political activation is seen in political field on
behalf of NSU and socialists who call on to unite. In spite of it
Galust Sahakyan is sure that in the next parliamentary elections
Republican’s party, PAP, Rule of Law and ARF will enter the National
Assembly. “ANC also has some chances”, added the Republican’s deputy.

Galust Sahakyan also noted that the parliament would be formed through
next and not special elections.

KHOREN GEVOR KNOCKS OUT OLEGS FEDOTOVS

Aysor.am
Tuesday,October 04

Former EBU middleweight champ Khoren Gevor performed at the
professional boxing event in Amsterdam on Monday. Gevor faced Latvia’s
Olegs Fedotovs in a 10-round bout. The Armenian boxer beat his Latvian
opponent by a technical knockout in six rounds.

AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN DELEGATES TO MEET

Trend
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan

A Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
decision on the restoration of the Nagorno-Karabakh Subcommittee should
be respected and fulfilled, PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu said today
at a press conference within the PACE October session in Strasbourg.

“The restoration of the subcommittee is a symbol of PACE’s goodwill.

The PACE Bureau has decided to restore its activity. But this
solution does not satisfy Armenian delegation. I can understand
them. But my colleagues are wrong when they say that it was restored
upon my initiative. This is a unanimous decision of the bureau,”
Cavusoglu said.

“The subcommittee will deal with humanitarian problems caused by the
conflict, which must be addressed,” Cavusoglu said. A next meeting
of the subcommittee will be in the second half of the day. The
Azerbaijani and Armenian delegation will also participate in the
meeting,” Cavusoglu said.

CALIFORNIA’S SENATOR OFFICIALLY BANNED FROM VISITING AZERBAIJAN

news.am
Oct 3 2011
Armenia

BAKU. – Azerbaijan’s MFA added senator of California Joseph Simitian
to the list of banned people to visit Azerbaijan, MFA’s press secretary
Elman Abdullayev informed APA.

The senator is forbidden to visit Azerbaijan’s territory. This is
because Joseph Simitian visited Nagorno Karabakh without discussing
his visit with Azerbaijan.

Josef Simitian had visited Azerbaijan with other Californian senators.

He also visited Nagorno-Karabakh, other senators did not go with him.

MILITARY PARADE IN YEREVAN PERSUADED AZERBAIJAN IN EQUALITY IN POWER WITH ARMENIA – EXPERT

news.am
Oct 3 2011
Armenia

YEREVAN. – Non-resuming of the military actions in the zone of the
Karabakh conflict is one of the main issues of the OSCE Minsk group
co-chairs, deputy director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan
said at a press conference on Monday commenting on the negotiation
process on the eve of the pre-election period and on the outcome of
the statement by OSCE MG co-chairs about the meeting of Armenian and
Azerbaijani Presidents.

According to him, intensity in the conflict line has been reduced
recently. It is conditioned by the fact that Azerbaijan was persuaded
in the equality of the powers with Armenia after the military parade
in Yerevan and the intentions of great states that do not accept the
possibility of resuming the military actions.

In response to the report on possible high-level meeting of the two
states [Armenia and Azerbaijan] in the near future, the expert said
that theoretically it is possible. However, those meetings will aim
to continue the existing process but not to achieve any progressive
results in concluding a document. Besides, the expert stated that some
of the co-chair states try to press either of the sides and progress
may be recorded in this context.

Regarding the shift of the OSCE MG leading role from Russia to France,
Minasyan did not exclude such possibility.

RALLIES OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MIGHT BE PROLONGED

VestnikKavkaza.net
Oct 3 2011

The Armenian opposition does not rule out the possibility of
prolonging the rally on Liberty Square in Yerevan, in case the
government completely ignores all the demands of the opposition, the
head of the Armenian National Movement party, a member of the Armenian
National Congress, Aram Manukyan has announced, News-Armenia reports.

The Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) announced on Friday
the start of a week of protests in Yerevan and opened a camp on the
Liberty Square. The ANC demands early parliamentary and presidential
elections to be held respectively in 2012 and 2013.

Manukyan said, that the number of participants of rallies is
growing every day. “If during the first night there were about 800
people camped, they were already about 1200 on the next day. At the
moment there are 1,500 to 1,700 people on the square at the moment,
Manukyan said.