Author: Kanayan Tamar

RENCONTRE MEDVEDEV-ALIEV: KARABAKH ET ECONOMIE AU MENU

RIA Novosti
9 aout 2011
Russie

Les presidents russe et azerbaïdjanais, Dmitri Medvedev et Ilham
Aliev, discutent mardi a Sotchi (mer Noire) du règlement du conflit
du Haut-Karabakh et des problèmes economiques mondiaux, rapporte le
service de presse du Kremlin.

“Le règlement dans le Haut-Karabakh constitue evidemment un problème
majeur. Je tiens a avoir un entretien très ouvert et un echange de vues
sur l’evolution future des evènements, compte tenu de notre dernière
rencontre tripartite a Kazan et de nos contacts precedents”, a indique
le chef de l’Etat russe, s’adressant a son homologue azerbaïdjanais.

M.Medvedev a aussi invite M.Aliev a examiner le bilan des relations
bilaterales, ainsi que des problèmes regionaux et internationaux.

“Les problèmes economiques, ceux du système financier mondial, ne
nous laissent pas de temps pour nous ennuyer”, a-t-il ajoute.

Les presidents russe et azerbaïdjanais se rencontrent regulièrement
dans le cadre de sommets tripartites, avec la participation
du president armenien, consacres au règlement du conflit du
Haut-Karabakh. La dernière rencontre s’est tenue le 24 juin a Kazan,
la capitale du Tatarstan.

Le conflit du Haut-Karabakh remonte a fevrier 1988, lorsque cette
region autonome principalement peuplee d’Armeniens a annonce son
intention de se separer de l’Azerbaïdjan. Cette demarche a provoque
des hostilites entre les troupes armeniennes et azerbaïdjanaises a
la suite desquelles Bakou a perdu le contrôle de la region.

Le cessez-le-feu decrete le 12 mai 1994 est regulièrement viole par
les deux parties. Bakou et Erevan n’arrivent toujours pas a se mettre
d’accord sur le statut de la region.

LEBANON PRESIDENT MICHEL SULEIMAN TO VISIT ARMENIA IN 2012

news.am
Aug 9, 2011
Armenia

BEIRUT. – President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman will visit Armenia in
2012. This was stated during the meeting between Armenian Ambassador
to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan and President of Lebanon Michel Suleiman
on Tuesday.

The sides discussed issues on deepening and expanding Armenian-Lebanese
bilateral relations, issues of internal policy, and regional
developments, press service of Armenian FM informs Armenian
News-NEWS.am.

Other issues such as deepening the cooperation within the frameworks
of international organizations, as well as high-ranking mutual visits
will promote cooperation between two states. The president praised
high the role of the Armenian community of Lebanon in political and
social life of the state.

President Suleiman also asked the Ambassador to present the current
stage of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution and other regional
issues.

ARMENIAN OPPOSITION SUBMITS 85- PAGE PAPER TO PROVE SNAP ELECTIONS NECESSARY

PanARMENIAN.Net
August 9, 2011

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc
submitted 85-page document, substantiating the necessity of snap
presidential and parliamentary elections, to Armenian authorities’
consideration.

As the head of oppositional delegation Levon Zurabyan told journalists
upon completion of opposition-coalition working meeting, “Armenian
authorities have neither juridical nor political legitimacy. The
document lists 76 parliamentarians engaged in entrepreneurship, counter
to legislation. Corruption, serious economic, political and social
situation in the country are cited as reasons for pre-term elections.”

As the head of coalition delegation David Harutyunyan, in turn, stated,
the authorities disagree with many facts and assessments listed in the
document. “Inaccurate facts listed give rise to incorrect inferences,”
he said.

“The issues raised at previous meetings, specifically, provision of
transportation during ANC rallies, were delegated to bodies in charge,”
Harutyunyan remarked.

The next opposition-coalition meeting is due August 16 for the
authorities to have enough time to study the document. Today’s
negotiations lasted over 5 hours.

INTERNET TO SYPHON OFF MAINSTREAM MEDIA’S ADVERTISEMENT BUDGETS IN ONE OR TWO YEARS

ARKA
08/08/2011 12:01

Internet resources and Internet advertisement market started
developing in Armenia recently. In this connection we interviewed
Armen Martirosyan, director of All Media Company.

ARKA – Your company recently launched AdNet.am, a new Internet
advertisement. What project is this and what impact it will have on
development of Internet advertisement market in Armenia?

Martirosyan – Our company has presented a new project, AdNet.am
advertising network. There were no similar networks in Armenia before
that. Its main aim is to unite only high-quality Armenian Internet
resources into one advertising network using the most effective
Internet advertisement formats. We have already run our first
advertising campaign using rich-media format.

Remarkable is that advertisers have already expressed their interest
in the project. This network is beneficial to all participants –
advertisers, since they no longer have to deal with many sites, and to
owners of sites, since it rids them of the necessity to think about
monetization of their sites. This advertising network will care of
selling ad spaces.

The network’s technical ground provides advertising companies with
all the necessary planning and effectiveness-gauging instruments.

This project is unique in Armenia. We hope AdNet.am advertising
network will spur development of Internet advertisement in the country.

In 2010, our company launched its first project, MediaGid.am news
aggregator. This project is unique for Armenia as well, since only
Russia and Ukraine among CIS member countries have such aggregators.

The main aim of MediaGid.am is to provide up-to-date, timely,
trustworthy and unbiased information.

ARKA – What do you think about Armenia’s Internet advertisement market?

Martirosyan – Armenian Internet advertisement market is developing
quite fast mainly thanks to enlargement of the number of Internet
users and appearance of new projects, particularly development of
the news sector and appearance of “social” sector.

Besides, Internet as space for boosting goods and services to targeted
users, is gradually winning confidence among advertisers.

ARKA – How big is the share of Internet advertisement in our country?

Will Internet ads be able to oust traditional types of advertisement
in the future? On what factors it will depend?

Martirosyan – No data on distribution of advertising budget exist.

Therefore, it is impossible to indicate particular share. However,
it can be said for sure that Internet will siphon off a part of
advertisement budgets from other media outlets, particularly from
television, in one or two years. This will give a big impetus to
development of ad spaces (sites), appearance of new types of ads and
transition from mainstream advertising model to CRM (cost-per-mille)
model.

ARKA – Which Internet ads are popular in Armenia and which of them
are demanded abroad?

Martirosyan – Media (banner) ad is most popular kind of advertisement.

The second most popular advertisement is context ad, which has capacity
to grow thanks to appearance of small and medium companies in Internet.

Things in countries with developed Internet market are polar opposite –
the share of context ad is far higher than that of media advertisement.

ARKA – Is there data on audience of Internet advertisement in Armenia?

Are there situations when demand for advertisement exceeds supply?

Martirosyan – There are no particular data on Armenian Internet users,
since no studies are conducted on this matter.

An approximate idea about the number and types of Armenian Internet
users can be formed from Russian rating systems.

According to the statistical service Liveinternet.ru about 630,000
people visit Internet from Armenia every day. However, it should
be taken into account that this figure doesn’t show the number of
people, since one user can visit Internet from several computers,
mobile phones and other devices. Nevertheless, this figure gives us
an approximate idea of Internet audience.

Average daily audience of Armenian Internet grew five times this year,
compared with 2010, and one user’s views three times. It means people
in Armenia started visiting Internet more often and spending more
time here.

To your second question I can say that demand exceeds supply mainly
in December due to placement of ads for a certain period of time –
one week or one month, and many advertisers are left with no space
for advertising. In such a situation CRM (cost-per-mille) model would
put things right.

ARKA – Representatives of which areas place their ads in Internet
more often than others?

Martirosyan – The most active advertisers in Internet are financial
companies, telecommunication operators and car importers. The thing is
that these companies can afford to advertise in various media channels,
including Internet.

ARKA – How many players (Internet advertisement agencies) are on the
Armenian market?

Martirosyan – Internet advertisement market is dynamically developing.

Many companies acknowledge Internet’s power, and this attracts them.

More than 20 companies in Armenia offer their services, particularly
on placing ads and boosting sites.

ARKA – Which sites are more attractive for advertisers?

Martirosyan – The most attractive places to advertisers in Armenian
Internet are news sites as well as specialized pages spotlighting
finance and car business, which embrace certain audience.

Russian portals and social networks attract more Armenian Internet
than other outside Internet sources.

What about selection of pages for advertising, I’d like to say that
as a rule, advertisers are guided by quantity, not quality parameters
in their choice.

Very few advertisers or advertising agencies engaging in planning and
placing clients’ ads ground their choice on quality parameters, such as
composition and geographic distribution, or other important parameters.

Therefore, advertisers don’t see the expected result, and advertisement
budgets are used ineffectively, while a right planning of a campaign
would produce different effect and attract more advertisers.

ARKA – How much Internet ad costs in Armenia?

Martirosyan – No factors impact price-making process in Armenian
Internet, excluding prices for context ads. Neither thematic focuses
nor the number of views impact prices. That is why it would be wrong
to speak about justified price for Internet advertisement.

ARKA – Is there any assessment of effectiveness of marketing in
the network?

Martirosyan – Certain instruments for studies are needed for gauging
effectiveness of marketing, particularly Internet ads. There are
no such instruments in Armenia, since advertisers pay no attention
to the necessity to gauge effectiveness, or their employees have no
sufficient knowledge to analyze results of advertising campaigns. This
lessens effectiveness of usage of the advertising budget.

KHACHATUROV MERELY REPEATED – 2

Lragir.am

13:34:11 – 08/08/2011

Armenian mass media reported that Yuri Khachaturov, chief of the
general staff of the Armed Forces, stated in the meeting hall of the
Defense Ministry, that the liberated territories must be handed over
because the army of Azerbaijan is stronger, and Azerbaijan will grant
Karabakh wider sovereignty.

These statements were reported to be made by Khachaturov on July 11.

They were preceded by Serzh Sargsyan’s scandalous statements at the
PACE, when he said Azerbaijan would have advantage in a possible war
over Nagorno Karabakh.

What did the chief of the general staff of the Armed Forces have to do,
who actually is the Head of the Armed Forces? He had to obey and repeat
the words of his supreme commander. Khachaturov probably knows best
of all the current situation of the Armenian army. Supplies, arms and
military preparedness of the army are under his supervision. He knows
better than anyone else that the army today is a personal “garden” of
generals, where the soldier does not receive necessary calories and
military skills, where instead of statutory relationship, “thieves’
laws” reign, where “suicides” are committed for which no one is held
responsible, instead the leadership of the army keeps getting richer
and richer at the expenses of the “army” and other businesses.

Khachaturov has another way – resignation. Resignation for the current
situation that brought about the idea to hand over the homeland. Can
you imagine such a dignified step by a dignified officer? But the
dignified way does not suit the leadership of the army and the country.

INTELLECTUAL ON TRAGIC DESTINY OF TURKISH ARMENIANS

Tert.am
14:54 08.08.11

The Armenian art critics and other intellectuals that attended
the Nature and Worship festival, held by the Armenia-based Maratuk
company in Dersim province, Turkey, July 27 to 31, video recorded the
stories of numerous Armenians forcibly converted to Islam, Haykagun
Alvrtsyan, Head of the Western Armenia and Armenians Study Center,
told journalists on Aug 8.

“In one of the villages we were told [a] man’s eventful story –
a story of consistent struggle for existence and incognito life,”
Alvrtsyan said.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SEEKS TO GET NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS RESTARTED

Tert.am
11:39 ~U 08.08.11

The next trilateral meeting would not be held until Moscow got
guarantees of all the conflicting parties’ willingness to put their
signatures to the Kazan document.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to hold a meeting with his
Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Sochi, on Aug. 9. The meeting will
focus on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, reports Moskovskiye
Novosti.

“If the talks prove a success, the next step is likely to be Dmitry
Medvedev’s meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, with a
trilateral summit to follow,” the source reports.

The Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders held their latest
meeting in Kazan. The summit failed. The reason was that Russian and
Armenian diplomats overestimated the possible political concessions
official Baku was ready for. “Medvedev had to promptly correct his
subordinates’ mistakes. He addressed a letter to Sargsyan and Aliyev,
wherein he presented his view on the settlement process,” the source
writes. The Russian president also considered some of Azerbaijan’s
arguments reasonable.

“No wonder, therefore, that Azerbaijan was the first to respond. Azeri
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov paid a visit to Moscow in mid-July
and handed Aliyev’s reply letter over to his Russian counterpart
Sergey Lavrov.” The Armenian side responded later, the source reported,
quoting the political analyst Alexey Vlasov.

“According to some information, Azerbaijan agreed to the arguments
contained in Dmitry Medvedev’s letter. As to Sargsyan’s response to
his message, it remains unknown,” the expert told Moskovskiye Novosti.

That is the reason why the Russian leader first held a meeting with his
Azeri counterpart. It had been stated that the next trilateral meeting
would not be held until Moscow got guarantees of all the conflicting
parties’ willingness to put their signatures to the Kazan document,
the expert said.

AFFAIRE YEZEGUELIAN : LA RéDACTION DE NAM TOUJOURS DANS LE NOIR
[email protected]

Armenews.com
lundi 8 août 2011
MEDIA

La fatwa lancée par Raymond Yézéguélian contre NAM est entrée
dans une nouvelle étape. Ce personnage condamné le 18 juillet par la
justice pour avoir coupé ‘électricité dans les locaux de Nouvelles
d’Armén Magazine n’a toujours pas procédé a son rétablissement
normal. Depuis le premier juillet, la rédaction du journal se trouve
dans une situation de chômage technique et la fabrication de son
numéro de rentrée est perturbée.

Se jouant de la décision de justice, ce personnage avait
fait cependant semblant de s’y soumettre le 28 juillet dernier
en faisant rétablir le courant devant un huissier q’il avait
dÔment mandaté. Mais une fois que celui-ci a tourné les talons,
l’électricité a été de nouveau cou

La manoeuvre étant peut-être un peu grosse,’électricien de
R. Yézéguélian est venu au 95 bd Gouvion Saint-Cyr le lendemain
pour soi-disant remettre le courant. Mais il procédait en réalité
a un abaissement tel de ‘ampérage’il en rendait impossible
l’usage. Conséquen: les bureaux de NAM sont toujours plongés dans
le noir.

Ces agissements qui obéissenta une volonté de contourner l’ordonnance
du 18 juillet interdisent non seulement la jouissance paisible des
locaux de NAM voulue par le tribunal, mais ils visent égalementa
empêcher la parution du journal. A ce titre ils constituent une
atteinte a la liberté de la presse, garantie par la constitution.

L’equipe de NAM entend faire respecter sa liberté d’expression et
elle informe ses lecteurs q’elle mettra tout en oeuvre pour permettre
aux Nouvelles d’Arménie Magazine de reparaître en septembre, comme
tous les ans depuis 1993.

DECOUVERTE D’UNE MINE D’URANIUM DANS LE LAC DE VAN
Krikor Amirzayan, [email protected]

Armenews.com
lundi 8 aout 2011,
VAN

Le journal turc ” Sabah ” revele que des scientifiques Turcs ont
decouvert lors travaux d’analyse des eaux du lac de Van que ce
dernier recelait une mine d’uranium dont les reserves sont evaluees
a 7,5 milliards de dollars. L’equipe du professeur Mehmet Yaman de
l’Universite ” Ferat ” aurait mene durant trois ans des etudes sur
cette mine d’uranium du lac de Van. Le mois dernier, il a publie les
travaux de ses recherches dans le mensuel Clean-Journal qui affirme
la presence de l’uranium dans les eaux du lac de Van. ” Sahah ”
ecrit que la presence de cet uranium est une veritable opportunite
pour la Turquie qui s’apprete a se doter de centres thermonucleraires.

LA COALITION ARMENIENNE ESPERE CONVAINCRE L’OPPOSITION
[email protected]

lundi 8 aout 2011,
ARMENIE

La coalition au pouvoir du president Serge Sarkissian espere convaincre
le Congres national armenien (HAK) de renoncer a la tenue des premieres
elections nationales, a annonce un de ses representants vendredi. Gagik
Minasian, un membre de la coalition qui negocie avec les representants
du HAK, a exprime sa confiance envers les Armeniens qui comprendront
ses arguments lors du dialogue entre les deux camps rivaux politiques.

” Nous sommes convaincus que la situation armenienne n’est pas une
crise “, a declare Minasian lors d’une conference. ” Nous avons
de nombreux problèmes et nous prenons de nombreuses mesures pour y
remedier “.

” Nous sommes prets a les presenter pour convaincre les membres de
l’opposition de notre perception de la situation. Avoir recours a
des elections anticipees n’est pas la solution “.

” Je ne suis pas sur que nous parviendrons a les convaincre. Mais je
suis certain d’une chose : un observateur objectif et impartial de
nos discussions arrivera a la bonne conclusion. D’apres moi, nous
n’avons pas besoin d’elections anticipees “.

Le dirigeant du HAK, Levon Ter-Petrosian et d’autres representants
de l’opposition affirment que seules des elections peuvent mettre
fin aux fraudes electorales chroniques et ainsi eliminer l’origine
principale des tensions politiques en Armenie. Ils ont menace de se
retirer du dialogue et d’organiser des manifestions massives si le
president Sarkissian refuse de mettre en place des elections.

Alors que les demandes de l’opposition ont ete rejetees, l’equipe
de la coalition au pouvoir dirigee par Davit Harutiunian, un autre
depute affilie au Parti republicain de Sarkissian (HHK), a accepte de
discuter de la question le mois dernier avec les representants du HAK.

Malgre les conflits avec l’opposition, Minasian semble optimiste
concernant l’issue du dialogue.

” Le cours des discussions me donne de l’espoir. Je crois que nous
avons tous deux des buts supremes et que nous parviendrons a surmonter
ces problemes pour atteindre nos objectifs “.

Les representants de la delegation des deux partis ont deja organise
trois reunions et se rencontreront de nouveau en debut de semaine
prochaine.