Author: Kanayan Tamar

ARMENIE
Vardan Bostanjyan : le développement économique entre dans sa nouvelle phase

Le leader du parti du Nouveau Temps Aram Karapetyan et le membre du
parti Arménie Prospère Vardan Bostanjyan ont discuté des indices
économiques du premier trimestre de 2011 et des tendances du
développement économique.

Le leader du parti du Nouveau Temps n’a pas qualifié la politique
économique du gouvernement d’efficace. Il a noté que les mesures du
gouvernement visent à assurer “la gestion du dispositif” plutôt que le
développement économique.

Le représentant du Parti Arménie prospère dit que les indices
économiques sont assimilables à une situation post-crise. “Les
tendances économiques entrent dans une nouvelle étape a-t-il ajouté.

Bostanjyan est convaincu que la déclaration du Président sur la mise
en `uvre du système de privilèges fiscaux donnera des résultats
considérables.

vendredi 1er juillet 2011,
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news.am, Armenia
July 1 2011

Environmentalists protest against Armenia`s plans to build tailing dump

July 01, 2011 | 21:59

YEREVAN. – A tailing dump will be built in the central part of Armenia
near the rivers Hrazdan and Marmarik for wastes of gold-enriching
plant, Ekolur informs.

Existence of tailing dump in the center of Armenia is a real
catastrophe, president of Ecological academy NGO Greta Gabrielyan
states. Although the plant is not yet built the project is already
posted on the website of Armenian Ministry of Environment and Nature
Protection. Tailing dump is among the objects of the future plant.

The specialist believes the main threat is that the project has no
information on the size of the tailing dump. It is mentioned that only
close circulation of water will be employed.

`This means that it can work being overfilled. The tailing dumps are
grounded on the gravel and sand, thus all the content will penetrate
in soil and will poison the lower layers,’ Gabrielyan told and added
there is no second tailing bump in case of emergency.

Another threat is dust from raw processing, which contains heavy
metals. These mixtures are typical for Armenian multi metallic ores
and will pose a real threat for the environment nearby, including
Hrazdan city and Tsaghkadzor resort.

news.am, Armenia
July 1 2011

Medvedev sent his view of Karabakh to Armenian President

July 01, 2011 | 18:55

The Karabakh conflict has no other solution but the right for
self-determination, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at joint
press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich.

`People of Nagorno-Karabakh are bearers of internationally recognized
right to self-determination. This right should be fully implemented,’
he said.

President Sargsyan said that during his talks with Ukrainian
counterpart the sides pointed out key role of the OSCE Minsk Group in
the Karabakh peace process.

Unsuccessful talks in Kazan are not indicative of end of the peace
process on the whole.

`At least one chance was missed. We have lost the chance before the
new meeting,’ he added.

Armenian President stressed that Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev and
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs reiterated their intention to continue
efforts into the Karabakh conflict settlement, Telegraf.by reports.

`During a phone conversation Russian President Medvedev informed me he
had sent his views of the problem in written form. I think we will
soon receive it to see how to move forward,’ Sargsyan concluded.

PARTIES TO KARABAKH CONFLICT WILL BE OFFERED NEW PROPOSALS – FRENCH FM

news.am
July 1 2011
Armenia

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe presented some details of future
plans of the mediators after the meeting of Armenian, Russian and
Azerbaijani Presidents in Kazan.

Parties to the conflict will be offered additional proposals to reach
agreement on the issue, said Juppe in an interview with Echo of Moscow.

“I welcome the efforts of Russia, the Russian President. He made great
efforts in Sochi and Kazan. But, nevertheless, it has not led to any
results. However, as far as I know, there will be additional proposals
to make it possible to reach some agreement on the issue,” said Juppe.

The meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani held on the initiative of Russian
leader Dmitry Medvedev took place in Kazan on June 24.

The sides failed to agree on Basic principles of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement despite the calls of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing
states Russia, U.S. and France.

In a statement issued after the meeting the presidents noted “the
achievement of mutual understanding on a number of issues. Solution
of these issues contributes to creating conditions for the approval
of the basic principles.”

ARMENIA WANTS TO HAVE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE IN UKRAINE, SAYS UKRAINIAN AGENCY

Interfax
July 1 2011
Russia

Armenia wants to have its trade commissioner in Ukraine.

Armenia announced this during the fifth session of the
Ukrainian-Armenian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation
in Kyiv, the press service of the State Agency of Ukraine for the
Management of State Corporate Rights and Property has said.

“The Armenian side has expressed its interest in having a trade
representative in Ukraine. Our partners are interested in the
Ukrainian market and in having more Armenian products on the market,”
the agency’s head, Dmytro Kolesnikov has said.

He also said that a final decision about Armenia’s trade
representative in Ukraine may be taken during the sixth session
of the Ukrainian-Armenian intergovernmental commission on economic
cooperation, which will be held in Yerevan in 2012.

Starting from this year, the intergovernmental commission’s sessions
will be held annually instead of every two years.

DALITA KHOURY

AZG DAILY
02-07-2011

Standard of Meat Must be Improved

The standard of food that is being sold in Armenia is becoming a
bigger problem. The government has created laws for the standards
of food, and these laws tell us whether something is safe to eat or
drink. However, many of these laws are not proving to be enough, and
the laws on food in Armenia need to be stricter, especially when it
comes to meat. One of the biggest problems Armenia faces with meat is
the animals we are taking it from. Not all of the meat that we consume
can come from healthy animals, and if they are not, the meat should not
be eaten. The animals are being slaughtered from all around Armenia,
and their meat is being distributed to many various places.

This can make things very unsanitary and also very dangerous for the
people who are purchasing the meat for food. It is our government’s
duty to make sure that the meat its people are eating is coming from
a safe and sanitary place. In order for customers to know where the
meat they are buying is coming from, stores should be obligated to
post stickers on the packaging with information as to where it came
from and whether it meets all of the requirements.

WINNER OF BERLINALE IN GOLDEN APRICOT

AZG DAILY
02-07-2011

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi film “Nader and Simin. A separation”
will participate in Golden Apricot 8th International Film Festival.

The film was awarded an Honorary Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin
International Film Festival. It was awarded Silver Bear by The
International Committee of Berlin IFF for best actress and best
actor nominations.

The Iranian drama reveals a marriage in crisis and the class struggle
in Iran between middle class intellectuals and poorer Iranians for
whom religion and honor is more important. It is the first Iranian
winner of the Berlinale prize.

Golden Apricot 8th International Film Festival will be held on 10-17
July in Yerevan, Golden Apricot’s press center reports, again with
the help of the true partners: the Ministry of Culture as a state
support and VivaCell-MTS as the general sponsor.

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT: BAKU MAKES 4TH ATTEMPT IN 15 MONTHS TO CHANGE THE NEGOTIATING DOCUMENT

AZG DAILY
02-07-2011

Official Baku appeared in Kazan summit with a document of 10 proposals,
President Serzh Sargsyan declared yesterday in a joint news conference
with his Ukrainian counterpart. The President has at the same time
reminded his PACE address, where he said if Azerbaijan didn’t appear
with new changes, advancement would be recorded, Panorama.am reported.

“We could record advancement in Kazan, But, regretfully, it was
failed. Official Baku behaved the way they are used to during the last
year,” Serzh Sargsyan declared adding they’ve prepared a document
of 10 issues to be changed.

“The same scenario is being repeated for the fourth time within 15
months,” President said.

“I think, that one chance has been missed. It doesn’t necessarily
mean the end of negotiations. But we’ve missed the period leading
to the next meeting. Russian President and the leaders of OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairing states have confirmed their readiness to continue
the efforts, and Russian President told me in phone conversation he’s
drafted his vision. I think, we’ll soon get it and see how we could
advance,” President of Armenia concluded.

MARTIROS SARGSYAN’S “PERSIA” BEING RESTORED
Alisa Gevorgyan

“Radiolur”
01.07.2011 17:43

The painting “Persia” by Martiros Saryan is being restored on financing
from the Armenian Ministry of Culture. The seven-member group headed
by Gayane Kazanti started the restoration works on June 25. Armenian
specialists help Italian expert Luciano Billiot to restore the canvas.

Conservation and restoration of Martiros Saryan’s damaged paintings
started at Sayran Home-Museum in 2006. Special technologies and
equipments and corresponding professional experience was necessary to
do that hard work. The Ministry of Culture decided then to allocate
financial means to the pilot program.

PARTIES TO KARABAKH CONFLICT TO REACH CONSENSUS BY 2012

Tert.am
01.07.11

The parties to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will reach a consensus
by next summer, according to a Russian expert.

Speaking in Baku, the vice Dean of the Moscow State University’s
History Department and the editor-in-chief of information-analytical
center Vestnik-Kavkaza, Aleksey Vlasov, disagreed to the opinion
that the Kazan meeting between the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian
presidents was a failure.

He said the parties did not reach an agreement because of existing
conflicts in their approaches. The expert did not share the opinion
that Moscow is interested in keeping the conflict frozen.

“The unsettled Karabakh conflict negatively impacts the situation
in the North Caucasus and the south of Russia. That’s why Russia is
interested in its settlement,” the Azerbaijani news agency APA quoted
him as saying.

Vlasov further denied the media reports that Russia is going to give
up its role as a mediator. He said such disinformation pursues a
bias, as interested parties attempt in this way to monopolize the
peacekeeping mission.

The expert explained such manipulation by the current information
warfare.

“But Russia will have a decisive role in the conflict settlement
process,” he added.