Author: Kanayan Tamar

HERITAGE MEMBER: ARMENIA’S EEU ACCESSION IS ABSOLUTELY POLITICAL MATTER

15:21 04/12/2014 >> POLITICS

The accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is not an economic
integration process, but absolutely a political matter, Heritage
parliamentary faction head Ruben Hakobyan stated during a debate on
Armenia’s entry into the EEU in the parliament.

In his words, some time after Armenia’s accession to the EEU,
Kazakhstan will raise the issue of setting up a customs border between
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

The politician expressed confidence that one-third of the MPs present
at the session are against the ratification of the EEU accession
treaty and urged the MPs to vote by conscience.

Source: Panorama.am

ERDOGAN UNHAPPY WITH NOBEL COMMITTEE AND UN SECURITY COUNCIL

Thursday 4 December 2014 13:21
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Yerevan/Mediamax/. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues his
criticism of international institutions claiming they lack objectivity.

Speaking at the Presidential Awards Ceremony on December 3, Erdogan
said “even the Nobel is not awarded objectively”, Turkish Hurriyet
writes.

“Do not hope for objective points of view in a world where
international institutions decide according to their own ideologies,
politics and beliefs. Is the Nobel awarded objectively? No. Does the
UN Security Council make objective decisions? No, never”, said Erdogan.

The Turkish President added that Turkey cannot silently watch while
hegemons write the history of arts and science.

Earlier, Erdogan instructed Turkey’s educational institutions to
highlight the contribution of Islam to global science and arts,
including the discovery of the American continent by Muslim sailors
300 years before Columbus.

In his speech on December 3, Erdogan also criticized the UN Security
Council for allowing only five major powers to effectively make
all decisions.

“The UN, which was established on the post-World War I international
system, is short of representing the whole world. The entire world’s
destiny cannot be in the hands of five countries only”, said Erdogan.

CHAINE ALLEMANDE DW : LE GROUPE ETAT ISLAMIQUE EST APPROVISIONNE DEPUIS LA TURQUIE, MEMBRE DE L’OTAN

REVUE DE PRESSE

La chaine allemande Deutsche Welle (DW) a publie un reportage
video d’une importance capitale ; c’est sans doute le premier grand
media occidental a admettre que ce qu’on appelle l’EIIL (ou ISIS,
ou encore Islamic State) est alimente, non pas par le marche noir
du petrole, ou par les prises d’otage avec rancons, mais par des
approvisionnements et du materiel pour plusieurs milliards de dollars,
transportes quotidiennement par camion jusqu’en Syrie a travers la
frontière avec la Turquie, pays membre de l’OTAN.

Le reportage qui s’intitule ‘IS’ supply channels through Turkey (”
Les circuits d’approvisionnement de l’EIIL viennent de Turquie”)
confirme ce qui avait ete rapporte par plusieurs analystes politiques
dès 2011, a savoir que la Turquie, bien que membre de l’OTAN, permet le
passage d’enormes quantites de fournitures, d’armes et de combattants a
travers sa frontière avec la Syrie a destination des positions tenues
par l’EIIL.

Dans une scène surrealiste du reportage de DW, on voit des terroristes
anti-syriens traverser tranquillement la frontière et une fois arrives
de l’autre côte, etre abattus par des combattants kurdes.

Les habitants et les commercants locaux interviewes par DW admettent
que le commerce qu’ils exercaient avec la Syrie s’est interrompu dès
le debut du conflit et que les camions de marchandise qui traversent
la frontière proviennent de

Bien sûr, le terme > qui >,
designe clairement l’Etat islamique. L’EIIL constitue la force
expeditionnaire de mercenaires de l’OTAN, devastant par procuration
les ennemis de cette dernière depuis la Libye en Afrique du Nord,
jusqu’au Liban et a la Syrie, en passant par l’Irak et meme aux
frontières de l’Iran. Son approvisionnement apparemment inepuisable
en argent, en armement et en combattants ne peut s’expliquer que par
l’aide de plusieurs pays etrangers et par l’existence de territoires
refuges que l’OTAN protège du feu de ses ennemis que sont la Syrie,
le Hezbollah, l’Iran et l’Irak. Le reportage de la chaine allemande
DW met bien en evidence la facon dont les terroristes de l’ISIS
s’echappent regulièrement de Syrie et trouvent refuge en Turquie.

L’un des principaux objectifs de l’OTAN dès 2012 fut d’utiliser tous
les pretextes possibles pour etendre ces territoires refuges, ou > a l’interieur de la Syrie elle-meme, en les faisant
proteger par les forces militaires de l’OTAN, et depuis lesquelles
les > pourraient operer. S’ils y etaient parvenus,
les equipes de cameraman de DW auraient probablement filme ces memes
convois de camions, mais cette fois traversant les villes d’Idlib ou
d’Alep, et non le long de la frontière avec la Syrie.

Le complot des Etats-Unis et de leurs allies visant a creer une force
mercenaire sectaire alignee sur al-Qaïda ayant ete mis en evidence,
tout comme le fait que les soi-disant > que les
US ont officiellement soutenus en Syrie ne sont rien d’autre que
des extremistes sectaires, le reportage de DW filmant les convois
d’approvisionnement en provenance de la Turquie vient confirme, si
le doute existait encore, que la menace posee par l’EIIL vis-a-vis
de l’OTAN provient de l’OTAN elle-meme. Cela lève le voile sur une
politique etrangère si incroyablement insidieuse que l’on a du mal a y
croire, meme après la diffusion par de grands medias comme DW d’images
montrant que les voies d’approvisionnement de l’EIIL proviennent de
territoires contrôles par l’OTAN.

Tony Cartalucci 28 novembre 2014 Land Destroyer Report

jeudi 4 decembre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS MEET IN BASEL

12:20, 04 Dec 2014

On a working visit to Basel, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Igor Popov, James
Warlick and Pierre Andrieu, and the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk.

The Armenian Foreign Minister drew the attention of the mediators
to the increased military rhetoric in Azerbaijan, the statements
distorting the essence and content of the negotiations, the gross
ceasefire violations at the Armenian border and the line of contact
with Nagorno Karabakh, which results in human losses, and the situation
created after the downing of the helicopter of the Artsakh Defense
Army during a training flight.

During the meeting the parties continued the discussions on the
opportunities of furthering the process of peaceful settlement of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

Edward Nalbandian reiterated Armenia’s commitment to continue the
efforts in cooperation with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs towards the
peaceful solution to the Karabakh conflict.

HARUTYUN KHACHATRYAN’S MOVIE WINS AT TURIN FILM FESTIVAL

December 3, 2014

ARMENPRESS – “Endless Escape, Eternal Return” by Armenian filmmaker
Harutyun Khachatryan won Best International Documentary at 33nd Turin
Film Festival. The movie was also awarded 5000 Euros. 10 other movies
had been introduced in the same nomination from the United States,
France, Germany, UK, Brazil, Belgium, Syria and others. Harutyun
Khachatryan stated this at the course of the press conference held
on December 3. Among other things, the filmmaker noted that issues
of great concern for the Armenian people have been introduced in
the movie.

Between the late 1980s and early 1990s, three history-making events
shook Armenia: independence from the Soviet Union, which redrew the
geography of an entire portion of the world; the war with Azerbaijan
for control of Nagorno-Karabakh; and a devastating

earthquake. These episodes forced many Armenians to leave their
homeland. Including a man who today lives in Moscow and retraces for
us his journey as an exile, which has lasted over twenty years.

Harutyun Khachatryan was born in Akhalkalak, Georgia. He graduated
in 1981 from the Film Division of the Department of Culture of the
Armenian State Pedagogical University. Between 1981-1986, he worked as
an assistant to director and film director at the Armenian Documentary
Studio and between 1987-2005 he worked in Hayfilm aka Armenfilm Studio
as director and producer. He directed films that were awarded prizes
at various international film festivals. In 2003, he received Armenian
Government Award and obtained recognition as Honored Artist of the
Republic of Armenia. Director of Golden Apricot Fcd, is also co-founder
and General Director of Yerevan International Film Festival since 2004.

JANUARY-OCTOBER JEWELRY OUTPUT DROPS BY 45.7% IN ARMENIA COMPARED TO 2013

YEREVAN, December 3. /ARKA/. Jewelry production output amounted to
8,233.7 million drams in Armenia in January-October, a reduction of
45.7% compared to the same period of 2013, ArmStat reported.

A total of 895.2 kilograms of jewelry was produced in the period as
compared to 879.3 kilograms in January-October 2013 (1.8% increase).

Diamond output was 46,094 carats, a 37.3% decrease.

Exports of precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals and
products from them totaled about $188.2 million (21.2% increase) in
January-October; imports were $262.9 million (7.6% increase). ($1-
442.33 drams). -0–

UNE MILITANTE DES DROITS HUMAINS APPELLE LES ONG INTERNATIONALES A RENDRE VISITE AUX CITOYENS AZERIS ARRETES

ARMENIE

L’ONG “Contre l’arbitraire juridique ” a recu une reponse negative
a ses appels aux organisations internationales de suivre le procès
de deux citoyens azerbaïdjanais soupconnees de sabotage dans le
Haut-Karabagh et de proceder a un suivi.

Larisa Alaverdyan, la presidente de l’ONG, a declare que les
organisations internationales ont fonde leur refus par le fait qu’ils
n’ont aucune possibilite de suivre le procès alors que pourtant ce
procès est très important.

“Malheureusement, je ai deja recu deux refus. Deux organisations ont
deja dit que pour le moment ils n’ont pas les visiteurs appropriees
qui pourraient mener une enquete sur l’affaire” a declare l’ancienne
mediatrice d’Armenie.

Larissa Alaverdyan, qui a rendu visite aux deux Azeris, croit que si
une personne est un prisonnier dans un pays etranger, des representants
d’ONG doivent leur rendre visite.

LA BANQUE CENTRALE ARMENIENNE MINIMISE LA NOUVELLE DEPRECIATION DU DRAM

Economie

La Banque Centrale d’Armenie (BCA) a exhorte la population et les
entreprises a ne pas paniquer en achetant des dollars americains
suite a la nouvelle depreciation du dram, largement attribue a la
crise economique russe.

Le dram a perdu 1,7 % supplementaire face au dollar a la clôture des
marches de la bourse d’Erevan hier. Il a chute a 460 drams pour un
dollar au debut de l’après-midi, avant de se rallier a un peu plus
de 442 drams pour un dollar.

La monnaie armenienne avait deja affaibli de 4,5 % en quelques jours a
la fin du mois dernier. À environ 435 drams pour un dollar, son taux
de change est reste pratiquement inchange du 25 novembre jusqu’a la
fin de semaine dernière.

L’affaiblissement du dram a repris lundi alors que les prix
internationaux du petrole ont atteint flambe, provoquant une nouvelle
depreciation importante du rouble russe. Le rouble a perdu plus de
terrain que le dollar et a l’euro, ce qui signifie que les plusieurs
millions d’envois de fonds de dollars des Armeniens travaillant en
Russie baisseront probablement, en termes reels, dans les prochaines
semaines.

Ces envois de fonds ont longtemps permis a l’Armenie de financer ses
enormes deficits commerciaux et des comptes courants.

La BCA a intente cette dernière fluctuation de change sur “l’evolution
des marches internationaux et de la region”. Dans une declaration,
elle a mis en garde contre les “speculations monetaires et conversions
indues”, affirmant que la stabilite financière en Armenie n’est pas
a risque.

Elle a insiste pour dire qu’elle dispose de suffisamment de reserves
en devises pour garder la situation sous contrôle.

mercredi 3 decembre 2014, Claire (c)armenews.com

FIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS INVOLVING AREAL ACCELERATOR TO BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT YEAR

14:04 * 03.12.14

The cooperation between Armenia’s Ministry of Education and Science and
the CANDLE Synchrotron Research Institute envisages the implementation
of five research projects involving the AREAL laser driven linear
accelerator.

The projects won a contest and will be implemented next year, Chairman
of the State Committee on Science Samvel Harutyunyan told reporters
on Wednesday.

“This December, research teams of the Alikhanyan laboratory,
Yerevan State University, Institute of Molecular Biology, State
Engineering University of Armenia will start research in physics,
materials science, biophysics, biomedicine, microelectronics, and
new acceleration technologies,” he said.

An apparatus building sector has been created at the AREAL section,
and Armenian scientists create innovative devices.

“Since AREAL was put into operation, we have received a number of
orders for devices. Specifically, we have received orders from the
DESY accelerator center in Germany. DESY is one of the world’s leading
accelerator centers and it is an honor for Armenia to receive orders
for devices from such a center,” Mr Harutyunyan said.

This October saw the completion of creation of the DELTA biomedical
and microtechnology laboratories.

“Our scientists also carried out research at the Dubai nuclear
research institute. Since 1993, Armenia has been a member of the
institute. Armenian scientists are conducting research in theoretical
physics, high-energy physics, nuclear physics and information
technologies.”

ILHAM ALIYEV: FALL IN OIL PRICES DOES NOT FRIGHTEN US

Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
December 2, 2014 Tuesday

Baku.02.12.14. Turan: In an interview with the TV channel Russia-24
the head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that tolerance and
multiculturalism reign in Azerbaijan.

He accused the government of the People’s Front of nationalism and
attempt to extrude the non-indigenous population from the country.

However, the bugs have been fixed and there are no prerequisites that
it could happen again.

Regarding the situation outside the country, it is a concern, but the
negative effects are constrained by “higher consciousness of society
and effective public policy,” said Aliyev.

Turning to the fall in world oil prices, he said it would have a
negative impact on the economy, but “various scenarios have been
developed and at an oil price of $ 60 the economy will grow steadily.”

He noted that the budgetary price is $ 90.

“The negative I see is that we will do in two years what is planned for
one. We will simply cut budget spending on infrastructure projects,”
Aliyev said, adding that the government is committed to ensuring that
oil revenues were not more than a third of GDP.

How justified is the expectation that the economy will be stable at
a price of $ 60? On this question Aliyev gave no clear answer.

Last year, the Azerbaijani economy was invested $ 28 billion. For a
country with a population of nearly ten million it is a considerable
amount, from which 70% is public investment in infrastructure.

“As for Russia, we have invested in the banking sector, acquired the
shares of VTB, as well as in real estate and manufacturing. So for
us, the Russian market is promising, and we will continue to invest
heavily in it, no matter what the situation, despite the so-called
sanctions. Firstly, this is temporary, and, secondly, we need to work
to strengthen relations,” Aliyev said.

Asked about the Karabakh settlement, Aliyev said that Armenia does
not want peace settlement of the problem and wants to leave everything
as it is, to maintain the status quo.

After several meetings at the highest level the sides reached an
agreement on confidence-building measures to reduce the incidents on
the contact line.

“But just two weeks later Armenia began military exercises in the
occupied part of our territory. Moreover, they were held not in
Armenia, and not even within Nagorno-Karabakh, but in the territory
of the Agdam region of Azerbaijan, just along the line of contact.

According to their own reports, 47 thousand soldiers and thousands
of types of equipment participated there. The question is what the
need was to arrange this provocation immediately after the meeting
in Paris,”Aliyev said.

“I think that the leading countries of the world have to say a clear
word here not only with statements, but also with respect to the
decisions that were taken. Or decisions are not taken, while actions
are carried out – we’ve seen it too many times in the modern world
not so long ago.

Demolition of existing mechanisms for international cooperation will
lead to a total chaos. I think that in this historical period the
responsibility falls on the leading countries of the world. They must
not violate international law, in the first place. They should support
international law and the world order that emerged after World War II,”
said Aliyev.

Is there a threat from LIH to Azerbaijan? On this question, Aliyev
said that the emergence of this group is the result of a policy which
was carried out in the Middle East.

This proves once again that it is impossible to divide terrorists
into good and bad. Until it is decided by the leading countries of
the world, until a common understanding appears of the fight against
radicalism and terrorism, such a situation will arise constantly.

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