Melik-Shahnazaryan: Robert Walter Has No Right To Enter Karabakh

MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN: ROBERT WALTER HAS NO RIGHT TO ENTER KARABAKH

Friday,
October
17

The PACE decision of October 2 contradicts international law, truth
and justice, the political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan said at
a press conference in Yerevan today when commenting on the preparation
of the report titled “Escalation of Violence in Nagorno Karabakh and
Other Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan”.

“In this case silence means complicity in the crime. We have no right
to keep silent. Both the state and citizens should struggle against
it,” the expert said.

In his words, he is surprised at the silence in Armenia over these
events.

Melik-Shahnazaryan said the Armenian delegation did their best,
but the decision was taken prior to the sitting and what happened on
October 2 was in violation of international law.

According to him, a statement was made in the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic that British MP Robert Walter who shall prepare the report
by a decision of the PACE Political Affairs Committee has no right
to enter the territory of NKR.

http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2014/10/16/evon-meliq-shahnazaryan/

Armenia Draws Mediators’ Attention To Ceasefire Violations By Azerba

ARMENIA DRAWS MEDIATORS’ ATTENTION TO CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS BY AZERBAIJAN

KARABAKH | 17.10.14 | 14:03

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Thursday received the
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, Igor Popov (Russia) and Pierre Andrieu
(France), and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. (The U.S. co-chair of the group,
James Warlick did not arrive in the region this time because of
“a family emergency”).

The sides discussed the latest developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process, and the ongoing preparations for the meeting of the
presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to be hosted by their French
counterpart Francois Hollande in Paris later this month.

According to the Armenian MFA’s press service, FM Nalbandian drew the
co-chairs’ attention to the fact that the Azerbaijani armed forces’
ceasefire violations have multiplied, and that this has become
official Baku’s usual practice ahead of high-level meetings dealing
with Karabakh conflict settlement.

The top Armenian diplomat noted that, on the one hand, Azerbaijan is
attempting to shift Karabakh peace talks onto other platforms, and
on the other hand, it is trying to break down the ongoing negotiation
process under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship.

The minister stressed that, in this way, Azerbaijan shows that it is
not ready for a settlement.

Nalbandian also stated that “Azerbaijan makes fabricated statements,
and this proves that this country once again shows its casual approach
in the lead-up to the forthcoming meeting in Paris.”

The international mediators had arrived in Armenia from Azerbaijan
where they also met with high-ranking officials. They made a crossing
into Armenia on foot from Azerbaijan after participating in an OSCE
ceasefire monitoring mission.

http://armenianow.com/karabakh/57713/armenia_azerbaijan_karabakh_osce_minsk_group_cochairs

Armenian Church In Myanmar Re-Anointed

ARMENIAN CHURCH IN MYANMAR RE-ANOINTED

14:23, 17 October, 2014

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 17, ARMENPRESS. The issue of the ancient Christian
holy site of Myanmar – St. John the Baptist Armenian Church in
Rangoon is in the centre of the attention of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin. At the course of his visit to Myanmar on October 1-5,
His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians, tried to find out the solution out of the current situation
with the local authorities, when a defrocked self-constituted pastor
of the Anglican Church took control over the Armenian church.

Father Paruyr Avetisyan, the Director of the Office for the Mother See
Chancellery Inter-Church Relations, stated this at the course of the
press conference held in the press centre of “Armenpress” News Agency.

Among other things, Father Avetisyan noted that Fr. Zaven Yazichian
will visit the church each Sunday or once in two weeks and celebrate
holy liturgy in the church.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/780502/armenian-church-in-myanmar-re-anointed.html

This Week’s New Theatre

THIS WEEK’S NEW THEATRE

The Infidel – The Musical | The Gamblers | The Witch Of Edmonton |
The Small Hand | Off | Belfast Festival At Queens

Mark Cook & Lyn Gardner The Guardian, Friday 17 October 2014 12.00 BST

The Infidel – The Musical, London

Kev Orkian in The Infidel – The Musical. Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Turning films into musicals is nothing new (witness the imminent
opening of Made In Dagenham) but, along with The Producers and The Book
Of Mormon, this is part of another more recent trend: marrying music
and dubious taste to religious themes. David Baddiel has penned the
book and lyrics here, with Erran Baron Cohen composing the music (so
you know that subversion is the key note). It’s the tale of Mahmoud,
an ordinary East End Muslim who discovers not only that he was adopted
but that his birth parents were Jewish, causing not a little cultural
and religious chaos. The role played by Omid Djalili on screen is
taken by Armenian comedian Kev Orkian.

Theatre Royal Stratford East, E15, to 2 Nov

MC

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/oct/17/the-infidel-this-weeks-new-theatre

"Chess At School" Becomes Armenia’s Educational Brand

“CHESS AT SCHOOL” BECOMES ARMENIA’S EDUCATIONAL BRAND

11:14, 17 October, 2014

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 17, ARMENPRESS: For the first time “Chess at School”
international conference has launched in Yerevan with participation
of 180 delegates from 30 countries Armenpress reports.

According to Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen
Ashotyan, for Armenia the chess is the part of the national pride and
if previously it was only a sport, beginning from 2011 it has become
a compulsory subject at school.

“Armenia is the first country that has included the chess in the
curriculum as a compulsory subject. The Armenian practice is exclusive
and from the very beginning we have created a new, competitive program,
which we are ready to share with the world. For the first time Armenia
can propose to the world the best educational practice.

“Chess at School” project has become one of the educational brands of
Armenia,” said Armen Ashotyan, adding that the chess highly contributes
to development of leadership in children, strategic way of thinking,
improves the logic, develops new capacities.

“We do not claim that all pupils become world and European champions,
though we would not be against. Our goal is to improve children’s
academic perceptions and advance in other subjects through the chess.

Armenia is the first country in the world where the chess is taught in
secondary schools. The chess subject has been included in curriculums
of secondary schools of Armenia from 2011.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/780451/chess-at-school-becomes-armenias-educational-brand.html

Yerevan: Baku’s Statements Once Again Show Azerbaijan’s Dalliance Wi

YEREVAN: BAKU’S STATEMENTS ONCE AGAIN SHOW AZERBAIJAN’S DALLIANCE WITH THE UPCOMING SARGSYAN – ALIYEV MEETING IN PARIS

by Tatevik Shahunyan

ARMINFO
Friday, October 17, 14:23

The upcoming meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Paris
was discussed at the meeting of the mediators and Foreign Minister
of Armenia Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan.

In this context, Minister Nalbandian said that Azerbaijan has
intensified ceasefire breaches ahead of the meeting, as it usually
does ahead of high-level meetings.

He said that Azerbaijan declares its commitment to the development
of a peace treaty, but still attempts to discuss the issue at other
international organizations, which torpedoes the work of the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs. “With its non-constructive steps Azerbaijan
shows that it is not ready to settle problems,” the minister said.

He drew the attention of the co-chairs at the statements Baku has
made on behalf of the mediators claiming that the OSCE MG, allegedly,
suggested to start negotiations around the elements meeting the
interests of Azerbaijan. “This once again shows Azerbaijan’s dalliance
with the upcoming meeting of the presidents in Baku,” Nalbandian
said and reaffirmed Armenia’s commitment to the peaceful resolution
of the Karabakh conflict under the aegis of the OSCE MG.

EEU Membership Sole Option – Armenian Economist

EEU MEMBERSHIP SOLE OPTION – ARMENIAN ECONOMIST

YEREVAN, October 17./ARKA/. There was no alternative to Armenia’s
accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Armenian economist
and head of “Alternative” research center Tatul Manaseryan said at
a discussion on Armenia’s economic prospects in the EEU on Thursday.

EEU membership is picked as Armenia could not remain uninvolved in
the global processes, according to the economist.

Membership in the EEU is a serious challenge for Armenia, Manaseryan
said.

“We should take a global view of the world and diversify out external
links”, he said.

The economist opposed both ultra-Western and ultra-Eastern supporters.

Armenia can benefit from cooperation with both the EEU and the EU,
he said.

It is important to realize what the advantages of EEU membership are
and what losses can be expected, according to the economist.

“It would be naïve to think we will have only benefits from the EEU
and will not experience negative effects. In reality, there are many
threats, and risks are high, but we should be optimistic and believe
everything will be ok”, Manaseryan said.

The discussion on Armenia’s economic prospects in the EEU was held
by the Union of Russian Armenians and the World Armenian Congress.

On October 10, Armenia joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
treaty that will come into effect on January 1, 2015. -0–

http://arka.am/en/news/economy/eeu_membership_sole_option_armenian_economist/#sthash.GcYaDo5q.dpuf

Serge Sarkissian Defend L’entree Dans L’union Eurasiatique

SERGE SARKISSIAN DEFEND L’ENTREE DANS L’UNION EURASIATIQUE

ARMENIE

L’adhesion a l’Union economique eurasiatique dirigee par la Russie
(UEE) permettra d’accelerer le developpement economique de l’Armenie
et ne va pas entraver la cooperation etroite avec l’Union europeenne
a declare le president Serge Sarkissian.

> a-t-il dit deux jours après la signature
d’un traite d’adhesion avec les autres chefs d’Etat de la Russie,
de la Bielorussie et du Kazakhstan lors d’un sommet de l’UEE a Minsk.

Serge Sarkissian a n’cite aucun prevision macroeconomique a l’appui
de cette declaration. Il avait dit de la meme manière avant que
l’economie armenienne beneficiera de faire partie de l’UEE et des
liens plus etroits avec la Russie en particulier.

La croissance economique en Armenie se ralentit et sera probablement en
deca des projections de l’administration de Serge Sarkissian pour cette
annee et les prochaines annees. La recession qui se profile en Russie,
causee en grande partie par les sanctions economiques occidentales,
devrait jouer un rôle dans cette tendance a la baisse.

S’exprimant a l’issue des entretiens avec le president serbe Tomislav
Nikolic , M. Sarkissian a reaffirme l’engagement pris par son
gouvernement de renforcer les liens avec l’UE tout en faisant partie
du bloc dirigee par la Russie. > a-t-il dit.

Selon les donnees du gouvernement armenien, l’UE est restee le premier
partenaire commercial de l’Armenie dans la première moitie de cette
annee, generant 28 pour cent de son commerce exterieur global. Par
comparaison, la Russie et les deux autres Etats membres de l’UEE
representaient environ 23 pour cent de celui-ci.

vendredi 17 octobre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

Dans Kobane Assiegee, Brève Rencontre Avec Un Prisonnier Jihadiste A

DANS KOBANE ASSIEGEE, BRÈVE RENCONTRE AVEC UN PRISONNIER JIHADISTE AZERI

SYRIE

“Il nous a supplie de le tuer pour qu’il puisse aller au paradis et
profiter de toutes ses recompenses”. Cuneyt Hemo a croise il y a dix
jours le chemin d’un des jihadistes si redoutes qui font le siège de
sa ville de Kobane, et il n’en revient toujours pas.

Malgre les combats acharnes qui s’y deroulent, ce commercant kurde
de 33 ans ne s’est resolu a se mettre a l’abri en Turquie que la
semaine dernière.

Assis dans les jardins du centre culturel de la ville frontalière
de Suruc où il est desormais heberge, M. Hemo raconte sa rencontre
inattendue avec un “bandit” du groupe Etat islamique (EI) d’un ton
pose, presque detache.

“Nous en avons capture un dans la rue”, se souvient-il en tirant
sur une cigarette, “il venait d’Azerbaïdjan, il avait une vingtaine
d’annees et nous a parle en arabe”.

Contrairement a d’autres, Cuneyt Hemo n’a pas endosse le treillis
des Unites de protection du peuple (YPG), la principale milice armee
kurde de Syrie, pour faire le coup de feu contre les mercenaires du
groupe Etat islamique (EI).

Mais il est reste au plus près des affrontements, charge du
ravitaillement en eau et en nourriture d’un groupe de “resistants”.

Ce jour-la, leur prisonnier etait barbu, comme il se doit et
“sentait très mauvais”, decrit en souriant M. Hemo. Et il a longuement
explique a ses gardiens qu’il etait venu a Kobane pour les “delivrer
du +kufur+”, l’absence de croyance.

“On lui demande pourquoi Daesh (l’acronyme arabe du groupe Etat
islamique) nous attaquait”, ajoute le refugie kurde. “Il a repondu
que nous etions des infidèles, qu’ils avaient recu l’ordre de nous
ramener sur le chemin du vrai islam et que, pour eux, nos biens,
nos femmes et nos filles etaient +halal+”. Consommables, donc.

“Pas peur de mourir” –

Pour lui prouver qu’ils pratiquent la meme religion, les combattants
des YPG embarquent alors leur ennemi dans une mosquee de la ville.

Etonnante seance de persuasion dans une ville en guerre, sur fond de
rafales de Kalachnikov et de tirs de mortiers.

Les efforts de ses geôliers sont restes vains, s’empresse d’ajouter
Cuneyt Hemo. Pendant qu’il est reste sous leur garde, le jihadiste
est reste inflexible.

“On a essaye en vain de lui faire retrouver la raison, il n’a rien
voulu savoir”, constate le commercant kurde. “Il nous a dit et repete
que nous etions des mecreants et qu’il voulait aller au paradis pour
retrouver les 40 femmes qui lui ont ete promises”.

Meme quand les combattants des YPG lui ont offert a boire et a manger,
l’Azerbaïdjanais a refuse avec obstination. Il a meme assure que,
s’il parvenait a leur echapper, il retournerait au combat et qu’il
etait pret a imiter ses “frères” kamikazes.

Depuis le debut de la bataille de Kobane, plusieurs attaques-suicide
ont ete signalees contre les positions kurdes. Une combattante des YPG
âgee d’une vingtaine d’annees s’est elle aussi sacrifiee en utilisant
la meme technique.

Cuneyt Hemo confie aujourd’hui qu’il n’a toujours pas compris
l’obstination du jihadiste, son mepris de la mort. “Il nous a dit
plusieurs fois +je suis heureux pour mes frères qui sont morts car
ils sont devenus des martyrs, je veux les rejoindre au paradis+”.

L’habitant de Kobane assure que les combattants des YPG avaient
initialement l’intention de garder leur prisonnier. Mais que son
obstination et, surtout, le souvenir des exactions commises par ses
pairs contre les civils ne leur ont pas laisse le choix.

Vingt-quatre heures après avoir ete capture, le jihadiste a ete
abattu d’une rafale tiree en pleine tete. “De toute facon, on lui
avait lave le cerveau”, conclut presque en s’excusant Cuneyt Hemo,
“et il n’avait pas peur de mourir”.

vendredi 17 octobre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

Apres L’humiliante Defaite 0-6 De L’Azerbaidjan En Croatie, Le Selec

APRES L’HUMILIANTE DEFAITE 0-6 DE L’AZERBAIDJAN EN CROATIE, LE SELECTIONNEUR AZERI BERTI VOGTS EST PRET A DEMISSIONNER

ELIMINATOIRES EURO 2016

Après la victoire de la Croatie qui a ecrase l’Azerbaïdjan sur le
score de 6-0 lors de la 3e journee des eliminatoires de l’Euro 2016,
a Bakou, la tete de l’Allemand Berti Vogts selectionneur de l’equipe
d’Azerbaïdjan risque de tomber… Berti Vogts surnomme >
a bien renifle l’affaire ! En prevention de son limogeage, il s’est
declare >. > dit
Berti Vogts. Rappelons qu’après 3 rencontres et trois defaites, avec
aucun point, l’Azerbaïdjan est au plus bas du classement du Groupe
I des eliminatoires de l’Euro 2016.

Krikor Amirzayan

vendredi 17 octobre 2014, Krikor Amirzayan (c)armenews.com