Author: Kanayan Tamar

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Aug 25 2014

U.S. ex-ambassador says most UN resolutions are ignored

25 August 2014 – 12:35pm

U.S. ex-Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza told Vestnik Kavkaza
that most resolutions of the UN Security Council were unfulfilled. He
noted that the resolutions passed on Nagorno-Karabakh between 30 April
and 12 November 1993 had not been realized because organizations of
Armenian diasporas, such as the Armenian National Congress in the
U.S., started a campaign to depict Azerbaijan as the aggressor and
Armenia as the victim.

The diplomat noted that the OSCE Minsk Group played its part in
slowing the implementation of the resolutions. He reminded that the
UNSC resolutions on Libya and Iraq were initiatives by the U.S. and
France, not the UN itself. In the case of Nagorno-Karabakh, the U.S.,
France and Russia are interrelated within the framework of the OSCE
Minsk Group and have a responsibility to fulfil the resolutions.

Bryza said that the U.S. was not insisting on fulfilling the
resolutions or withdrawal of forces from the conflict zone. The U.S.,
in his words, expects their fulfillment as soon as the conflict is
solved within the Minsk Group framework. Bryza believes that President
Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry should take part in the
dialogue personally to help resolve the conflict.

Armenian Foreign Minister to Attend Erdogan’s Inauguration

Armenia’s Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian will attend Tayyip
Erdogan’s inauguration

(c) RIA Novosti. Eduard Pesov
14:45 26/08/2014

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Turkey Extends Unprecedented Condolences to Armenian People

MOSCOW, August 26 (RIA Novosti) – Armenia’s Foreign Minister will
attend Turkish president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s inauguration
ceremony, according to a statement from Armenia’s Foreign Ministry.

“Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian is going to visit Turkey
in order to attend Turkish president-elect’s inauguration that will
take place on August 28,” the statement said.

Earlier, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan revealed the Turkish
invitation and said that his country’s representatives are likely to
attend the ceremony.

Sargsyan also mentioned that Nalbandian would use this occasion to
clarify whether Erdogan will accept Armenia’s invitation to take part
in Yerevan commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the 1915
Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The official ceremony will
take place on April 24, 2015.

Turkey refuses to acknowledge the Armenian genocide.

No diplomatic relations exist between Turkey and Armenia, the
Turkish-Armenian border has been closed since 1993.

The relations between the two countries are tense mainly because
Turkey openly supports Azerbaijan’s position with regards to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

In 2008, the Armenian president initiated the process of diplomatic
relations establishment between the two countries.

In 2009, the “Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
Between the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia” was signed
by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Armenian
counterpart Eduard Nalbandian in the Swiss city of Zurich.

The same year, Erdogan froze the agreement and made it clear that
Ankara would not establish diplomatic relations with Yerevan and open
its borders before the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was resolved.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict evolved from the war of 1988-1994
between ethnic Azeri and Armenians who fought for the disputed lands
of the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. More than 35,000 people died in the
war, but tensions in the region still remain.

ARMENIE
Les troupes russes étudient l’utilisation de drones en Arménie

Plus de 100 militaires russes basées en Arménie recevront des
compétences de contrôle d’un drone (avion sans pilote) lors d’un
exercice d’entraînement en campagne de trois jours, dans un district
militaire du Sud de la Russie a annoncé l’agence de presse RIA
Novosti.

Les exercices ont commencé dans les centres Kamhud et Alagyaz de
formation alpine en Arménie.

“Une caractéristique de la formation sur le terrain est d’instruire le
personnel sur la façon de mener à bien le décollage, le contrôle en
vol et à l’atterrissage des ” Navodchik-2, “” Forpost “,” Orlan-10
“et” UAV Zastava “[drones] dans une région montagneuse à plus de 1500
mètres au dessus du niveau de la mer “, précise le communiqué.

Source : Panorama.am

mardi 26 août 2014,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

ARMENIE
L’Arménie assistera probablement à la cérémonie d’investiture du Président turc

Le Chef de l’Etat a confirmé avoir reçu l’invitation d’Ankara à
prendre part à la cérémonie d’investiture du Président Erdogan.
L’Arménie y sera probablement représentée par le Ministre des AE. Lors
de ce déplacement, le Ministre arménien essaiera de s’informer de la
position d’Ankara sur les suites données par le Président turc à
l’invitation à venir assister à la cérémonie de commémoration du
centenaire du Génocide arménien à Erevan.

Extrait de la revue de presse de l’Ambassade de France en Arménie en
date du 25 août 2014

mardi 26 août 2014,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

AZERBAÏDJAN
Bakou s’indigne des critiques de la France et des Etats-Unis
concernant le traitement infligé à Karen Petrossian

Dans un communiqué publié vendredi 22 août le gouvernement
azerbaïdjanais a vivement critiqué la réaction de Washington et de
Paris à l’exécution par les autorités de Bakou de Karen Petrosian, un
villageois arménien des zones frontalières qui s’était égaré en
territoire azéri. Les autorités de Bakou maintiennent que le
ressortissant arménien, tué durant sa captivité le 8 août, serait un
“saboteur arménien”, qui aurait franchi délibérément la frontière au
sein d’un “groupe de commando”. Les témoignages recueillis auprès des
villageois azéris qui avaient découvert Petrosian avant l’arrivée des
soldats, contredisent pourtant les allégations de Bakou. Les images
prises par les habitants du village azerbaïdjanais d’Agbulaq montrent
Petrossian sans armes, parlant sans violence avec les villageois. Le
18 août, le Département d’Etat américain avait publié une déclaration
par laquelle il condamnait l’exécution de Petrosian durant sa
captivité et appelait Bakou à mener une enquête sérieuse sur les
circonstances exactes de sa mort. “Les Etats-Unis sont profondément
touchés par les informations relatives à la mort de Karen Petrossian
alors qu’il était en captivité en Azerbaïdjan et par le fait que sa
mort ne serait pas due à des causes naturelles”, indique le
communiqué. “Les Etats-Unis présentent leurs plus sincères
condoléances à la famille de M. Pétrossian. Nous appelons le
gouvernement de l’Azerbaïdjan à conduire une enquête sérieuse et
transparente sur cet incident et à en rendre les conclusions
publiques”. Des images accablantes pour Bakou ont été diffusées sur la
chaîne nationale de la télévision azérie, montrant des représentants
du ministère azerbaïdjanais de la défense procéder à un interrogatoire
public, violent et humiliant, de K. Petrosian. Le vendredi 8 août, le
ministère azerbaïdjanais de la défense avait annoncé que K.Petrosian
était décédé d’une “crise cardiaque foudroyante”. Les autorités
arméniennes ont de leur côté souligné que K. Petrosian, gé de 31 ans,
n’était pas mort de cause naturelle, mais parce qu’il avait été
torturé et battu à mort. Les circonstances tragiques du décès de K.
Petrossian rappellent celles dans lesquelles avait trouvé la mort
Manvel Saribekian, un habitant gé de 20 ans d’un autre village
arménien des régions frontalières qui avait été capturé par les
soldats azéris en septembre 2010. M.Saribekian, portant les stigmates
des sévices qu’on lui avait infligés, avait été exhibé à la télévision
azérie, pour > publiquement qu’il était membre d’un commando
arménien qui prévoyait de lancer des attaques terroristes en
Azerbaïdjan. M. Saribekian avait été retrouvé pendu dans la cellule de
la prison azérie où il venait d’être incarcéré. Les autorités azéries
ont pretend qu’il s’était suicidé, une version contestée par la partie
arménienne qui a pour sa part affirmé que M. Saribekian avait été
torturé à mort ou poussé au suicide. Le gouvernement arménien comme la
famille de M.Saribekian n’ont cessé de rappeler que le jeune Arménien
était un simple civil qui avait franchi accidentellement la frontière
arméno-azérie alors qu’il rassemblait son troupeau.K. Pétrossian a été
de la même manière présenté comme un membre d’un commando arménien par
la propagande de Bakou, peu de temps après que les forces arméniennes
du Karabagh eurent intercepté des ressortissants azéris en mission de
sabotage dans la région de Kelbadjar où ils ont tué aux moins deux
personnes, dont un adolescent arménien de 17 ans. Bakou avait récusé
de telles informations, alors que les saboteurs azéris avaient été
pris en flagant délit, et a répondu par cette exécution déguisée de K.
Petrossian, dont la justice azérie n’a même pas pris la peine de
présenter des preuves d’une éventuelle participation à une opération
de sabotage. Dans son communiqué du 22 août, le ministère
azerbaïdjanais des affaires étrangères appelle les Etats-Unis et la
France à afficher une “position équilibrée et neutre concernant le
règlement du conflit du Haut-Karabagh, et à faire preuve de
pondération et de discernement en exprimant leurs condoléances et
préoccupations”. Bakou doit désormais adresser ses doléances aussi à
la Russie, la troisième puissance médiatrice du Groupe de Minsk, qui a
depuis à son tour exprimé son indignation concernant les circonstances
de la mort de K. Pétrossian et appelé les autorités azéries à mener
une enquête.

mardi 26 août 2014,
Gari (c)armenews.com

POLITIQUE
Le président serein face aux menaces de l’opposition

Le Président Serge Sarkissian a insisté sur le fait qu’il n’est pas
inquiet des menaces de l’opposition de lancer cet automne une nouvelle
campagne de manifestations de rue visant à le renverser.

Parlant avec un groupe de jeunes journalistes samedi, Sarkissian a
déclaré que les forces de l’opposition établies de l’Arménie ainsi que
le parti Arménie prospère (BHK) ne peuvent arriver au pouvoir que par
des élections régulières.

> dit-il. en Arménie, en disant que lui et d’autres
groupes d’opposition tentent depuis longtemps de galvaniser leurs
partisans avec de telles déclarations. > a-t-il déclaré.

Levon Zurabian, un responsable important du HAK, s’est moqué des
propos du président lundi. >,
a-t-il déclaré au service arménien de RFE / RL (Azatutyun.am). >

> a-t-il dit. Les gens ne
doivent s’accommoder l’existence du régime de Serge Sarkissian. ”

Levon Ter-Petrossian, haut dirigeant du HAK, avait affirmé le mois
dernier que la chute de Sarkissian va devenir inévitable s’il appuie
la réforme constitutionnelle controversée dont l’opposition arménienne
estime qu’elle répond à l’objectif de prolonger son règne.

Sarkissian a déclaré samedi qu’il restait attaché à la modification de
la Constitution arménienne dans le sens d’une réduction des pouvoirs
conférés à la présidence. Il a dit qu’il envisage de signer en octobre
un > final de la réforme qui est actuellement développé par
une commission ad hoc formée par lui. Mais Sarkissian a également noté
que lui et le Parti républicain d’Arménie (HHK) fixeront une date pour
un référendum sur les amendements constitutionnels que > Sans aller plus loin.

mardi 26 août 2014,
Ara (c)armenews.com

Armenian Apostolic Church of Crescenta Valley-Education Committee
6252 Honolulu Ave.
Lacrescenta, CA. 91214
Tel: 818-244-9645
E-mail: [email protected]

Under the auspices of Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the
Western Prelacy, the CV Church Education Committee is organizing an
event dedicated to the history of Iraqi-Armenian churches. This special
event will take place at the Armenian Apostolic Church of Crescenta
Valley inside the Western Prelacy’s `Dikran and Zaruhi Der
Ghazarian” Hall, at 6252 Honolulu Ave., in La Crescenta, California on
Sunday, September 7, 2014 at 1:15 pm. There will also be a special
requiem presided by Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, at 11AM during the
church liturgy, in memory of Iraqi-Armenian clergymen and church
benefactors who participated in and contributed to the construction and
maintenance of churches.

This event will cover a variety of topics such as: the establishment of
churches due to Armenian immigration into Iraq, the history of such
churches throughout Iraq, and their spiritual impact on Armenian life.
The program will be followed by Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian’s
message and will also include musical entertainment.

The small minority of Armenians in Iraq have established communities in
the cities of Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Kirkuk, Zakou, Arbil and Dohuk.
Iraqi-Armenians are predominantly members of the Armenian Apostolic
Church with a majority of their parishioners attending St. Gregory
Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church, the main Church located in
Baghdad. Several other Armenian Apostolic Churches have been established
in different regions of Iraq. The Armenian Catholic Church maintains a
presence in Baghdad, as does the Armenian Evangelical Church of Baghdad.
Armenians traditionally have played an important role in Iraqi society,
particularly in medicine, science, literature, music and all arts in
general.

The roots of the Armenian community in Iraq can be traced back to 1604
when Shah Abbas forced relocation of the Armenians to Iran, some of whom
subsequently emigrated and settled in Iraq. During the Armenian Genocide
in the early twentieth century, Iraq became home to 25,000 Armenians
fleeing persecution in their homeland. The construction of churches is a
characteristic rooted within the Armenian people. In both Armenia and
the Diaspora, churches became priority as they were a means of eternal
salvation.

We would like to invite everyone to be present at this event. There will
be a reception prior to the program. Admission is free and open to the
public. There will also be complimentary valet parking. Please contact
us at [email protected] if
you would like to financially sponsor or contribute to this event or
upcoming monthly lectures. This will help cover costs and sustain future
activities.

For further information please contact Arous Melkonian at
(818) 399-0321, Nazar Ohanian at
(818) 294-0819, Rafi Garabedian at
(818) 415-3550 or Berj Zadoian at
(818) 400-4597.

12-Year education must be compulsory for all, says minister

15:09 * 25.08.14

Armenia’s minister of education and science announced on Monday a plan
for switchover to the 12-year compulsory education system.

At a news conference devoted to the 100th day of his re-appointment,
Armen Ashotyan said that a relevant bill has been already put on the
National Assembly’s agenda to be considered in detail.

Referring to the past statistics, the minister noted that 4,000-5,000
young people annually dropped out of school in the country after
completing the nine-year basic education.

“We all know that a citizen with such a qualification will have
difficulty on the job market in future,” Ashotyan said.

He further unveiled a plan for launching a credit system in high
schools, noting that the method has already proved its efficiency at
institutions of higher learning.

Ashotyan also spoke of a new loan project, noting that their next
reform will focus on the re-equipment of high schools.

“Some 17-20 schools will be thoroughly repaired,” the minister said,
adding that their selection will be based on a professional evaluation
of school buildings, and geographic balance (to have at least one
school repaired in each region of Armenia).

Ashotyan added that the loan program also envisages supplying
universities with modern laboratory equipment.

The minister said that they have are planning to develop a joint
project with the Ministry of Defense and the volunteer union Yerkrapah
(defender of land) in an effort to elaborate a concept aimed to
promote the younger generation’s patriotic upbringing.

Armenian News – Tert.am

Karabakh will have better infrastructures by 2015, says parliament speaker

17:31 * 25.08.14

The president of Nagorno-Karabakh’s (Artsakh) National Assembly says
he expects the country to have better and more developed
infrastructures by 2015, the year which marks the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide.

Speaking to reporters who visited the second Armenian republic last
week, Ashot Ghulyan particularly stressed the importance of the
ongoing construction of the highway connecting city of Martakert with
Armenia’s Vardenis town (Gegharkunik region). He also addressed the
existing problems in the country and the activities accomplished in
the past couple of years.

At what stage is Artsakh’s re-population process? What achievements do you have?

The re-population continues, as there isn’t any special project to
establish timeframes of several years to accomplish the process. We
must work towards implementing a re-population program in Artsakh,
always having the demographic development plan on the agenda. We
simply have to admit that re-population is never a self-driven
process. Our desire is to simultaneously organize several thousand
people’s re-population, but the economic and financial resources
aren’t big enough to allow us to implement such large-scale
[projects]. Several scores of people settle in Artsakh every year. A
similar program was also implemented for the re-population of
Syrian-Armenians.

What’s your point of view on the re-population of Yezidis in Artsakh?
Is it likely to change demography?

It is necessary to work in that direction without talking too much.
The authorities of Karabakh have never ruled out that possibility, and
I don’t think the volumes will be that [big] to have any influence.

What about the on-going activities in the road-development sector?

That’s a sensitive issue; we have been implementing very big strategic
projects since 1994-1995. As for the roads connecting villages with
one another, those are continuing activities, so we annually invest
money in that. I believe the construction of the Vardenis-Martakert
highway will be of considerable help in the coming couple of years.
Given that all the villages there are connected to that highway,
that’s likely to resolve big infrastructure problems. By 2015, we will
have a more developed system in Artsakh in terms of the
infrastructures. But that should not be thought the end point of our
activities, as we are also planning the launch of a power system
connecting Armenia with Artsakh.

What assistance projects are being implemented for young families?
Have there been any changes in the population records?

The projects under way are aimed at boosting young families’ birth
rate. For every newborn child, a bank account is opened by the Artsakh
authorities. For every sixth child, the family receives a new
apartment or a separate house. And we now think about doing the same
for every fifth child. Our projects are enough to enable young
families to have [many] children. The population hasn’t decreased; it
just has been relatively low compared to the past couple of years. I
cannot say we don’t have the emigration problem, but its volumes are
not big enough to raise any concerns. Most leave to work [abroad].

The journalists’ visit to Artsakh was organized upon the initiative of
the Holy See of St Echmiadzin and World Vision Armenia.

Armenia submits application to ECtHR to engage in DoÄ?u Perinçek’s case
as 3rd party

14:26, 25 August, 2014

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. The Government of the Republic of
Armenia has submitted an official application to the European Court of
Human Rights to be engaged as a third party in DoÄ?u Perinçek’s case.
Christine Melkonyan, the Press
Spokesperson of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia
Gevorg Kostanyan, stated about this in a conversation with
`Armenpress’. Among other things she stated that the deadline of
submitting the applications is August 26 of the current year and
Armenia uses its right and has already sent the relevant documents to
Strasbourg.

Previously it was reported that on July 15, in a conversation with
`Armenpress’, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Gevorg
Kostanyan stated that the Armenian side is serious and decisive and
probably an advocates’ group will be created to record success in the
case.