Author: Kanayan Tamar

20 YEARS AGO ARMENIANS LIBERATED MARTAKERT

06:03 PM | TODAY | POLITICS

Martakert, a province in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, was liberated
on June 28, 1993, after several months of retreat. Armenians should
learn lessons from the Artsakh war and Martakert Battle, says literary
critic Vardan Devrikyan, a participant of the battle.

The biggest lesson to be learned is that any conflict between the
government and the opposition affected the protection. Another
surprising thing was that the more strained relations were in the
capital, the more harmonious it was to cooperate on the frontline,”
Devrikyan said advising to forget about the relations between the
authorities and opposition when protecting the borders of the country.

Between September and February 1992, when the Armenian forces retreated
and left Martakert, Azerbaijanis came and settled there.

Vardan Devrikyan says it is characteristic of Azerbaijan to populate
the occupied territories which is not the case with Armenians.

“Armenians never returned to villages where the enemy had stepped.

Shushi is another example,” says the literary critic.

“Matakert Battle also taught us that it is rather difficult to return
something you have lost so easily. Within two months we lost Shahumyan
and Martakert and only ten months later we were able to win it back,”
Devrikyan concluded.

BLOOMBERG RATES ARMENIA FOURTH MOST IMMORAL COUNTRY

YEREVAN, June 27. / ARKA /. Armenia was ranked fourth in the list
of most immoral countries in the world by Bloomberg analysts. The
analysts studied indicators of 57 countries. To determine the degree
of immorality, Bloomberg picked the following averages: the amount of
alcohol for every adult citizen of the country, the number of smoked
cigarettes, the prevalence of drug use (percentage of residents using
drugs aged 15 to 64 years), and the total losses from gambling as a
percentage of GDP.

Bloomberg analysts found that an average Armenian drinks 13.6 liters
of alcohol a year, smokes 1,620 cigarettes and squanders 1.65% of
GDP on gambling. Some 3.5 percent of the population smokes cannabis,
0.3 percent uses opioids, 0.5% uses amphetamines and ecstasy and
0.1% cocaine.

The Czech Republic has been announced the most immoral country while
impoverished Zambia has been announced the most innocent. The Czech
republic was followed by Slovenia, Australia, Armenia, Bulgaria,
Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus and Greece.

According to the study, the residents of Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela
consume relatively little drugs. -0-

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CATHOLICOS ARAM I APPRECIATES IRAN’S SUPPORT FOR ARMENIAN PEOPLE IN KARABAKH ISSUE AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

16:38 27/06/2013 ” ANALYSIS

Catholicos Aram I appreciates Iran’s support for Armenian people in
Karabakh issue and Armenian Genocide recognition

Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Aram I appreciated Iran’s
support for the Armenian people in the Karabakh issue and the Armenian
Genocide recognition at a meeting with the representative of the
Iranian Supreme Leader, Tehran-based Armenian newspaper Alik reported.

According to the newspaper, Catholicos Aram I received Iranian Supreme
Leader’s adviser Gholam Ali Naimabadi on June 25. Iran’s ambassador
to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi was also present at the meeting.

Naimabadi conveyed the good wishes of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei and expressed his appreciation about the relations
between Iran and the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia as
well as about Iranian Armenians.

Referring to the Armenian community of Iran, Ayatollah Naimabadi
mentioned the positive attitude of Imam Khomeini and Ali Khamenei
to Armenians.

Catholicos Aram I, for his part, welcoming the representative of
Iran’s Supreme Leader, spoke of the relations and dialogue between
the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia and Iran which are
based on mutual respect. The Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia
expressed his appreciation for the special attitude of the Iranian
government to the Armenian community.

The two also discussed regional developments, in particular the
situation in Syria and Lebanon. Catholicos Aram I appreciated Iran’s
support for the Armenian people in the Karabakh issue and the Armenian
Genocide recognition.

Related: Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia congratulates Iran’s new President

ARMAVIR FARMERS SLEEP IN FRONT OF FACTORIES

Large queues in front of Noyan factory in Armavir Marz. Farmers brought
their apricots to the factory, but the queues of five km have been
there for a couple of days. Farmers sleep on the way to the factory.

The farmers say that the factory does not accept the apricot during
the whole day, which results in long queues. The other reason is that
farmers from Ararat and Aragatsotn regions also came to Armavir,
because as they say, in their region they are unable to sell their
fruit.

Recall the ministry of agriculture promised to farmers that the
hail-damaged apricot would be bought by Noyan Company which, though,
buys good quality apricots at the same price as the damaged ones.

Farmers say there is no company to export the fruit, the Georgians
are not allowed to come to buy and for little money they have to
sleep in front of the factory and endure these humiliating conditions.

16:29 28/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:

IRANIAN CLERIC CALLS FOR WAR AGAINST KARABAKH?

June 28, 2013 – 16:02 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – During a meeting with members of an Azeri
nationalistic alliance, representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader
Ali Khamenei stated that Nagorno Karabakh “should be returned to
Azerbaijan”.

“This is Iran’s official position,” Muhammad Mujtahid Shabistari
said, adding that Iran “is ready to support the Muslim population of
Nagorno Karabakh.”

“Karabakh, as Palestine, is a part of Islamic land,” he said. “We
should cultivate patriotism across the entire Muslim world, especially
in Shiite Iran and Azerbaijan.”

RUSSIAN POLITICAL EXPERT: VLADIMIR PUTIN PREVENTED DAMASCUS’S SEIZURE PLANNED FOR DEC 2012

ARMINFO
Friday, June 28, 15:19

President of Russia Vladimir Putin held Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan from a military operation against Syria, Russian political
expert, Professor Igor Panarin told ArmInfo.

He said that the latest anti-governmental manifestations in Istanbul
and other big Turkish cities were organized by external forces that
were displeased with Erdogan’s refusal to war against Bashar Assad.

“Actually, Damacus’s seizure was planned for December 2012 with
Erdogan to have had the key role in it. However, negotiations were
held between Putin and Erdogan at the given period of time and I think
Turkey certainly changed its stance after those negotiations. I’d like
to see the reasonability reigning in the Turkish elite in order the
latter refrains from participating in the anti-Syrian plots,” the
politician said.

Panarin shares the view that one of the targets for the Turkish
mercenaries warring on the side of the Syrian terrorists, the
so-called armed opposition, is the Armenian community, the successors
of the Armenians that survived the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey
in early 20th century.

“I think it is a delicate global game. The Islamic extremists are
killing first of all the Christian population, both the Catholics, who
number nearly 2 million people in Syria, and Armenians,” he said.

TIME HAS COME FOR ARMENIA TO MAKE SERIOUS DECISIONS – NEWSPAPER

June 28, 2013 | 08:31

YEREVAN. – Political analyst Konrad Zasztowt of the Polish Institute
of International Affairs spoke with Zhamanak daily, the latter reports.

“Concerning the need for a foreign policy vector selection for Armenia,
he said the time has come for Armenia to make serious decisions.

“As per the Polish analyst, [Armenian President] Serzh Sargsyan
reaffirmed in Warsaw that he wishes to continue the policy which
Armenia’s politicians continue for over twenty years. This is about
the policy of complementarity; that is, good relations with both
Russia and the West.

“In the international affairs analyst’s conviction, however, the
economic integration processes are impossible to continue with this
precept,” Zhamanak writes.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

ARMENIA’S PREMIER INVOLVED IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION – MP

15:15 ~U 28.06.13

The economist Vahagn Khachatryan, a member of the Armenian National
Congress (ANC) party, is sure that the transaction in the offshore zone
reportedly involving Armenia’s Premier Tigran Sargsyan, Vicar of the
Ararat diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Navasard
Kchoyan and businessman Ashot Sukiasyan actually does involve the three
despite denials by Armenia’s premier and Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan.

“I am sure that the premier is involved in the transaction,
which actually was made, given the Armenian banking system’s
practices. That is I want to say that the government was well aware
of the transaction,” Khachatryan told Tert.am.

No lending agency will even give a $100,000 loan without guarantees
in Armenia because it is a risky loan.

“After the article was published I was sure that the information was
right. The second article made the entire picture clear,” he said.

According to him, the premier should have resigned immediately after
the scandalous article.

“There is no looking for logic in our country, especially when
authorities are involved, because the authorities are not in any way
responsible to the citizens,” Khachatryan said.

EDUARD SHARMAZANOV: ARMENIANS AND GREEKS SHOULD COMBINE EFFORTS TO FIGHT TURKEY’S POLICY OF DENIAL OF THE GENOCIDE OF THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLES

Friday, June 28, 14:55

Armenians and Greeks should combine efforts to fight Turkey’s policy of
denial of the genocide of the Christian peoples, Eduard Sharmazanov,
Head of Armenian-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group, Vice President
of the National Assembly of Armenia, said at the meeting with the
former speaker of the Greek Parliament, Head of the Armenian-Greek
Friendship Group Apostolos Kaklamanis in the Athends on June 27.

In the course of the meeting, Kaklamanis highly appreciated the
friendly relations of the Armenians and Greeks and came out for
prevention of new genocides, the parliamentary press-service told
ArmInfo. Sharmazanov, in turn, recalled the Genocide of the Armenian,
Greek, Assyrian and other Christian peoples residing in the territory
of the Ottoman Empire in early 20th century. Therefore, he said,
the Armenians and Greeks must combine efforts to fight Turkey’s
denial policy.

“The National Assembly of Armenia has urged the world parliaments to
recognize genocide of other Christian peoples, including the Pontic
Greeks,” Sharmazanov said.

The two parties discussed regional security issues as well as Greece’s
support to Armenia on the way towards European integration.

ARMENIA HAS THIRD OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION COMPANY

June 28, 2013 | 02:49

YEREVAN. – A third oil and natural gas exploration company, Armoil,
has emerged in Armenia.

In April, the company obtained a standard five-year license to conduct
respective searching.

It is noteworthy that Blackstairs Energy Armenia, which is a subsidiary
of Blackstairs Energy PLC, likewise retained its license for its
share of the sectors plus it received another sector.

The third company, which was issued a respective license in 2012,
is Integral Petroleum, which is managed by an Armenian businessman.

To note, the search for oil and natural gas in Armenia did not yield
any results in the early 1990s.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am