Author: Kanayan Tamar

ISSUES OF OPENING OF STEPANAKERT AIRPORT DISCUSSED AT NKR PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

armradio.am
19.06.2012 14:44

On 18 June President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan
received the delegation of the General Department of Civil Aviation
under the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers led by head of the structure
Artyom Movsesyan.

Issues related to the re-opening of the Stepanakert airport and
development of civil aviation in the republic were discussed during
the meeting.

Special attention was paid to the prospects of cooperation in this
sphere between the corresponding structures of the two Armenian
states, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR
President reported.

PRISONERS SET FIRE IN MORE TURKISH JAILS

PanARMENIAN.Net
June 19, 2012 – 13:50 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Prisoners ignited fires in three Turkish jails
following a riot the same day in a Å~^anlıurfa prison in which 13
inmates died June 16 in a protest against poor living conditions,
Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Political prisoners in Gaziantep prison started a fire in solidarity
with the riot in Å~^anlıurfa, just as juvenile prisoners in Adana’s
Ceyhan prison torched blankets and mattresses.

Prisoners at the Adana prison said they started the fire due to water
shortages at the facility; whistles from prisoners could be heard
from outside as firefighters struggled to put out the flames.

The number of prisoners has increased to 132,000 from 69,000 over
the last 10 years even though Turkeyâ~@~Ys penitentiaries only had
a total capacity of 125,000 people as of April 2012.

Over 36,400 prisoners are detainees awaiting trial while over 95,600
have been convicted.

STILL NO PROGRESS IN HEALTH CONDITIONS OF MILITARY PHYSICIANS BEATEN IN YEREVAN RESTAURANT

news.am
June 19, 2012 | 12:05

YEREVAN. – MOD Central Garrison Military Hospital’s Medical Service
Major Vahe Avetyan, who was brutally beaten at a restaurant complex
belonging to ruling Republican Party MP and Football Federation
of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan, is still in very critical
condition and there is no positive progress, the Hospital informed
Armenian News-NEWS.am.

And the other doctor, Artak Bayadyan who likewise was beaten, still
is in critical condition. He is regaining consciousness at irregular
intervals.

To note, Armenia’s Police has sent the criminal case to MOD
Investigation Service.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, a brutal fight transpired
at the restaurant complex on Sunday at around 11pm. And according to
the information Armenian News-NEWS.am received, MOD Central Garrison
Military Hospital’s department dead, Medical Service Major Vahe
Avetyan was the person who was beaten. He was transferred to the
Hospital with a critical head injury and he underwent surgery.

According to preliminary reports, Avetyan was beaten by Ruben
Hayrapetyan’s security personnel.

A criminal case is opened on charges of intentionally causing serious
health damage.

L’ARMENIE ET L’IRAN FIXENT UNE NOUVELLE DATE POUR LA CONSTRUCTION D’UNE CENTRALE ELECTRIQUE
Stephane

armenews.com
mardi 19 juin 2012

Après des annees de retard, l’Armenie et l’Iran commenceront finalement
a construire en août une centrale hydroelectrique sur la rivière
marquant la frontière ont annonce des fonctionnaires.

Des sources officielles armeniennes et iraniennes ont declare qu’un
accord a ce sujet avait ete atteint pendant la visite du Ministre
iranien de l’Energie Majid Namjou a Erevan.

Majib Namjou a rencontre le President Serge Sarkissian et le ministre
armenien de l’Energie et des Ressources naturelles Armen Movsisian
au sujet des projets energetiques entre les deux pays. Le service de
presse de Sarkissian a cite Namjou affirmant que le travail sur la
centrale hydroelectrique commencera ” bientôt “.

Le porte-parole du Ministère de l’Energie et des Ressources naturelles,
Lusine Harutiunian, a dit au service armenien de RFE/RL (Azatutyun.am)
que Namjou et Movsisian ont consenti a commencer l’execution du projet
en août.

Des sources iraniennes ont parle de la date du 22 août.

Le travail demarrera simultanement sur les deux rives de la rivière
Araxe qui separe l’Armenie et l’Iran.

Les gouvernements armeniens et iraniens se sont mis d’accord pour la
construction d’une centrale produisant 140 megawatt par an pour un
coût de 350 millions de $.

RAFFY SHART AU FESTIVAL DU LIVRE DE NICE
Stephane

armenews.com
mardi 19 juin 2012

Vif succès pour le roman,LES ENFANTS DE L’OUBLI ‘ de Raffy SHART au
festival du livre de Nice sous la presidence de Jean d’ORMESSON et
la direction artistique de Franz-Olivier GISBERT.

A l’issue des seances de dedicace,Raffy SHART a souhaite rejoindre
Shamiram SEVAG près de la stèle commemorative du genocide Armenien
et en hommage a son père le celèbre poète Roupen SEVAG.

PUBLIC ACTIVISTS: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES ARE INDIFFERENT TO DESTINY OF ARMENIANS OF SYRIA

arminfo
Tuesday, June 19, 22:18

Armenians living in Syria have found themselves in a hard and dangerous
situation because of domestic political fight within the country. To
help local Armenians, the authorities of Armenia should immediately
set up a Council of Coordination of Assistance to Syrian Armenians,
public activist, Karine Hakopyan, said at today’s press-conference.

“It is obvious that Armenia cannot interfere in domestic political
events in Syria. It cannot promote or hinder integration of Syrian
Armenians, but it can and is obliged to give shelter to the people
which should leave Syria”, – she said and added that Armavia air
company has recently canceled Yerevan-Damascus and Damascus-Yerevan
flights, which is evidence of indifference of the Armenian authorities
to the destiny of Armenians of Syria.

For her part, public activist and journalist, Margarit Alktaljaryan,
added that it is very much difficult for Armenians of Syria to get
even a temporary citizenship in Armenia, and only 300 out of 1554
Syrian Armenians got temporary citizenship.

Syrian citizen Nairi Lazarian said that Syrian Armenians are in a
hard state. Some of them were arrested on spy charges. “It is clear
that such a policy is not directed specifically against Armenians,
but unfortunately, very often Armenians find themselves in unpleasant
situations. Taking all this into account, the authorities of Armenia
have to create the needed atmosphere for the Syrian Armenians to come
back to their native land and live here, and not to increase the tax
burden, just the same way as it happened with many businessmen from
Syria which were trying to start new business here”, – she said.

At present about 80 thsd Armenians live in Syria, mainly in Aleppo
and Damascus.

ARMENIA BUILDS PLANT TO CULTIVATE SAPPHIRES

news.am
June 20, 2012 | 03:21

YEREVAN. – Government of Armenia considers issue of postponing the
VAT for Astra Crystal Company. The company intends to cultivate raw
material for technical sapphires and ready-made crystals.

The issue is included in the Government’s Thursday session.

Postponement is required for deals linked with investing programs for
the new plant. It will be installed with equipment from Russia and
China and plans to cultivate up to 3 tons of raw material and 2 tons
of crystal. The plant is targeted at light emitting diodes (LEDs)
market, which consumes a significant part of the global production
of industrial sapphires. They will also start developing laser and
optical elements.

ARMENIA HAS NOT RECEIVED AN INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN COMING ELECTIONS OF BELARUS

ARMENPRESS
19 June, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, 19 JUNE, ARMENPRESS : In autumn Armenia is ready to implement
an observation mission in upcoming parliamentary elections of Belarus.

Armenian Central election commission informed Armenpress, that
invitation on participation has not been received yet. “Belta” agency
reported, that 100-200 observers will be involved in CIS election.

They are waiting for the invitation from Belarus, afterwards
observation mission will be formed. The chief of CIS Executive
Committee, Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev stressed the importance
of the mission, he also mentioned , that the CIS Executive Committee
has always stressed the importance of it, it realized the great
responsibility towards it. Lebedev believes, that 100-200 is that
amount of the observers, that will allow to observe objectively the
electoral process. The Parliamentary elections in Belarus will be held
on 23-th of September. The CIS Executive Committee has been invited
to carry out the observation mission in Ukraine, where the Supreme
Rada elections will be held on October 28.

TURKEY LIQUIDATES COMMITTEE FOR TURKISH-ARMENIAN TIES

Trend
June 18 2012
Azerbaijan

The National Committee for Turkish-Armenian Relations under the Council
of Higher Education, etablished in Turkey in 2003, was liquidated,
Gazeteport reported.

The committee was engaged in research in Armenian-Turkish relations,
Armenian culture, politics and history.

Two members of the Council of Higher Education, seven experts on
the Caucasus and Armenia, and five researchers working in public and
private institutions were involved in the committee.

The committee worked for the normalization of Turkish-Armenian
relations.

AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY PM: ARMENIAN PRESIDENT’S REGIME NOT TO RESOLVE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

Trend
June 18 2012
Azerbaijan

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s regime will not resolve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani deputy Prime Minister Ali
Hasanov told media today.

He expressed his attitude at a meeting of foreign ministers of the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen in Paris today.

“Sargsyan’s regime in Armenia came to power by shedding the blood of
Azerbaijanis,” he said. “So, it will never solve this problem.”

“In this regard Russia must demonstrate its clear position. It must
put pressure on Armenia and OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries
must join in this,” the deputy Prime Minister said.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. –
are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.