Author: Markos Nalchajian

Azerbaijani press: Armenia’s attempted provocation suppressed in UNESCO Interparliamentary Committee (PHOTO)

Markos Nalchajian
27 November 2018 20:11 (UTC+04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 27

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Armenia’s attempted provocation was suppressed in the UNESCO Interparliamentary Committee, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture said in a message on Nov. 27.

Azerbaijan’s five-year report “Chovgan – a traditional sporting team game with Karabakh horses” was adopted during the 13th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in the city of Port Louis, Mauritius.

The report includes the activity carried out in Azerbaijan in connection with the development of the traditional chovgan game, as well as the impossibility of holding this traditional game as a result of occupation of Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region by Armenia.

According to the report, the Azerbaijani population, forcibly expelled from the Nagorno-Karabakh region, despite the bitter consequences of the war and aggression, seeks to preserve the chovgan.

Remaining faithful to its unconstructive tradition, during the meeting, the Armenian delegation stood against Azerbaijan and demanded to return the submitted report to the Azerbaijani side.

Discussions were held in connection with this issue and Armenia’s another attempt as always failed again. No committee supported Armenia’s proposals on this issue.

Standing against Armenia’s claim, Azerbaijan’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO Anar Karimov stressed that this report was created by the Ministry of Culture in accordance with international law, the UN Charter and the corresponding UNESCO convention, and the document reflects the opinions and interviews of all the communities playing the chovgan game in Azerbaijan.

Karimov thanked the members of the committee for their constructive position and called on the representative of Armenia not to use his membership in the committee for political purposes.


Sports: FIFA: Armenia’s position unchanged

Markos Nalchajian
News.am, Armenia
Nov 29 2018

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Thursday issued its new World Ranking.

Accordingly, the Armenian national squad headed by Amren Gyulbudaghyants are still 101st in the current FIFA standings. The squad’s once 30th ranking, however, was a record-breaking high for the country.

Top ten includes Belgium, France, Brazil, Croatia, England, Portugal, Uruguay, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark.

Pashinyan: Judgment Day has come – heads will fly, laid on the asphalt, will be hit to the walls

Markos Nalchajian
Arminfo, Armenia
Nov 27 2018
Pashinyan: Judgment Day has come – heads will fly, laid on the asphalt, will be hit to the walls

November 27

Yerevan

Tatevik Shahunyan. The ruling My Step bloc started the second day of the election campaign from the Lori region.

The main theme of the election speech of Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was yesterday’s incident with a candidate from the bloc Sasun Mikayelyan, who said that the May revolution was more important for the Armenian people than the Artsakh victory. Pashinyan did not like the aftershocks of this statement, in which he saw the influence of the Republican Party. “Where were all these false patriots when they robbed the army, when they stole food from the soldiers?

Why were they silent? They were silent because they themselves also robbed and stored the loot in their basements, as did General Manvel Grigoryan. We all know them by name, we know who stole what and how much and where the loot is kept. We will return to the army all the stolen funds till the last penny, all the thieves will be punished. All of them will become homeless, as they were originally. Judgment day has come, all those who are trying to scare people – various local princes will also be held responsible . We will take everyone out of their cabinets, will beat against the walls, lay on the asphalt so that they cannot get up, cut off their neck “, Pashinyan threatened. He further assured that only the people can decide who will continue to be in power. He urged not to give a single vote for the Republican Party, which for years had robbed the people, but send all Republicans to the garbage dump. Pashinyan also urged not to vote for those forces who believe that in Armenia it is possible to solve issues by violent means.

At the end, Pashinyan also promised to carry out an economic revolution after the elections and bring the country out of poverty.

Azerbaijan’s military power is key factor in Karabakh settlement – Aliyev

Markos Nalchajian 
 Interfax - Russia & CIS Military Newswire
November 6, 2018 Tuesday 1:39 PM MSK
Azerbaijan's military power is key factor in Karabakh settlement - Aliyev
BAKU. Nov 6
Azerbaijan will continue to build up its military power and sees this
as one of the critical factors in the settlement of the conflict over
Nagorno-Karabakh, as international law continues to be fully ignored,
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said during a working visit to
Azerbaijan's Agdam district.
"We will continue to build up our military power, and I believe this
is one of the most important factors in negotiations. Because,
unfortunately, norms of international law are being fully ignored. We
will achieve what we want. We demand justice. We demand that our
historical lands be liberated from the invaders, and they will be
liberated," Aliyev said.
Baku stands ready for any developments in the settlement of the
conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, he said.
"I hope that after correctly analyzing the situation in the region,
the Armenian leadership will withdraw its occupational forces from our
lands. Otherwise, any option is possible, and we stand ready for any
option," Aliyev said.
Azerbaijan showed two years ago that it can liberate its lands in a
legal way, he said.
The events taking place in Armenia show that the policy pursued by
Azerbaijan is producing results, he said.
"I have said repeatedly, and I want to say today as well, there is no
need to conceal this - we will continue to isolate Armenia from all
regional projects using all means available, and we will restore our
territorial integrity," Aliyev said.
"The new Armenian leadership must not repeat the mistakes of the
previous regime. It must withdraw the occupying forces from the seized
lands in the near future through negotiations, and it should give
Azerbaijani citizens the chance to return to their native, historical,
ancestral lands," he said.
"The sooner they understand this, the better for them and for the
region. I'd like to say once again that we are not going to resign
ourselves to this situation. The norms of international law fully
support our position, and historical justice is on our side," Aliyev
said.

Vahan Babayan: Rating system is favorable both to the present and the former authorities (video)

Markos Nalchajian
  • 17:45 | November 1,2018 | Politics
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According to Aram Harutyunyan, leader of the National Accord party, the rating system is in favor of the government.

“Oligarchs will be included in Nikol Pashinyan’s list because it’s obvious that he has no people in the provinces.”

Referring to the internal political situation, Aram Harutyunyan expressed his dissatisfaction with the work of the government. He noted that they will take part in snap elections. It is not yet clear in what format they will participate.

The leader of the Reformists Party Vahan Babayan also touched upon the holding of snap elections, noting that the rating system is favorable both to the present and the former authorities. According to Babayan, if the government needed, the new Electoral Code would be definitely accepted.

Pashinyan speaks on his stance on relations with Turkey and Karabakh conflict

Markos Nalchajian
ARKA, Armenia
Nov 1 2018

YEREVAN, November 1. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan unveiled today his position on the Armenian-Turkish relations and the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, when speaking at an extraordinary session of the parliament.

Pashinyan said the borders of two of Armenia’s four neighboring countries, Turkey and Azerbaijan, are closed and the borders with the other two –Iran and Georgia – are partially closed. Regarding Iran, he said the border with it may be closed because of geopolitical developments and that with Georgia because of weather conditions.

“It turns out that Armenia is an island without a sea and this largely explains some of our foreign policy approaches. As for Armenia, it is ready to establish relations with Turkey without preconditions,” said Pashinyan.

According to Pashinyan, Armenia’s desire to establish relations with Turkey in no way belittles the issue of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, since this is a matter of international security.

He said Armenia is ready to open borders with Turkey without preconditions, moreover, from the Armenian side it is not closed. It is Turkey that closed its border because of the Karabakh conflict.

“If someone believes that they can force Armenia to one or another Karabakh settlement option they are wrong. We are ready for negotiations, but we will never make a step under pressure and coercion. On the contrary, we will strengthen, unite and achieve our national goals,” said Pashinyan. 

Armenian former President Serzh Sargsyan declared on March 1 the Armenian-Turkish protocols void and null.  In 2009, on October 10, Armenia and Turkey signed “Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations” and the “Protocol on the Development of Bilateral Relations” in Zurich which were to be ratified by the parliaments of both countries. 

However, on 22 April 2010, the president of Armenia signed a decree suspending the ratification of the protocols, stating that Turkey was not ready to continue the process, since it became known that the protocols had been automatically removed from the Turkish parliament’s agenda. 

Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic relations; the border between the two countries was closed in 1993 by Ankara in solidarity with Azerbaijan.  Relations between Armenia and Turkey remain tense because of Ankara’s biased stance on Karabakh problem and its painful reaction to Armenia’s efforts to obtain worldwide recognition of the Armenian Genocide, committed by the Ottoman Turkey during World War I. -0-

Jailed retired general ‘willing’ to donate $12 million worth private land and property to state

Markos Nalchajian
ArmenPress, Armenia
Oct 26 2018
Jailed retired general ‘willing’ to donate $12 million worth private land and property to state


YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, ARMENPRESS. Member of Parliament Manvel Grigoryan, the lawmaker currently under pre-trial detention suspected in embezzlement and fraud, has addressed the government – expressing willingness to donate nearly 330 hectares of land of private property to the state.

The land is part of a company owned by Grigoryan in Aknalich, a village in Armavir province.

“The representative of Manvel Grigoryan has sent a document to our committee stating that he [Grigoryan] is willing to donate territory without any obligations. I don’t possess other details, since the agreement is under the authority of the other deputy chairman of the department,” Sergo Atanesyan – Deputy Chairman of the State Property Management Department told ARMENPRESS.

The other deputy, Gevorg Loretsyan, confirmed the report.

“We will organize the process of receiving the property as defined by procedures,” he told ARMENPRESS.

Loretsyan said the land includes 5500 sq.m. of buildings and is worth roughly 6 billion drams (around 12,000,000 dollars).

Manvel Grigoryan, a retired army general, is under arrest since July 19. At the time of his arrest he also served as president of the Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers, but was later ousted by the board of the organization amid highly scandalous accusations.

Law enforcement agencies found a private zoo, a car collection, huge amounts of weapons and ammunition, as well as embezzled military supplies and donations in his compound.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

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Armenian lifters win two gold medals at European Championships

Markos Nalchajian
PanArmenian, Armenia
Oct 26 2018
– 14:13 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian lifter Andranik Karapetyan (85kg) and Hakob Mkrtchyan (94 kg) have won gold medals at the U23 event of the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships.

The 2018 edition of the championships is currently underway in the Polish town of Zamość.

In addition to the medal, Karapetyan set a new European record in the clean and jerk event.

Karapetyan and Mkrtchyan lifted 369 kg and 368 kg above their heads, respectively.

Samvel Babakyan (94 kg), meanwhile, took silver in the U20 event of the championships, bringing in the 3rd medal for Armenia among juniors.