ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TO MEET IN WASHINGTON TONIGHT
ArmInfo
2010-04-12 10:58:00
ArmInfo. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister of
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Washington today at 6:30 PM
by Yerevan time, trtrussian.com reported.
To recall, the agreement on the meeting was reached after the visit
of Erdogan’s Special Envoy Feridun Sinirlioglu to Yerevan last week.
Il y a 18 ans, le martyr du village arménien de Maragha les crimes de
l’armée azérie
HAUT KARABAGH
dimanche11 avril 2010, par Krikor Amirzayan/armenews
Il y a 18 ans, le 10 avril 1992 alors que la guerre du Haut Karabagh
faisait rage, les omons (soldats) Azéris entraient au village arménien
de Maragha qu’ils incendièrent et massacrèrent une centaine de civils
Arméniens. 63 autres villageois -dont 9 enfants- prisonniers des
Azéris étaient emmenés de force. Parmi ces villageois enlevés, 7
revinrent et 17 furent échangés. Selon nombre d’informations 8 furent
assassinés sur leur lieu de détention. Aujourd’hui le sort de 29 de
ces villageois reste inconnu.
« Les assassinats durèrent 5 heures. Le village entier était la proie
des flammes. Beaucoup de villageois assassinés étaient
méconnaissables. Le directeur de l’école Edvard Hovaguimian et son
épouse furent décapités et les corps brûlés » se souvient encore Valia
Khatchikian, une habitante de Maragha sauvée par miracle. « Les
bombardements sur le village avaient commencé le 9 avril. Les
explosions étaient fréquentes. On compta 3 000 obus lancés sur Maragha
».
Gariné Sarkissian, autre survivante de l’enfer de Maragha raconte « en
avril les bombardements se sont intensifiés et on s’abritait dans les
caves. Quelques jours plus tard les Azéris entrèrent dans le village.
J’entendais une femme qui suppliait qu’on ne touche pas à ses enfants.
Elle reçut un coup à la tête et elle est tombée au sol. Plus tard j’ai
appris qu’elle s’appelait Zabel. Sous les yeux de ses enfants elle fut
écrasée par un char azéri. Ces derniers ont également enlevé mes
enfants. Je ne les ai plus jamais vus. Il m’a été dit qu’ils furent
enlevés et emportés dans une voiture de type « Jigouli » vers la ville
de Barda en Azerbaïdjan. (…) ils ont dénudé ma s`ur et sa fille, les
ont aspergé d’essence et brûlé ». « Parantsem, Vartanouche, Pakarad et
Jora eurent le même sort. Ce jour-là de nombreux civils innocents
moururent à Maragha » de souvient Nouchig Aghadjanian et ajoute «
jamais je n’oublierai cette terrible journée lorsque les Azéris sont
entrés dans Maragha. La population était sans défense, elle n’avait
aucune arme pour faire face à l’ennemi. J’ai vu un jeune Arménien qui
tentait d’affronter un char azéri avec un fusil de chasse. J’ai vu la
sauvagerie avec laquelle les Azéris décapitaient les villageois. J’ai
vu beaucoup de corps brûlés. La plupart étaient brûlés vivants. Les
maisons arméniennes étaient pillées puis brûlées ».
18 années après ces faits, la communauté internationale reste encore
silencieuse sur les massacres d’Arméniens à Maragha, Bakou et
Soumgaït. De son côté, l’Azerbaïdjan a élevé au rang de « héros
national » l’un des responsables de ces crimes de Maragha, le
commandant Chahin Taliboghli Takin.
news.az, Azerbaijan
April 10 2010
Armenian sportsmen not involved into Russian national wrestling team
Sat 10 April 2010 | 06:46 GMT Text size:
Russian team in Greko-Roman wrestling has decided not to bring
sportsmen of Armenian origin to Baku for participation in the European
championship.
According to News.Az, the final four did not include Seyran Simonyan
and Mifran Arutyunyan, whom the head coach of the Russian team Gogi
Koguashvili intended to probe at the European championship, but then
it was decided not to take them to Baku.
`Sport must never contain political moments, while wrestlers have
always been friendly. It is not by accident that we are called the
wrestling brotherhood. I have no doubts that the Azerbaijani side will
take all necessary measures to provide security for Armenians. But
there can be any inadequate persons in any society whose actions
cannot be predicted or averted’, Gogi Koguashvili said commenting on
the decision not to take Armenians to the European championship.
First vice president of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation Namik
Aliyev responded as follows:
`Frankly speaking, I do not understand what the reason is. Does
Russian side fear provocations? Several fencers of Armenian origin,
representing different teams of the world are currently in Azerbaijan
and no problems appear. In addition, the Armenian teams have also
arrived in Baku and they were satisfied with the reception. Thus, I do
not see the reason why the Russian wrestlers of Armenian origin cannot
take part in the European championship in Baku’.
The Armenian national team also refused to come to the European
championship in Azerbaiajn.
Elmir Aliyev
News.Az
Aghet – Ein Völkermord documentary on Armenian Genocide screened in Berlin
April 8, 2010 – 15:46 AMT 10:46 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –
Berlin hosted the screening of Eric Friedler’s Aghet – Ein Völkermord
documentary on Armenian Genocide, which brings the words of diplomats,
engineers and missionaries to life.
The 90-minute film features an ensemble of 23 German actors narrating
the original texts in simple interviews that derive their
effectiveness from the selection of texts and the presentation rather
than a dramatization of history.
The screening held at Babylon cinema was attended by German
politicians, foreign diplomats and Armenian community representatives.
Following the screening, Armenian Ambassador to Germany Armen
Martirosyan and film director Eric Friedler held a Q&A session, RA
Foreign Ministry press office reported.
COMMANDOS: THE AZERBAIJANI BRUTALITIES ARE AWFUL
Aysor
April 8 2010
Armenia
"These atrocities from the Azerbaijani side which we have witnessed
in Karabakh, are typical for hordes and show the real face of the
Azeri," said Arcadi Ter-Tadevosyan, hero of Artsakh war speaking of
Maragha tragedy.
In 1992 on April 10 the Armed forces of Azerbaijan realized a massacre
in the Maragha village of Martakert region of Nagorno Karabakh. They
violently killed the unprotected peaceful inhabitants, around 90
inhabitants were killed in the village, 37 people received different
injuries, 21 women and 6 children in that number.
Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan reminded that he was heading the liberation of
Maragha and it was due to him that baroness Caroline Cox who was then
the vice speaker of the house of Lords got introduced to the Maragha
events personally.
Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan mentioned that as a commander of the NKR Armed
forces his first command was to except any violence towards the
Azerbaijani captives. He underlined that there is an international
law on making war and treating the peaceful citizens, and the Armenian
side has always followed that law.
ARMENIAN BONE MARROW REGISTRY SEARCHES FOR MARROW DONORS
Whittier Daily News
April 7, 2010 Wednesday
(California)
GLENDALE – A series of bone-marrow drives will be held throughout Los
Angeles this month to bolster the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry
and find a match for a 4-year-old Pennsylvania girl.
The coast-to-coast search for a match for Charlotte Conybear will
include the Armenian community in Glendale and beyond.
Charlotte has aplastic anemia, a disorder in which the body’s bone
marrow doesn’t create new blood cells.
She is a quarter Armenian from her mother’s side. Armenians’ genetic
makeup is distinctive because they are less likely to marry outside
their ethnic group, said Frieda Jordan, founder and president of the
decade-old Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
"She could be a poster child for the need for more names in the
registry, but she’s not going to be our first or last patient,"
Jordan said. "We have hundreds of patients who are waiting for a
compatible match."
There are 50,000 names in the registry, but Jordan said more may be
added after a drive Wednesday at Glendale Memorial Hospital.
Ellen Conybear said Charlotte was diagnosed with aplastic anemia last
year after she and husband, Jeff, noticed dozens of little bruises
on their daughter’s shins.
After a biopsy, doctors found that her marrow didn’t have as many
cells as it should.
"They told us it looks like her bone marrow is failing," Conybear
said. "The marrow won’t recover without treatment."
If a match is found, the potential donor will undergo a minor procedure
to harvest healthy stem cells, Jordan said.
SOUHAYR BELHASSEN: THE CAPITAL OF ARMENIA HAS TURNED INTO HUMAN RIGHTS CAPITAL TODAY
armradio.am
06.04.2010 17:42
President Serzh Sargsyan received Souhayr Belhassen, President of the
International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), who has arrived in
Armenia to participate in the 37th Congress of the Federation.
President Sargsyan highly appreciated the cooperation between FIDH and
Armenia and welcomed the decision to hold the Federation’s congress
in Armenia. the President noted Armenia still has a number of issues
to be solve in the field of human rights defense, but it’s obvious
that the cannot be solved within a day.
Mrs. Belhassen expressed gratitude to Serzh Sargsyan for Armenia’s
efforts to conduct the congress on a high level. She characterized the
organization of the forum in our country as a historic event, noting
that "the Armenian capital has turned into human rights capital today."
Belhassen said Armenia is in an advantageous position in the region
as regards the defense of human rights.
The President of the International Federation of Human Rights voiced
hope that the cooperation with Armenia would continue developing,
improving the activity of the Armenian structures called to protect
human rights. At the same time she noted that Armenian authorities
never fail to respond to her various requests.
President Sargsyan wished success and productive activity to the
participants of the congress and voiced hope that they would have an
opportunity to learn about our history and traditions.
ARMENIAN LARGE BUSINESS ENTITIES CAN BENEFIT FROM EURASEC FUNDS BY THE END OF 2010
PanARMENIAN.Net –
April 6, 2010 – 16:19 AMT 11:19 GMT
A working group has been established in Armenia to facilitate
applications to the EurAsEC Anti- Crisis Fund, RA Deputy Finance
Minister Vardan Aramyan said.
"The largest projects of transnational importance will be chosen to be
submitted for funding by the Fund," he told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
Three or four projects in chemical, transport, metallurgy, information
technology industries are ready and preliminary applications are now
reviewed by the fund. The Deputy Minister expressed hope that the Fund
will make a final decision over Armenia’s projects by the end of 2010.
On April 1, 2010, RA Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan attended the
8th meeting of EurAsEC, where inter alia issues related to economic
and financial cooperation between EurAsEC member states, the course
of anti-crisis programs and the EurAsEC Anti-Crisis Fund activities
were discussed.
Upon completion of the meeting Russia’s Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin
said that any CIS country may join the Fund, paying a $1 million
contribution. However, he did not elaborate on terms or countries
which applied.
BREAKTHROUGH IN KARABAKH PROCESS NOT EXPECTABLE, SAYS YUNUS
Aysor
April 6 2010
Armenia
Arif Yunus, an Azerbaijani political scientist, said doesn’t expect any
breakthrough in the process of settlement to the Karabakh conflict. In
an interview with Day.Az agency Yunus said when asked whether any
breakthrough in the process is possible: "No. We will hear traditional
optimistic statements by co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and other
western diplomats and experts as well as statements by leaders of
Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, I don’t expect any movement in the
near future."
He said that the sides’ positions are so far from each other, that
it’s difficult to imagine any move towards settlement to the conflict.
When asked whether the Armenia-Turkey border will open, and whether
it will be linked with the Karabakh conflict, analyst said that
border’s opening is a matter of time. "Moreover, this is a matter of
the near future; however, if the border’s opening will be linked with
settlement to the Karabakh conflict, especially, on a legal basis,
– it is very doubtful."
According to Arif Yunus, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan will try to
link these processes at meetings with Obama and Sargsyan. "However,
he will hardly come off. Anyway, it can hardly happen now."
HRAYR KARAPETYAN: THE DANGER OF RESUMPTION OF WAR EXISTS UNTIL A FINAL PEACE TREATY IS SIGNED
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
02.04.2010 14:14
"The danger of resumption of military actions will always exist unless
a final peace treaty is signed," Chairman of the National Assembly’s
Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs
Hrayr Karapetyan told a press conference today.
Hrayr Karapetyan said, however, that it’s unacceptable for
non-authorized people like historians or political scientists to
declare to what extent a new war is likely from political and military
points of view, since they are completely unaware of the process.
"Should a war with Azerbaijan break out today, the Armenian side
will surely win it, and this time the fruits of the victory will
be more significant – Armenia will stop being a landlocked country,
and Azerbaijan will lose its sovereignty," Hrayr Karapetyan stated.