Author: Zaminian Bedik

OSCE MONITORING REGISTERS NO CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS

armradio.am
25.11.2009 16:58

On November 25, in accordance with the earlier achieved agreement with
the NKR authorities the OSCE mission conducted Á regular monitoring of
the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani Armed Forces
near Yusifjanli settlement.

>From the positions of the NKR Defense Army the monitoring was conducted
by Coordinator of the OSCE Office, Lieutenant-Colonel Imre Palatinus
(Hungary) and Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Irji Aberle (the Czech Republic) and Zhaslan
Nurtazin (Kazakhstan).

The monitoring passed in accordance with the planned schedule. No
violation of cease-fire regime was registered.

The monitoring mission from the Karabakhi side was accompanied by
representatives of the NKR Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs.

ANOTHER PROTEST AGAINST ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS TO BE HELD IN ARMAVIR

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.11.2009 18:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Protest rally against Armenian-Turkish Protocols and
Madrid principles will be organized by the youth wing of Heritage Party
on November 28 near Armavir’s House of Culture. The action will be
attended by members Teghut Defenders’ group, Lawyers for Human Rights,
National Civic Initiative public organizations and MP of Heritage
faction Zaruhi Postanjyan, Heritage Party’s press office reported.

VAHAN HOVHANNISYAN: RUSSIA PLAYS DANGEROUS ROLE

news.am
Nov 24 2009
Armenia

Russia is playing a dangerous role both in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace
process and in the Armenian-Turkish relations, Vahan Hovhannisyan,
the Head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), told a
press conference.

He stressed that he does not at all believe the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairmen, as they often made contradictory statements. According
to him, the mediators are trying to impose as many concessions on
Nagorno-Karabakh as possible on Armenia to facilitate the ratification
of the Armenian-Turkish protocols by the Turkish Parliament.

Hovhannisyan is sure Turkey will not ratify the protocols until it
gets the desired results in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

BORDYUZHA: ARMENIA IS CSTO ACTIVE MEMBER

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.11.2009 11:58 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yerevan is hosting a roundtable discussion titled
"CSTO as a factor of stability and security in the Caucasus."

"The purpose of the event is to hear out the opinions, assessments and
forecasts of political scientists and experts to resist the challenges
we face. This is the first conference of the kind held in Armenia,
an active member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization,"
CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha said in his opening remarks.

Armenian National Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan,
for his part, said that Armenia stands for establishment of lasting
peace in the region. "Official Yerevan’s position is unchangeable.

Establishment of diplomatic relations with Turkey without preconditions
will create a new situation in the region," he said.

PROGRESS MADE IN AZERBAIJAN-ARMENIA TALKS, SAYS OSCE

Hurriyet Daily News
Nov 23 2009
Turkey

Progress is made at talks between the presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but difficulties are also
identified, mediators say. The meeting comes a day after Azerbaijani
leader raised the stakes warning that the meeting will be ‘decisive’
and that Azerbaijan’s military is ready to take back the region
by force In what have been called "last-chance" peace talks, the
presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are said to have made important
progress over the disputed Azerbaijani enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Despite Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev raising the stakes
beforehand by threatening to take the region back by military force,
international mediators in Munich appeared upbeat.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE,
said a weekend meeting between Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart
Serge Sarkisian produced progress but no solution to the dispute over
the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, according to a report by The Associated
Press. The four-hour meeting in Munich was the group’s sixth this year.

The OSCE said in a statement Monday that the two presidents discussed
proposals put forward by Russian, French and American co-chairs of
the so-called Minsk Group.

"In some areas progress was made. At the same time, some issues still
remain open," the OSCE said. Both presidents left without talking
to reporters.

OSCE mediator, Robert Bradtke said he was impressed. "I think today
what was impressive was the way the two presidents worked with us,
the depths of their discussion, the seriousness of the discussion,
their willingness to discuss points that are quite difficult and
controversial," Euronews television channel quoted Bradtke as saying.

"Some important progress has been reached," French mediator Bernard
Fassier told reporters. "At the same time, we have identified some
difficulties." He said he and his co-mediators from the United States
and Russia would start work on preparing the next meeting, without
specifying when it might take place.

Hours before the key summit in Munich, Aliyev said his nation
may resort to military force if talks with Armenia on resolving a
long-standing territorial dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region
produced no results. He said the talks were in the final hopes of
settling the dispute peacefully.

"If that meeting fails to produce results, our hopes for negotiations
will vanish," Aliyev said during a meeting with Azerbaijani refugees
from Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday.

Nagorno-Karabakh is an enclave in Azerbaijan that has been occupied
by Armenian forces since the end of a six-year conflict that left
about 30,000 people dead and displaced 1 million before a truce was
reached in 1994. Its unilateral independence is not recognized by
the international community.

Aliyev said Azerbaijan wants a peaceful settlement but will not wait
indefinitely. "We have the right to free our land using military
force," he said in comments broadcasted on Azeri TV. There was no
immediate comment from Armenia’s government.

Aliyev has repeatedly made similar threats in the past. His latest
statement could be aimed at encouraging Azerbaijanis, who are concerned
that Turkey’s move last month to normalize ties with Armenia could ruin
hopes for regaining control over Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey has assured
its ally Azerbaijan that it would continue supporting Azerbaijan in
the dispute.

Any reopening of the crossing should run parallel with resolving the
dispute over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said after he inked a historic
diplomatic deal with his Armenian counterpart in October.

ARMENBROK TO CONDUCT SEMINARS ON CAPITAL MARKET AWARENESS INCREASE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.11.2009 14:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenbrok Investment Brokerage and Consulting Company
plans to organize seminars on capital market awareness increase for
Armenian population, Armenbrok Director General Aram Kayfajyan told
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

As Armenbrok Director General noted, awareness increase is absolutely
necessary for the development of capital market in Armenia. Both the
stock market and RA government has to undertake an intensive work in
this direction.

Armenbrok OJSC is Armenia based leading investment brokerage and
consulting company, providing its customers with full range of
financial and investment services in the Armenian financial market.

Since its establishment in 1995, ARMENBROK has put its best efforts
to open as many doors as possible to individual and institutional
investors and companies so that it would be in their best interest
to invest in securities of reputable Armenian companies. In the
securities brokerage in Armenia, Armenbrok has reached one of the
leading positions, providing its customers opportunities to invest
in liquid Armenian stocks.

VLADIMIR ZAKHAROV: TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN MAKE A SHOW FOR ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.11.2009 18:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Turkish-Azerbaijani ties are quite close and
serious. Never believe any statement saying there is certain coolness
between two states," said Vladimir Zakharov, deputy director of
the Caucasus Research Center at MSUIR. According to him, Turkey
and Azerbaijan are staging theatre for Armenia. "They are changing
their roles by every day," expert noted, stressing the importance
of Turkey’s making apologies to Armenians. "Turkey should follow
Germany’s example," he said.

AzerNews Weekly, Azerbaijan
Nov 20 2009

Ankara-Yerevan rapprochement to allow Garabagh settlement: CE chief

20-11-2009 06:59:40

Thorbjorn Jagland, the Council of Europe (CE) Secretary General, has
said he welcomes Turkey-Armenia rapprochement and hopes the process of
mending their strained ties will allow to resolve the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh.
The remarks came following the ceremony of transferring CE Committee
of Ministers chairmanship to Switzerland from Slovenia. Jagland told a
press conference with the two countries’ foreign ministers that his
organization was ready to facilitate reconciliation efforts if Ankara
and Yerevan seek assistance.
`So far, we have not been approached over this issue. Both countries
are Council of Europe members, and this fact alone is important for
both sides as well as for the process of normalizing relations,’ the
CE chief added.
Following decades of hostility, Turkey and Armenia signed protocols on
October 10 to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their borders.
The agreement has raised concerns in Azerbaijan, which faces a
long-standing conflict with Armenia. However, Turkey has assured
Azerbaijan, its ally, that the protocols will not pass in its
parliament until progress is made in resolving the Garabagh conflict.*

Aysor, Armenia
Nov 21 2009

The children are not toys, they are people

On November 20 is the recurrent anniversary of acceptation of the
UNO’s Convention for `Children’s rights’.

The convention has been passed by the General Assembly of the UNO on
November 20 in 1989 by the resolution 44/25 and is open for signing,
for ratification and for joining it.

The Assembly being concerned with the issue that in many countries the
conditions of the children are critical, called for all the countries
to join the convention, taking into consideration the bad social
conditions, disasters, military conflicts, exploitation, illiteracy,
hunger and illnesses the children face in the whole world.

Each year the UNO suggests the organizations, intergovernmental and
non governmental institutions to activate their efforts in spreading
more information about the Convention in order to promote the
understanding of it.

Armenia as well is a member of that Convention and yesterday too in
Armenia was celebrated the day of passing the Convention.

On that occasion Hovhannes Tamamyan, the Chief of the Police
Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, said that `The
teenagers should be informed about their rights and duties and many
works should be carried out.’

On the occasion of the anniversary of the Convention for `Children’s
rights’ the Junior fund of the UNO organized the exhibition of Vigen
Mnoyan called `The children are not toys’ in the National Assembly of
Armenia. At the evening the children’s choir gave a concert.

Aysor, Armenia
Nov 21 2009

Lithuanian Foreign Minister meets with Armenian opposition

Leader of Armenian National Congress, first-sitting Armenian President
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, met with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas
Usackas who also represents the EU presidency.

`The parties discussed items of democracy in Armenia, and those of
political prisoners,’ Congress’s press office reported. The sides
shared views on process of normalisation relations with Turkey and
issue of Karabakh conflict.