AGREEMENTS WITH TURKEY TO BE CONCLUDED AFTER GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
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22.10.2009 16:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Any agreements with Turkey should be concluded
after Genocide recognition," New Times party leader Aram Karapetyan
told a news conference in Yerevan.
Politician finds that official Armenia should denounce Kars Treaty and
start new negotiation process with Turkey after the latter recognizes
Armenian Genocide and "provides relevant compensation"
STADIUM POLITICS UNFORTUNATE FOR AZERBAIJANI YOUTH
Hurriyet Daily News
Oct 22 2009
Turkey
The latest round of Azerbaijan’s misgivings about Turkey’s recent
protocol with Armenia took shape in an order from Azerbaijan’s
President Ilham Aliyev demanding the return of football players
from Turkey.
Aliyev ordered the return of one coach and 22 children under the age
of 15, denying them the opportunity to learn from one of Turkey’s
top teams and to bring the benefits back to their home country.
In July two sports entities from the two countries signed an agreement
for cooperation.
Azerbaijan’s Football Federation President Rovnag Abdullayev and
Fenerbahce’s Aziz Yıldırım had pledged to work together, saying
it brought forth their historical ties, emphasizing the slogan "two
countries, one nation."
The young group of athletes, sent by the Azerbaijani Football
Federation, had been training with Istanbul’s Fenerbahce team for
the last three months.
After Aliyev’s request the Azerbaijani Football Federation sent a
written notice to Fenerbahce asking the young athletes to return. The
team is currently in Kadiköy preparing for departure from Istanbul
to Baku.
Baku has held a grudge since the presence of Azerbaijani flags was
banned during the recently played football match between Turkey
and Armenia in Bursa. As a consequence, several Turkish flags have
been removed in Baku, most notably from official buildings and the
martyrdom monument.
ARMENIAN DEPUTY FM ANSWERED QUESTION ON AZERBAIJAN’S OCCUPIED LANDS IN BAKU
Today.Az
Oct 22 2009
Azerbaijan
The first question addressed to Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Aram
Kirakosian, who arrived in Baku to attend a meeting of the BSEC member
states, was about occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
In particular, he answered the question of Azerbaijani journalists
"Armenia occupied Azerbaijani lands. When Armenian forces will withdraw
from the occupied territories?".
"This issue can not be treated unambiguously. The fact is that
ceasefire agreement was reached in 1994. This is the result of the
war. Now constructive talks aimed at establishing peace are underway,"
Kirakosyan said.
"We believe that negotiations should continue. While the presidents of
both countries are negotiating, holding such meetings is a good thing.
We hope that the negotiations will produce positive results,"
Kirakosyan said.
ISSUE OF RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOLS ON REGULATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS PRESENTED FOR DISCUSSION TO TURKISH PARLIAMENT
ARMENPRESS
Oct 21, 2009
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, ARMENPRESS: The issue of ratification of
the protocols on regulation of Armenian-Turkish relations has been
presented for the discussion to Turkish parliament. "Haberturk" says
today Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davudoghlu will deliver a speech
in the parliament connected with the issue.
AZERBAIJANI BOOK REMAINS UNANSWERED
Aysor
Oct 21 2009
Armenia
Azerbaijani and Turkish communities are well organized in Germany, said
at press-conference Freie Universitаt Berlin Prof. Jirayr Kocharyan.
He also mentioned that four Azerbaijan-funded organizations carry
out anti-Armenian activities in Germany, in particular, issues books
describing "Armenian terrorism".
"Unfortunately, Armenian side hasn’t yet published a single book
revealing the truth behind crimes of the Azerbaijanis. A Germany
student takes a book from library reading Armenian-Turkish relations.
And that book presents only Azerbaijani position. Armenians essentially
must be more active."
ARAM I GAVE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN-ISLAMIC DIALOGUE IN DAMASCUS
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.10.2009 14:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Catholicos of Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I has given
a lecture on Christian-Islamic dialogue in Damascus State University.
In his speech, His Holiness stressed the importance of cooperation
between Christians and Muslims.
Grand Mufti of Syria, Sheikh Ahmad Hassun shared the opinion and
briefed on Islam’s position on the issues Aram I spoke about, reported
the press service of the Cilician Catholicosate.
MERZ WELCOMES AZERI PRESIDENT
Swissinfo
Oct 20 2009
Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz on Monday met with Ilham Aliyev,
the president of Azerbaijan, in Bern.
Merz was accompanied by Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and
Moritz Leuenberger, who holds the environment, transport and energy
portfolios.
The delegation, which included Azerbaijan’s foreign affairs, energy
and culture ministers, then met for a working lunch also attended by
Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.
Switzerland’s foreign ministry called the Central Asian country
a "stable partner". It noted that while economic contacts had
strengthened, there was still potential for "great improvement".
The two sides discussed economic and energy cooperation, bilateral
policies and the country’s conflict with Armenia over the territory
of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave with a majority Armenian population.
Switzerland was the primary broker of a peace deal signed by Armenia
and Turkey on October 10. The struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated
after both Armenia and Azerbaijan attained independence from the
Soviet Union in 1991. Azerbaijan and Turkey have strong links.
Calmy-Rey’s recently-completed tour of Central Asia did not include
Azerbaijan.
ISRAEL WILL BUY WATER FROM TURKEY
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Regardless the tense relations of the recent period, the Israeli
government negotiates with the Turkish one to buy water. The Israeli
foreign ministry stated the Turkish companies accepted the proposal.
Such an agreement was signed between Turkey and Israel in 2002,
but it was not fulfilled. Recall in the recent period, relations
between these two countries tensed due to the fact that Turkey refused
participating in military exercises and started showing a film on
how Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian children.
Bristol Evening Post, UK
October 13, 2009 Tuesday
Deportation fight family win injunction
Julie Hardingj.harding
An Armenian mother and her three children have won a court injunction
to stop them being deported while their case is looked at again.
But Anna Vardanyan, 33, and her children Mariam, 16, Norik, 12, and
Gayana, eight, are being forced to stay at the Yarl’s Wood immigration
removal centre in Bedfordshire instead of returning to St George where
they have lived for seven years.
Mariam has contracted salmonella food poisoning since being taken to
the centre on Friday and is seriously ill in hospital.
Now friends of Mariam and Norik, who both go to the City Academy in
Russell Town Avenue, Lawrence Hill, have launched a petition and have
written to Government ministers in an effort to persuade the Home
Office to let the family return to their home at least until their
appeal is heard.
The Vardanyans were taken away by 10 police officers and immigration
officials at 6am and were due to be deported on Friday evening but at
5.55pm their solicitor rang supporters, who had demonstrated outside
Trinity Road police station, to say that an injunction had been
granted.
Patrick McInally, 14, of Carlisle Road, Greenbank, who organised the
petition said: "The point is these are children and they have abducted
by the state.
"They do not deserve to be treated like that. They haven’t been
arrested and they haven’t done anything wrong."
More than 300 of the school’s pupils have signed the petition so far
which they intend to take to number 10 Downing Street, the home of the
Prime Minister. The children have also written to Children’s
Commission Sir Albert Aynsley-Green calling for the Vardanyans to be
freed.
In December Asiya Hassan, also 14, of Stapleton Road, Easton, joined
Norik in addressing politicians and councillors at a conference at the
school on the plight of children in detention centres.
Asiya (c) said: "It’s wrong to put children in there who are
completely innocent. The law says you are innocent until proven
guilty.
"Norik was one of the main speakers at our conference. He had been in
a detention centre before so knows what horrible places they are."
Mariama (c) Jalloh, 16, of Kingswood, is Mariam’s best friend. She
said: "I have known Mariam for three years now. We are really close.
She should not be in a detention centre."
Mariama herself faced deportation to war-torn Liberia two years ago.
She and her sister Binta, ten, went on hunger strike, so desperate
were they not to return to the country where their father was murdered
and their mother tortured.
The UK Border Agency says the Vardanyans were living in the country
illegally after their claim for asylum was turned down and appeals
failed.
Paulette North, a teacher at the City Academy and a member of Bristol
Defend The Asylum Seekers Campaign said: "Mariam is now very ill after
contracting salmonella food poisoning. We are so frightened for the
health and safety of this family.
"Detention centres are no places for children. The family have strong
ties to Bristol. They should be allowed to return while the judicial
review into their case is heard and that could take months.
A spokeswoman for the UK Border Agency said last week that the
decision not to grant asylum was scrutinised by an independent
immigration judge who upheld that decision.
However the Vardanyan’s solicitor has applied for a judicial review of
the case which will be heard in the High Court.
Mediamax, Armenia
Oct 12 2009
Armenian leader denies land return deal with Azerbaijan
Yerevan, 12 October: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated today
that the recent statements of Turkish leaders were addressed mainly to
the Azerbaijani audience.
Mediamax reports that the president said this today, commenting on
yesterday’s statement of the Turkish prime minister, according to
which Armenia should return territories to Azerbaijan for establishing
diplomatic relations with Turkey and opening of the border.
"The ball is in the Turkish side of the field, and we have sufficient
patience to wait for development of events," the Armenian president
stated, adding that if Turkey ratifies the protocols, signed on
October 10, "we will do what we had announced about".
Commenting on the statement of the Azerbaijani president that he has
agreements, according to which Armenia will return territories to
Azerbaijan for establishing relations with Turkey, Serzh Sargsyan
stated that he does not know with whom Ilham Aliyev has reached such
agreements.
"We have never discussed the issue of returning territories with the
Azerbaijani president," the Armenian president stated, adding that
during the recent meeting in Chisinau, only issues of the interim and
the final status of Nagornyy-Karabakh were discussed.