CHANGE OF POWER WILL NOT FACILITATE THE RESOLUTION
Iragir/am
18/03/06
The Karabakh issue will be resolved by the third president of the
Republic of Armenia, announced the leader of the Marxist Party
of Armenia Davit Hakobyan on March 17. “The presidents of Armenia
and Azerbaijan are not insane to sign an agreement on the eve of
the elections and resolve the issue of Karabakh. This issue will
be resolved by the third president of Armenia, and let the present
leadership forget that the third president will be from their circle.
The third president will be from among people,” says Davit Hakoyan.
Khosrov Harutiunyan, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party,
who was also present in this meeting, thinks it is ingenuous to
think that a democratic revolution could enable a resolution of the
Karabakh issue that would favor this or that party. “If you think
that after power changes in Armenia, a new leadership forms through
a fair and democratic election, Azerbaijan will give Karabakh to us,
you are bitterly mistaken,” says Khosrov Harutiunyan. To support his
words he gave the example of the change of power in Armenia in 1998,
saying that after 1998 the standpoint of Azerbaijan became tougher.
Khosrov Harutiunyan hurried to reject that before 1998 Azerbaijan was
willing for greater compromises than now. He said he simply wanted
to show that a change of power would not facilitate the resolution.

DID THEY MANAGE TO PERSUADE TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO?
Iragir/am
17/03/06
The new country fails in the direct and party sense of the word. On
March 16 Artashes Tumanyan, the head of the civic action group of
the Nor Yerkir Party (New Country), unexpectedly for many people
and first of all for his supporters, quit the party he had not even
established properly. Tumanyan’s step is an absolutely important event
in the present political situation in Armenia. The reason is not the
importance or function of this political figure. There might not have
been any importance or function at all. And the reason is not either
that Tumanyan’s political party would build a genuinely new country,
and would become a life boat. The problem was the home political
situation in Armenia that was implemented through Artashes Tumanyan,
and apparently will be stopped now. And again the establishment of
a new party is not concerned but a situation inside the leadership,
which enables a choice: power based on a criminal base or a gradual
transition to a civilized format. At least format and not contents.
One of the reasons for such suggestions is the attempt to set up
the Nor Yerkir Party, which was said to have been the initiative
of President Robert Kocharyan to oppose to the politicized criminal
groups. The establishment of the political party of Gagik Tsarukyan
was evaluated as an attempt aimed at this initiative of Robert
Kocharyan. It is notable that Artashes Tumanyan and Gagik Tsarukyan
announced that they would not admit ministers and other officials to
their political parties. In other words, the corrupt. In other words,
they announced that they would not use the governmental resource
because this resource simply discredits.
Naturally, the actual majority of the leadership would detect
threat for their future in everything. What is more, the danger
was absolutely serious, considering that it emanated from Robert
Kocharyan himself. Provided that the endangered officials and forces
knew thanks to their position that the Western powers, particularly
the United States, are not happy about their existence; it is clear
how soon and unexpected the moment of truth would arrive.
It was also clear that they would try to dictate their principles in
home policies rather than they would be dictated from the outside. In
the first round of the election of the chair of the board of Yerevan
State University and in the first round of the election of ombudsman
we witnessed a number of interesting things; then Hmayak Hovanisyan
announced that removing Armenian “Fouchet” would be bad for Armenian
“Napoleon.” Probably, this served its aim, and “Napoleon” “realized”
that he would lose the very first round of every election without
“Fouchet.”
In the meantime, more serious elections than the YSU board or the
ombudsman are coming up. No doubt each aphorism or proverb can be and
must be questioned. But it cannot be denied that every person has
the right to vote, and in this country the president possesses his
right to vote. Robert Kocharyan chooses the familiar thing. It is,
of course, difficult to say what the president would gain from the
election or what he would lose. At least, he would try to retain what
he has now, but the problem is how long he would manage to retain it.
Finally, does it mean that the methods of 2003 will be used in 2007;
however, the repetition of methods does not mean that the result or
the consequence would be the same too. But in the long run it is
important what the state will gain or lose from the change of the
base of the leadership. In this respect the state has more to lose
than this or that representative of the leadership.

CHUBAYS RECOGNIZED NKR FOR HE WORKS WITH REAL OBJECTS
Iragir/am
18/03/06
In the official website of RAO EES, on the page on Armenia “Shusha”
is called “Shushi”, “Lachin” – “Kashatagh”, “Nagorno Karabakh” –
“Nagorno Karabakh Republic” and Naakhidjevan is not mentioned one the
page on Azerbaijan at all. With regard to this the mass media and
NGOs of Azerbaijan are going to launch a campaign against RAO EES,
write the Azerbaijani mass media.
We carried out a mini poll in the streets of Stepanakert. The majority
thinks that Azerbaijan should accept and take into consideration
the reality. “What would you like to be written on the website of
a company which works with real objects? It cannot write “Lachin”
if it makes a deal with Kashatagh. It cannot write “NKR” if it deals
with NKR,” said an inhabitant of Stepanakert. Some people said such
facts will become many because life goes on and the reality is not
always what they would like it to be.

Taviani Brothers Agreed to Mitigate Script of Film on Armenian Genocide
NIAN.Net
18.03.2006 01:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey has protested against Taviani brothers,
world-wide known Italian film directors, going to shoot a film
called Lark Farm, dedicated to the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sent complaints to the Italian MFA.
Turkish Premier Erdogan drew the attention of his Italian counterpart
Silvio Berlusconi to the matter. The latter promised to do his
best “not to harm Turkish-Italian relations.” After calls of the
Turkish MFA, Taviani brothers agreed to mitigate the film script a
bit. They reported they will change the script and will accentuate
not the Armenian Genocide, but a love story. Turkey highlights it,
as Euromirage sponsors the film. The sum makes 600 thousand euros.
Turkey annually pays the organization 1 million euros. Thus Turks
conclude that an anti-Turkish film is shot at the expense of funds
from Turkey, the Marmara Istanbul newspaper reports.

Israeli Scholar Called Events in 1915 Armenian Genocide
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 01:59 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The deportation in 1915, in my opinion, was
a genuine genocide, and it was widely covered by the world press,
despite Ottoman state’s efforts,” Israeli historian Yair Auron stated
at of New Approaches in the Turkish-Armenian Relations conference at
Istanbul University. Auron emphasized that within that period many
newspapers in Palestine covered the issue of the Armenian Genocide. “We
can clearly see it by studying publications of that time. I studied
well memoirs, sources and I conceive that what happened to Armenians
was a genocide,” the Israeli scholar stated. Auron’s statements
outraged some participants of New Approaches in Turkish-Armenian
Relations conference. However, organizers of the event said tolerance
should be displayed to any opposite opinion, the Marmara Istanbul
newspaper reports.

Baku Sent Note to Russian MFA owing to Information on Inter RAO UES Website
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 19:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As the website of Inter RAO UES branch establishment
“indicates Nagorno Karabakh territory without referring to its
belonging to the Azerbaijani Republic,” as well as territory of the
Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic is not included in the Azerbaijani
Republic, the Azeri Embassy in Russia sent a note to the Russian
MFA. It indicates “inadmissibility of publishing information, which
reflects violation of the territorial integrity of the Azerbaijani
Republic.” The Ambassador also asked to convey the information in the
note to Inter RAO UES, for experts and specialists working there have
correct notion of the issue of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, in the
settlement of which Russia is engaged as a co-chair of the OSCE MG,
Day.az reports.
As PanARMENIAN.Net reported before, Baku was outraged with the fact
of Inter RAO UES website containing information on Armenia page,
where Shushi town is not named in the Azeri manner of Shusha, while
Kashatagh is not Lachin. Nagorno Karabakh is also written as the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic, while Nakhichevan is not shown as a part
of Azerbaijan at all.

Films on Armenian Genocide to Be Screened in California April 17 and 24
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 20:37 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ KCET TV station of South California has planned
screening of French film director Lorence Jourdan’s Armenian Genocide,
the English version of which will be shown on the American TV for the
first time. Canadian film director Hagop Goudsouzian’s My Son Will Be
Armenian will be shown on April 24. “We got many positive evaluations
over the first film and decided to screen it at 9 p.m. instead of 10,
so as more people can see that important film,” said Mary Masur, KCET
Executive Vice President of programming and production. The second
film tells about the visit of 6 Canadian Armenians paid to Western
Armenia. KCET is one of PBS branches of KCET Public TV Service,
reports Azg newspaper.

Baku Tries to Azerbaijanize Iranian Poets
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 20:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami’s
writing that Nizami Ganjavi is a Persian poet is true. Nizami wrote
and created his works in Persian, he didn’t have even one work in
Azerbaijani,” Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani told
journalists. Expressing his support for the former Iranian president’s
stance that Nizami is a Persian poet, Suleymani also said there is no
evidence to prove that Nizami wrote in Azerbaijani. “Nizami didn’t
write in Azerbaijani. Nizami wrote in Persian but these poems were
translated into Azerbaijani later,” the Ambassador said. The Iranian
ambassador also claimed that Shahriyar is not an Azerbaijani poet
either, reports APA.
Azerbaijanization of Persian culture and art workers began in
Azerbaijan in 60s, when Heydar Aliyev came to power first as Chairman
of the KGB in Azerbaijan, and later as First Secretary of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.

British Military Museum Presents Exhibits on Armenian Genocide
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 20:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Crimes against Humanity section of the London
Military Museum shows exhibits, which tell about atrocities during
the Armenian Genocide in 1915.
The Museum also presents documents on violence in the USSR during the
Stalin period, Anadolu information agency reports, adding visitors
can get additional information on the materials in the Museum via
the Internet.

Azeri Commission on Refugees Defalcated Part of US Money
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.03.2006 21:01 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the Human Rights Report 2005 the US State
Department censured Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Refugee Affairs
and Displaced Persons. The report specifically notes that the
Commission spent some $82 million in 2005. It notes that the Commission
defalcated part of the sum. This resulted in strict criticism by the
US, reports the Azg newspaper.