ALBERT BAZEYAN: KARABAKH PROBLEM CAN’T BE SOLVED BY WAR
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 14 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Karabakh problem
can’t be solved by war. National Rebirth party Chairman Albert Bazeyan
expressed such an opinion at the March 14 discussion. According to
him, there has been a war once and the Armenian party gained victory
but the problem hasn’t been solved by now.
Albert Bazeyan stated that the negotiations process doesn’t advance and
if it goes on like this, it’s obvious that the winner will be the state
that will give more efficient solution to its domestic problems. If
Armenia succeeds in developing its economy, manifests national unity,
improves country’s moral-psychological atmosphere, even in case of
a war we can be sure that the opposite side won’t gain victory.
According to another participant of the discussion, NA RPA faction Head
Galust Sahakian, the international community has already factually
adopted the fact of Karabakh independence and it only remains to
register it juridically.
According to him, the financial assistance provided to Karabakh by
different states is the evidence of the international recognition.
According to Sahakian, some improvement in the Nagorno Karabakh
settlement is obvious in the recent period, Armenia has succeeded in
winning round different international organizations. As for the RA
President’s recent statement about recognizing the Nagorno Karabakh
independence by Armenia in case of a failure of the negotiations
through the fault of Azerbaijan, according to Galust Sahakian, this
is an adequate response to the policy carried on by the Azerbaijani
side years running.

AZERIS FIRE AT VOSKEPAR-BAGHANIS ROAD
Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2006
IJEVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. At about 11:00 pm of March 14, the
Voskepar-Baghanis length of the Ijevan-Noyemberian highway was fired
at for about half an hour from the positions of the Azerbaijani region
of Kazakh. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed at the Baghanis
village administration, the firing was done from sub-machine-guns
and large-calibre machine-guns. There are no victims. The Armenian
armed forces didn’t open a fire in response.
Due to the firing, the cars had to bypass the Voskepar-Baghanis
length for some time, driving by the road of Harsnakar, which is
comparatively safe.

SERGE SARGSIAN AND NIKOLAY BORDYUZHA DISCUSS CSTO’S PROBLEMS AND TASKS
Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. On March 14, Collective Security
Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha was
received by Secretary of National Security Council under RA President,
Defence Minister Serge Sargsian.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by RA Defence Minister’s Spokesperson,
Colonel Seyran Shahsuvarian, the sides discussed the issues included
into the agenda of sittings of Committee of Secretaries of Security
Councils of CSTO member-countries and of Defence Ministers’ Council
to be held on June 22-24 in Minsk, as well as the organization’s
problems and future tasks.

“JAVAKHK” COUNCIL CONVINCED THAT IF NECESSARY, ARMENIA SHOULD OPEN SECOND FRONT
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 14 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The “Javakhk”
Council consisting of 15 NGOs calls on RA authorities to pay proper
attention to the problems of Javakhk Armenians, in particular, to
recognize the political component of the Javakhk problem. This was
said in the statement publicized by the Council on March 14.
“Encouraged by the absolute indifference of RA authorities, the
Georgian circles became more unbridled,” the statement authors
insist. Among the anti-Armenian actions carried out recently in
Javakhk they mention facts of dimissing a number of Armenian judges
in Javakhk because of their not mastering the Georgian language,
foundation of a diocese in the territory of Armenia by the Georgian
church, the murder of the young Armenian in Tsalka.
“Not excluding the participation of the third party, including Turkey
and Azerbaijan, in provocation and instigation of these anti-Armenian
acts, the “Javakhk” Council considers that first of all the Georgian
authorities and Georgian Orthodox Church are responsible for it. RA
authorities, who have done nothing in the direction of solving the
Javakhk problems, also have their share of responsibility,” the
statement read.
“The pivot of Javakhk problem is political, as long as Javakhk
political status isn’t clarified and Javakhh has no guarantees that
there will be no infringement of Armenians, it’s senseless to solve
other problems,” “Javakhk” Council representative Hrazdan Madoyan
declared.
According to the him, the prevailing majority of Armenians living
in Armenia is anxious about the Javakhk problem as they understand
that there is no separate Javakhk problem. “On the one hand, this is
the problem of Hay Dat, on the other hand, the problem of Armenia’s
physical existence, as today Javakhk is the only possibility for
connection with Europe. We understand that if the Armenians leave
Javakhk, their place will be taken by the Turks: this means that
Armenia will appear in a complete blockade,” the speaker declared.
According to Madoyan, there can be two possible developments of
Javakhk problem: either it will become a second Nakhichevan or a
second Karabakh.
According to him, if Armenia wants to exist as a state in the region,
it should be able to preserve what is still Armenian.
According to the Council representatives, if necessary, Armenia
should bring troops into Javakhk. In response to the question, if
Armenia is able to open the second front, Council representative
Gagik Ginosian said that this will be already the fourth front for
Georgia. According to him, we shouldn’t avoid war in case of a danger
of losing the homeland and the national dignity, and in the issue of
Javakhk we deal with the physical existence of the Republic of Armenia.

PARTICIPANTS OF CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO 85th ANNIVERSARY OF MOSCOW TREATY CALL ON NA TO INVALIDATE MOSCOW AND KARS TREATIES
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 14 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. “The Moscow Treaty
concluded in 1921 between two empires hasn’t received a deserved
estimation by now.
In fact, by this treaty the Armenia’s achievements created by May 28,
after the interval of 6 centuries, were reduced to zero,” Ishkhan
Saghatelian, Chairman of ARFD Nikol Aghbalian student union, declared
at the conference organized by the union in connection with the 85th
anniversary of the Moscow Treaty.
According to him, this treaty concluded between Russia and Turkey
was one of the anti-Armenian acts: “A shameful treaty that tightened
Armenia’s bondage for even more”.
Saghatelian reminded that “by the inducement of the same dictatorship”
the Armenian communists signed the humiliating Kars Treaty on October
13 1921, which became the ratification of the decision about capturing
Armenia and was concluded with Russian-Turkish cooperation.
The press conference participants, among which there were
representatives of a number of youth structures of the party and NGOs,
adopted a statement, according to which the Moscow Soviet-Turkish
Treaty and Kars treaty, which is its continuation, are worthless from
the moment of their signing as they contradict the main principles
and norms of the international law.
The statement authors call on the Armenian National Assembly to
invalidate the “illegal treaties violating the rights and interests
of the Armenian people”. It’s also mentioned that RA Foreign Ministry
should adopt a statement about the Moscow and Kars Treaties’ being
inadmissible for Armenia.

RA PRESIDENT AND CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSS MAIN PROBLEMS ORGANIZATION IS FACED WITH
Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The main problems the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is faced with, the ways of their
solution and issues connected with improvement of organization’s
activity and raising its efficiency were discussed at RA President
Robert Kocharian’s March 14 meeting with CSTO Secretary General
Nikolay Bordyuzha.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by President’s Press Service, the sides
also touched upon preparation of the Collective Security Council
sitting to be held in June in Minsk.

GERMAN AUTHORITIES PROHIBIT HOLDING OF “TALAAT-PASHA ACTION” IN BERLIN
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 14 2006
BRUSSELS, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The German
authorities have prohibited a series of rallies the Turkish
organizations planned to hold in mid-March in Berlin. As Noyan Tapan
was informed by the ARF Dashnaktsutiun European Armenian Federation for
Justice and Democracy, the ban is based on the Article 189 of German
Criminal Code, according to which it’s prohibited to show “disrespect
to the deceased”. In their statement the German authorities used the
expression “those who died in 1915” in order to avoid mentioning the
Armenian Genocide.
The rallies that were to be held in Berlin were to be the beginning of
the events under the title “Talaat-Pasha Action” within the framework
of the “Grand Operation – 2006” initiative. The initiative a number of
Turkish figures, led by former President of self-proclaimed Republic of
North Cyprus Rauf Denktash, came up with, pursued the goal to achieve
Bundestag’s withdrawing its resolution on the Armenian Genocide.
Executive Director of European Armenian Federation for Justice
and Democracy Loran Leylekian expressed hope that all the European
politicians will show resoluteness as at present Europe is a witness
of an unprecedented wave of negationism threatening not only the
Armenians but also all Europeans.
According to the “Marmara” newspaper of Istanbul, the German Embassy
in Ankara refused to give visas to all Turks who intended to leave
for Berlin for taking part in the rally.
From: Baghdasarian

STRONG WINDS OF LAST DAYS GREATLY DAMAGE COMMUNITIES OF VARDENIS
Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2006
GAVAR, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. As the Noyan Tapan correspondent informs
from the Gegharkunik marz, wind of 27 metres/second strength was
fixed in the city of Vardenis during the last days, as a consequence
of what roofs of many-storied buildings, detached houses as well as
subsidiary constructions and a number of enterprises were damaged. The
wind destroyed transmission lines as well, as a result of what the
city had no electricity for some time.
An alarm about the damages of the wind was also got from the
communities of Shatvan and Norabak of the Vardenis region. The created
commission defines the sizes of the damage: 150 applications have
already been presented from the damaged farmsteads.
According to Hamlet Gasparian, the Chief of the Vardenis Mayor’s
Office Architectural Department, the old buildings were mainly damaged,
the owners of which are in socially needy state.
The village of Yeranos was also considerably damaged as a result
of the strong wind. According to community head Gagik Khansanamian,
according to preliminary data, the size of damage made about 19 mln
drams (about 42 thousand U.S.
dollars). Particularly, the roofs of the Yeranos secondary school No1
and 5 detached houses were destroyed of the wind. The wind destroyed
4 gravestones of the graveyard as well.

POOR YOUNG FAMILIES ALSO WANT TO ATTEND CHARITY CANTEEN ENVISAGED FOR OLD PEOPLE IN GAVAR
Noyan Tapan
Mar 14 2006
GAVAR, MARCH 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The number of those attending the charity
canteen functioning in Gavar for over 2 years with the financing of
the “Mission Armenia” benevolent NGO is constantly growing. According
to the information provided by Noyan Tapan correspondent from Gavar,
some young unemployed families also express willingness to attend this
canteen, as they mentioned, they have to do this due to abject poverty.
The canteen provides food for 120 vulnerable people five days a week,
once a day. It’s envisaged that this program will operate in Gavar
until 2013 and its further continuation will depend on the poverty
index registered in the country.

ARMENIAN MINISTER SAYS KARABAKH SETTLEMENT HINGES ON AZERI CONCESSIONS
Noyan Tapan news agency
14 Mar 06
Yerevan, 14 March: Armenia cannot sit idle while Azerbaijan is
making official statements that if it does not get what it wants
at negotiations it will make no concessions and get what it wants
militarily, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan has told
the Azg newspaper website, commenting on the Armenian president’s
statement that should the negotiations fail, Armenia will recognize
the independence of Artsakh [Nagornyy Karabakh].
“Azerbaijan must understand that if Armenia sees that Azerbaijan
has made a conclusion like this, Armenia will also take steps which
may have negative consequences for Azerbaijan – from recognizing
Karabakh to drawing up a new defence doctrine which will permanently
put Azerbaijan on the defensive,” Oskanyan said.
Asked about “the criteria for the failure of the negotiations”,
Oskanyan said: “Today the negotiations are at a stage when Azerbaijan’s
position will be crucial, i.e. we can start making decisions only after
we know whether Azerbaijan is ready for concessions. If Azerbaijan
does not make a concession on the issue discussed at Rambouillet,
it will mean that Azerbaijan continues to stick to its maximalist
position, which will not resolve the problem.
Therefore, the main criterion depends on Azerbaijan.”
Asked about what this step [recognition of independence] would give
Armenia and Artsakh, Oskanyan said: “The recognition, of course,
is a political instrument, which I think will be used on time, and
the president meant precisely this. If you remember, the president
said clearly in his interview – when Azerbaijan finally decides to
resolve the problem militarily, Armenia will reserve the right to
make changes both in the political and defence spheres.”