Armenia’s Dashnaktsutyun party against revolutions
Arminfo
10 Feb 05
Yerevan, 10 February: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation –
Dashnaktsutyun [ARFD] is for reforms but against revolutions, Vaan
Ovanesyan, deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament and a member of
the ARFD board, told Arminfo today.
He said this while commenting on today’s statement by New Times party
leader Aram Karapetyan about his party’s plans to stage a nation-wide
revolution in Armenia in April 2005 and its readiness to cooperate
with all national political forces (excluding the [former ruling]
Pan-National Movement of Armenia).
Vaan Ovanesyan said that the ARFD had been speaking about the need
for radical reforms in the country for many years and considered the
pace of changes in Armenia to be ineffective.
However, this does not mean that a revolution has to be staged. As
for Karapetyan’s statement on his willingness to cooperate with
all political parties of the country, “we have not yet received an
invitation for cooperation from Aram Karapetyan or his New Times
party”, Ovanesyan said.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and Educational Society
47 Nichols Avenue
Watertown, MA 02472
Tel: 617.924.8849
Contact: Ara Nazarian
Email: [email protected]
Web:
Vaspurakan and Zangezur: Two Historic Provinces Through the Eyes of
Two Diaspora Armenians
WATERTOWN, MA — February 9, 2005 — The Boston Chapter of Hamazkayin
Armenian Educational and Cultural Society presents “Vaspurakan and
Zangezur: Two Historic Provinces through the Eyes of Two Diaspora
Armenians”. The event will be held on Friday, February 11, 2005 at 7:00
PM at the Lachinian Board Room of the Armenian Cultural and Educational
Center in Watertown, MA (47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472).
This program is an audio/visual presentation of recent trips
of two Boston area Armenians to the regions of Vaspurakan and
Zangezur. Mr. Harmik Abedians will discuss his findings and reflections
on his most recent trip to a number of western Armenian provinces,
with specific emphasis on the Vaspurakan region. This segment will be
followed by a presentation given by Mr. Ara Sarkissian. Mr. Sarkissian
will share his thoughts and experiences on his recent trip to the
Zangezur region of the Republic of Armenia. Admission to the event
is free, and the program will be followed by a small reception.
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TURKISH MP CALLS ON TURKEY TO PUT UP WITH ITS PAST
Azg/arm
11 Feb 05
Jem Ozdemir, a German lawmaker with Turkish origin from Germanyâ~@~Ys
Green Party and member of the European Parliament, said in an interview
to Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung that the Armenian taboo of Turkey should
be raised. “Though the Armenian cause was not put before Turkey as
a precondition, the latter is advised to put up with such dark pages
of the history as the massacres of Armenian people”.
It is interesting that Turkish Milliet newspaper responded to
Ozdemirâ~@~Ys words on February 9 in an article titled “Turkey Has
to Put Up With the Past”.
Hakob Chakrian
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“ONE MILLION ARMENIANS WERE KILLED IN TURKEY”
Azg/arm
11 Feb 05
Orhan Pamuk is perhaps the most famous novelist in Turkey today. His
works were translated into various languages. The German publication
of his new book, “The Snow”, caught both German and other foreign
newspapersâ~@~Y attention.
The hubbub around Pamukâ~@~Ys name these days had other reasons as
well besides the books publication. Turkish Hyuriet newspaper touches
on Pamukâ~@~Ys interview to Swiss Tagesanzeiger magazine during which
he underscored the necessity of public discussions over the tragic
events, then added: “30 thousand Kurds and 1 million Armenians were
killed in Turkey. Almost know no one dares speak out of this, and
the nationalists hate me for this”.
By Hakob Chakrian
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Peace in Karabakh to help ensure stability in Caucasus – FMs
By Valery Litvinenko
ITAR-TASS News Agency , Russia
February 10, 2005 Thursday 12:23 PM Eastern Time
ANKARA, February 10 — Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Azerbaijan –
Abdullah Gul and Elmar Mamedyarov – agree that the Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement is one of the main conditions for peace in the Caucasus.
On Thursday, the foreign ministers held talks on the development of
bilateral relations, world and regional problems. Much attention was
riveted to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Gul said upon completion of
the talks.
Economic relations between the two friendly countries are developing
dynamically in the last years. The volume of economic ties reached
500 million U.S. dollars, the Turkish minister stressed.
Gul said he is hopeful that the peace talks on this problem will
yield success, which will help normalise relations with Armenia.
Mamedyarov thanked his Turkish counterpart for support that Ankara
provided to Azerbaijan in order to solve this Nagorno-Karabakh
problem. The Azerbaijani minister said he believes that the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan gas pipeline will be commissioned in 2006 or 2007.
According to Anatolia News Agency, the talks focused on Azerbaijan’s
participation in the isolation of the so-called Turkish Republic of
North Cyprus. Gul said, “In this aspect Baku’s policy may become an
example for other countries.” In response the Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry stressed that this problem is considered by experts.

BAKU IS SURE THAT OSCE MISSION WILL CONFIRM THE FACTS OF SETTLEMENT
OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF AZERBAIJAN BY THE ARMENIANS
BAKU, FEBRUARY 9. ARMINFO-TURAN. The OSCE mission for reveal of facts
of settlement by Armenians of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan
completed the first stage of its work. This the opinion of the Deputy
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov expressed to journalist
while commenting on the results of the trip of the mission to the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan. During the next stage the mission
must analyze the collected materials and prepare report. “We expect
it will be done in the near future and the report will be submitted
to the OSCE Minsk group mission, and then to the permanent Board of
OSCE”, Azimov said.
He expressed sureness that facts submitted to the mission by the
Azeri side were confirmed. In particular, the materials from open
and other sources on settlement in the occupied territories of
20-23 people were submitted to the mission. But even if the mission
revealed at least half or one-third of the figure it confirms the
fact of illegal settlement, Azimov said. He told that in accordance
with the Geneva convention of 1949, the occupant does not have the
right to settle or change the demographic situation in the occupied
territories. Azimov noted groundlessness of the arguments of the
Armenian side that the Armenian living before in Baku, Ganja and
Sumgayit were settled there. He told that international humanitarian
law prohibits settlement in the occupied territories the people which
have not lived there before regardless of their origin.
Azimov did not exclude that they would continue settlement of the
occupied territories. He thinks that it can be connected with the
coming liberation of the occupied territories or the question on
withdrawal of people illegally settled there will be brought up, he
noted. Speaking about the significance and the results of the mission
Azimov said that by initiating this question Azerbaijan warned Armenia
that it will never reconcile with annexation of its territory.
Azimov does not exclude that in the end final assessment will be
given to the conclusions of the mission. “However the main goal for
Azerbaijan is liberation of all occupied territories and Azerbaijan
considers the problem of settlement just in that context”, Azimov said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ZURAB ZHVANIA WAS HELPED TO DIE: NEW TIMES LEADER
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10. ARMINFO. Georgia’s Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania
was not going to die – somebody helped him to, says the leader of
the New Times party Aram Karapetyan.
He rules out the Russian version of Zhvania’s death. Russia was
interested ion Zhvania as PM as this was opening up wide prospects
for Georgian-russian cooperation first of all in economy. As
for Pres.Saakashvili – he is a young and promising politicians
and Karapetyan wishes him success in settling Georgia’s numerous
problems. “I would not like him to follow the footsteps of Pres.
Zviad Gamsakhurdia – though this cannot be excluded,” says Karapetyan.

RESIDENTS OF YEREVAN’S NORAGAVIT COMMUNITY RALLY AGAINST ENLARGMENT OF
EREBUNI AIRPORT RUNWAY AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR LANDS
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10. ARMINFO. Residents of Yerevan’s Noragavit community
held a demonsration in front of the armenian Government building today demanding
compensation for their lost land plots.
They says that in 2001-2002 they were promised compensation for the use of
their lands (22 h) for enlarging the runway of Yerevan’s Erebuni airport. But
they have received nothing so far.
The chief civil aviation department refuses to comment on the issue saying
that the Erebuni airport is managed by the Defence Ministry. The DM press
service promises to give information in a few days.
It should be noted that presently the airport is used by Russian military
men. As far as ARMINFO knows the Armenian Government is preparing it for civil
passenger flights. The runway has been restored and enlarged, the same is for
the passenger terminals. The operation of an alternative civil airport in
Armenia is stipulated by the EU under the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

US AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN: ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI
LEADERS MUST ACTIVATE THEIR EFFORTS IN RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9. ARMINFO. According to the USA, leaders of
Azerbaijan and Armenia must activate their efforts in settlement of
the conflict, says US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Rino Harnish at a
press conference, Day.az reports.
The Ambassador gave a positive assessment of the activity of OSCE
Misn Group and expressed opinion that the visit of OSCE mission to
the region testified to the efforts and interests of OSCE in the fair
and long-term resolution of the conflict. He came out for peaceful
resolution of the conflict in the nearest future, giving a positive
assessment of USA’s role and efforts in the given issue, which would
contribute to establishing peace and stability in the region. At the
same time, Ambassador Harnish noted that the resolution did not
depend only on the USA or any other country. He noted that the USA
displayed consistency in its policy with respect to Nagorny Karabakh,
denying the self- proclaimed NKR and supporting the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan.

ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland
Feb 10 2005
OSCE Minsk Group Fact-Finding Mission visits occupied regions of
Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 10 February 2005 – An OSCE Minsk Group Fact-Finding
Mission visited the seven occupied regions of Azerbaijan around
Nagorno-Karabakh from 31 January to 6 February 2005 to examine the
question of Armenian settlements in these territories.
The Mission, which was conducted following an agreement between the
foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, will report its findings
to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, who in turn will forward it with
their conclusions and recommendations to the OSCE Permanent Council
in Vienna.
The Mission was led by Emily Haber, Head of the OSCE Department of the
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and composed of representatives
of the three co-chair countries – the Russian Federation, the United
States and France – and of Finland, Germany, Italy and Sweden.
The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador
Andrzej Kasprzyk and a representative of the OSCE Secretariat also
took part.
For further information, please contact:
OSCE Rep. on Conflict dealt with by Minsk Conference
23 Shatberashvili Str.
Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel.: +995 32 29 24 24
Fax: +995 32 98 85 66
E-mail: [email protected]