July 1 is the day of the prosecutor’s office employee. Today is also the 108th anniversary of the establishment of the Prosecutor’s Office. RA General Prosecutor’s Office informs about this.

“108 years on the road to rule of law, protection of state interests and strengthening of public trust.

Today, the Prosecutor’s Office is strong with its professional abilities, the benevolence of prosecutors, continuous education and cooperation based on international partnership.

Happy Prosecution Worker’s Day and the 108th anniversary of the establishment of the Prosecution Service,” the message reads.

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The government of Azerbaijan is increasing the pressure on Pashinyan day by day in order to extract new concessions from Armenia.

Pashinyan and Aliyev are promoting the issue of the so-called peace plan for different reasons.

Pashinyan’s goal was to secure the votes of the Armenian voters in the June 7 parliamentary elections and to maintain power, misleading them as if he had established peace.

On the other hand, Aliyev pursues a completely different goal. He is in no hurry to conclude the peace treaty with Armenia. Seeing that Pashinyan willingly accepts all his demands, Aliyev demands new concessions, such as the return of the former Azerbaijani enclaves in the territory of Armenia, the extraction of new Armenian territories under the guise of “demarcation and demarcation” of the border between the two countries, the amendment of the Armenian Constitution and the resettlement of 300,000 Azerbaijanis in Armenia.

In order to carry out the resettlement of Azerbaijanis, Aliyev took a number of important steps.

1. Founded and financed the organization named “West Azerbaijan Community”.

2. Claims that Armenia has no alternative but to agree to the return of 300,000 Azerbaijanis.

3. Advances the resettlement program by organizing meetings of foreign officials visiting Azerbaijan with the Council of the “West Azerbaijan Community”.

4. Organized conferences in different countries of the world, including last week in the US Congress building.

Nevertheless, most of the Armenians are not aware that Aliyev has implemented a more weighty initiative. He forwarded the two applications of the “Community of Western Azerbaijan” to all the member states of the United Nations. the first in 2023. on January 17, with three pages, the second one in 2023. on March 14, with nine pages, to secure international support for his resettlement plan.

In the January 17 application, Azerbaijan asked the UN General Assembly and the Security Council to put pressure on “the government of Armenia to ensure the safe and dignified return of ethnic Azerbaijanis to their homes in Armenia within the framework of the international process” and to guarantee “their collective and individual rights after their return.”

In its application, Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of “violence, massacres and other crimes against humanity, as well as violations of human rights”, claiming that “this process was particularly violent and cruel in the years 1905-06, 1918-21, 1948-53 and 1988-91”.

How can Azerbaijan accuse Armenia of committing mass violence against ethnic Azerbaijanis in 1905-06, if the Republic of Armenia did not exist at that time? The other periods listed are also based on false claims, as Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of atrocities that were actually committed by Azerbaijanis against Armenians in Baku, Nakhichevan, Sumgait and Artsakh. In 1988-1991, Azerbaijanis living in Soviet Armenia voluntarily left the country, selling their houses and property. In its application, Azerbaijan also accuses Armenia of demolishing mosques and cemeteries. Azerbaijan itself destroyed thousands of old khachkars, churches and other Armenian monuments in Nakhichevan, as well as dozens of religious and cultural monuments in Artsakh.

However, instead of criticizing the Azerbaijani government for its hostile “Western Azerbaijan” agenda, Pashinyan stated that it was the Armenian opposition that pushed Aliyev to raise the issue of the resettlement of Azerbaijanis in Armenia, talking about the right of Armenian refugees to return to Artsakh. Pashinyan is wrong because Azerbaijan confirmed in its application to the UN that the “West Azerbaijan Community” was established in 1989 as an “Azerbaijani Refugee Society”, long before the 2023 expulsion of Artsakh Armenians.

Unbelievably, Pashinyan rejected Aliyev’s plan to bring 300,000 Azerbaijanis to Armenia. However, it is difficult to trust the words of the man who once declared: “Artsakh is Armenia, and that’s it,” and later, “Artsakh is Azerbaijan.”

The transfer of 300,000 Azerbaijanis to Armenia will be a complete disaster for the Republic of Armenia. That’s why.

1. Any minor incident between resettled Azerbaijanis and local Armenians can become an occasion for Azerbaijan to send troops into Armenia under the pretext of protecting its own people. In the application addressed to the UN, it was stated that the Azerbaijani “community does not trust this state [Armenia] in matters of security”. It seeks the security of Azerbaijani settlers from the Azerbaijani military or other foreign forces, possibly from Turkey as well.

2. The Azerbaijani application to the UN also stated that after settling in Armenia, they should “have equal rights that will allow them to receive education in their mother tongue and to use the Azerbaijani language in the legislative, executive and judicial bodies of the government.” They will demand their own schools, mosques, community centers and police forces. As a result, a large number of Azerbaijani language teachers and imams will be brought to Armenia. The document also stated that “Azeris should have the right to form local security forces and take an appropriate role in the courts.”

3. Resettled Azerbaijanis will have the right to vote and elect their own deputies in the Armenian parliament, as a result of which laws protecting their interests will be adopted.

4. Armenian history textbooks will be modified so as not to “offend” the feelings of Azerbaijani students regarding Artsakh history and Christianity.

5. In the UN application, they demand that “the government of Armenia return the property and communal lands belonging to Azerbaijanis and compensate for the damages and losses caused by preventing their use.”

6. The application of the Azerbaijani side also demands that “Armenia stop its policy and practices of sowing hatred and discrimination against Azerbaijanis, bring to justice the persons who have committed crimes against Azerbaijanis, immediately stop glorifying them, demolish the monuments of military, political figures and terrorists who participated in these crimes, as well as cancel the changes in place names.”

It will not be surprising if Aliyev adds the return of 300,000 Azerbaijanis to his long list of preconditions for signing the peace treaty.

Harut Sassounyan

www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com

Translation: Ruzanna Avagyan

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“Hraparak” newspaper writes:

“While the opposition is disputing the results of the June 7 elections in the Constitutional Court, the ruling team is in a hurry to “elect” the yet-to-be-formed leadership of the Parliament at the very meeting of the “Citizen Contract” party board. It is already known that the KP administration has chosen Ruben Rubinyan as the candidate for the speaker of the parliament, Vahagn Aleksanyan and Hayk Konjoryan as the vice-speakers. the department will choose the leader of the faction.

As of yesterday, Arusyak Manavazyan was nominated for the position of the head of the faction, who is currently the head of the party’s staff, Pashinyan’s eyes and ears in the faction, as well as the one who manages the finances. For many years, Manavazyan was the chief accountant of “Haykakan Zamanka” and Pashinyan’s printing house, then the director of government mansions, and now, according to reports, he participates in Pashinyan’s family financial activities. However, the ruling team believes that Pashinyan’s favorite for this position is his former English teacher, the former RA Ambassador to the USA, Lilit Makunts, who was considered for the position of the Speaker of the National Assembly even before the elections, but that position will be given to Ruben Rubinyan, also at the request of the outsiders. The team is sure that only the external factor played a role in Rubinyan’s becoming the Speaker of the National Assembly. Otherwise, Pashinyan would not have pushed Alen Simonyan like this, his teammates think, and, in their opinion, he would not have pushed the lazy and unbalanced Rubinyan forward. Especially since, according to his teammates, Simonyan not only selflessly served Pashinyan and the team, but also supports balanced foreign relations. Although, according to Pashinyan, he regularly directed insults at the Russian Federation, he was an acceptable person for his Russian partners. Meanwhile, Rubinyan will become the servant of the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem and is clearly Russophobic.

Some people remember that in 2018 after the first parliamentary elections following the change of power, when the ruling team was again in the process of distributing parliamentary positions, Tigran Avinyan proposed Ruben Rubinyan for one of the top positions at the board meeting, but Pashinyan, who holds the position of prime minister, did not hide his attitude towards him and made a statement that Rubinyan was the deputy minister of foreign affairs for 6-7 months, what did he do that you want to appoint this person to a higher position? In other words, he said almost directly that Rubinyan is not an employee and cannot hold a leading, responsible position.

Of course, a lot has changed since 2018, and Pashinyan has changed his position on many issues, but the team is sure that the change of position regarding Rubinyan is solely due to external influence. The appointment of the head of the faction in the CP is conditioned by the same circumstance, that it will be Makunts, the bearer of American policy, although there is a lot of anti-propaganda against him in the team.

The KP is also sure that Alen Simonyan will not go to the parliament as an ordinary deputy, firstly, he is extremely offended by the team and Pashinyan, and even after the elections in the department, he could not hide his feelings and quickly left the KP office, telling his teammates that “they are good and sincere”. Second: he is the first speaker of the parliament who has served a full term, so the state is obliged to ensure his security, he is unlikely to come and sit in the seat of an ordinary deputy, and if he comes, it will be only with Pashinyan’s strict coercion and some kind of promise.

As for the election of the presidents and vice-presidents of the NA standing committees, then, according to everything, it will be left to the faction, although Pashinyan will still instruct. According to rumors, Arusyak Julhakyan and Babken Tunyan will continue to lead the state-legal and economic commissions, and the permanent defense and security commission may be taken from Andranik Kocharyan and given to Armen Khachatryan. The commissions that were conceded in the previous parliament will also be conceded to the opposition.”

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From July 1, a number of important programs and legislative changes will come into force, which will have an impact on both citizens and business activities.

1. The new long-term housing rental program will be implemented for displaced families from Karabakh.

2. The new “Stop” tool will be launched in the financial and banking system.

3. Based on the complex assessment of incomes, a new system for assessing the insecurity of families will be introduced.

4. According to the amendments made to the RA Tax Code, in case of unpaid tax obligations, a reminder will be sent first, then collection and seizure measures will be applied.

5. The procedure for applying for care services for elderly or disabled persons is changing.

6. For some goods imported from third countries and processed under the customs procedure “exemption for domestic consumption”, it is necessary to submit a conformity assessment document to the customs authorities.

7. Amendments to the “Consumer Rights Protection” law establish a mandatory 2-year warranty for defective products and prohibit misleading consumer advertising.

Details in the Government video.

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On June 30, RA Ambassador to Lebanon Sarmen Baghdasaryan met with the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Lebanon, Hanin Sayed. This was reported by the RA Embassy in Lebanon.

“During the meeting, reference was made to the humanitarian aid sent by RA, the humanitarian crisis situation created as a result of the war in Lebanon, as well as a number of issues of bilateral interest in the field,” the message says.

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