Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has slammed media rumors on his alleged desire to see former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan take office as president as “absurd”.
“Let’s not speak about absurd things. The President of Armenia has been elected in March of this year and he still has 7 years of tenure ahead,” Pashinyan said.
Certain media reports alleged that the PM is willing to see Ter-Petrosyan back in office as President.
Baku / 04.09.18 / Turan: The former head of Intelligence of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Colonel-General Ismail Haggı Pekin said there is no need to establish a Turkish military base in Nakhchivan.
This opinion was expressed by Pekin, answering Turan's question: "Is Turkey going to build a military base in Nakhchivan?"
Earlier, the columnist of the Turkish newspaper Sözcü, Zeynep Gürcanlı, in an article published in the September 3 issue reported that talks are spread in Ankara about Turkey preparing to open a military base in Nakhchivan.
"The corps of the armed forces of Azerbaijan is headquartered in Nakhchivan. Turkey provides it with the necessary support, our military advisers are there, and Turkey closely cooperates with the border troops and the Nakhchivan Special Forces. When it is impossible to send fuel for the troops in Nakhchivan, Turkey, and sometimes Iran, provide fuel to the military forces of the autonomous region," Colonel-General Pekin said.
He also drew attention to the fact that Turkey's opening of a military base in Nakhchivan would raise suspicion in Iran. "Nakhchivan, on the one hand, has borders with Armenia, and on the other hand, with Turkey." Turkey's support for the military forces in Nakhchivan is troubling Armenia, which should not cause concern, since it is too small, but the appearance of a military base of a NATO member country next door can trouble Iran.
And in general, there is no point in opening a base in Nakhchivan, since Turkey, without this, provides the necessary support to the autonomy. Why do we need to build a base when, very close to Nakhchivan, in the towns of Dogubeyazit and Kars, our military units are located, and a corps is located in Erzurum? The question of establishing our naval base in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is now being considered. We should focus on this," the ex-head of the Turkish military intelligence agency told Turan.
It should be noted that Colonel-General Ismail Haggi Pekin spent the years 2011-2014 in prison on charges of the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) Operation conducted by the FETO (Fethullah Gülen) organization against the Turkish army. However, then Pekin and 200 officers of the Turkish army again appeared before the court and were acquitted. -0–
Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 21
By Matanat Nasibova – Trend:
The willingness of the parties to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to establish a bilateral dialogue, hear the opponent and make compromises remain the main factors that would allow stimulating the negotiation process on the conflict’s settlement, Georgy Fedorov, Russian expert, president of the Aspect Center for Social and Political Studies, said in an interview with Trend and Azernews.
He was commenting on the intensification of the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict’s settlement.
There is no need to change the existing format of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia-US-France), he added.
“The existing format remains the most appropriate one,” he said.
Fedorov noted that many regional powers have their own interests in the concrete outcome of the talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, or, on the contrary, in the deliberate prolongation of the conflict.
As for the internal situation in Armenia, Pashinyan’s government will be concerned over domestic problems, the economic situation and other pressing issues in the next few months, according to the expert’s forecast.
“Armenia, despite the changes in the political leadership of the country, remains economically dependent on Russia in many respects,” Fedorov said. “Therefore, no sharp steps, at least in the near future, will happen in Armenia’s foreign policy. Nevertheless, the overall foreign policy course in the future will be rather guided by Europe and the West as a whole.”
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
Անցումային արդարադատությունը չի հակասելու ՀՀ սահմանադրությանը և Հայաստանի՝ կոնվենցիաներով և պայմանագրերով ստանձնած պարտավորություններին: Այս մասին հայտարարել է արդարադատության նախարար Արտակ Զեյնալյանը՝ անդրադառնալով օգոստոսի 17-ին հանրահավաքին հնչած ՀՀ վարչապետ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի հայտարարությանը:
"Սահմանադրության որևէ դրույթ չի կասեցվելու», – շեշտեց Զեյնալյանը լրագրողների հետ հանդիպմանը։ Անցումային արդարադատությունը նրա խոսքով՝ կոչված է լինելու վերականգնվելու մարդու իրավունքները:
Ինչպես նշեց նախարարը, անցումային արդարադատությունը լինելու է գործադիր ֆունկցիա իրականացնող մարմինների կողմից աջակցող կառույց որոշ գործերով, որտեղ եղել են թերացումներ իրավունքի խախտման հարցը քննելու առումով:
Դատական կարգով հարցերը շարունակելու է լուծել դատական գործող համակարգը, ասաց Զեյնալյանը:
YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. The government, formed as a result of the velvet revolution, has brought new logic and agenda of the Armenia-Diaspora ties. There are new and positive moods in both the Republic and Diaspora, there are great expectations, and this should be turned into a tangible result.
Diaspora minister of Armenia Mkhitar Hayrapetyan gave an interview to ARMENPRESS, talking about the Armenia-Diaspora ties and the programs being implemented by the ministry.
-It’s nearly 3 months you are the minister of Diaspora. During your first days in office you have talked about the effectiveness of the expenditures of the programs. In this context several changes were made. What results can you talk about today?
-In terms of the expenditures, I think the greatest achievement was the launch of cooperation with private organizations. In general, I believe that the effective cooperation of the state and private sector based on trust, healthy partnership must become a reality.
Thanks to a joint partnership, a number of private companies, such as fast food service companies, restaurant, nature juice factory and etc, joined us for implementing the transition stage of “Ari Tun” (Come Back Home) program.
In order to organize and implement the Step Towards Home program, we started to cooperate with Teach for Armenia and Birthright Armenia educational organizations. The program’s educational part has been developed thanks to their efforts, and we signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Armenian-Russian Slavonic University which provides necessary amount of classrooms, conditions for lectures for free. The education process is headed by the specialists and teachers of the aforementioned organizations.
The ministry’s Neruzh (Potential) program also expands the number of supporters day by day.
Thanks to the cooperation with these organizations, the state first of all saves millions of drams, and secondly, we are putting a base of new cooperation culture based on new quality and mutual trust.
-From the first days of your tenure, you stated that repatriation is going to be one of the priorities of the ministry. Are there any programs on this path?
-The government, formed as a result of the velvet revolution, has brought new logic and agenda of the Armenia-Diaspora ties. There are new and positive moods both in the Republic and the Diaspora, as well as great expectations. Of course, all this should be turned into a tangible result. After the revolution hundreds of our compatriots returned to homeland or prepare their return, are interested in Armenia’s daily life, call, visit and send letters to us. The government’s program also clearly states that the repatriation is an important precondition for Armenia’s socio-economic development, improvement of demography, security and other processes.
The Diaspora ministry carries out legal and programmatic activities aimed at promoting repatriation. The international experience on state-Diaspora ties, the programs on organization of repatriation process and their integration is being examined. The Diaspora ministry’s Step Towards Home and Potential programs, of course, are directly linked with promoting repatriation.
Full version of the interview is available in Armenian.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan
Սիրելի Ընթերցող,
Կցուած կրնաս գտնել «Զարթօնք»ի այսօրուայ թիւը:
Շնորհակալ ենք, որ ընտրած ես «Զարթօնք» ընթերցել:
Սիրով՝
«Զարթօնք»ի Խմբագրութիւն
YEREVAN, JULY 31, ARMENPRESS. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella attended the inauguration of the Regional Center of Preservation, Management and Evaluation of Cultural Heritage in the National Gallery of Armenia in Yerevan.
At the inauguration event, Armenia’s Culture Minister Lilit Makunts said that the Armenian-Italian cultural ties have solid ground and century old history. Regular events are held in both Armenia and Italy aimed at presenting the cultural heritage of the two countries and reaffirm friendship.
“The existing potential in Armenia and involvement of international experts will lay the foundation for research of monument preservation. It will serve as a platform for cooperation of experts and specialists in the region,” she said, adding that the presence of the center in Armenia will strengthen the Armenian-Italian cultural ties even more and will be a platform for mutually beneficial cooperation.
Italy’s FM Enzo Moavero Milanesi said that not often is there a chance to open this kind of centers.
“Culture is the effective element connecting countries and peoples, which materializes our lifestyle, this friendship which connects our two peoples, which is based on old, antique cultural roots,” he said.
The presidents of Armenia and Italy later toured the center.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
ArmInfo.The "Constituent Parliament" and the group "Sasna Tsrer" welcome the fact of the arrest of the second president and charges against him in the framework of the case on March 1, 2008, considering this to be the greatest achievement of the revolution.
The "Constituent Parliament" and the group "Sasna Tsrer" on this background express the hope that the process that has begun will lead to the resumption of the case of the terrorist attack in the Armenian parliament on October 27, 1999 and other crimes directed against the Armenian statehood that began before Robert Kocharyan, aggravated under his rule and under the rule of his successor, Serzh Sargsyan.