Author: Dabaghian Diana

ARAM KHACHATURYAN TRIO CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.09.2009 17:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On September 23, Aram Khachaturyan trio is
celebrating its 10th anniversary. Yerevan Chamber Music Hall will
host a concert and presentation of discs containing Arno Babajanyan
and Dmitri Shostakovich’s records.

Aram Khachaturyan trio, formerly known as "Arsika", was created in
1999. It has given concerts in Switzerland, Central and South Americas,
Russia and Armenia. Trio has also participated in Schubertiade
(Lausanne), " Festival de las Artes" (Costa Rica) and "Festival
International Cervantino" (Mexico) festivals. Its performances
were often transmitted on TV channels. Musical critics indicate the
trio’s virtuous performance, genuine musicality and sense of ensemble
style. Since 2006, it has been performing concerts with participation
of the following musicians: Armine Grigoryan (piano), Karen Shahgaldyan
(violin) and Karen Kocharyan (violoncello). Over the past 4 years,
the ensemble has carried out educational activities in Armenia,
performing concerts in Yerevan and regions, as well as conducting
master classes with school and university students.

ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS INTENSIFIED

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.09.2009 17:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia-Russia relations has intensified, the
Armenian prime minister Tigran Sargsyan addressed a meeting with the
newly appointed Ambassador of Russia in Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko .

Congratulating Vyacheslav Kovalenko with the beginning of his
diplomatic mission, the prime minister expressed confidence that his
activities will contribute to further deepening and strengthening of
the Armenian-Russia relations.

During the meeting officials discussed issues of bilateral interest:
strengthening business ties, possible deepening of cooperation
in various spheres of economy. They also discussed the agenda of
the forthcoming meeting of the Armenian-Russia Intergovernmental
Commission.

PRESS SECRETARY OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SAYS THE "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW" PUBLISHED IN "MK" IS PRODUCT OF SICK IMAGINATION OF NEWSPAPER’S JOURNALIST

ARMENPRESS
Sep 22, 2009

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS: The newspaper "Moskovsky
Komsomolets" has published an exclusive interview with President Serzh
Sargsyan, which contains a number of issues to seem strange at first
glance. Is there such a thing?

"The published "exclusive interview" with the President Serzh Sargsyan
is nothing but a product of a sick imagination of the newspaper’s
journalist Ekaterina Sazheneva. Mr. Sargsyan had an interview with
neither that journalist, nor the newspaper itself.

The article’s author partook along with dozens of other representatives
in "Days of a Russian word" organized at President’s residence. The
issues marked in "interview" haven’t been spoken at all, and Mr. Serzh
Sargsyan’s words were completely misquoted and are beyond journalists’
ethic.

The "journalist" probably relied on her memory which is definitely
poor. Some Presidents’ thoughts in non-existent interview are out of
context, true meaning and placed emphasis.

Add that she didn’t even inform Presidential press office of her
intention to publish such a material thus violating the basic rules
of professional journalism. Publishing such a fabricated interview
in a prestigious edition can only cause a confusion and regret.

Today.Az, Azerbaijan
Sept 19 2009

Baku expects Yerevan to take constructive position in next rounds of
negotiations: Azerbaijani deputy FM

19 September 2009 [12:16] – Today.Az

Baku expects Yerevan to take a constructive position in the next
rounds of negotiations on the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.

Azerbaijani President’s special envoy for the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told Trend’s
Washington correspondent that the negotiations are based on the
principal of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Baku will not
change its position.

Azimov said the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved only in
line with international law.

Azimov added Baku expects Yerevan to take a constructive position in
the next rounds of negotiations.

In response to a question about opening of Armenia-Turkey border,
Azimov said that Turkish leaders including President Gul, Prime
Minister Erdogan and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu
have announced for a number of times that the borders will not be
opened until the occupied territories of Azerbaijan were freed and
Baku continues to believes in these statements.

On Aug. 31, Turkey and Armenia in the talks mediated by Switzerland
reached an agreement to launch "internal political consultations" to
sign the Protocol on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and
Protocol on Development of Bilateral Relations, the Turkish Foreign
Ministry said.

"Political consultations will be completed within six weeks, and
following that two protocols will be signed and submitted to the two
countries’ parliaments for ratification," the ministry said.

Armenian-Turkish ties have been severed since 1993.

/Trend News/

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MOST OF MURDERS CONNECTED WITH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Marianna Gyurjyan

"Radiolur"
17.09.2009 17:03

"The cooperation between Armenia and Russia has always been beneficial
for both countries," Adviser to the Russian Ambassador in Armenia
Victor Krivopuskov told a press conference today.

Speaking about the murders of Armenians in Russia, Krivopuskov said:
"70% of the murders are committed because of business and personal
relations. It’s worth mentioning that the number of such cases has
decreased recently."

"The interests of Armenia and Russia are historic. Armenians have
always been welcome guests in Russia. Today Russia continues supporting
Armenia’s interests on the international arena. One should not forget
that the Armenian border is protected by Russian soldiers, as well,"
he said.

Speaking about the "Russian Word Days in Armenia, Victor Krivopuskov
said: "More than 100 authors have been translated, a number of works
by young writers have been published over the past four years. This
is a good start and a promising future of cooperation," the Adviser
to the Russian Ambassador said.

UNRESOLVED ISSUES NOT TO AFFECT ECONOMIC RELATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.09.2009 21:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "We live in a global world where economy plays
a key role, so close border is not advantageous to Armenian and
Turkish businessman," Alexander Sotnichenko, a senior fellow at Saint
Petersburg Center of Oriental Studies, told PanARMENIAN.Net. At that he
drew parallels between Armenian-Turkish and Japanese-Russian relations,
noting that South Kuril island which remains a disputable issue between
the latter two states does not affect their mutual ties as is the case
with Armenian-Turkish relations. "Armenian Genocide issue may remain
unresolved for 40-60 years to come but that shouldn’t impact economic
relations between two states. Border can be opened," expert stressed.

ARMENIA TO SOLVE SHUSHI PROBLEMS

Aysor
Sept 16 2009
Armenia

The 70% of the money gathered during the money gathering that will take
place on November 26 will be dedicated to the reconstruction project
of Shushi city. Today Ara Vardanyan, the executive director of the
"Hayastan" pan-Armenian fund informed the journalists that the fund
is cooperating with the NKR government for realizing the construction
processes in Shushi city.

"The first one is the water supply problem. The fund "Shushi
renaissance" is now realizing the project of bringing the water to
Shushi which will end till the end of the year, then the pan-Armenain
fund will take up the inner problems of the city, which will
proximately make 2-2,5 million dollars", – said A. Vardanyan.

By his words there are a lot of problems in Shushi starting with the
repairing of the roofs of the inhabited homes, road constructions
till the school repairing.

"We will try to have maximum investment in those spheres within the
first few years. It is not a problem of one year only", – mentioned
the executive director.

LEADER OF TURKEY’S DEMOCRATIC LEFT PARTY: AZERBAIJAN’S CONCERNS SHOULD BE NECESSARILY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION

APA
Sept 16 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. Following the meeting with leader of Felicity Party
Numan Kurtulmus and leader of Republican People’s Party Deniz Baykal,
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with leader of Democratic
Left Party Masum Turker within the framework of the six-week internal
political discussions concerning the protocols initialed with Armenia,
APA reports quoting Turkish news agencies.

Masum Turker told journalists after the meeting that they expressed
their views concerning the protocols. Turker expressed their concern
that even if the protocols are confirmed and borders are reopened,
Armenia will not recognize Kars treaty.

"We are mainly concerned about the Karabakh problem and ignorance of
Azerbaijan’s position in this issue. We expressed our views to the
minister. We consider that the issues that resulted in the closure
of the borders with Armenia should be taken into consideration. The
government should not take this way unless these reasons are
eliminated. Respectable Minister said they will take our views
into consideration and will meet with us again if necessary. But we
consider that Azerbaijan’s concerns should be necessarily taken into
consideration," he said.

Masum Turker also protested against Switzerland’s mediation in
the negotiations with Armenia. He said Switzerland recognizes the
so-called Armenian genocide and even holds accountable those who deny
the so-called genocide.

"The authorities state that the joint commission of historians will
discuss the genocide issue, but Armenians say to the contrary. We
are concerned about it," he said.

ARMENIA TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN COOPERATION WITH CHINA: ARMENIAN FM

Xinhua General News Service
September 14, 2009 Monday 12:10 PM EST
BEIJING

Armenia is very interested in the comprehensive development of its
friendly relationship with China in all possible fields, Armenian
Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandyan said here Monday in an interview
with Xinhua.

"During the negotiations in Beijing, I had a chance to discuss ways
to further strengthen and deepen cooperation in bilateral format and
multilateral frameworks," said Nalbandyan, who was in China for a
five-day official visit.

"The first records about an Armenian presence in China date to the
second century," Nalbandyan said, " In the times of the Great Silk
Road, which passed through Armenia, Armenian merchants were playing
an active role in bridging East and West."

Armenia became independent in 1991 and China was among the first
countries that recognized Armenia’s independence and among the first
ones to open an embassy in Armenia.

"We are proud of our enduring and time-tested friendship," Nalbandyan
said.

He said Armenia and China maintained a high-level political dialogue
at the level of highest leadership. The two countries had similar or
close positions on the international scene.

"Cooperation between the parliaments is also on the rise," he said,
adding there was a solid legal base for bilateral relations.

The two countries implemented many joint economic projects, Nalbandyan
said, noting Chinese companies participated in the modernization and
reconstruction of Armenian energy sector, such as mining, particularly
copper-molybdenum extraction.

In north China’s Shanxi Province, Armenia and China jointly built
a chloropren rubber producing plant and the construction would be
completed this autumn, he noted.

The absence of direct flights between Armenia and China has had a
certain negative impact on economic relations. Nalbandyan said he
was glad that Armenia’s national air carrier Armavia intended to
establish a direct air connection with China.

Apart from economic cooperation, the two countries cooperated on a
wide range of sectors from education and science to IT, healthcare
and sport.

"Cultural exchanges between us are intensifying, in November Armenia
will host Chinese cultural days, and we are planning to organize
Armenian cultural days in China," he said.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of
China, Nalbandyan conveyed the congratulatory message of the Armenian
President Serzh Sargsyan to the Chinese people.

During his visit, Nalbandyan met with Chinese Vice President Xi
Jinping and had "substantial" and "very productive" discussions with
his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi.

ARA PAPYAN: ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS CONTAIN A LOT OF FLAWS

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.09.2009 15:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I have several times estimated Armenian-Turkish
Protocols inadequate," said historian and diplomat Ara Papyan, Head
of Modus vivendi organization. Clause 10 of the Protocol "On the
Establishment of Diplomatic Ties between Armenia and Turkey" envisages
exchange of diplomatic missions. Such wording, which seems inoffensive
at first sight, "enables Turkey to establish de jure diplomatic
relations, reducing de facto productivity to zero," diplomat finds.

According to him, absence of clear-cut wording on opening diplomatic
missions allows Turkey to reject Armenia’s further requests for
opening Embassy in Ankara. In that regard, Papyan referred to Turkey’s
agreement with United States and Ukraine, where exchange of embassies
is an unacceptable term between parties. "Not specifying diplomatic
representatives’ rank, we allow for restrictions in the process,"
Papyan noted.

The expert finds that if Protocols had been signed with any other
country, there’s be no reason for concern. "Historical experience with
Turkey forces us to be more calculating and far-sighted," he stressed.