Author: David Nargizian

ECHR declares Azerbaijani citizen’s complaint against Armenia unacceptable

David Nargizian
News.am, Armenia
Feb 19 2021
ECHR declares Azerbaijani citizen's complaint against Armenia unacceptable
16:18, 19.02.2021

The Representative of Armenia before the European Court of Human Rights reports the following:

“On , the European Court of Human Rights announced its decision on Complaint No 36606/08 “Samadov vs Armenia”. Under this case, the applicant had property that allegedly belonged to him by right of ownership in the territory of Kalbajar and had abandoned it in 1993.

The applicant had submitted a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in 2008, that is, more than six years after Armenia ratified the European Convention on Human Rights. Moreover, more than 15 years had passed since compulsory displacement from the house that allegedly belonged to the applicant by right of ownership.

In such circumstances, the European Court of Human Rights, even by taking into consideration the refugee status of the applicant, deemed submission of the complaint six years after ratification of the Convention to be too late. The European Court of Human Rights has declared the complaint unacceptable."

Armenian Ambassador introduces post-war situation in Artsakh to MEPs

David Nargizian

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 16:04,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Tigran Mkrtchyan had a video-meeting on February 17 with Andrius Kubilius, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, former Prime Minister of Lithuania, and with Rasa Juknevičienė, Member of the European Parliament and Former Minister of Defense of Lithuania, the Embassy of Armenia in Lithuania reported.

At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Mkrtchyan presented to the interlocutors the situation and recent developments in Armenia and Artsakh after the third Artsakh war. Special emphasis was placed on the urgency of resolving the issue of war prisoners as an extremely important issue in overcoming the humanitarian crisis.

The prospects of Armenia-EU relations, the opportunities for deepening cooperation in the context of the Eastern Partnership were also discussed. The Lithuanian MEPs welcomed the entry into force of the Armenia-EU Comprehensive Extended Partnership Agreement in the upcoming days.

President of Artsakh receives Chairman of State Cadastre Committee of Armenia

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 12:43,

STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 16, ARMENPRESS. President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan received today Chairman of the State Cadastre Committee of Armenia Suren Tovmasyan and his deputy Aram Petrosyan, the President’s Office told Armenpress.

The cooperation between the respective structures of Armenia and Artsakh was discussed during the meeting.

The President of Artsakh informed that after the recent war large-scale urban development projects are being implemented in the Republic, in this respect highlighting the importance of harmonious work with the government of Armenia.

The meeting was also attended by Chairman of Artsakh’s Cadastre and State Property Management Committee Karen Shahramanyan.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Armenian CDC reports 88 new cases of COVID-19

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 11:09,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Center of Disease Control and Prevention reports 88 new COVID-19 cases recorded over the past 24 hours, bringing the total cumulative number of confirmed cases to 169,255. With 90 recoveries over the past day, the total number of recoveries reached 161,105.

6 patients died, bringing the death toll to 3147. This number doesn’t include the deaths of 792 other individuals infected with the virus, who according to authorities died from other, pre-existing illness.

As of 11:00, February 16, the number of active cases stood at 4211.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Armenian, French FMs discuss issues of regional stability and security

David Nargizian
Public Radio of Armenia
Feb 11 2021

Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian had a telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. In the follow-up to the previous contacts, the Foreign Ministers had a comprehensive discussion on regional stability and security issues, referred to the steps taken to address the humanitarian situation in Artsakh and the challenges facing the Armenians of Artsakh.

In the context of urgent humanitarian issues, the Armenian Foreign Minister stressed the repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians, emphasizing the inadmissibility of Azerbaijan to create obstacles in that process. In this regard, Foreign Minister Aivazian thanked his French counterpart for always keeping the issue high on the agenda.

The Foreign Ministers stressed the need to address the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanshp, and exchanged views on the upcoming schedule of the Co-Chairs’ activities.

The foreign ministers of Armenia and France also discussed issues on the bilateral agenda. The interlocutors highly assessed the recent visit of the delegation of the Secretary of State Jean-Baptiste Lemoine to Armenia on the instruction of the President of France Emanuel Macron to discuss the prospects of cooperation in spheres of mutual interest, exchange views on further steps to be taken.

Foreign Ministers Ayvazyan and Le Drian attached importance to the continuation of consultations and consultations at different levels.

ANN/Armenian News – Calendar of Events – 02/11/2021

David Nargizian

Armenian News Calendar of events

(All times local to events)

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What:  "Artsakh Survival Scenario”
           a Zoom lecture in Armenian presented by Giro Manoyan, member of ARF Bureau

When:  Thursday,  at 7:30pm
Where: Zoom Lecture
            Organized by Crescenta Valley Meher & Satig Der Ohanessian Youth Center
            2633 Honolulu Ave. Montrose, CA 91020
Misc:  Giro Manoyan will touch upon the Sept.-Nov. 2020, 44-day war which substantially

changed the situation in and around Artsakh, reversing major political, territorial,

diplomatic, and other gains of the last 30 years. The republics of Artsakh and Armenia

face new external and internal challenges and, in some cases, existential threats.

How can the Armenian nation overcome these challenges and threats? What urgent changes are needed? What are the options for Artsakh survival: Artsakh’s international recognition as an independent country, joining Armenia, joining Russia or staying as it is?

           We invite the greater community to attend this free zoom presentation. 
Tel:     818-244-9639

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Wartime military spox says “many things are unclear” around fall of Shushi

David Nargizian

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 11:48, 1 February, 2021

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, ARMENPRESS. The former spokesperson for the Armenian military who was in charge of conveying information to the public during the 2020 Artsakh War claims that the situation in Shushi during the last three days of the conflict sharply changed several times.

“Many things are unclear for me in Shushi,” Lt. Colonel Artsrun Hovhannisyan, who was the coordinator of the Unified InfoCenter told reporters in parliament referring to the town of Artsakh which was captured by Azeri forces.

“I was in Shushi on the 6th [of November 2020], on the 7th, 8th and 9th the situation completely and abruptly changed several times in Shushi, according to the Ministry of Defense information,” he said.

Hovhannisyan says he is now studying individual episodes of the war, and in his words there are many combat episodes which are “unclear” to him.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Asbarez: Rights of Citizens Must Guide Any Border Determination, Says Human Rights Defender

David Nargizian

February 1,  2021



Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan

Citing historical errors, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan on Monday said the rights of Armenia’s citizens should be the basis for any decisions involving the determination of borders.

“When in 1923, in order to artificially separate Armenia from Artsakh, ‘Red Kurdistan’ was formed, the border disputes with Zangezur of the Armenian SSR intensified. One of the main concerns consistently raised by the people of Zangezur at the time was the issue of the rights of the villagers to the lands, along with the winter and summer time pastures and gardens,” Tatoyan said in a statement posted on his Facebook page.
“For example, in October of 1925, a member of the State Committee of the Armenian SSR, A. Yerznkyan, by way of a reference, stated that the areas West of the border with Meghri and Karyagino (Jabrail) were mainly winter pastures, which were actually used by the residents of the villages of Kapan and Meghri without grasslands. One of the main reasons was that without these pastures, the livestock of the villages in the referenced regions would be paralyzed,” explained Tatoyan.

“In another case, the head of the local commission for demarcation of the borders of Zangezur ‘between the provinces of Kurdistan,’ Ya. Kochetkov, by way of an example, based his disagreement with the Azeri proposals on the village of Teghut on the fact that it is one of the districts of Shvanidzor, where the lands (gardens and pastures) are so intertwined that it will be impossible to separate them,” added Tatoyan. “The same disputes over the rights of the villagers took place between the villages of Kapan and Zangelan, Khoznavar and Azerbaijan.”

“In 1924, 1926, 1929, and 1935 sessions of the local commission of the USSR tasked with resolving the border disputes and relevant issues, it is clear from the materials memorializing the efforts of these years, that discussions pertaining to the rights of the villagers of the USSR have repeatedly been woefully inadequate. For example, Zangezur’s scarcity of “village-to-village” connections (administrative, economic, etc.) was ignored, and without an accounting of the difficulties that might arise for the rights of villagers,” said Tatoyan.

“All of these shortcomings once again confirm that the rights of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia should be the basis of decisions when engaged in the process of determining the borders; it is necessary to take into account all the mistakes made in the past; to learn the necessary lessons from them; and to not permit violations or disregard of rights,” the human rights defender urged.

Tehran: Iranian, Russian FMs to discuss Karabakh developments

David Nargizian
Mehr News Agency, Iran
Jan 25 2021

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister and his Russian counterpart will confer on the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh in Moscow on Tuesday.

“On January 26 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will hold talks in Moscow. They are expected to discuss a number of key issues of the international and regional agenda, including the situation in and around Nagorno Karabakh”, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement, Armen Press reported.

The Iranian FM is paying a regional visit. Today he has arrived in Azerbaijan and will also visit Armenia, Georgia, and Russia.

Zarif arrived in Baku late on Sunday as part of a regional tour that will also take him to other countries including Russia later.

He and the accompanying delegation were welcomed in Baku International Airport by a number of Azerbaijan political officials and Iran's Ambassador in Baku Abbas Mousavi.

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