Author: Ekmekjian Janet

Office of Assemblyman Paul Krekorian
Jeremy Oberstein | Press Secretary
300 E. Magnolia Blvd., Suite 504
Burbank, CA 91502-1145
Tel: 818-558-3043
Cell: 323-632-2492

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
Event Date: Friday, Oct. 9

State Leaders to Honor Local Women
Annual Women in Business luncheon to be hosted by area dignitaries

BURBANK – Three Legislative leaders of the California State Assembly and
State Senate are set to host the 10th annual Women in Business
Legislative Update and Awards Luncheon Friday, Oct. 9. This year’s
ceremony features film producer Gale Anne Hurd as the keynote speaker
and KCBS/KCAL reporter Suzie Suh as the mistress of ceremonies.

State Sen. Carol Liu (D- La Cañada Flintridge), Assemblyman Paul
Krekorian (D-Burbank) and Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada
Flintridge) will honor 25 outstanding women from their respective
districts who exemplify success throughout their professional fields in
Burbank, Duarte, Glendale, La Cañada, Los Angeles, Montrose and
Pasadena.

The event will take place on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at the Pasadena
Hilton Hotel International Ballroom, 168 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena.
Tickets for individuals are $30 and groups of 10 can purchase a table
for $300.

The schedule for the event is as follows:

11:00 A.M. ….. Registration/Information Tables
11:30 A.M. ….. Welcome – Legislative Update
11:45 A.M. ….. Lunch
12:15 P.M. ….. Keynote Speaker’s Address
12:30 P.M. ….. Awards Presentation
1:30 P.M. ….. Closing Remarks

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IF SERGE SARGSYAN DOES NOT GO TO GAREGIN

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11:32:40 – 25/09/2009

The All Armenian Catholicos Garegin II finally appeared on the stage
of the Armenian and Turkish discussions. Perhaps, in this connection
their role played those observations which were heard in address of
the Catholicos because of his silence after the letter of His Holiness
Aram I Catholicos of Cilicia addressed to Serge Sargsyan. But if Aram
I sent Serge Sargsyan a letter of concern with regards to the
Armenian-Turkish relations, Garegin II, which was quite expectable,
has no worry and he even assists and blesses Serge Sargsyan who voiced
his intention to visit Armenian Diaspora to learn the opinion of the
Armenians from Diaspora on the Armenian and Turkish relations.

Strangely, it is not Serge Sargsyan to go to the Catholicos for his
blessing before leaving but it is the Catholicos to visit Serge
Sargsyan. And besides, blessing and expressing his support the
Catholicos did not seem to have said anything else in those TV reports
which were shown from the presidential residence. But this was quite
enough to understand that the Armenian Apostolic church this time
either does not have wish or courage to disagree with the Armenian
government even in relation to the mildly speaking worrying content of
the Armenian and Turkish protocols.

Moreover, as it was seen from the speech of the Catholicos, the church
is also ready to get engaged in the governmental propaganda and
contribute to the success of this work. The point is that Garegin II
promised to inform the Diasporian heads of the Armenian Apostolic
Church to participate in the organization of meetings.

What may this mean? This may mean that the church will just organize
these meetings where even concern will be voiced in connection with
the Armenian-Turkish protocols, but it will not be `uncontrolled’ in
order not to leave the impression that the meetings were too
organized.

After this, Serge Sargsyan probably is obvious to return to the
motherland with the `complete’ or `greatly’ `support’ or at least
`comprehension’ of the Diaspora. Hence, the force of the bless and
support of the All Armenian Catholicos will also be propagated.

HAKOB BADALYAN

Today.Az

Peace in region impossible without resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh:
Azerbaijani FM
25 September 2009 [12:18] – Today.Az

Establishment of peace and security in the region is impossible
without the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov stated in a
meeting with his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh in New York
within the framework of the 64th UN General Assembly, the ministry
said.

The ministers discussed common interests and viewpoints of Azerbaijan
and Lebanon on different problems in the Middle East and South
Caucasus.

Mammadyarov informed his Lebanese counterpart the country’s position
on the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and said peace and
security in the region is impossible without the resolution of the
dispute.

ARTAVAZD VARDANYAN CALLS FOR REVOLUTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.09.2009 16:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I strongly believe that people should be entitled
to staging revolution, and such right should be enshrined in the
country’s Constitution," Artavazd Vardanyan, one of outstanding
representatives of National-Democratic Union (NDU), told today a news
conference in Yerevan.

According to him, people should exercise that right in three cases:
when national identity is degraded, when president makes territorial
decisions unacceptable to people and when people’s electoral right
is violated.

Revolution, he said, can be staged any time when the situation has
ripened and people are ready for that.

"HAY FEST" INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL TO BE LAUNCHED IN YEREVAN

Panorama.am
18:03 22/09/2009

"HAY FEST" seventh international theater festival will be launched
from 1 to 8 October, Arthur Ghukasyan, the chairman of the festival
told at news conference.

He said the festival is going to be small this year, but it does
not mean it’s going to be a bad one. About 33 theatre groups from 22
countries are going to attend the festival, including Great Britain,
USA, Russia, Canada, Slovenia, Poland, Israel, France, Kazakhstan,
Georgia, Netherlands, Iran and Armenia.

Note that previous year 32 theatre groups from 62 states submitted
participation applications.

"Because of the financial crisis, the theatres have not submitted
participation applications," A. Ghukasyan said.

About 50 performances on 16 stages will be presented to the
public. World wide famous theatres from France, Switzerland and
Bulgaria will also attend the festival. International experts from
London, Prague and St. Petersburg are invited to host the festival.

ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS TO BE CONSIDERED INTERNATIONAL TREATIES WITH BINDING LEGAL EFFECT

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.09.2009 21:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Final signature of Armenian-Turkish Protocols will
have negative impact on Armenia. Despite international community
and Armenian authorities’ statements, document will be perceived
as international treaty," ARFD parliamentary faction leader Vahan
Hovhannisyan told today a press conference in Yerevan.

Protocols, he said, contain agreement clauses which will have binding
legal effect after being signed. And that’s what Turkish senior
officials confirm in their statements. Mr. Hovhannisyan also stressed
the importance of considering Turkish Foreign Minister’s statement on
OSCE MG’s failure to achieve Karabakh conflict settlement and proposal
to make process effective. "All that testifies to Turkey’s intention
of being directly involved in the settlement of Artsakh problem,"
he said.

At that he noted that Protocol signing will intensify hostilities
between Armenia and Turkey since documents contain anti-Armenian
clauses not subject to implementation. "By signing Protocols, Turkey
will continue pressures and hostilities, since Armenia is undertaking
commitments that give rise to concerns," ARFD faction leader said.

To journalists’ question concerning possibilities of cooperation
between Dashnaktrutyun and Heritage, he gave positive answer, stating
that two parties will maintain close contacts.

In response to the question whether ARFD considered itself a
pro-opposition force only because of Armenian-Turkish process,
Mr. Hovhannisyan said there were many other decisions their party
disagreed with. "A priority issue at present is Armenian-Turkish
relations, hence more attention is focused on that problem," he noted.

RPA SPOKESPERSON SHARMAZANOV SURPRISED BY LEVON TER-PETROSSIAN

Tert
Sept 22 2009
Armenia

Republican Party of Armenia Spokesperson Edurad Sharmazanov is
surprised by the view held by those political bodies who have always
been against including the Genocide issue in the foreign policy agenda.

"In particular, those people who were once the governing
authority. When I read articles they themselves wrote 10-12 years ago,
they were using very different adjectives in making assessments of
those political forces who were speculating on this issue," Eduard
Sharmazanov stated.

He also expressed surprise at the fact that, during the rally,
Armenian first president Levon Ter-Petrossian didn’t speak about the
intergovernmental commission but about a commission of historians,
"when we know that it is clearly stated in the Protocols that there
is no commission of historians."

"It is very surprising for me that people speak about denial of
the Armenian Genocide, understanding very well that both Armenia’s
president and foreign minister have numerously, on different
platforms, announced that for us the Genocide issue is not a subject
for bargaining," Sharmazanov stated.

"This is a very delicate issue and one shouldn’t play with the nation’s
feelings. Both the Armenian-Turkish issue and the Nagorno-Karabakh
issue are those issues, which need sober thought," concluded the
RPA secretary.

ERDOGAN MANAGES TO TALK ABOUT ARMENIA WHILE IN THE U.S.

Tert
Sept 22 2009
Armenia

Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the U.S. on
Tuesday to participate in the 64th session of the UN General Assembly
held in New York, reports the Turkish news site Anadolu Ajansi.

Erdogan held his first meeting with representatives of Jewish
organizations in the U.S.

In response to questions from Jewish community members, Erdogan stated
that the OSCE Minsk Group, co-chaired by the United States, had a
significant contribution to improvement in relations with Armenia,
and the group should work more to further improved relations.

EU TO GIVE ARMENIA 33 MLN EUROS IN 2011-2013 FOR EURO INTEGRATION REFORMS

Interfax
Sept 17 2009
Russia

The European Union will provide Armenia with 33 million euros in
technical aid in 2011-2013 for the country to carry out institutional
reforms as part of European integration and the Eastern Partnership
initiative, Economics Minister Nerses Yeritsian said at a briefing
on Thursday.

An agreement on the aid has already been reached. The details of the
reforms are currently being updated, he said.

John Kjaer, head of the EU general directorate for external
relations in Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and the Southern Caucasus,
told journalists earlier that these funds will be spent on programs
in free trade, to simplify the visa regime, energy cooperation and
the observance of democratic principles.

The Eastern Partnership initiative was approved at an EU summit in
Prague in May 2008. The EU’s partners in the initiative are Armenia,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. The initiative is
aimed at strengthening political and economic relations between the
EU and these countries.

CCAF: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.09.2009 17:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On August 31, Armenia and Turkey under the mediation
of Switzerland promulgated two protocols on the establishment of
diplomatic relations between the two countries. Yerevan and Ankara
have a period of six weeks before giving their final approval and
then the documents will be ratified by their parliaments. In this
context the CCAF wishes to clarify its position on major issues.

The Armenian Genocide is not negotiable and it could not be examined
by a sub-intergovernmental commission, Jean Eckian independent French
journalist reported to PanARMENIAN.Net.

History is already written, no one can deny this fact acknowledged
as Genocide by historians, lawyers, international institutions,
and over 20 states, including France.

Moreover, genocide results in any moral, political and material
compensation. The CCAF is therefore requesting clarification on the
5th paragraph of the Protocol on establishing diplomatic relations
that the two countries, "affirm their mutual recognition of their
existing border as defined by relevant treaties in international law".

If the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh is not quite rightly mentioned in
the "roadmap", its publication will coincide, once in force, with the
Armenian-Azerbaijani meeting scheduled in mid-October in Moldova. In
this context, the point 3 of the Protocol should also be clarified.

The right to self-determination, the right to participate in the
political settlement of the conflict, ensured security, live peacefully
on their land directly should be clearly recognized to the Republic
of NK" connected to the Republic of Armenia.

We, French citizens of Armenian descent, have the right to expect
from the Turkish government an act in accordance with the courage of
the Turkish civil society that handles the question of the Armenian
genocide with responsibility. For the Armenian taboo to disappear
irreversibly in Turkey, we ask Ankara to stop its state denial and to
abrogate as so ossible its repressive arsenal – 301 and 305 articles
of the penal code – that threatens anyone who would offend the dignity
of Turkey by evoking publicly the genocide of the Armenians. It is the
Turkish government’s responsibility to adapt to the message of its
civil society willing to revisit its past and walk in the direction
of history.

Finally, the CCAF reaffirms its attachment to the Armenia-Diaspora
strategic partnership and calls on all the components of the Armenian
nation to reinforce it.