Author: Hunanian Jack

US State News
February 6, 2010 Saturday 2:22 PM EST

ADJUTANT GENERAL TO TAKE PART IN DISCUSSION ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN BORDER

TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 5 — The Kansas Adjutant General issued the
following news release:

Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the adjutant general, will be a participant in
a round-table discussion on issues related to the recent announcement
that Turkey and Armenia have agreed in principle to normalize the
border between the two nations. Bunting’s presentation will be
"Overview of the Armenia-Kansas State Partnership Program."

The discussion, "Turkish-Armenian Border: Challenges and Implications
of Change," will be held Monday, Feb. 8, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Parlors
A, B and C of the Kansas Union on the University of Kansas campus,
Lawrence. The event is sponsored by the university’s Center for
Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, along with the
departments of Geography and Sociology, the Kansas National Guard and
Fort Leavenworth’s Command and General Staff College.

In addition to Bunting, the event will feature presentations by
representatives from Fort Leavenworth’s Command and General Staff
College and Foreign Military Studies Office and KU faculty members.

Since 2003, the Kansas National Guard has been partnered with the
Republic of Armenia through the State Partnership Program, a National
Guard program that partners the National Guard with developing nations
to foster military-to-military, military-to-civilian and
civilian-to-civilian relationships. Bunting and other members of the
Kansas National Guard, as well as representatives from law
enforcement, education, medicine, agriculture and other professions,
have visited Armenia several times and representatives from various
Armenian military and civilian organizations have come to Kansas for
training, discussions and other events. Soldiers of the Armenian
Peacekeeping Brigade have deployed to serve alongside soldiers from
the United States and other coalition forces.

Recently, members of the Kansas National Guard’s 190th Civil
Engineering Squadron deployed to Armenia to construct a warehouse for
an Expeditionary Medical System mobile hospital purchased by the
Armenians.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar,
Email:- [email protected]

Consultation on Issues of Electricity and Communications

NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department

February 04, 2010

On January3, the President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked
a consultation dedicated to the activities to be carried out in the
field of industrial infrastructures in 2010.
The issues related to the spheres of electricity and
communications were in the spotlight of the consultation.
The Head of the State underlined that in 2011 domestic power
generation should satisfy about 80-85% of electricity consumption in
the republic. Touching upon the sphere of telecommunications the
President noted the necessity of broadcasting programs of the Artsakh
public television over the whole territory of the republic in the
shortest time possible.
NKR premier Ara Haroutyunyan, vice-premier, finance minister
Spartak Tevosyan, heads of the corresponding structures and other
officials partook at the consultation.

PRESS RELEASE
UCLA AEF Chair in Armenian History
Contact: Prof. Richard Hovannisian
Tel: 310-825-3375
Email: [email protected]

UCLA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SERIES ON HISTORIC ARMENIAN CITIES AND
PROVINCES

March 20, 2010, Saturday, 9:30-5:30

The Armenian Communities of Asia Minor
(Adabazar, Bardizag, Ismid, Bursa, Armash, Kutahia,
and others near the Sea of Marmara)

1200 Rolfe Hall, UCLA No admission fee. Parking #5 (with fee),
entrance: Sunset Blvd and Royce Drive. UCLA map,
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Sponsored by the AEF Chair in Modern Armenian History,
with support from the Organization of Istanbul Armenians.
For information, e-mail Prof. Richard Hovannisian at
[email protected]

UKRAINE NOT TO CHANGE POSITION ON KARABAKH

news.az
Feb 5 2010
Azerbaijan

Talat Aliyev Ukraine not to change position on Karabakh, Ukrainian
ambassador in Azerbaijan Talat Aliyev.

Ukraine’s position on the Karabakh issue, that is the recognition
of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, will remain changeless
regardless of the change of the government.

"I think Kiev’s position on the Karabakh issue will remain unchanged.

Ukraine supports the problem solution on the basis of norms of
international law and recognizes the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan", Ukrainian ambassador in Azerbaijan Talat Aliyev has said.

According to him, when participating in the negotiation process
Ukraine offered the proposal and it is currently ready to partake
in negotiations.

"The current relations between Ukraine and Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan’s
correct position in the Karabakh issue prove again that Ukraine
will not change position and will continue supporting Azerbaijan",
the diplomat said.

HERITAGE PARTY CONGRESS SCHEDULED FOR LATE MARCH

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.02.2010 15:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Heritage party will summon a congress in late March,
board chairman Armen Martirosyan said.

He informed that shuffles are expected in the party board.

"The charter and the program will be also amended. The party should
reconsider its strategy," Mr. Martirosyan said.

Founded in 2002, Heritage , a National Liberal Party, is national by
its roots, liberal in its economic principle, and an advocate of the
democratic system of governance and due process for its citizens. The
party’s objective is the development of Armenia as a democratic,
lawful, and rights-based country that anchors its domestic and foreign
policies in the nation’s sovereign interest. During the party’s Third
Congress on May 30, 2005, Raffi K. Hovannisian was elected chairman.

The other eight members of the party board were elected by secret vote.

HOUSE PANEL TO TAKE UP ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL

Reuters
Feb 5 2010
UK

WASHINGTON Fri Feb 5, 2010 3:11pm ESTWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A
congressional panel will vote next month on a resolution to label
the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces as
"genocide," a move that could infuriate Turkey.

Barack Obama | Turkey

Howard Berman, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, said on Friday he intended to call a committee vote on
the non-binding resolution on March 4.

The resolution would call on President Barack Obama to ensure that
U.S. policy formally refers to the massacre as "genocide" and to use
that term when he delivers his annual message on the issue in April —
something Obama avoided doing last year.

The panel approved a similar bill in 2007 but it was never put to a
full House vote amid fears among both Democrats and Republicans that
it would alienate Turkey.

The Obama administration sees Turkey as a key ally whose help it
needs to solve confrontations from Iran to Afghanistan.

Obama, who as a candidate referred to the killings as genocide, in
April used the term "atrocities" in his first presidential address
on the issue — spurring criticism from Armenian-American groups.

Turkey and Armenia last year signed accords to normalize ties after
a century of hostility that traces its roots to the 1915 mass killing
and deportation of Armenians.

But the deal has wobbled after an Armenian court last month reaffirmed
the government’s obligation to seek recognition of the killings as
genocide, something Turkey strongly opposes.

Turkey accepts that many Christian Armenians were killed by Ottoman
Turks but denies that up to 1.5 million died and that it amounts
to genocide. Turkish officials have warned that any new attempt
in the U.S. Congress to brand the killings a genocide could damage
U.S.-Turkish ties.

(Reporting by Andrew Quinn; editing by Eric Beech)

TURKISH ENVOY HOPES FOR NO NEGATIVE US STEPS ON ARMENIAN ISSUE

Anadolu Agency
Feb 2 2010
Turkey

Ankara, 2 February: Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Namik Tan,
who was appointed as the ambassador in Washington, DC, delivered
a speech in a meeting on Turkish-US relations organized by Turkish
Democracy Foundation in Ankara on Tuesday [2 February].

Turkey has taken one of the most important steps of its history by
signing protocols with Armenia, Tan said.

In regard to Armenian allegations which are expected to [be] debated
at the US Congress in April, Tan said, "We expect that US officials
will not take a negative step on the matter this year, as well as
next years. There has been a comprehensive and fruitful cooperation
(between the two countries)."

Replying to a question on Iran, Tan said, "We are not in favour of
a military operation to Iran. Such operation has several risks and
it would spoil balance in the region. But this does not mean that
Turkey consents to nuclear weapon programme of this country."

In regard to Turkish-US relations, Tan said all matters on peace
and stability were related to the relations between Turkey and the
United States.

Both countries attached a great importance to issues like Balkans,
Caucasus, EU and Russia, he said.

Tan said Turkey and the USA should have a close cooperation to preserve
regional and global stability.

Touching on Turkey’s EU accession process, he said Turkey had some
shortcomings in regard to reforms but the country would keep walking
on its path to EU. "Turkey will keep fulfilling reforms for Turkish
people," he said.

Answering a question on developments between Turkey and Israel,
Tan said, "The two countries don’t have any bilateral problem."

Tan said Turkish authorities made some criticisms regarding Israel’s
attack on Gaza for goodness of Israel and peace in the region.

ARMENIA’S POSITION OVER KARABAKH SETTLEMENT GROWS STRONGER

Aysor
Feb 3 2010
Armenia

Positions of Armenia and Russia over settlement to the Karabakh
conflict grew stronger, said in the article by a political analyst of
East European affairs for the Jamestown Foundation, Vladimir Socor,
released in the Eurasia Daily Monitor.

‘Political problems have recently added new complications to the
Nabucco project," says Vladimir Socor.

"One such problem, clearly recognized by project stakeholders and
other European observers, but underestimated in Washington, is
Azerbaijan’s political alienation resulting from recent US policies
on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Those policies, in their result
if not intent, came close to de-aligning Turkey from Azerbaijan,
while strengthening Russia’s and Armenia’s hands in the negotiations
on the Karabakh conflict.

"At perceived risk of isolation, and lacking an outlet to Europe for
its growing gas surplus, Azerbaijan is open to Russian and Iranian
offers to export its gas in those directions."

Contradiction between Azerbaijan and U.S. over the settlement to the
Karabakh problem remains as a lion in the way of development of the
Nabucco Gas pipeline project which is expected to connect Turkey with
Europe, pointed in the article.

ARMENIA’S NEW CONCEPT OF POPULATION POLICY: CLONING HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS

Today
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Feb 3 2010
Azerbaijan

The Armenian government has tried to settle historic Azerbaijani
lands on many occasions during their occupation. To do this, some
resettlement or settlement programs were elaborated and some funds were
allocated from time to time. They have attempted to settle people in
the occupied and unpopulated territories after military action. But
very few people agreed to live there. Only those who sought at least
some shelter have settled in these areas.

They were mainly Armenians, but not other nationalities. However,
Armenians from Karabakh and other parts of Azerbaijan and Armenia
refused to live in the occupied territories.

However, the sick mentality of the Armenian rulers kept them thinking
about the unsettled occupied territories. As a result, recently, I
dare to assume, being in despair after another failure (due to their
own fault) in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and
the normalization of relations with Turkey, they decided to develop
a so-called "concept of governmental demographic policies" designed
exclusively to settle Azerbaijani lands.

It is not clear what the concept implies. Local authorities studiously
keep silent about their plans. They claim "this document will be
fundamental for government and community authorities in addressing
issues related to fertility, health, education, migration, demographic
development and so on."

Such a description arises even more interest in the concept. The
government of this neighboring country is truly intriguing since it
still remains unclear how they will increase the population of the
occupied lands.

You can, of course, guess, because there are not so many ways of
increasing the population. Of course, cloning would be the ideal way
of settlement. So what?

For example, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian, Deputy Foreign Minister
Shavarsh Kocharian, or Diaspora Affairs Minister Hranush Hakobyan
can be cloned. They can be cloned in large numbers to develop the
vast expanses of Azerbaijani lands.

Unfortunately, today, cloning is still a very expensive form of
reproduction. I am afraid that our neighbors will not be able to
afford to clone even the very Serzh Sargsyan. So, this method of
increasing the population does not suit the Armenian authorities.

There is also a more natural way of doing it as in the case of China
or India and across the world. This is the cheapest method.

Unfortunately, no one will take this step voluntarily in a neighboring
country. But if you insist, you can be held accountable for it.

We mentioned ways of resettlement above. The prospects of inviting
foreigners, who can lose their property once Azerbaijan recovers
control over these territories, to live in the occupied territories,
do not seem optimistic either.

Theoretically, it is possible that Armenia has come up with some way
of increasing the population. Perhaps, they have decided to do it by
division, pollination, or budding. One can expect anything odd from
this country. After all, it was them who a few years ago announced to
the world that they have allegedly found a cure for AIDS. In fact, they
only stirred the faded hopes of people suffering this terrible disease.

Well, we have no choice but to observe how the concept of demographic
policy will be realized. We are watching this process with a smile
on our faces …

RESUMPTION OF MILITARY ACTIONS NOT LIKELY, KIRO MANOYAN SAYS
Karen Ghazaryan

"Radiolur"
03.02.2010 15:18

"The process of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols has
actually stopped, because Turkey continues insisting on what it had
been saying before and after the signing. That is to say, Turkey
will not normalize relations with Armenia unless the Karabakh issue
is solved," Head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)
Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Kiro Manoyan told a
press conference today

"Turkey has forwarded the protocols to the Parliament, but the
ratification process is not restricted to this. The Foreign Relations
Committee of the Turkish Parliament was to present its conclusion by
December 7, but it didn’t happen. Moreover, the issue was not even
discussed in the Committee," Kiro Manoyan said.

Touching upon the recent statements that war in Karabakh might resume,
Mr. Manoyan said "it’s a way of creating an atmosphere of fear and
the statements do not correspond to reality. "In reality, I think that
progress in the ratification of the protocols will incite Azerbaijan
to prevent the process," he said.

There are no bases to think that the failure of the process of
ratification may lead to the resumption of military actions, Head
of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau’s Hay Dat and
Political Affairs Office says.