Author: Hunanian Jack

Journal of Turkish Weekly
sept 19 2009

Opening Turkey’s Borders With Armenia Without Solution Of
Nagorno-karabakh Conflict Will Bring Serious Blow To Restoration Of
Peace and Stability In South Caucasus: Azerbaijan Parliament’s Speaker

Saturday, 19 September 2009

Azerbaijan, Baku, September 19 / Trend News, J.Babayeva /

Speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan believes that opening Turkey’s
borders with Armenia without solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
will bring a serious blow to the restoration of peace and stability in
the South Caucasus.

"Those who want to disrupt the parallelism in this matter should
understand that opening borders without the liberation of the occupied
territories inflicts a serious blow to the restoration of peace and
stability in the South Caucasus, as well as contradicts the national
interests of Azerbaijan," said the Speaker of the

Azerbaijani Parliament Oktay Asadov at the meeting with Swiss Foreign
Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, to the press service of the Parliament
of Azerbaijan said.

During the negotiations through the mediation of Switzerland, Turkey
and Armenia reached an agreement on beginning "internal political
consultations" regarding signing "Protocol on establishing diplomatic
relations" and "Protocol on development of bilateral relations",
Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

Political consultations will conclude within six weeks and after that,
two protocols will be signed to be presented for approval by the
parliaments of the two countries," said the statement by Foreign
Ministry of Turkey.

There are not diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia, the
borders between them have been closed since 1993.

The delegation of parliamentarians led by Oktay Asadov made an
official visit to Switzerland from 16 to 18 September. The delegation
includes MPs Chingiz Asadullayev, Asim Mollazade, Elton Mammadov, head
of Parliament’s office Safa Mirzayev and other officials.

During the meeting, the Speaker said that the reason for closing
borders between Turkey and Armenia is the Armenian occupation of
Azerbaijani territories.

"The issue has not found its solution for already several
years. Armenia does not recognize international law and resolutions of
the influential international organizations. In its turn, Azerbaijan
does not intend to interfere in the internal affairs of Turkey and
Armenia. But everyone should understand that opening borders and
liberation of territories should be carried out in parallel," Asadov
said at the meeting.

Switzerland attaches great importance to relations with Azerbaijan,
Micheline Calmy-Rey said, adding that serious preparations are
conducted in connection with the visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev to Switzerland, scheduled for October.

Asadov expressed his hope that the relations between the two countries
will continue to grow further, and thanked the Swiss Government for
the recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

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Saturday, 19 September 2009
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Minist er Nalbandian comments on Turkish Prime – Minister’s remarks

Question. Turkish Prime-Minister stated, that till Nagorno Karabakh
question is not solved, Armenian-Turkish border will not open, and made
some insulting remarks on Armenian Diaspora. What would be your comment?

Answer. Turkish side is informed, and we are confident that they realize,
that we exclude the conditioning of the normalization of Armenian-Turkish
relations by the steps towards the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.

Trying to link those two processes, could ruin one and another. Number of
countries, including the Minsk Group Co-Chairs countries have expressed
the same position. They stated repeatedly that the normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations must be without preconditions.

With this mutual understanding we have started and conducted negotiations
and came to agreements, reflected in the initialed protocols.

If Turkish authorities have problems with the signing of documents, they
should not try to solve them by distorting the spirit, essence and goals
of the initialed documents.

The signing and implementation of agreed documents is a difficult process.
Nevertheless, Armenia is ready to respect the agreements and go forward.

If the authorities of current Turkey are not ready today to recognize the
fact of the Genocide perpetrated in Ottoman Empire, they are at least
obliged to respect the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and their
descendants.

THE AWAKENING OF "HIDDEN ARMENIANS" MAY COME TRUE

Aysor
Sept 18 2009
Armenia

"If the diplomatic ties are established and the border is reopened then
Armenians which hide their identity, the so-called "hidden Armenians",
may awake," said at today’s meeting with journalists Ruben Melkonyan,
a turkologist.

As he forecasts the "hidden Armenian’s awaking" may become the positive
development coming true in the context of Armenian-Turkish relations.

Mr. Melkonyan also touched upon the total number of Armenians living
in Turkey, noting that circulating quantity of 4 million Armenians
in Turkey is not realistic. More realistic number is 1-1.5 million.

Note that data of 1-1.5 million Armenians is provided by Armenian
Patriarchate in Istanbul.

Speaking about relations between Armenian and Turkish intelligentsia,
Mr. Melkonyan said that there were communications with Turkish
intelligentsia; however, those of Turkish are strained.

According to Mr. Melkonyan, the issues concerning both sides are
closed for Turkish and even banned. These things explain tension
inside Turkish intelligentsia.

"The very small part of Turkish intelligentsia which has courage
to call a spade a spade and not to avoid historical reality, is
communicating with Armenian intelligentsia."

JAHANGIRYAN IS BEING QUESTIONED FOR THE "OCTOBER 27"

AZG DAILY
19-09-2009

Local

The former RA military prosecutor Gagik Jahangiryan again was invited
to the Special investigatory service on September 17.

This information was affirmed by the press secretary of the RA chief
prosecutor mentioning that he has been invited for the inquiry on
the criminal case of "October 27".

On the occasion of Nairi Badalyan returned to Armenia in the Special
Investigatory Service has restarted the prequestionary process of
the case of "October 27".

N. Badalyan has been recognized as the injured party and plaintiff,
3 people have been accused according the 341st article, panorama.am
reports.

CCAF ISSUES A STATEMENT ON ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS

armradio.am
18.09.2009 14:50

CCAF (Coordination Council of Armenian organizations in France) issued
a statement in regard to the protocols between Armenia and Turkey,
free-lance correspondent Jean Eckian informs. The statement reads:

"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. 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 meetin g 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 soon as possible 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.

The CCAF, in favour of a sincere Armenian-Turkish dialogue and of
the establishment of relations between Armenia and Turkey, also
asks Ankara to stop the blockade it has been exerting on Armenia
since 1993. Allowing the ratification of the "road map" before the
reopening of the border with Armenia is a precondition in rupture with
the principle of=2 0 a normalization without any condition. The duty
of memory in Turkey cannot be done by taking Armenia hostage. We have
been too long used to see the Turkish authorities using the slightest
occasion of opening to save time, to swallow up the Armenian issue and
dissuade the international community to recognize the genocide of 1915.

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."

ARMENIAN SCIENCE MINISTRY, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES UNVEIL SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

ARKA
September 16, 2009
Yerevan

YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. Armenian Education and Science Ministry
and National Academy of Sciences unveiled their science development
project on Wednesday.

Samvel Harutyunyan, chairman of the ministry’s science committee,
said the project would be submitted to the cabinet ministers in the
fourth quarter.

"This project is the result of seven-month work. Leading scientists
as well as representatives of ministries and other state institutions
were involved in the work", he said.

Harutyunyan said that discussions have been held and experience of
developed and developing countries has been considered.

Presenting the project, the head of the committee said that the key
aim of the project is to develop Armenia into a leading researcher
and a country with science intensive economy.

"Key aims of the strategy are to form a system ensuring sustainable
development of science and advanced technologies, to update equipment
and infrastructures", Harutyunyan said.

The strategy is also aimed at increasing the number of young
specialists and stimulating international scientific cooperation.

The strategy puts special emphasis on Armenian science.

RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY TURKEY SECURITY ISSUE FOR RA

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.09.2009 20:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There are three approaches to the Armenian Genocide
issue, AFR Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group Vahan Hovhannisyan said.

"First, Turkey denies the fact of this crime against humanity. Second,
Europe insists that Genocide if a fact which should not be used
as a tool of pressure on Turkey. Third, Armenia understands that
recognition of the Genocide is a security issue for the republic,"
he told reporters in Yerevan.

"Turkey’s is certainly under pressure. It refers to Kurdish issue and
open borders with neighbors. We are under pressure as well. However,
Armenian Genocide is not an issue for concessions," Mr. Hovhannisian
said.

AHMADINEJAD APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENT

Panorama.am
11:37 14/09/2009

President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday appointed a new
first vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi. The president chose for
the post 60-year-old Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was one of several
vice presidents during his first four-year term, foreign media reports.

On 16 July Ahmadinejad appointed another first vice president,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but his candidacy has been rejected by
supreme leader.

Yerevan brandy company maintains last year output and increases profit
by 14% in 2008/2009

YEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA/. Yerevan Brandy Company managed to
maintain last production output of 4 million liters and to increase its
profit by 14% up to 17 billion drams in 2008/2009 financial year
despite financial and economic crisis, Executive Director of the
company Ara Grigoryan said.

Export activities have been also maintained from the last year and even
a negligible increase has been recorded, Grigoryan said.

Increase in profits along with unchanged production activities was
recorded mainly due to change in foreign currency rate. Product cost
and sales of profitable brandy kinds also had some small contribution
to the increase.

Yet, the company also experienced the crisis effects: it failed to
reach the ambitious 18% growth panned in the beginning of the year,
Grigoryan said.

Even a 50% decline was recorded in production as of the end of
July-August of 2009/2010 financial year as compared with the last year
level.

The problem is that Russian market is the main one for Yerevan Brandy
Company and it is not know when it will start stabilizing, Grigoryan
said.

He also reported that no staff reduction was recorded in the company in
2008/2009 financial year. The company continues providing a full social
security package to its employees, including health insurance, life
insurance and insurance against ac
cidents.

As a result of the audit carried out by a prestigious international
audit company, Yerevan Brandy Company received ISO 14001 environment
management system certificate and OHSAS 18001 human health and safety
certificate.

Yerevan Brandy Company was founded in 1887. The modern factory complex
was put in operation in 1953.

In June 1998 the company joined the Pernod Ricard group, an
international corporation owning a number of famous alcoholic drink
trademark and ranking the second in the world in production and sales
of alcoholic drinks. Pernod Ricard purchased the Yerevan Brandy Company
for $30mln at an international tender. ($1=377.11drams). `0–

PRIME MINISTER OF ARMENIA RECEIVES WELL-KNOWN BRAZILIAN ACTOR OF ARMENIAN ORIGIN

ArmInfo
2009-09-11 13:29:00

ArmInfo. Today, Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sarkisyan received
a well-known Brazilian actor of Armenian origin, deputy Chairman
of the Council of Elders of Rio de Janeiro Stepan Nersesyan who has
visited our country for the first time, the governmental press service
told ArmInfo.

T. Sarkisyan highly appreciated S. Nersesyan’s activity as an actor and
politician and said that Armenia attaches importance to development
of cooperation with Brazil where the Armenian community plays a
significant part. In its turn, Nersesyan expressed confidence that
his visit to Armenia will attach a new impulse to his activity aimed
at activation of the Armenian-Brazilian relations. During the meeting,
the parties discussed the issues of tightening of the relations between
Armenia and Diaspora, as well as the Armenian-Brazilian cooperation
in art and culture. The actor was accompanied by Ambassador of Brazil
to Armenia Marcela Maria Nikodemos.