Author: Jalatian Sonya

ARMEN MELKONYAN HAD A MEETING WITH FAYZA ABUL NAGA

Aysor
Sept 18 2009
Armenia

Yesterday the Armenian Ambassador to Egypt Armen Melkonyan had a
meeting with H.E.Mrs. Fayza Abul Naga, Minister of International
Cooperation of Egypt and co-chair of Armenian-Egyptian
Intergovernmental Commission.

During the visit during the meeting the sides discussed the prospective
of trade cooperation between Armenia and Egypt. They also touched upon
the 5-th session of Armenian-Egyptian Intergovernmental Commission
to be held on 2010 in Yerevan, informs the press and public relations
department of RA MFA.

CEC REGISTERED HOVHANNES SAHAKYAN DEPUTY OF THE PARLIAMENT OF ARMENIA

/ARKA/
September 17, 2009
YEREVAN

During an extraordinary meeting on Thursday the Central Electoral
Commission of Armenia adopted a unanimous decision on registration
of Hovhannes Sahakyan as a deputy of National Assembly of Armenia.

Taking into account the protocol of NA of Armenia on the termination
of deputy mandate of Myasnik Malkhasyan, as well as the applications
of the citizens Armen Azatyan and Kristine Jamshudyan that they do not
seek Parliament member mandates, and guided by Clause 4 of Article 118
of Election Code of Armenia, Central Electoral Commission, chaired by
the Head of the Central Election Commission Garegin Azaryan adopted
unanimous decision to register Hovhannes Sahakyan from the electoral
list of "Republican Party of Armenia" as a deputy of NA of Armenia.

Deputies Hakob Hakobyan and Myasnik Malkhasyan were convicted guilty
according to Part 1 of Article 225 of Criminal Code of Armenia for
participation in mass disorders on March 1-2, 2008 in Yerevan and
were sentenced to five years of imprisonment but due to amnesty were
set free in the court.

ANKARA EXPECTS WITHDRAWAL FROM REGIONS SURROUNDING NAGORNO KARABAKH

armradio.am
17.09.2009 19:01

Turkey’s foreign minister and the head of the French senate met in
the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday.

Commenting on relations with Armenia, Davutoglu said that Turkey
"expected the normalization of its relations with Armenia as well as
the termination of the invasion in the Azerbaijani territory."

Davutoglu said France could have a remarkable contribution to the
issue.

Gerard Larcher, the head of the French Senate, expressed on Wednesday
his full support for Turkey’s Armenia reconciliation process, saluting
the country’s improvements in the field of democratization.

"The normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia is important
for us. We want to establish the future. The dialogue between the two
people should be revived. The task of examining history should be left
to historians," Larcher told reporters at a joint press conference
with Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Å~^ahin.

ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER: ARMENIA HAS ALL PREREQUISITES TODAY TO STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP DEMOCRACY

ArmInfo
2009-09-16 13:34:00

ArmInfo. Armenia has all prerequisites today for strengthening and
development of democracy, Armenian parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan
said in his message on the occasion of the International Democracy
Day established on September 15, 2008.

H. Abrahamyan said in his message.

BANKING SYSTEM OF ARMENIA IS CAPITALIZED ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND CRISIS

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.09.2009 15:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Banking system of Armenia is capitalized enough to
withstand financial crisis in Armenia, undergoing the worst stage
of crisis, HSBC Bank Armenia Chief Executive Officer Tim Slater
believes. In this context, he added that only Latvia’s and Lithuania’s
economy is in a worst state than Armenian is.

At the same time , Slater noted that anti-crisis measures realized
by RA government, including crediting provided by international
structures, will expedite overcoming of financial crisis
consequences. "Russian economy’s stabilization will also positively
influence economic situation in Armenia."

Aysor, Armenia
Sept 12 2009

Participants of `Ari tun’ have visited museums

According to press-office of Armenia’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs,
September, 11, became a day of great cognitive significance for
participants of the 4th phase of `Ari tun’ program.

The youth has visited Armenia’s Museum of History. Guides displayed
Armenian history from the Bronze Age to the First Republic’s days.

After 2-hour-long excursion the participants attended Armenia’s
National Gallery where they learnt Armenian ancient and middle age’s
art.

Having been enriched by knowledge of their people the young
representatives of Armenian Diaspora visited the Museum-Institute of
Armenian Genocide where laid flowers to the victims of one of the
greatest crimes of the 20th century.

SUPERPOWERS FORCE YEREVAN AND ANKARA TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS

PanARMENIAN.NET
11.09.2009 18:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The real danger in the Armenian-Turkish relations
lies in the fact that nobody knows what will be the next document,
Manvel Sargsyan , political scientist told a press conference in
Yerevan today. "In fact, neither Armenia nor Turkey did not take
any steps to normalize relations. They did not have such a wish,
" political analyst said.

He stressed that after the August events in Georgia, the situation
in the region has changed dramatically, and the superpowers forced
Yerevan and Ankara to the Armenian- Turkish dialogue. According
Manvel Sargsyan, based on that Armenia is trying to take a more
comfortable position in the negotiations, but if Turkey is ready to
normalize relations with Armenia, it means there have been already
some agreements. "Otherwise, Ankara is forced to do it," Manvel
Sargsyan said. According to him, today Turkey has every opportunity
to get from Armenia everything it wants.

ARMENIAN GYMNASTS SHOWED DEPLORABLE RESULTS AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.09.2009 22:23 GMT+04:00l

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian gymnasts Angelica Afyan and Naira Minasyan
completed their performance at the 29th Rhythmic Gymnastics World
Championship with deplorable results.

In the individual event, Afyan and Minasyan came 106th and 121st
respectively.

VARDAN MINASYAN: HENRIKH MKITARYAN IS BECOMING A DRIVING FORCE OF RA FOOTBALL TEAM

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.09.2009 10:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In connection with disqualification of Donetsk’s
Metallurg halfback Henrikh Mkitaryan, Chief Coach of RA Football Team
Vardan Minasyan stated that Mkitaryan’s absence in a World Championship
2010 qualifying game against Spain, due on October 10 in Yerevan,
is a great loss to Armenian Team.

"I wish Mkhitaryan could participate in a game against Spanish
Team. Mkitaryan’s absence is a great loss to us as he was becoming
a driving force of RA Football Team."

The Armenian halfback was shown 2 yellow cards during 2 football
matches, which resulted in his disqualification for 1 match.

OSCE MISSION HOLDS MONITORING OF AZERI-NKR ARMED FORCES CONTACT LINE

PanARMENIAN.NET
09.09.2009 13:07 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to an agreement achieved earlier with
the Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s authorities, the OSCE Mission held
Wednesday regular monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani
armed forces’ contact-line, eastward from the NKR Martakert region’s
Seysulan village.

>>From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was
held by Field Assistants of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office’s Personal
Representative Irge Aberle (Czech Republic) and Vladimir Chuntulov
(Bulgaria)

The monitoring passed in compliance with the agreed schedule, and no
violation of the cease-fire was fixed.

>>From the Karabakh party, the mission was accompanied by
representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense,
NKR MFA Press Service reported.