Igor Muradyan : Les Relations Armeno-Turques Ne Normaliseront Pas Da

IGOR MURADYAN : LES RELATIONS ARMENO-TURQUES NE NORMALISERONT PAS DANS CETTE PERIODE HISTORIQUE
par Stephane

armenews
mardi6 avril 2010
ARMENIE

Le passage de resolutions sur le genocide armenien aux Etats-Unis et
au Parlement Suedois ne peut pas etre vu separement des evenements
geopolitiques mondiaux actuels a declare le politologue Igor Muradyan.

Il a assure que les evenements actuels connectes avec la reconnaissance
du genocide armenien et le processus armeno-turc sont une petite
partie de la politique mondiale.

Selon le politologue le processus armeno-turc est fini, parce que les
centres des puissances occidentales le veulent ainsi. Leur but est
d’accuser, et la partie armeniennes et la partie turque de l’echec
du processus.

Igor Muradyan considère que les autorites armeniennes et sa diplomatie
font face a une tâche importante aujourd’hui – pour ne pas permettre
a l’Armenie d’etre mis sur la meme echelle avec la Turquie. Le
politologue est sur que le comportement actuel de la Turquie montre
qu’elle est prete pour tout – n’importe quelles declarations politiques
agressives ou actions.

Selon Igor Muradyan, toujours il y a 18 mois il etait clair que "
les relations armeno-turques ne seraient pas normalisees dans cette
periode historique et que ces tentatives mèneraient a l’aggravation
de la confrontation. "

Tert.Am Number One News Site In Armenia

TERT.AM NUMBER ONE NEWS SITE IN ARMENIA

Tert.am

Armenian web resources index site Circle.am, since April 1, has made
available its list of total visitors from the Republic of Armenia
to various registered Armenian websites. Prior to publicizing this
information, Circle.am made available only the total number of visits
overall (without providing a geographical breakdown).

This new information allow for a more objective picture of which
Armenian sites have more visits (and now, more specifically, visits
from Armenia) to their site.

Thus, last month’s results show that Tert.am is shamelessly
self-promoting itself and is leading the list of news sites based in
Armenia with the number of visits from Armenia.

The chart below shows the top 10 sites registered by Circle.am in the
"News, Media and Reference" category. The third column shows number
of visits from the Republic of Armenia; the second column shows the
total number of visits; and the final column shows the percentage of
visits from Armenia out of the total number of visits.

Hrayr Karapetyan: I Am Confident There Will Be No War

HRAYR KARAPETYAN: I AM CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE NO WAR

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.04.2010 13:43 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The threat of resumption of hostilities in Karabakh
will persist unless a peace agreement is signed with Azerbaijan,
according to Hrayr Karapetyan, ARF Dashnaktsutyun member and Chairman
of the RA NA Standing Committee on Defense, Armed Forces and Security.

"So-called historians and political scientists, who are badly informed
of the process, are spreading panic in society, what is unacceptable
for me. Moreover, alleging the Azerbaijani huge military budget, they
disserve the state by threatening people. In 1990-s, Azerbaijan’s
defense expenses were great, however it did not help them win the war.

Currently we have an efficient and disciplined army what can’t be said
of our neighbors," Mr. Karapetyan told a press conference in Yerevan.

At the same time, he added that in case of resumption of hostilities,
Azerbaijan will lose even more regions. "However, I am confident
there will be no war," the deputy said.

"Today In Armenia We Have A Uni-Flow Government"

"TODAY IN ARMENIA WE HAVE A UNI-FLOW GOVERNMENT"
Armine Avetyan

March 30, 2010

Says the chair of the NA standing Committee on Foreign Relations
Armen Rustamyan

– According to the report submitted by the chief rapporteur of the
UN refugee issues 6226 Armenians found shelter in other countries in
2009. The number of Armenians applying for shelter in 44 countries
increased by 43%. In your opinion what serves a result for this?

– This is the expression of difficult social-economic situation in
the country. And indeed this is the result of the incorrect policy
conducted by the RA government. People here simply cannot find jobs.

They cannot take care of their social issues; neither can they see
any prospect in this country. And the best and most common reflection
of this process is the migration of the citizens. They abandon their
homes and country. The whole world was in crisis and at the beginning
there was an impression that the situation of our counterparts living
abroad was difficult. There were saying that here the crisis is less
and that the Armenians will soon return home. Such exceptions were
created by our government with its announcements. But this showed
that the anti-crisis of our government failed. And people don’t have
any expectations from the government. So they find the best option
of the migration. Indeed during these last years the migration rates
have increased. Of course there are difficulties outside and there is
crisis over there too but it turns out that the difficulties existing
abroad are more acceptable, tolerable than the ones here.

– Is it only the social-economic situation that created higher rates
of migration? Have the events of March 1-2 and humiliation of human
rights not served a reason for the people of Armenia to leave Armenia?

– The March 1-2 events and the social-economic situation are
interlinked. In general the three main – national, democratic
and social issues are interrelated. One can help the other to
find solution and the opposite may happen too. The issues may be
multiplied. You can’t solve social issues in the country when you have
serious democratic issues imperiling the country. How can we speak
about a legal state when at every step the people’s rights are being
violated? As a result of the sum of these issues the migration takes
place. And if the government wants to find out whether its activity
is efficient it should check the migration dynamics.

– Why are you always criticizing the government? Is the issue really
in the high circles? Can the government resolve the mentioned issues
on its own?

– When I say government I mean the whole governmental pyramid because
in Armenia we have a uni-flow government. There is no separation of
power. Meanwhile it is necessary that the NA-President-Government had
checks and balances on each other. We were saying that the economy
and the politics are extremely linked but now we have appeared in
a worse shape. After the resemblance of the state-government now we
are moving to the resemblance of state-party. It is natural that the
situation will have negative consequences. I don’t feel it is possible
to solve this.

– If you are complaining so much of the incumbent government then
what ways do you see for the solution of the issues raised by you?

– The way is pretty clear. It is necessary to change this policy.

There are two ways. Either this government should understand that
this stream is destructive and should proceed with changing their
course or yes, there should b change of government. There should be
new political forces, which possess the solution of these issues;
they have more realistic programs and solutions. And the people should
be sure that they won’t be cheated again. We have to make sure that
the government just doesn’t give promises and renounce those after
being elected. And it’s no accident that before coming to power the
political force should be right or left by which they are applying the
social issues and slogans. For making correct reforms the government
should work objectively and in an unbiased way and their staff
should be professional. Instead the current government has surrounded
themselves with loyalists but they are not professional. Currently
the main agony of the economy is the monopolies. Several dozens of
people or even less are directing the economy. The government is
not able to change this situation. The economy is linked with the
monopolies. Give freedom and competition to the economy.

– This issue has existed in the country for years when the ARF was
in the government and Kocharyan was the president. Why were you not
criticizing the government at that time and why wouldn’t you demand
free competition?

– Yes, there were such issues back in the day as well but there was a
certain tendency of resolving these issues. But that wasn’t enough for
us either. The rates of solution were very slow. Now it is not clear
what direction the government is going to. They are promulgating one
thing but doing another thing. And not only do we not have progress
but also are regressing. We have had complaints during the tenure of
Kocharyan and when we were in the coalition. We have said that the
main worry of ours is the foreign policy course of the government. Now
the government has become so uni-course in the country that you cannot
be a part of the government even if you have 13 ministerial portfolios.

– Wasn’t the government uni-course during Kocharyan’s tenure?

– In 2003 when we joined the same coalition there were serious debates
and collisions in the coalition. Sometimes the debates may go out
the frames of the coalition and the society could see that. There
were various viewpoints. I don’t know if there are any differing
viewpoints? I don’t see those.

– Recently the report of the OSCE/ODIHR was publicized on human
tortures, which had criticized the RA judicial and police systems. Do
you share the concerns of these structures?

– I agree. Moreover, it was necessary to speak about these issues long
ago and not just now. In these sectors concrete reforms are necessary.

There cannot be a legal state if the judicial system is not
independent. There is lack of trust to the judicial system. People
are trying to move their cases in foreign countries to win it. The
only achievement that we had is that people now can apply to the
European Court. People are doing everything today to move their cases
to the European Court. This has happened as a result of Constitutional
reforms. That’s why I am saying that at the time there were positive
tendencies.

– During the tenure of the previous government the ARF had a high
role and this gives grounds to assume that the ARF wishes to return
Kocharyan.

– This was spread by the journalists. The ARF says whatever it wishes.

– The president of the Federation of International Defense of Human
Rights (FIDH) Suer Belasen made a special message, by which it urges
the Armenian government to release the political prisoners. HE also
urged the government to objectively investigate the death cases of
10 victims of the March 1-2 events. Do you agree with Belasen?

– We have done the difficult reforms and revised the articles of
the Criminal Code, which relate to political contents. And the last
political step wasn’t fulfilled. The amnesty was necessary and if
we condition this with the events of March 1-2 events and the text
of the amnesty said that it was connected with that then the amnesty
should have been applied for everyone. But this wasn’t done. And as
a result we have a semi-complete step taken. And this is the reason
why we have the current situation. These issues must have political
solutions. If you wish to close the page of March 1-2 you should take
rapid political measures. As long as we don’t have this the page cannot
be closed. The page is not closed because the motives of the events
are not simplified and the consequences are not examined properly. The
circumstances of the death of 10 people are not investigated. This
is a very heavy case and it’s necessary to get rid of it as soon as
possible. The necessary political will wasn’t demonstrated.

http://www.168.am/en/articles/7244

Turkey Has Been Placed In The Position Of A Child Yearning For Candy

TURKEY HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE POSITION OF A CHILD YEARNING FOR CANDY: BOZOYAN

Tert.am
11:11 ~U 31.03.10

Turkish society has been convinced that Armenia is ready for
concessions, political analyst Yervand Bozoyan told Tert.am.

"The expectation of those concessions resulted in Turkey stiffening
its stance," said Bozoyan, adding that Turkey hoped to put a halt
to the process of recognizing the Armenian Genocide through the
Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

"There’s also an expectation within their people. There were no such
expectations before. This is similar to that situation in which candy
is shown to a child but he or she is not allowed to taste it. If you
don’t give the candy to the child, he or she begins to want it. Turkey
has found itself in a similar situation: we showed it the candy and
now we say, ‘You know, we’re not going to give it to you.’ And they’re
saying: ‘What do you mean, the candy is ours.’ They consider the
genocide issue closed. And now when we refer to that issue, the Turks
see it as a way to exert pressure and they get angry," he explained.

According to Bozoyan, at this stage, it’s beneficial for Armenia that
the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement be rightfully halted temporarily. But
he does not see such a possibility today, as it will not be in the
interest of the world powers standing behind the process.

Bozoyan believes that it will raise serious discontent in the West,
should the Armenian side unilaterally declare that it’s stepping out
of the process. In his words, the US, Russia and European countries
are hinting at Armenia that, should it withdraw from the rapprochement
process, a war could begin in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Turkish Lawyer Appeals To Court To Recognize Armenian Genocide

TURKISH LAWYER APPEALS TO COURT TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Tert.am
14:31 ~U 31.03.10

A Turkish lawyer has submitted a claim to an Ankara court, demanding
recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reports Turkish local daily
Milliyet.

The claim filed by attorney Bendal Celil Ezman demands the Turkish
state recognize the Armenian Genocide in the waning days of Ottoman
Empire in 1915, to condemn Talat Pasha and rename all the streets
that have been named in his honour.

This court case is the first of its kind, said Ezman, "Turkey must
settle its history and past."

Ezman is one of few Turks who signed the online campaign launched
in Turkey called "I Apologize to Armenians." With that campaign,
Turks were apologizing to Armenians for the genocide their ancestors
committed in the early 20th century.

Asked whether he wasn’t afraid of possible counteractions he might
face, Ezman said: "If anything happens to me, it’ll be God’s will."

Rejet Des Pressions De La Turquie Et De L’Azerbaidjan Ou Sortie Eleg

REJET DES PRESSIONS DE LA TURQUIE ET DE L’AZERBAIDJAN OU SORTIE ELEGANTE
par Jean Eckian

armenews
lundi29 mars 2010
Karabagh

Quel choix Monsieur le President ?

Par Appo Jabarian –

Directeur de la Publication / Redacteur en chef –

USA Armenian Life Magazine

La Republique du Haut-Karabagh, situee au c~ur d’une region de
transfert d’energie des riches champs d’hydrocarbures de la Mer
Caspienne a l’Europe via l’Armenie de l’Ouest occupee par la Turquie,
et la Cilicie occupee par la Turquie, s’est trouvee recemment au
centre de debats internationaux.

Le 23 mars, l’agence Reuters citait le President Serge Sarkissian,
declarant lors d’une visite officielle en Syrie, que ‘les forces
armeniennes pourraient rendre certains territoires azeris tenus
depuis la guerre entre les deux pays en echange de la securite et
l’auto-determination pour la region du Haut-Karabagh.’

Reuters rapporte les commentaires suivants qu’auraient faits le
President Sarkissian au quotidien syrien Al Watan : ‘ Contrairement
aux affirmations de l’Azerbaïdjan, nous ne peuplons ni n’utilisons ces
territoires, qui sont une zone de securite pour le Karabagh…Quand
le peuple du Karabagh aura une chance authentique de realiser leur
droit a l’autodetermination et que des mecanismes pour sa securite et
son developpement seront crees, alors, sous la forme d’un compromis,
la partie armenienne pourra considerer le retour des regions autour
du Karabagh , en preservant un corridor liant le Haut-Karabagh
a l’Armenie.’

Le 4 mars, dans un article titre ‘le Chef de Cabinet adjoint du
President de l’Armenie, Viguen Sarkissian, compromet la securite
nationale de l’Armenie,’ j’avais vigoureusement critique M. V.

Sarkissian pour ses declarations contradictoires relatives a la fois
aux hautes terres et aux plaines de la Republique Armenienne d’Artsakh.

Dans cet article, j’avais rapporte qu’en fevrier, M. V. Sarkissian,
lors d’une conference a Washington, DC, et en reponse a une question de
M. Kazari de l’Ambassade de la Republique d’Azerbaïdjan a Washington,
avait dit cette chose etonnante a propos de la frontière actuelle
entre l’Armenie et l’Azerbaïdjan : ‘Toutes ces parties importantes des
frontières peuvent etre debloquees. Les frontières immediates entre
l’Armenie et l’Azerbaïdjan n’ont rien a voir avec les territoires
autour du Haut Karabagh…Maintenant, concernant l’occupation, nos
preoccupations sont en faveur…ce qui est important [c’est que le
President d’Armenie [Serge Sarkissian], qui a ete le ministre de la
defense de ces territoires, a toujours declare qu’il ne pensait pas
de ces territoires etaient des terres de l’Armenie historique. Il
a toujours declare que ces territoires devraient retourner a
l’Azerbaïdjan quand un accord sur le Karabagh sera trouve.’

J’avais demande : ‘M. Sarkissian est-il au courant que les territoires
entourant le haut Artsakh ont toujours fait partie de l’Armenie ?’

Et j’avais ajoute : ‘les territoires a present liberes autour de
l’Artsakh font partie de l’ensemble de la Region de l’Artsakh qui va
jusqu’a la rivière Koura, immediatement a l’est de la frontière entre
la Republique d’Artsakh et l’ex- Republique Socialiste Sovietique
d’Azerbaïdjan. M. Sarkissian devrait savoir que la Region d’Artsakh,
en meme temps que le Nakhitchevan avait ete arbitrairement decoupee
de la Republique d’Armenie independante de 1918-1920. Ces regions
faisaient partie de l’Armenie jusqu’a la prise de pouvoir par les
forces d’occupation des Soviets en novembre 1920. En 1921, a la
suite de la sovietisation, l’Armenie a ete soumise au processus de
la stalinisation, quand l’infâme dictateur Joseph Staline "a fait
cadeau" de l’entière region de l’Artsakh plaines et hautes terres, et
du Nakhitchevan a la Republique Sovietique d’Azerbaïdjan nouvellement
creee.

J’avais poursuivi : "A present, la Republique d’Azerbaïdjan continue
d’occuper illegalement 1) Le district de Chahoumian au nord de
l’Artsakh, et Gandzak (Kirovabad) ; 2) les plaines au dela de la
limite actuelle jusqu’a la rivière Koura ; et 3) le Nakhitchevan. On
se demande si le President Serge Sarkissian est au courant de la
dernière serieuse bourde internationale (pour ne pas dire plus) de
son chef de cabinet adjoint V. Sarkissian, compromettant les interets
nationaux de securite armeniens lors d’une conference a Washington,
DC. Par l’usage du terme ambigu d’ "occupation ", M. V. Sarkissian
devrait se sentir honteux pour avoir commis un acte de blasphème contre
la memoire de milliers d’innocentes victimes des pogroms azeris de
Bakou, Soumgaït et Gandzak/Kirovabad et leur deportation organisee
par l’Azerbaïdjan. M. V. Sarkissian a egalement manque de respect a
la memoire des combattants innombrables qui ont libere l’Artsakh du
joug azeri pendant la guerre de liberation du Karabagh (1991-1994), en
reponse aux crimes azeris de 1988 contre les Armeniens sans defense."

Je ne pensais pas que quelques semaines plus tard, le meme commentaire
defaitiste sur l’Artsakh serait fait par le president lui-meme !

Je voudrais respectueusement faire remarquer au president Sarkissian
que le premier President de l’Armenie Levon Ter Petrossian a
honorablement demissionne plutôt que devoir etre confronte a
l’opposition croissante en Armenie et internationale a son compromis
sur la Republique d’Artsakh.

Pendant la presidence de M. robert Kotcharian, a son credit, le
President Kotcharian s’est attache a ne pas ceder a la pression
organisee par les laquais neoconservateurs des Turcs et des Azeris
aux Etats-Unis et en Europe.

On se demande si l’accession de M. Serge Sarkissian a la presidence
a fourni aux neoconservateurs une occasion en or pour contenir
l’administration Sarkissian et tenter d’en arracher un maximum de
concessions sur 1) L’Artsakh 2) Le Genocide Armenien 3)La demande dans
le monde de restitution par la Turquie des territoires occupes par
la Turquie en Armenie Occidentale et en Cilicie a leur proprietaires
en droit, les Armeniens 4) Les reclamations a la Turquie pour la
restitution des biens reels et personnels illegalement confisques aux
victimes du Genocide Armenien 5) Les revendications pour la restitution
de la Republique Autonome du Nakhitchevan occupee par les Azeris,
du district de Chahoumian au nord de l’Artsakh occupe par les Azeris,
et de Gandzak occupee par les Azeris, aux Armeniens.

Afin de preserver son administration chancelante, il n’est que trop
evident que le President Sarkissian n’a de choix qu’entre deux
alternatives pour rester dans les bonnes grâces de son peuple en
Armenie et la diaspora.

Option A : comme president d’Armenie, il refuse la pression organisee
par Ankara et Bakou, et fait marche arrière sur les concessions
irremediablement prejudiciables a la Turquie et a l’Azerbaïdjan sous
les auspices de leurs laquais neoconservateurs occidentaux.

Option B : avant de solder l’Armenie, l’Artsakh, les Armeniens du
monde et leur Cause, et afin d’eviter de devenir une cible de la
critique ou de rejet des generations a venir, M. Sarkissian se demet
de la presidence, laissant a son peuple le pouvoir de s’attaquer
courageusement au defi a venir avec un sentiment renforce de
determination, et ouvrir la voie a un avenir plus brillant.

USA Armenia Life Magazine

N° 1200, 26 mars 2010

Traduction Gilbert Beguian pour Armenews.com

Not All Armenians In Turkey Share The Viewpoint Of Sirinoglu

NOT ALL ARMENIANS IN TURKEY SHARE THE VIEWPOINT OF SIRINOGLU

ArmInfo
2010-03-30 16:01:00

ArmInfo. In their statement Mar 29 the Armenians of Turkey slated
the declaration made by Bedros Sirinoglu, President of the Board of
Trustees of Sourp Prkich Hospital (Istanbul), after his meeting with
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan.

The authors of the statement say that they do not agree with
Sirinoglu’s opinion that the Armenians living in Turkey feel themselves
secure. "In any case we live in another Turkey. Perhaps, he feels
himself secure but this is not the case with the other Armenians living
in Turkey. In this country Armenians suffer from discrimination and
are used as a small coin in Ankara’s international relations.

Anti-Armenian moods are still widespread in Turkish society," says
the authors of the statement.

They do not agree with Sirinoglu’s opinion that "there is no need to
call the events of 1915 genocide" and strongly condemn Sirinoglu’s
attempts to disguise this crime against humanity.

The statement also mentions Erdogan’s words concerning illegal Armenian
migrants in Turkey. "Threats to expel migrants struggling for existence
are immoral," say the authors of the statement.

The full text of the statement can be found at
bizbaskabirturkiyedeyasiyoruz.blogspot.com, where the authors are
collecting signatures. All Turkish citizens of Armenian origin can
join the statement. Over 150 people have so far given their signatures,
among them widow of Hrant Dink Rahil Dink.

UK House Of Lords Debating Armenian Genocide Motion

UK HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MOTION

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.03.2010 12:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The British House of Lords opened debates on the
Armenian Genocide motion on March 29. The discussion was initiated
by independent member of parliament, Baroness Carline Cox, who asked
Her Majesty’s Government to recognize that the 1915-1917 events
constituted Genocide.

Baroness Cox reminded that the Turkish government denies the fact of
Genocide and spares no effort to prevent the international community
from recognizing it. "Suppression of the truth proved that there was
Genocide. The 1915 events will never be forgotten. An entire nation was
annihilated. Refusal to recognize historical reality of any genocide
can serve as an encouragement to other potential perpetrators, who will
believe that they can get away with similar genocides with impunity,"
she said.

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
Genocide survivors.

MG Statement Says Armenia And Azerbaijan Committed To Peaceful Settl

MG STATEMENT SAYS ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN COMMITTED TO PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT

ArmInfo
2010-03-30 13:08:00

ArmInfo. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yuri
Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke
of the United States, released the following statement today:

The Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov, Russian
Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier, France; Ambassador Robert
Bradtke, United States) visited Yerevan and Nagorno-Karabkah March
26-29. They updated the de facto authorities March 27 on the current
state of negotiations. In Yerevan March 28, the Co-Chairs met President
Serzh Sargsian and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian to further
discuss Armenian comments on the Basic Principles for the peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict. While in Armenia, the
Co-Chairs also had a number of other separate bilateral meetings. After
the recent meetings between the Co-Chairs and the parties in Paris and
in the region, the Co-Chairs note with satisfaction the commitment
of the parties to reach a peaceful settlement within the framework
of the Madrid Principles, the OSCE headquarters reported.