Author: Nahapetian Zhanna

Argentine is ready to assist economic development programs in Armenia

YEREVAN, May 21. /ARKA/. Argentine is ready to assist economic
development programs in Armenia, said Jorge Taiana, Argentinean
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Religion during the
meeting with Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia.

The parties discussed issues related to Armenian-Argentinean political
dialogue on all the levels, establishment of economic cooperation and
activation of relations in sport and culture.

During the meeting Sargsyan congratulated Taiana with 200th
anniversary of Argentinean independence and opening of embassy in
Armenia.

They mentioned that Armenian community of Argentine is and important
link between two countries. -0-

YEREVAN HOSTS PRESENTATION OF "NAGORNO KARABAKH: AS WAS THE CASE" BOOK

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 21, 2010 – 16:10 AMT 11:10 GMT

On May 21, Yerevan hosted presentation of Alexander Manasyan’s book
entitled "Nagorno Karabakh: As Was the Case."

Based on historical, legal and factual materials; the book presents
the prehistory of the Karabakh conflict, the causes and the current
situation.

The book presents and analyzes the facts and circumstances, which have
been omitted during the negotiation process over the Karabakh conflict.

FOUR PARTIES AND 40 MAJORITY CANDIDATES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE MAY 23 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN ARTSAKH

NOYAN TAPAN
21 MAY, 2010
STEPANAKERT

The NKR National Assembly elections through proportional representation
and majority elections will be held on May 23. According to the NKR
Electoral Code, 17 of the National Assembly’s 33 deputies will be
elected through proportional representation by the list of candidates
from parties, while 16 will be elected through majority elections.

There are 4 political parties participating in the elections through
proportional representation:

NKR Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan heads the list of 35 candidates
of "Free Homeland".

Democratic Party of Artsakh (32 candidates, the list is headed by
Chairman of the NKR National Assembly Ashot Ghulyan)

Armenian Revolutionary Federation (10 candidates, the list is headed
by Assistant Director of "Tufenkian" Benevolent Fund Armen Sargsyan)

Communist Party of Nagorno-Karabakh (5 candidates, the list is headed
by unemployed Hrant Melkumyan)

There are 40 candidates nominated at 16 precincts through majority
elections. There is one candidate nominated at the 7th and 14th
precincts respectively, including existing chairman of the National
Assembly Ashot Ghulyan and executive director of "Regional Medical
Unit of Martakert" CJSC, non-partisan Gagik Ohanyan. There are a
maximum of 4 candidates nominated at 6 precincts.

The vote will be held on May 23 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 273 polling
stations of which 272 in the NKR and Armenia (16 precincts of the
NKR and 1 at the administrative building of the NKR representation
in Yerevan).

According to the schedule of the main events for preparing and
holding the National Assembly elections, the preliminary results of
the elections will be summed up and ratified on May 24-the results
of the majority elections will be summed up by 2 p.m. and the results
of the vote through proportional representation by 8 p.m.

P. DEVEJYAN REFUSES THE PRECONDITIONS OF TURKEY

Aysor
May 21 2010
Armenia

"If the Turkish speak in a language of preconditions we shouldn’t
negotiate with them," Patrik Devedjian, French Minister for Economic
Recovery, Head of the Hauts-de-Seine Department said today.

He stressed that he knows what is going on in Armenia and has his own
assessment for everything, but has no right to influence. He attached
importance to the Armenia – Diaspora relations.

"Diaspora has always accepted Armenia with excitement. The condition
of the Armenians of Diaspora is different. They have a moral duty,
to support Armenia and to express its unity, but in the same time
it doesn’t have enough rights as do the Armenians that live here,"
stressed P.Devejyan.

The French-Armenian minister stated that he has visited Armenia for
the first time in 1991 and in comparison with that period Armenia
has an indescribable progress.

"Today Armenia is under the influence of the financial and economic
crises and many construction sites have stopped their work, and also
noticed that in 2010 Armenia as if is coming out of the crises. I
see a little bit of activeness everywhere," said P. Devejyan.

THE CLEAN COUNTRY CAMPAIGN TO START ON MAY 29

Aysor
May 20 2010
Armenia

"A month ago the public organisation ‘Miasin’ delivered its proposals.

Actually, they organised an action, gathering at the government
building and handing over to the government a letter, containing
proposals to keep Armenia clean," said Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran
Sarkisian at today’s governmental session.

Prime Minister said that by his decree a working group was established
with Minister of Conservation on the head. The team’s goal is to design
a national program, involving all the public organisations. The program
has already been designed and was approved by public organisations,
and the government has been setting to work over the implementation
of the Clean Country Program.

"The first action will be held on May 29, in Yerevan, to be implemented
jointly with the public organisations. I think it would be great if all
the structures took part in the program. The Ministry of Conservation
will deliver to all structures the detailed information; the campaign
will start in Yerevan, and then spread throughout all the regions,"
said Prime Minister calling to support the Clean Country campaign.

BRILLIANT PROPOSAL ON TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS OR ANOTHER FICTION OF THE TURKISH SIDE?

armradio.am
20.05.2010 18:43

Chairman of the Turkey-U.S. Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group and
deputy chairman of Foreign Relations of the Justice and Development
(AK) Party, Suat Kiniklioglu, said Wednesday "Turkey and Armenia
agreed to be silent for some time and to evaluate what was on the
table," Turkish media report.

Speaking at a think-tank organization in Washington, D.C., Kiniklioglu
said that "there is something new on the table. I can not go into
details but there is a brilliant proposal on Turkey-Armenia relations
and it is up to the Armenians to accept or reject this."

"We are very close to the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations. I
am for the normalization of our relations with Armenia. The
normalization will take place with the political will of the Turks
and Armenians," Kiniklioglu stressed.

"This is another fiction of the Turkish side," Representative of the
Armenian ruling Republican Party, MP Rafik Petrosyan told "Radiolur."

NEW FINDINGS FROM NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPUBL ARMENIA IN THE AREA OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS PUBLISHED

Physics Week
May 18, 2010

According to recent research from Yerevan, Armenia, "For the first
time the high-energy neutrons scattering in a crystal is considered
under the influence of an external laser wave field. The process is
inelastic with respect to the laser wave and at the same time it is
elastic with respect to a crystal."

"The possibility of high-energy neutron diffraction is
illustrated-wavelength of neutrons is less than the lattice period.

The method is based on the multiphoton interaction of the neutron
anomalous magnetic moment with the field of laser radiation by using
the Farri representation," wrote A.R. Lazarian and colleagues,
National Academy of Science Republ Armenia.

The researchers concluded: "The neutron-phonon interaction
is considered to be a perturbation described by the Fermi
pseudopotential."

Lazarian and colleagues published their study in Physics of Atomic
Nuclei (On the possibility of high-energy neutron diffraction in a
crystal in the field of laser radiation. Physics of Atomic Nuclei,
2010;73(3):478-484).

For additional information, contact A.R. Lazarian, National Academy
Science Republ Armenia, Institute Applied Problems Physics, Yerevan,
Armenia.

Publisher contact information for the journal Physics of Atomic Nuclei
is: Maik Nauka, Interperiodica, Springer, 233 Spring St., New York,
NY 10013-1578, USA.

"ERNEST VARDANYAN IS A HOSTAGE IN TRANSNISTRIA"

A1Plus.am
17/05/10

Tamara Shahoyan, the mother of Transdnestria-based Armenian national
journalist Ernest Vardanyan arrested on April 7 on charges of espionage
for Moldova, has sent a letter to the leader of G8 states, asking to
take steps for her son’s release.

In her letter addressed to the leaders of Russia, US, France, Germany,
Great Britain, Japan, Italy and Canada, Shaghoyan says her son is
the hostage of the Transnistrian authorities.

"Ernest Vardanyan’s arrest organized by the Transnistrian authorities
was based on trumped-up charges of espionage and high treason. Being
an independent journalist Ernest could not have known a military,
state or other secrets; he did not work in state bodies," writes Mrs.

Shahoyan.

The mother says her son had recently been offered a job in the United
Nations and was waiting for his appointment at the UN Washington
headquarters.

"Transnistrian authorities arrested my son near his home in Tiraspol,
in front of his underage children. They filed serious charges against
Ernest and do not provide him with an independent attorney."

On May 11, local TV Companies aired a video footage where Vardanyan
pleads guilty of the crime and says he spied for Moldova. Mrs. Tamara
states the "self-confession was extorted" from Ernest through
blackmail, violence and torture.

Together with the letter, Tamara Shahoyan has sent to G8 leaders
Ernest’s announcement of April 14, where he appealed for help for
his wife and two under-age children, saying Transdniestria National
Security Service employees threaten to "settle a physical score"
with them.

GEORGIE / PASSAGE A TABAC DE VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN PAR LES GARDIENS DE LA PRISON DE ROUSTAVI
Stephane

armenews
17 mai 2010
GEORGIE

Le 30 avril 2010, Vahagn Chakhalyan leader politique des armeniens
du Djavakhk, qui purge une peine de 10 ans de prison, incarcere dans
le quartier haut securite de la colonie penitentiaire de la ville
de Roustavi en Georgie, a ete sauvagement battu par les gardiens de
cette prison. L’incident a eu lieu juste après une visite au parloir
de la famille de Vahagn Chakhalyan. Les gardiens presents lui ont
soudainement bondi dessus en lui infligeant des coups au corps et
au visage.

C’est la deuxième fois que Vahagn Chakhalian subit un passage a tabac
en règle par des gardiens de prison. La première fois, l’incident
s’etait produit le 16 avril 2009 a la prison de Gldani de Tbilissi
alors que deux jours plus tôt une manifestation de soutien a Vahagn
Chakhalyan avait ete organisee a Paris devant l’ambassade de Georgie
par le CCAF (Conseil de Coordination des organisations Armeniennes
de France).

"Le Conseil de Coordination de Defense des Droits des Armeniens du
Djavakhk" , en se basant sur des informations fiables, affirme que
cet incident est directement lie aux elections prevues pour le 30
mai prochain en Georgie.

"Le Conseil de Coordination de Defense des Droits des Armeniens
du Djavakhk" condamne cet incident et appelle les Organisations
Internationales a reagir face a ces actes honteux des autorites
georgiennes. Encore une fois, les autorites georgiennes violent avec
cynisme leurs obligations internationales et europeennes en matière de
prevention contre la torture, de traitements inhumains ou degradants.

"Le Conseil de Coordination de Defense des Droits des Armeniens du
Djavakhk" reaffirme sa determination a lutter pour la liberation de
Vahagn Chakhalyan.

Le Conseil de Coordination de defense des droits des armeniens
du Djavakhk

Pour l’Organisation Patriotique Djavakhk, Shirag Torosyan.

Pour le Centre d’analyse Mitq, Edouard Abrahamyan.

Pour l’organisation politique du Djavakhk Virk, David Rstakyan.

Pour Le Mouvement Democratique Djavakhk, Norik Karapetyan.

Pour l’Union Yerkir pour le rapatriement et la reinsertion, Sevak
Arzrouni .

ELMAR MAMMADYAROV SPEAKS AGAIN ABOUT RENEWED MADRID PRINCIPLES

Tert.am
14.05.10

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov does not consider it
positive that Armenia has not yet expressed its position about the
renewed Madrid Principles aimed at the settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh issue, reports Azerbaijani news website 1news.am.

"That document is the result of the work the [OSCE] Minsk Group
carried out with the parties," said Mammadyarov.

In his words Azerbaijan has accepted that document and is ready to
continue the work that will lead to a lasting peace agreement based
on the renewed Madrid Principles.

Further Azerbaijani FM mentioned that the results of the recent meeting
between his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandyan and the mediators
in Brussels will probably be made public during the next meeting of
the OSCE MG co-chairpersons to be held on June 5 in Venice.