Author: Nahapetian Zhanna

DIVERS RECOVER 5TH CRASH VICTIM FROM HUDSON

CBC News
08/10/09 8:40AM

Police divers have recovered the body of a fifth victim from the
fuselage of a tourist helicopter in the Hudson River mid-air collision.

New York City and New Jersey divers earlier recovered a single body
and the piece of fuselage Sunday morning, after finding three bodies
on the day of the accident Saturday, police said.

All nine people aboard both aircraft – three in the private plane
and six in the helicopter – are presumed dead.

Two law enforcement officials identified the plane’s pilot as Steven
Altman, 60, of Ambler, Pa., Also in the plane were the pilot’s brother,
Daniel Altman, 49, of Dresher, Pa., and Daniel’s 16-year-old son,
Douglas.

The five tourists on the helicopter were from the Bologna, Italy,
area. Italian media identified them as Fabio Gallazzi, 49, his wife
Tiziana Pedrone, and their son, Giacomo Gallazzi, 16, together with
Michele Norelli, 52, and his son, Filippo Norelli, 17.

The helicopter pilot has been identified as Jeremy Clark of Lanoka
Harbor, N.J.

Anniversary celebration turns to disaster Michele Norelli and his
wife, Silvia Rigamonti, were in New York for a weeklong vacation
to celebrate 25 years of marriage. Their other son, Davide Norelli,
stayed behind in Italy. He told the New York Times his mother decided
not to take the helicopter ride because "she was afraid."

"The trip was a gift from one of Norelli’s sisters to mark the 25th
anniversary of his marriage," Giovanni Leporati, a friend of the
family, told The Associated Press on Sunday.

"The anniversary already happened but they took advantage of the
August holidays and went," he said.

Two other Italian tourists, a 42-year-old woman from Rome and her
13-year-son, had planned to take part in the same helicopter ride
but arrived last and missed the flight.

Officials said the plane’s right wing clipped the back of the
helicopter as the two aircraft were flying in the same direction. Both
aircraft split apart and fell into the river about 100 metres from
the shore of Hoboken, N.J.

The Piper Saratoga aircraft had just taken off from nearby Teterboro,
N.J., airport and was heading south over the river to Ocean City,
N.J. The helicopter, operated by Liberty Helicopter Tours, had just
taken off from a heliport in Manhattan.

Troubles in the Air

Authorities move to the scene of an accident Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009,
in New York. The Coast Guard says a small plane has collided with a
helicopter over the Hudson River. Witnesses say the accident happened
just after noon between Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J. Both aircraft
crashed into the water.

AP Photo/Pat Bradshaw Forca Aerea Brasileira / LatinContent / Getty
Images Troubles in the Air Authorities move to the scene of an accident
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, in New York. The Coast Guard says a small plane
has collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River. Witnesses say
the accident happened just after noon between Manhattan and Hoboken,
N.J. Both aircraft crashed into the water.

AP Photo/Pat Bradshaw This undated photo provided by Jason Peregrine,
shows Capt. Marvin Renslow of Lutz, Fla. Renslow was piloting
Continental Connection Flight 3407, bound from Newark, N.J., Thursday
night Feb. 12, 2009, when it went down in light snow and mist and
crashed into a house below. All 49 people aboard and one person on
the ground were killed.

AP Photo/Jason Peregrine A Bangkok Airways plane is seen after it
skidded off the runway while attempting to land during heavy rains
on Samui island, Surat Thani province in southern Thailand Tuesday,
Aug. 4, 2009. The domestic airliner crashed into an old air traffic
control tower after landing Tuesday, killing the pilot, a government
official said.

AP Photo In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students
News Agency (ISNA), a rescue worker hoses water at the scene of
a plane crash near the village of Jannatabad, outside the city of
Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran in Iran, Wednesday, July
15, 2009. An Iranian passenger plane carrying 168 people crashed a
quarter-hour after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a field northwest
of the capital and shattering to pieces, with State television saying
all on board were killed.

AP Photo/ISNA, Sina Shiri In this photo released by the semi-official
Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), an unidentified man observes
the scene of a plane crash near the village of Jannatabad, outside
the city of Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran in Iran,
Wednesday, July 15, 2009. An Iranian passenger plane carrying 168
people crashed a quarter-hour after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into
a field northwest of the capital and shattering to pieces, with State
television saying all on board were killed.

AP Photo/ISNA, Sina Shiri In this photo released by the semi-official
Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), people gather at the scene of
a plane crash near the village of Jannatabad, outside the city of
Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran in Iran, Wednesday, July
15, 2009. An Iranian passenger plane carrying 168 people crashed a
quarter-hour after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a field northwest
of the capital and shattering to pieces, with State television saying
all on board were killed.

AP Photo/ISNA, Sina Shiri A woman related to a victim of crashed
Iranian passenger plane is helped at Yerevan’s airport, in Armenia,
Wednesday, July 15, 2009. A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane
carrying 168 people crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, smashing
into a field northwest of the capital and shattering into flaming
pieces. All on board were killed in Iran’s worst air disaster in six
years, officials said.

AP Photo/Photolure, Tigran Tadevosyan In this photo released by the
semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), relatives of victims
of Wednesday’s plane crash wait for bodies of their loved ones at
the Behesht-e-Fatemeh cemetery just outside the city of Qazvin near
75 miles northwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 16,
2009. Investigators have recovered two of the three black boxes
belonging to a Russian-made jetliner that crashed shortly after
taking off from Tehran, Iran’s state radio reported Thursday. All
168 people aboard the Caspian Airlines aircraft bound for Yerevan,
Armenia, on Wednesday were killed.

AP Photo/ISNA,Sina Shiri In this photo released by the semi-official
Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), people walk at the scene of
a plane crash near the village of Jannatabad, outside the city of
Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran in Iran, Wednesday, July
15, 2009. An Iranian passenger plane carrying 168 people crashed a
quarter-hour after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a field northwest
of the capital and shattering to pieces, with State television saying
all on board were killed.

AP Photo/ISNA, Sina Shiri In this photo released by the semi-official
Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), a rescue worker attends to
the scene of a plane crash near the village of Jannatabad, outside
the city of Qazvin, around 75 miles northwest of Tehran in Iran,
Wednesday, July 15, 2009. An Iranian passenger plane carrying 168
people crashed a quarter-hour after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into
a field northwest of the capital and shattering to pieces, with State
television saying all on board were killed.

AP Photo/ISNA, Sina Shiri Divers have been troubled by low visibility
in their search for victims.

With files from The Associated Press

BRYZA ON THE SETTLEMENT

21:35:36 – 07/08/2009
LRAGIR.AM

Today, in Tsakhadzor, the OSCE Minsk group American Co-Chair Mathew
Bryza, answering reporters’ questions, dwelt on the Karabakhi
settlement. According to him, the conflict has to be settled on three
main principles:

territorial integrality, self-determination, non-use of force. Bryza
listed the steps for the settlement: return of refugees, return of 5
afterwards of another 2 regions to Azerbaijan, deployment of peace
forces, referendum for the Karabakhi status, corridor between Armenia
and Azerbaijan, transit ways between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Dwelling on the peace forces, Bryza stated that their belonging will
be decided by Azerbaijan and Armenia, and each of them may put a veto
if it does not want the army of the certain country be in its
territory.

Trend, Azerbaijan
Aug 7 2009

Russian-Turkish closeness to impact positively peaceable solution of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Azerbaijani MP

Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.7 / Trend News J.Babayeva /

Azerbaijani MP Mubariz Gurbanli believes that the Russian-Turkish
proximity will impact positively the peaceable solution of the
[Armenian-Azerbaijani] Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Turkey and Russia closely cooperate in settlement of international
issues. The Russia-Turkish proximity will impact positively peaceable
solution of conflicts in the South Caucasus, including the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The expand of the Russian-Turkish relations
serve as ground to peace and stability on the South Caucasus and
Middle East, Deputy executive secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party
(NAP), Mubariz Gurbanli said.

During his visit to Turkey Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
stated the serious and active work for the resolution of the
[Armenian-Azerbaijani] Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkish news
agencyANADOLUreported.

"Serious work is being done to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
and there is serious progress in this direction. Moscow is eager to
see rapid resolution of the conflict," Putin added.

Putin said his country is unwilling to see any conflict in the
Caucasus. "Conflict in the Caucasus casts shadow on our relations with
the countries of the region," he stressed.

The prime minister said that Russia’s position on the solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remained unchanged. "We cannot do the job of
conflict sides, but only assist in the solution to the dispute," he
added.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December
1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7
districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed
a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia,
France, and the U.S. – are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Over the past few years the Russian-Turkish bilateral relations have
developed rapidly and they affect different spheres. It is evident
that economy is the main object in the Russian-Turkish relations. At
present, the many Turkish companies participate in realization of
significant projects in Russia, Gurbanli.

UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA DISSATISFIED WITH TV SHOW ‘RUBIK ALMIGHTY’ ON THE RUSSIA FIRST CHANNEL

ArmInfo
2009-08-05 13:28:00

ArmInfo.The Youth of the Union of Armenians of Russia is dissatisfied
with the TV show "Rubik Almighty " broadcasted on the Russia First
Channel on August 2. In this connection, the Youth asks Director
General of the First Channel Konstantin Ernst to stop further
broadcasting of the show.

"Russian TV viewers were presented a distorted image of the Armenian
family.

The show is announced as humoristic. In the meanwhile, it aroused
natural indignation of the Armenian youth in Russia. We think the
show does not suit either to the high image of the First Channel or
to the state conception of prevention of xenophobia in the Russian
public. In the Year of the Youth when Russian president urges us not to
stay aside of civil society formation, I address you on behalf of the
All Russian Public Organization "Union of Armenians of Russia" and ask
you to remove this TV program from the air", says Levon Manukyan, Vice
President of the Union of Armenians of Russia for Social Development
and Youth Affairs, in the letter addressed to K. Ernst.

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JIVAN TABIBIAN — 1937-2009

Mr. Jivan Tabibian, political theorist, diplomat, teacher, government
affairs consultant, design and cinema consultant, food critic and
restaurateur, cigar aficionado, systems designer and member of the Civilitas
Foundation Honorary Board, passed away in Vienna, Austria, on July 31, 2009.

Mr. Tabibian, whose rich career in academia, international organizations,
government and business took him all over the world, had been for the last
decade, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He retired from that
post in 2008. For most of that period, he was also Armenia’s ambassador to
Hungary, Austria, Czech and Slovakia.

However, during his decade-long tenure, Mr. Tabibian became a mainstay of
that organization’s Permanent Council – a weekly conclave of the ambassadors
of the transatlantic organization’s 56 member states. Week in, week out,
his cogent analyses and commentaries on global events of international
consequence, were more than the position of the Republic of Armenia. As many
in the organization said, they served as food for thought and guidance for
the organization’s policies and planning.

Born in 1937 in Lebanon, he was educated in the Armenian schools of Beirut,
and at the American University of Beirut. He moved to the US in 1959 and
attended Princeton University where he completed his doctoral studies. He
also studied at the Sorbonne and at Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et
Strategiques in Paris.

His academic appointments included the University of California, Los
Angeles (Political Science, Middle Eastern Studies, Urban Design and
Community Psychiatry), the University of Southern California (Urban
and Regional Planning, Social Policy), the California Institute of the
Arts (Design Theory), Wake Forest University (Political Theory and
International Politics.) Also, he was founder and director of the
program of the School of Management and Strategic Studies at the
Western Behavioral Sciences Institute in La Jolla, California.

His planning and public policy consultation work had taken him to
international assignments in Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Iran, the
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait and throughout Japan. His first
trip to Armenia was in 1963.

The main focus of his projects in Armenia were urban, regional and economic
development.

After Armenia’s independence in 1991, Mr. Tabibian collaborated on various
socio-economic development programs. His activities centered around issues
of energy, health care, economic development and political-diplomatic
affairs. He was part of the initial team of experts to assess the energy
needs of the Republic of Armenia and develop a master energy strategy. He
was critically involved in the promotion and reactivation of the Metsamor
Nuclear Power Plant.

His work in the Diaspora extended from being a founding member and officer
of ARPA (Advanced Research and Planning in Armenia), an early associate of
the Zoryan Institute for Contemporary Armenian Research and Documentation,
as well as a commentator for Armenian International Magazine.

Beyond his work in the Armenian community, he was a noted design commentator
and cinema consultant. He worked with the International Design Conference in
Aspen, as well as Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute of Film and
Television.

Following his retirement from the post of ambassador, Mr. Tabibian joined
the Honorary Board of the Civilitas Foundation. Mr. Vartan Oskanian,
President of the Board of the Civilitas, was the foreign minister who
invited Mr. Tabibian to represent Armenia in Vienna. `Jivan’s counsel,
wisdom, humor, insights were invaluable and incomparable. He will be missed
for many reasons, chief among them his ability to see Armenian issues and
global issues with equal sharpness, and his capacity to identify and explain
the real, fundamental issues at the core of each.’

He leaves behind his wife Isabella Cho Tabibian. He is also survived by a
son and a daughter, Jivan Jr. and Marie, his sisters- Olympia Jebejian and
Ani Hagopian – and their families in the US, as well as countless friends,
students and colleagues around the world who will miss him sorely.

The memorial service will take place at the Yerevan St. Hovannes Church in
Kond at 4 pm on Friday August 7. The interment will follow.

Condolences will be accepted by the Armenian Embassy in Vienna (*
[email protected]) *or by the Civilitas Foundation in Yerevan (
[email protected])

At the family’s request, in lieu of flowers donations will support Jivan R.
Tabibian Fellowships at the Civilitas Foundation. (Yerevan Address: One
Northern Avenue, Suite 30, Yerevan, Armenia. US Address: 315 Arden avenue,
Suite 1, Glendale, California, 91203.)

AMERIABANK, HSBC BANK ARMENIA, ARMECONOMBANK, UNIBANK AND ARARAT BANK TOP ARKA’S PRESS RATING

ARKA
Aug 3, 2009

YEREVAN, August 3. /ARKA/. ARKA Information Agency has published a
regular press rating of Armenian banks for the second quarter of the
year. The list is topped by 5 banks-Ameriabank, HSBC Bank Armenia,
Armeconombank, Unibank and Araratbank.

According to the analysis of surveyed newspapers reports and
stories, the press activity of Armenian banks in the second quarter
of the year was not high, but the reports were highly saturated with
information. As a result the overall number of press signals throughout
April-June rose by 2.7% as compared to the second quarter of the
previous year. The share of negative press signals rose from 2.5 % in
the second quarter of 2008 to 6.3% in the second quarter of this year.

Reports and stories in the categories ‘Bank Development Policies’ and
"Bank Personnel’s Opinions and Forecasts on Economy’ rose from 30.7%
to 40.6% and from 8% to 10% respectively.

But the number of reports and stories in other categories fell;
from 45% to 1.6% in the category ‘Clients and Services," from 17.3%
to 11% in the category "Banks Activity in Figures’ and from 40% to 30%
in the category ‘General.’

According to the press rating, Ameriabank had the highest indices
in such categories as ‘General’ and ‘Development Policies0- 58.96%
and 199.91% respectively.

In the category ‘Bank Personnel’s Opinions and Forecasts on Economy’
Ameriabank topped the list together with Armeconombank (the index
was 15.36). The latter led also in the category ‘Banks Activities
in Figures’ with 61.52 index. Unibank took the lead in the category
‘Clients and Services’

The press rating is calculated based on newspaper reports about banks’
activities. Their financial-economic indices are not calculated. As
a result the higher the degree of factual awareness of a bank’s
activity, the more effective its communication policy. Advertisements
and similar information were ignored while making the press rating.

More on this can be found in the bulletin ‘Banks Press Ratings for
the Second Quarter of 2009’.

RUSSIA DID NOT DERAIL NABUKO
NAIRA HAYRUMYAN

LRAGIR.AM
14:00:00 – 01/07/2009

Russian and Azerbaijan signed a contract on the procurement of
500 million cubic meters of gas a year. In order to conclude this
contract Dmitri Medvedev went to Baku. During a joint press conference,
Medvedev and Aliyev have repeatedly stated that the contract is not
political, but commercial, but this has not prevented the Russian and
foreign newspapers to state that the contract was merely to frustrate
the contract on the construction of Nabucco gas pipeline bypassing
Russia. The point is that in order to fill the Nabucco, its architects
had hoped for Azeri gas. The calculations did not entirely justify,
and the signing of the agreement is postponed till the end of July.

But, apparently, Azerbaijan has made quite a canny move. During the
press conference of the presidents, the statement that Russia has
bought the entire Azeri gas was not made, which Moscow sought. The
point is only about a part of the stock. Another part seems to go to
Nabucco. The sheep will be intact, and the wolves satisfied.

In general, Russia does not need such scale of the Azerbaijani gas,
because it does not solve the main problem – to derail Nabucco. So,
Medvedev’s joy is a good mine in a bad game.

As to Nabucco, according to the contract, it is likely to be started
being built in 2011. However, its final itinerary is not approved
yet. And there is another option for those who want to keep up with
global processes.

Notably, the Azerbaijani-Russian warming is happening against the
backdrop of acidic mine which Moscow built after Mikhail Saakashvili’s
visit to Armenia, and his awarding with the Order of Merit.

Haber Gazete
/july_30.htm
July 31 2009
Turkey

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20500
July 30, 2009

Dear Mr. President:

We write to you with our concerns about Turkish backpedaling on the
agreed upon roadmap to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia.

On April 22, 2009, just two days before the 94th commemoration of
the Armenian Genocide, the Department of State released the following
statement:

The United States welcomes the statement made by Armenia and Turkey
on normalization of their bilateral relations. It has long been
and remains the position of the United States that normalization
should take place without preconditions and within a reasonable
timeframe. We urge Armenia and Turkey to proceed according to the
agreed framework and roadmap. We look forward to working with both
governments in support of normalization, and thus promote peace,
security and stability in the whole region.

Two days later, instead of recognizing the Armenian Genocide, the
Administration opted to focus on this new roadmap to Armenian-Turkish
normalization. "I also strongly support the efforts by Turkey and
Armenia to normalize their bilateral relations," you wrote. "Under
Swiss auspices, the two governments have agreed on a framework and
roadmap for normalization. I commend this progress, and urge them to
fulfill its promise."

While the Government of Armenia remains committed to this roadmap and
has long offered to establish ties with Turkey without preconditions,
Turkey’s public statements and actions since April 24th stand in
sharp contrast to this agreement and undermine U.S. policy that
normalization take place without preconditions.

On May 13, 2009, Prime Minister Erdogan publically conditioned
normalization of relations with Yerevan on Azerbaijan’s approval
of a future settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict that fully
meets Baku’s satisfaction. "I want to repeat once more that until the
occupation ends, the border gates [with Armenia] will remain closed,"
Erdogan told the Azeri Parliament.

On June 17, 2009, EU South Caucasus Envoy Peter Semneby said Turkey
had taken "tactical steps backwards" in the normalization process
with Armenia.

It would appear that Turkey, in an effort to block U.S. recognition
of the Armenian Genocide, agreed to a roadmap it did not intend to
uphold. Therefore, we urge your Administration to separate the issues
of normalization and genocide recognition. We hope that renewed efforts
and focused resources from the Administration can be utilized to
nurture the Armenia-Turkey normalization process without preconditions
and within a reasonable timeframe, and continue to remain strongly
supportive of your stated campaign policy to officially recognize
the Armenian Genocide.

Sincerely,

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN),
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL),
Bruce Braley, (D-IA), John Campbell, (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA),
Michael Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA),
Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY),
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Steve Driehaus (D-OH), Anna Eshoo (D-CA),
Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA),
Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ),
Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA),
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Dale Kildee
(D-MI), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee
(D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo
(R-NJ), Daniel Lungren (R-CA). Stephen Lynch (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney
(D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Thaddeus McCotter
(R-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Candice Miller
(R-MI), Walt Minnick (D-ID), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Richard Neal
(D-CA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), John Olver (D-MA) Payne, Donald (D-NJ),
Gary Peters (D-MI), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Peter
Roskam (R-IL), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Edward Royce (R-CA), Bobby Rush
(D-IL) Paul Ryan (R-WI), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), John Sarbanes (D-MD)
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Chris Smith (R-NJ),
Mark Souder (R-IN), Zack Space (D-OH), Jackie Speier (D-CA), John
Tierney (D-MA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Niki Tsongas
(D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tim Walz (D-MN) Henry Waxman (D-CA),
Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Frank Wolf (R-VA), and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).

PRESIDENT OF SERBIA MET WITH CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.07.2009 19:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today, the Serbian President Boris Tadic met with
the Catholicos of All Armenians Garekin II, press service of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

During the meeting they discussed the issues related to the
significance of religion, presented gifts to each other. Garegin II
gifted a cross, symbol of all Christians, and photoalbum to Boris
Tadic. In turn, Serbian President Boris Tadic gave the Catholicos
of All Armenians Serbian icons. Garegin II led the tour of Serbian
President, told about the construction of Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin and relics of Armenian spiritual culture.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE KARABAKH PROBLEM PEACEFULLY: POLITICAL EXPERT

Today.Az

July 29 2009
Azerbaijan

"Armenian authorities seek to unite society and demonstrate that
they have common enemy against which they should struggle together,"
political expert Araz Alizade said while commenting on Armenian
media reports about possible launch of hostilities in Azerbaijan’s
occupied lands.

"The first reason for such mood in Armenia is that Armenian society
is very split today," the political expert said.

"The second reason is that they try to create a excitement for the
international community as if "miserable" Armenian people can be
subject to aggression. If Azerbaijan resorts to military solution
to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, it will not be aggression, but an
attempt to return legal lands," he said.

"The third reason is that they want to let it to know that if Armenia
makes certain concessions to Azerbaijan, it will do it by force,"
Alizade said.

"I believe it is impossible to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
peacefully. The only solution to the conflict is a war," he said

"Armenians do not want war as they have seized from us what they
wanted. So, they do not need a war," Alizade said.