Author: Nalchajian Markos

LEBANON ARMENIANS UP IN ARMS OVER PLANS TO ESTABLISH TIES WITH TURKEY

naharnet.lb
Beirut, 06 Oct 09, 14:10

Armenia’s President Serzh Sarkisian was to face a largely hostile
reception later on Tuesday from members of Lebanon’s Armenian community
up in arms over Yerevan’s plans to establish ties with Ankara.

Sarkisian’s brief stop in Beirut is part of a week-long international
trip aimed at calming concerns among members of the Armenian Diaspora
over Turkish-Armenian efforts to normalize relations.

But such plans have angered many in Lebanon’s 140,000-strong Armenian
community, mostly made up of the descendants of survivors of massacres
in eastern Anatolia under Ottoman rule almost a century ago.

"After nearly 100 years of fighting for our cause, how can our enemy
become our friend in the blink of an eye?" said a visibly angry
Koko Marashlian, a store owner in Beirut’s Armenian neighborhood of
Boj Hammoud.

Hagop Pakradounian, one of six Armenian deputies in Lebanon’s
parliament, said the community was all for improved ties between
Armenia and Turkey but not at any price.

"This issue concerns Armenians worldwide and not just those in
Armenia," Pakradounian told AFP.

"We are not talking about a simple economic accord between two
countries but a historic one that concerns each Armenian family,
whatever its nationality," he said.

Community members have drawn up a petition condemning the agreements
set to be signed later this month between Turkey and Armenia on
establishing diplomatic ties.

Stores in Borj Hammoud were to shut down on Tuesday afternoon in
protest, while a demonstration was also planned.

"We remember, we demand, we refuse," read placards put up throughout
the neighborhood, where Armenian patriotic music blared.

"These agreements will sound the death knell of our cause," store-owner
Marashlian said. "As descendants of those exiled, we are the main
victims of these agreements."

Keborg Abajian, 55, who runs a coffee shop, said he was ready to take
up arms to prevent the normalization of ties.

"I will shut down my shop to go fight so that our martyrs are not
forgotten," he said. "We want to recover our land. My ancestors owned
huge plots of land in Urfa," in southeast Turkey.

Some members of the younger generation, however, appeared to adopt
a more conciliatory tone, saying it was time to move on.

"The state of Armenia has made a decision and who am I to decide
what is best for its people?" said Haig Asmarian, 34, a jeweler. "My
grandfather still has the titles to his property but it’s time to
turn the page.

"And who knows, maybe this will benefit Armenia economically."

Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their kin were systematically
killed between 1915 and 1917 as the Ottoman Empire was falling apart.

Turkey rejects the genocide label and argues that 300,000-500,000
Armenians and at least as many Turks died in civil strife when
Armenians took up arms against their Ottoman rulers and sided with
invading Russian troops.(AFP)

NEW OPPOSITION UNION POSSIBLE: ALAVERDYAN

News.am
14:04 / 10/06/2009

Heritage faction MP Larisa Alaverdyan does not rule out the
possibility of a new opposition union formation representing state
interests. Moreover, it is welcomed and can become a new party model,
Alaverdyan told NEWS.am.

October 6, Heritage Party, ARFD and other parties will sign a
memorandum against Armenia-Turkey Protocols.

According to MP, there are certain problems in ANC (Armenian National
Congress) connected with the stance of the major opposition party, that
does not however differ from the policy carried out by Serzh Sargsyan.

RESIGNATION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY KHACHATUR SUKIASIAN CONSIDERED ACCEPTED

Noyan Tapan
Oct 5, 2009

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Member of the RA National Assembly
"Heritage" faction Raffi Hovannisian withdrew his resignation in
writing, National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian said on October 5 –
the first day of a regular four-day session of the National Assembly.

To recap, on September 30 R. Hovannisian had issued a statement, in
which he presented the reasons for withdrawing his resignation. In
particular, it was said in the statement: "Having humbly labored
so many years for the international reaffirmation of the Armenian
Genocide, recognition of the Karabagh Republic, and normalization
of relations with our neighbors without any precondition, I felt
betrayed by the actions of this administration in compromising
these fundamental principles and therefore decided to lay down my
parliamentary mandate in protest. Since that moment, however, I have
been urged by compatriots both in Armenia and in our broad Diaspora
to take up the challenge and use the limited forum that the National
Assembly offers to speak in the name of truth and justice no matter
what the odds".

Another NA member – independent deputy Khachatur Sukiasian did not
withdraw his resignation within the period established by the National
Assembly Rules of Procedure so his resignation is considered accepted
and he has laid down his responsibilities as a member of the National
Assembly.

Non-party man K. Sukiasian was elected member of the National Assembly
in 2007 by the majoritarian electoral system from electoral district
No 10 in Yerevan so there will be a by-election in this electoral
district within 80 days after his resignation.

To recap, on September 7 he issued a statement, which particularly
read: "What happened to me and my fellow deputies due to the principled
stand taken by the NA deputies and their inexplicable vote gives
me grounds to conclude that I no longer have any work to do at this
parliament and I cannot imagine myself in status of NA deputy so I
am laying down my mandate as deputy".

K. Sukiasian is accused in relation to the March 1-2, 2008 events
in Yerevan. On 4 March 2008 the RA National Assembly granted the
Prosecutor General’s petition to allow involving 4 deputies: Khachatur
Sukiasian, Myasnik Malkhasian, Sasun Mikaelian, and Hakob Hakobian as
accused persons and arresting them. Since then K. Sukiasian was wanted
by the police. On 2 September 2009, he gave himself up to the police,
after which he was arrested and then released on September 4.

Aysor.am
03.10.2009, 14:18

Turkey doesn’t want to destroy Armenia

The director of the puppet theatre Ruben Babayan and famous actor
Hrant Tokhatyan touched upon the subject of opening of Armenian `
Turkish boarder.

The speakers think that the opening of the boarder and the affirmation
of the relations is inescapable and we had to get ready for that long
before.

`We had to get ready for that since 1915. We shouldn’t leave
everything on the last night. The thing that the boarders should be
opened is undiscussable, that the lands will be returned. It was to be
sooner or later’, – thinks H. Tokhatyan.

According to R. Babayan the thing that happens now was to take place,
as in the 21st century is not possible to live with the normative of
the 20th century: `The problem is that we should now how better to get
prepared.’ The artist is sure that we should delete from our habits
the process of calling for an aid, and we should establish normal
relations with the neighbors.

`It is possible to get prepared on the way too. It is impossible to
learn swimming without entering to the water. The Armenian Nation will
never die; we have survived through worse situations. The problem is
in ourselves, if we start loving our culture, the foreigner will not
get its place’, – said R. Babayan.

R. Babayan also said if Turkey wanted to destroy Armenia `he would
return the lands to Armenia, together with 20 million Kurds, there
will be held democratic elections, a Kurd president would be elected
and that’s all.’

According to the speakers instead of looking for people to be blamed
we should prosper our country, the countrymen are in bad situation in
the regions, the road taking to Karabakh which was to be full of
tracks and the life was to be on there is empty¦

BAKU DEPRIVED OF ACCREDITATION THE REPORTER OF NTV TURKISH CHANNEL IN AZERBAIJAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.09.2009 20:14 GMT+04:00

The ministry of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan deprived of accreditation
NTV Turkish television journalist Ramin Abdullayev in Azerbaijan,
Elkhan Polukhov, head of foreign ministry press service said.

On September 25 Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry presented a note to
the Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan in connection with NTV journalist’s
recent visit to Nagorno-Karabakh. The journalist obtained accreditation
at the Nagorno-Karabakh’s ministry of foreign affairs, Trend News
reports.

In early September Turkish journalists visited NKR, where they met with
the NKR foreign minister Georgy Petrosyan. The journalists arrived
in Stepanakert from Yerevan. In the NKR Permanent Representation in
Armenia they obtained an enter visa to NKR.

Baku-based media recently spread the information that the Turkish
foreign ministry "condemns the visit of journalists to Karabakh".

MATCH BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN VETERAN LEAGUE

Aysor.am
September 30

Armenian Veteran Football League will meet October, 2, with those of
Georgian on Yerevan’s Mika stadium, in match initiated by Armenian
Football Veteran Union.

Our team will perform such masters as Alyosha Abrahamyan, Hovhannes
Zanazanyan, Arkady Andreasyan Edward Margarit, Sergey Poghosyan, Norayr
Mesropyan, Armen Sargsyan Suren Martirosyan, Khoren Hovhannisyan,
Babken Melikyan, Rafael Galstyan Sergei Ayrabamyan, as well as
players of an older generation Karen Dokhoyan, Tigran Yesayan Yervand
Krbashyan, Artashes Adamian, Varazdat Avetisyan, Vahan Zeynalyan,
Armen Martirosyan.

The team coach is Honored Coach of the Republic, Hovhannes Abrahamyan.

Georgian League will perform legends of the Soviet football team
Alexander Chivadze and Ramaz Shengelia.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT NUBARASHEN SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL DECREASES DRASTICALLY

Tert.am
28.09.09

Developments around Nubarashen special needs school continue after
a group of young activists, most notably Mariam Sukhutyan, voiced
their concerns about serious violations taking place at the school.

As it has already been widely reported in the media, the Armenian
language teacher sexually harrassed the children. As if that
wasn’t enough, young activists working at the school revealed a
number of other violations, too: particularly, poor food, the bad
sanitary-hygienic conditions, the approach of using physical forms
of punishment, and the fact that children who do not have special
needs study in a school for those with special needs.

"We received a letter from the Ministry of Education and Science
stating that they sent four [of the] children to other schools," said
Mariam Sukhutyan to Tert.am, referring to the recent developments in
the school.

Sukhutyan mentioned that the number of children leaving the school is
in fact greater; as it was told to them by the Head of Public Education
Supervision Department of the Ministry of Education and Science Nurijan
Manukyan, the number of children studying in the school has reduced
from 107 to 67. In one of the interviews, according to Sukhutyan,
the ministry and Nurijan Manukian both accepted that there had been
incidents of physical assault at Nubarashen school and that children
who do not have special needs study there. "They accepted the physical
assault and that healthy children study there, all that remains is
[that they accept the] sexual assault," said the activist, with some
sense of release.

As for the action brought against Sukhutyan, accusing her
of intentional false betrayal, well, that process is not quite
‘developing.’ Sukhutyan said no one is interrogating her and no one is
calling her to the police station, though the police are interrogating
people involved in the case.

Armenian President visits Yerevan TPP

2009-09-26 13:04:00

ArmInfo. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited Yerevan Thermal
Power Plant today.

The President inspected the construction of the plant’s new unit and
met with Director of Yerevan TPP CJSC Hovhakim Hovhannissyan and
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia Armen Movsissyan.

Presently, Yerevan TPP is undergoing modernization.

This project is financed by JBIC, which has lent 26.4bln yen
($240mln-250mln) for this purpose. The plant is to be restarted in Apr
2010.

The electric capacity of the new unit will total 242MW. When restarted
the plant is supposed to generate 15% of total energy in Armenia.
Yerevan TPP consists of 7 units with a total capacity of 550MW and
thermal capacity of 420 Gcal/h. Presently, the plant is operating at a
capacity of 50MW and 18-25 Gcal.

Los Angeles Times

September 27, 2009

CHESS

Player of the year? Levon Aronian

The winner of the recent FIDE-organized Grand Prix has a California
connection.

By Jack Peters International Master

September 27, 2009

Position No. 6074: Black to play and win. From the game Ilia
Smirin-Alberto David, Greece 2009.

Solution to Position No. 6073: White pins and wins by 1 Bc3! Qg1+ 2
Ka2 Qg5 3 Rxe5 Rxe5 4 Qd5 Kf6 5 Qd6+. Black cannot escape the pin by 1
. . . Kh6 2 Qf8+, or 1 . . . Kg8 2 Qd5+, or 1 . . . Kh7 2 Qf8 Qh4 3
Be1! Qf6 4 Rh3+. Note that 1 Rxe5? Rxe5 2 Bc3 fails, as 2 . . . Kh6 3
Qf8+ Kg5 is fine for Black.

Today’s column features a game by Levon Aronian of Armenia, the most
successful grandmaster of the year. Aronian recently won the Grand
Prix organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Grand Slam
Masters run by the rival Grand Slam Assn.

Aronian has a California connection: The trainer who helped him win
the World Under-12 Championship in 1994 was Melikset Khachiyan, now a
grandmaster and chess instructor in Glendale. Aronian, nearing his
prime at age 26, is third in world rankings.

The game is typical of Aronian’s style. He is not an openings
specialist, but he knows how to steer for a complicated middlegame
where he can pose a series of difficult problems for his opponent,
much as world champion Emanuel Lasker did a century ago. He also
displays Lasker’s legendary poise.

World Cup

FIDE has announced 124 of the 128 participants in the World Cup, which
begins Nov. 20 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Most earned selection from
outstanding performances in continental championships or by having a
rating over 2700.

Four more will be selected by the local organizing committee. The
tournament will boast a powerful field composed almost entirely of
grandmasters, but the world’s top six players declined to play.

The United States, often neglected by FIDE, will send a 10-player
contingent, second only to Russia’s 23 players.

Chess superpowers China (10 players) and Ukraine (nine players) will
be pro
piads, will supply only two players.

Southern California star Varuzhan Akobian and 14-year-old prodigy Ray
Robson of Florida will provide excitement for U.S. fans. However,
U.S. champion Hikaru Nakamura (New York) will not play.

The tournament will award $1.28 million in prize money. The winner
will receive $96,000 and continue in the cycle to pick the 2011 world
champion.

Local news

The Exposition Park Chess Club will host a free three-round tournament
at 1 p.m. Sunday in the public library, 3900 S. Western Ave. in Los
Angeles. See chess.expoparkla.com for more about the club.

Today’s games

GM Levon Aronian (Armenia)-GM Alexey Shirov (Spain), Bilbao 2009: 1 c4
e5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 0-0 This variation of the
English Opening resembles the Sicilian Dragon, with colors
reversed. Nb6 7 b3 Harmless. Bd6 8 Bb2 0-0 9 d3 Bg4 10 h3 Bh5 11 Nbd2
Qe7 Or 11 . . . f5. 12 Ne4 f5 13 Nxd6 cxd6 14 b4!? Black would have a
promising position after 14 Rc1 f4, so Aronian tries to regain the
initiative. Nxb4 Not forced, but 14 . . . Kh8 15 b5 Nd8 16 a4 suits
White. 15 Qb3+ N4d5 16 Nxe5 Sufficient to equalize. The speculative 16
e4!? fxe4 17 dxe4 Bxf3 18 Bxf3 Qf7! 19 Bg4! Nc7 20 f4 secures
significant compensation for the pawn. dxe5 17 Bxd5+ Nxd5 18 Qxd5+ Kh8
19 Rfe1 A fighter’s choice, passing up a certain draw by 19 Qxe5 Qxe5
20 Bxe5 Bxe2 21 Rfc1 Rac8 22 d4 Bf3. Rae8 20 Rac1 f4! White’s misses
his fianchettoed Bishop. 21 g4 Bf7 22 Qe4 Inviting 22 . . . Bxa2 23
Ra1. Bg6 23 Qg2 Prudent. After 23 Qa4?! Qh4, White cannot stand 24
Kg2? f3+! 25
exf3 Rxf3. He would have to retreat the Queen by 24 Qxa7 Qxh3 25 f3
and Qa7-f2. Qf7 24 Rc5 Qxa2 Strongest appears 24 . . . e4 25 dxe4 Bxe4
26 f3 b6 27 Rg5 Bg6, followed by . . . h7-h6. The pawns at a2 and e2
are vulnerable. 25 Rb5?! This succeeds because Black misses the
devastating answer 25 . . . e4 26 Rxb7 Rf7! 27 Rxf7 Bxf7. Objectively,
White should have settled for equality by 25 Bxe5 b6 26 Qb7! Bf7 (or
26 . . . Rf7 27 Qd5) 27 Rc4! Rxe5 28 Qxf7 Ree8 29 Qd7. b6? 26 Ra1 Qf7
27 Rxe5 Now White has the more effective Bishop and Black must
struggle to maintain equality. Qb3 28 Rxe8 Rxe8 29 Bd4 Qb4! Not 29
. . . Rxe2? 30 Rxa7 Bf7? 31 Qb7, as White breaks through on the
seventh or eighth rank. 30 Qd5 Qe7 31 Rc1 h6 Avoiding 31 . . . Qxe2??
32 Rc7 Re7 33 Qb7. 32 Qf3 Qd6 If 32 . . . Qxe2 33 Qxf4, White
threatens both 34 Qxh6+ and 34 Rc7. 33 Bb2 Kh7 34 Rc4 b5? Best is 34
. . . Qe7 35 Rc2 Qb4!, intending to repeat moves by 36 . . . Qb3 37
Rd2 Qb4. 35 Rc6 Qb4?!
Maybe Black can survive 35 . . . Qd7 36 Rc5 Qe7 37 Rxb5 Qxe2. The
immediate 35 . . . Qe7?! loses to 36 Qxf4 Qxe2? 37 Bxg7. 36 Bc3 Qe7 37
Qxf4 Winning. Rf8 38 Qe3 As 38 . . . Qxe3 39 fxe3 Rf7 40 Ra6 stymies
Black’s pawns while freeing White’s to advance. Qf7 39 Be5 Re8 After
39 . . . Qd5 40 Rd6 Qb7, a typical finish would be 41 f4 b4 42 f5 Be8
43 Re6! b3 44 Bb2 (threatening 45 Re7) Bf7 45 Bxg7!, leading to
checkmate. 40 f4 Qd7 Hoping for 41 Rc7?? Qxc7. 41 Qc5 Qe7 42 Rc7 Qxc5+
43 Rxc5, Black Resigns. Black has no useful move after 43 . . . a6 44
Rc7 Rg8 45 f5 Be8 46 Bc3.

GM Loek Van Wely (Netherlands)-GM Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands),
Amsterdam 2009: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Be2 e5
7 0-0 Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 b4 The Bayonet Attack against the King’s Indian
Defense. Van Wely is the world’s leading authority on this
variation. Nh5 10 g3 Also fashionable is 10 Re1 Nf4 11 Bf1. f5 11 Ng5
Nf6 12 f3 f4 Sharpest, although 12 . . . c6 and 12 . . . a5 have
adherents. 13 b5 Van Wely’s latest favorite, supplanting 13 Kg2 c6 14
Qb3 h6 15 Ne6 Bxe6 16 dxe6 Qc8 17 Rd1 Rd8 18 c5 d5. Not 13 gxf4?! exf4
14 Bxf4? because 14 . . . Nfxd5! 15 Nxd5 Bxa1 gains material. fxg3 14
hxg3 h6 15 Ne6 Bxe6 16 dxe6 Qc8 17 Nd5 Qxe6 Black cannot let this pawn
live! 18 Nxc7 Qh3 19 Rf2!? Enterprising. Instead, 19 Nxa8 Qxg3+ 20 Kh1
Qh3+ draws, a satisfactory result for Black. Nxe4! 20 fxe4 Van Wely
once lost to Degraeve with 20 Rh2 Qd7 21 Nxa8 Nxg3 22 Bxh6 Bxh6 23
Rxh6 Kg7 24 Rh2 Nef5! 25 Kf2 Rxa8, which gives Black fair
compensation. Rxf2 21
Kxf2 Rf8+ 22 Ke3 The pinned Bishop is doomed after 22 Bf3? g5. Qxg3+
23 Kd2 Rf2 24 Ne8 Following Van Wely’s 2008 win against Radjabov, a
King’s Indian specialist. White nullified Black’s threats by 24
. . . h5? 25 Nxg7 Kxg7 26 Qb3 Qg2 27 Qe3 Ng8 28 c5! dxc5 29 Bb2 Qh2 30
Re1 Nf6 31 Kd1. Qf3! A significant improvement. It’s dangerous to try
to repeat one’s successes! 25 Nxd6 Best, as it protects e4. After 25
Nxg7? Kxg7, White must return material by 26 Ke1 Rxe2+ 27 Qxe2 Qc3+,
as 26 Bb2? Qxe4 leaves him helpless against the invasion of the Knight
at f5. Bf6 26 c5?? Losing beautifully. Only 26 Qe1 Rh2 27 Kd1 Qg2
(threatening 28 . . . Rh1) 28 Kc2 resists. White would like 28
. . . Qxe2+ 29 Qxe2 Rxe2+ 30 Kd3, but Black can draw by 28 . . . Qf3
29 Kd1 Qg2 or keep attacking with 28 . . . Nc8!? 29 Nxc8 Qxe4+ 30 Kb3
Rxe2. The outcome remains unclear after 31 Qc3 Rf2 32 Nd6 Qe2 33 Be3
e4 34 Bd4 Rf3 35 Bxf6. Nd5!! Preventing 27 Qb3+ and setting up 27
. . . Qc3
mate. 27 exd5 White loses his Queen by 27 Ke1 Rxe2+ 28 Qxe2 Bh4+ 29
Kd2 Bg5+ 30 Ke1 Qh1+ 31 Qf1 Bh4+ 32 Ke2 Nc3+. Even worse is 27 Bb2
Bg5+ 28 Kc2 (or 28 Ke1 Qh1+! 29 Kxf2 Bh4 mate) Rxe2+ 29 Kb1 Re1! 30
Qxe1 Qd3 mate. e4 28 Ke1 Qg2?? Spoiling his brilliancy. He should
finish splendidly by 28 . . . Bc3+ 29 Bd2 Qg3 30 Bxc3 e3 31 Qd3 Rf1+!
32 Kxf1 Qf2 mate. 29 Kd2 Bxa1 30 c6?? There is still hope after 30 Nc4
Bf6 31 Ne3 or 30 Nc4 Qf3 31 Nb2! e3+ 32 Kd3 Qxd5+ 33 Kc2. Qf3!
Another mate threat at c3. 31 Nxe4 Qxe4 32 c7 Qf4+ 33 Ke1 Bc3+ Good
enough, but 33 . . . Qg3! 34 c8Q+ Rf8+ is quickest. 34 Bd2 Qg3! 35
Bxc3 Rf3+ 36 Kd2 Rxc3 37 d6 Qe3+ 38 Ke1 Rc1 39 Qxc1 Setting Black more
problems than 39 c8Q+ Rxc8 40 Qb3+ Qxb3 41 axb3 Rd8 or 39 d7 Rxd1+ 40
Kxd1 Qd4+ 41 Ke1 Qxd7. Qxc1+ 40 Kf2 Qc5+ 41 Kf3 Kf7 42 Bf1 Dreaming of
his Bishop at h3. Qf5+! 43 Kg3 Qe6 44 Kf2 h5 45 a4 Kf6 46 Bg2 Now the
careless 46 . . . Ke5?? 47 Bxb7 lets White draw. Qc8 47 Kg3 g5!, White
Resigns.

Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times

Tert.am
18:12 ¢ 25.09.09

Signing Protocols after Pre-Signing Them Is Mere Formality: Miatsum
Member Sefilian

National Initiative Miatsum members gathered near Myasnikian’s
monument before heading for the embassies of OSCE Minsk Group co-chair
countries and handing over their statement addressed to the presidents
of those countries.

The statement, which they submitted, read:

`On behalf of the Armenian people living in Armenia and Diaspora,
Miatsum National Initiative, proceeding by the unrelenting will to
recover long-lasting peace, stability and rule of international law in
the region, states that US President Barack Obama, Russian Federation
President Dmitry Medvedev and France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, who
officially accepted the Madrind Principles’ Armenian-Turkish fake
`reconciliation,’ are initiating a mutually agreed policy to provoke
the next genocide of the Armenian nation and to ruin the Armenian
statehood. Miatsum National Initiative calls for vigilance and
firmness on the part of the US, Russian and French presidents to
refrain from attempts to provoke a new genocide of Armenians, to
resign from guilty assaults that result in doubtful benefits of a
current geopolitical nature, to undertake steps to establish real
peace in the region and to comprehensively re-establish the rights of
the Republic of Armenia violated by the genocide.’

`The Protocols are already signed. The re-signing of them is a mere
formality. The main risk will be when the parliaments ratify the
Protocols. I am sure that our history will neither start nor end with
October 13. This process will not end quickly. Therefore, one
shouldn’t get disappointed. Today we fight in the field of advocacy,
we voice our thoughts publicly, but I am sure that the moment will
come when we’ll be able to raise our entire nation and prevent the
anti-Armenian process, which, in essence is the result of our inner
state of affairs,’ Jirair Sefilian stated.

Miatsum member, film director Tigran Khzmalian, in speaking with
journalists, said that it pains him that Serzh Sargsyan is subject to
so much outside oppression.

`In our opinion, the Armenian president must be liable only for his
people’s oppression,’ Khzmalian said.

Tert.am