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Azerbaijani press: Azerbaijan to ban use of maps with corrupted toponyms

Rose Khoyetsian
14 February 2022 13:52 (UTC+04:00)
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By Sabina Mammadli

The Azerbaijani Digital Development and Transport Ministry has developed an action plan to prevent the use of geographical maps with distorted toponyms, Trend has reported.

Deputy Minister Rovshan Rustamov made the remarks during the presentation of the Azerbaijani Social Research Center's report on disinformation and hybrid threats to Azerbaijan.

Rustamov mentioned that Azerbaijan is keeping a close eye on Armenia's distortion of Azerbaijani toponyms on maps online.

"As a result of the Azerbaijani ministry's appeals to Google and other companies, thousands of historical Azerbaijani toponyms have been restored," Rustamov said.

He insisted that the public would be informed as soon as possible.

Earlier, Azerbaijani NGO leaders asked UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to send an expert group to Armenia to assess the current state of Azerbaijan's centuries-old cultural and historical heritage.

NGOs said that by pursuing a policy of both ethnic and cultural genocide, Armenia has purposefully erased all traces of Azerbaijanis, the historical and ancient residents of these territories, plundered, destroyed, embezzled and distorted the Azerbaijani people's cultural legacy. At the same time, ancient place names in these areas were changed with Armenian ones.

“We provided a number of precise facts in our earlier appeals to UNESCO. For example, along with other facts, we have emphasized that the Blue Mosque, the Gala Mosque, the Shah Abbas Mosque, the Tapabashi Mosque, the Zal Khan Mosque, the Sartib Khan Mosque, the Haji Novruzali Bay Mosque, the Damirbulagh Mosque, the Haji Jafar Bay Mosque, the Rajab Pasha Mosque, the Mohammad Sartib Khan Mosque, the Haji Inam Mosque and more than 300 other mosques located in Armenia were deliberately destroyed, appropriated or used for other purposes in the early 20th century. Only the Damirbulagh Mosque functioned as intended until 1988, but it has now been completely demolished and replaced by a high-rise building,” the statement added.

It noted that over 500 Azerbaijani cemeteries in Armenia, such as Aghadada, Ashaghi Shorja, Gullubulagh and Saral have been destroyed. The tomb of great Azerbaijani poet Ashig Alasgar, whose tombstone was erected in his native village in ancient Goycha district, was also destroyed.

Max. protection, lighter, cheaper: Armenian military veterans develop modern ballistic vest with nano particles

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 10:15, 14 February, 2022

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. Winners of the 100 Ideas for Armenia project are developing a new type of ballistic vest which would offer maximum safety as well as comfort and endurance.

The project is under development by military veterans Davit Davtyan, Raman Mnatsakanyan and Artur Aghoyan, whose active-duty service in the armed forces gave them first-hand experience of bulletproof vests.

Davtyan says the heavy and inconvenient ballistic vests they used while serving during the 2020 war made them launch this project. Davtyan says their idea is to create composite bulletproof vests made of ultrafine nano-particles.

“When speaking about armored vests we must remember three important points: it must meet the requirements in terms of application, it must be light and made from waterproof high endurance materials. The materials we are planning to use and the composite that we will make implies first of all endurance. The armored vests in the market so far can be used for 5 years or a little more. We offer 10 or more years. In terms of weight, the vests used in the military now are up to 5kg in case of full protection, while our offered variant will weigh 2kg. As for the price, our vest will be graded international Level 4 and will have a price of up to 400 dollars instead of a few thousand,” Davtyan said.

Davtyan says the use of ultrafine particles will enable them to enter the international market because it will give maximum result compared to the existing alternatives.

Meanwhile, Artur Aghoyan said it is important to create a science-industry-university cooperation chain, something that is widely used around the world.

After completing some of the scientific work, the team already received positive reactions from international partners.

Reporting by Gayane Gaboyan

CivilNet: Kocharyan gives his support for Armenia to join Russian-led “union state”

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17 Feb, 2022 10:02

  • Former President Robert Kocharyan makes the claim during a press conference that Armenia is moving from the Russian to Turkish sphere of influence.
  • Kocharyan furthermore gives his support for Armenia to join a Russian-led supranational union state.
  • Specialists will begin conducting feasibility studies on restoring one of Armenia’s two shuttered rail connections with Azerbaijan.

Garbis Bezdjian Sponsors 100 Student Tuitions In Lebanon Through Western Prelacy

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Western Prelate Bishop Torkom Donoyan with benefactor Garbis Bezdjian

Prelacy Executive Council member Garbis Bezdjian announced on February 5 that he will sponsor the tuition of 100 students on Lebanon for the 2022-2023 academic year.

This latest announcement is in response to Catholicos Aram I proclaiming 2022 as the “Year of the Diaspora,” for which Western Prelate Bishop Torkom Donoyan has worked tirelessly to lend a helping hand to the needy Armenians of the Diaspora, especially in Lebanon.

Prelate Donoyan, along with the Prelacy’s Religious and Executive councils expressed their commitment to assist Armenians in Lebanon who are facing extreme difficulties.

The Prelacy expressed its appreciation to all benefactors, sponsors and those who are aiding in this goal.

Neither Armenia Nor Azerbaijan Appears Interested In Investigating War Crimes By Its Own Soldiers – OpEd

Rose Khoyetsian
Feb 9 2022
 February 9, 2022  

By Paul Goble

One of the most hopeful developments in the wake of the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020 was Baku’s announcement that it had launched an investigation of four of its soldiers who are suspected of committing war crimes against Armenian combatants (genprosecutor.gov.az/az/post/3271).

A first for Azerbaijan, this announcement raised hopes in many quarters that the two sides in this long-running conflict might be able to overcome some of the bitterness between them, that Baku was committing itself to international standards in this area, and even that the Azerbaijani authorities might be ready to adopt a more humane approach to domestic opponents.

But now, 12 months later, nothing more has been heard about this case despite numerous national and international efforts to find out where it stands. Armenia has not launched any investigations of its soldiers for equivalent crimes against Azerbaijanis, as Baku invariably points out. And as a result, the hopes of a year ago appear to have been dashed.

Human rights groups and the Council of Europe have pressed Baku for information on the investigation it reported launching a year ago but so far without success (russian.eurasianet.org/спустя-год-после-арестов-за-военные-преступления-азербайджан-хранит-молчание, phronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NK_final_report_2021.pdf, hrw.org/news/2021/03/19/azerbaijan-armenian-pows-abused-custody and coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/humanitarian-and-human-rights-protection-needed-following-the-2020-outbreak-of-hostilities-between-armenia-and-azerbaijan-over-nagorno-karabakh%5C).

Armenia has joined in the international criticism of Baku’s failure to act, but Baku has responded by pointing out that it has at least raised the issue while Armenia seems committed to stonewalling all attempts to bring its own soldiers to justice for such crimes (rm.coe.int/commdhgovrep-2021-13-comments-by-azerbaijan-on-memorandum-of-coe-hr-co/1680a46e1d).

Paul Goble is a longtime specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia. Most recently, he was director of research and publications at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy. Earlier, he served as vice dean for the social sciences and humanities at Audentes University in Tallinn and a senior research associate at the EuroCollege of the University of Tartu in Estonia. He has served in various capacities in the U.S. State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the International Broadcasting Bureau as well as at the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mr. Goble maintains the Window on Eurasia blog and can be contacted directly at  .

https://www.eurasiareview.com/09022022-neither-armenia-nor-azerbaijan-appears-interested-in-investigating-war-crimes-by-its-own-soldiers-oped/

Nikol Pashinyan’s participation in Antalya diplomatic forum not being discussed – FM Mirzoyan reaffirms

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 18:17, 9 February, 2022

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 9, ARMENPRESS. The issue of participation of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in the Antalya Diplomatic Forum has not been and is not discussed, ARMENPRESS reports Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said during the parliament-Cabinet Q&A session,  answering the question of MP Taguhi Ghazaryan from “Civil Contract” Party.

The Minister noted that the issue of Pashinyan's participation was actively discussed.

"I want to assure you once again that the issue of the Prime Minister's participation in the Antalya event has not been discussed, is not being discussed. I can assume that this is a result of a certain wrong translation," Mirzoyan said.

According to him, the word "he" in the part of the translation in which it was mentioned that he will participate, can refer to the country.

According to Mirzoyan, an invitation has been sent on behalf of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ruben Rubinyan, and there is still no final decision. “The decision will largely depend on the results of February 24 Vienna meeting”, he said.

The Minister also referred to the expected second meeting of the Armenian and Turkish Special Representatives for the normalization of relations in Vienna. "It could be supposed that the first meeting would be of a cognitive nature. I hope that this time substantive discussions will begin between the two special representatives, discussions aimed at opening the Armenia-Turkey border and establishing diplomatic relations," Mirzoyan said.

According to him, the signals, messages and hints coming from official Ankara are mostly in a positive context, and our expectations are the same.

Ambassador of Belarus visited the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Spokesman confirms

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Public Radio of Armenia
Feb 8 2022

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Armenia Alexander Konyuk visited the Armenian Foreign Ministry today, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vahan Hunanyan confirmed to Armenipress.

The Spokesperson refrained from providing further details.

The visit comes in the wake of statements of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on the possibility of Armenia joining the Union State of Russia and Belarus.

“Armenia has nowhere to escape. Do you need anyone needs them? They have already seen it, Nikol Vovayevich has already seen it,” Lukashenko said.

Vahan Hunanyan earlier said “Alexander Lukashenko’s “unique geopolitical analysis aims to serve domestic political agenda.”

ABMDR’s Landmark Research Findings on How COVID-19 Affects Armenians Published in Leading Medical Journal

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 February 4, 2022

 

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LOS ANGELES—An article containing the findings of a major COVID-19 research conducted by the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry has been published in “Frontiers in Immunology,” one of the world’s leading medical journals.

The results of the landmark research, which was conducted by ABMDR in collaboration with various Armenian scientists, pertain to the specific manners in which the COVID-19 virus affects ethnic Armenians. The article was published in the February 3 issue of “Frontiers in Immunology”

A preeminent journal in its field, “Frontiers in Immunology” publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research across basic, translational, and clinical immunology. “Frontiers in Immunology” is the official Journal of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).

Commenting on the publication of the ABMDR article, Dr. Frieda Jordan, president of the organization, stated, “I think this is a historic milestone, as the results of a critically-important and timely research conducted by a team of Armenian scientists is being shared with the global medical community, contributing to a better understanding of a devastating pandemic.”

The ABMDR article, published in the “Viral Immunology” section of “Frontiers in Immunology,” was co-authored by Dr. Anahit Hovhannisyan, Dr. Vergine Madelian, Dr. Sevak Avagyan, Dr. Mihran Nazaretyan, Armine Hyussyan, Alina Sirunyan, Rubina Arakelyan, Zorayr Manukyan, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Karine R Mayilyan, and Dr. Frieda Jordan.

ABMDR’s COVID-19 research was supported in part by Dr. Carolann and George Najarian and the Armenian Medical Society of California.

Established in 1999, ABMDR, a nonprofit organization, helps Armenians and non-Armenians worldwide survive life-threatening blood-related illnesses by recruiting and matching donors to those requiring bone marrow stem cell transplants. To date, the registry has recruited over 32,000 donors in 44 countries across four continents, identified over 9,000 patients, and facilitated 38 bone marrow transplants. For more information, call (323) 663-3609 or visit the website.

Smoking ban to take effect March 15

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 12:36, 4 February, 2022

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. Starting March 15, smoking and the use of all other tobacco products, including substitutes, will be banned in all public food facilities in Armenia.

The smoking ban will be enforced in both indoor and outdoor restaurants, cafes, bars and other similar venues, the Ministry of Healthcare said.

Nikol Pashinyan, Emmanuel Macron, Charles Michel and Ilham Aliyev hold remote meeting

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 20:37, 4 February, 2022

YEREVAN, 4 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. On February 4, a remote meeting between the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took place with the mediation of the President of France, a Minsk Group Co-Chair country, Emmanuel Macron and the President of the European Council Charles Michel, ARMENPRESS was infomred from the Office of the Prime Minister.

The parties exchanged views on the solution of the existing humanitarian problems, the unblocking of regional infrastructures under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the two countries, the reduction of tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the demarcation, access of international organizations to Nagorno Karabakh, as well as a wide range of issues.

Prime Minister Pashinyan stressed the need for a lasting settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the signing of a peace treaty under the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairmanship.