Author: Tadevosian Garnik

REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMENIANS WORLDWIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.10.2009 21:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Armenian nation is not restricted by RA citizens;
we have Armenians in Nagprno Karabakh and Javahk, as well as the
entire Diaspora community. Together, they form the Armenian world,"
Premier Tigran Sargsyan told a Parliament session, answering the
question of ARFD faction secretary Artyusha Shahbazyan.

Premier disagreed to Dahnkaktrutyun’s thesis on Diaspora being
negatively disposed to RA-Turkish Protocols. At that he noted that
only a small group of politicized Diaspora representatives were
against current process with Turkey, as shown by recent studies.

"That’s natural since Armenian world is not a monolithic structure,"
he stressed.

With regard to RA Government’s responsibility, Mr. Saragsyan said
that Armenian and NKR governments were constitutionally bound to bear
responsibility for their citizens. "At this point, it is necessary to
keep in mind that both Armenia and NKR form part of entire Armenian
world. And as Armenia’s Prime Minister, I too bear responsibility
for Armenians worldwide," Tigran Sargsyan stressed.

EU PARTNERSHIP IMPORTANT TO ARMENIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.10.2009 12:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ EU partnership is important to Armenia, RA Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian stated at "Easter Partnership: A new stage
in eurointegration process?" forum opening.

"Since 2007, Armenia has been implementing European neighborhood policy
action program, symbolizing Armenia-EU collaboration," RA FM stated.

According to Edward Nalbandian, Eastern Partnership initiative
launched in May 2009 in Prague, laid a new foundation for Yerevan-EU
collaboration. "EU has a potential for establishment of peace, security
and stability in South Caucasus. Unfortunately, the intention is not
shared by all regional states. Azerbaijan has shown non constructive
approach even at the primary stage of Eastern Partnership program
preparation," RA FM noted.

RA government has enough political will to implement Armenia-EU
European collaboration policy action program, Edward Nalbandian
emphasized.

EXTENDED FRONT OF COMBAT AGAINST RODENTS

NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
October 20, 2009

For prevention of the dangerous state because of unprecedented spread
of rodents’ epidemic in the fields of the Republic and increase
of the crop capacity of the fields a republican headquarters on
operative measures conduction was created with the Prime Minister
Ara Haroutyunyan at the head. Today, the headquarters has conducted
the first sitting in the NKR Government, to specify the forthcoming
deeds to be carried out.

The Prime Minister informed, that taking into consideration the results
of the formerly conducted studies and the specialists’ proposals, it
was decided to execute the rodents’ combat by previously used means,
which is ploughing of uncultivated lands and scattering of toxic
chemicals. The Prime Minister announced about necessity of conducting
complex measures. First of all farming of areas nearby villages, and
executing cold tillage was foreseen. Owners of rented plough-lands will
be exempted from the rent. A task was set that all uncultivated lands
must be tilled and oat must be sown in the lands staying out of autumn
sowing. With this aim land owners will be granted state assistance.

The Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan notified that those property
owners who hadn’t conducted necessary measures will be punished. The
fight will be in the focus of attention and under everyday strict
control. Everything must be done in time and with responsibility,
or the agricultural disaster will become inevitable.

It is anticipated to continue preventive combat measures up to the
end of the forthcoming spring.

"SHINSERTIFICATE" OBTAINED INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 9001-2008 CERTIFICATE

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.10.2009 14:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On October 27 Shinsertificate was officially awarded
international standard ISO 9001-2008 certificate. "Certification work
lasted two years, during which we passed all the relevant procedures,
and today we have reached our goal," company’s director Alexander
Vardanyan told PanARMENIAN.Net. Shinsertificate, established in 1998,
offers construction services, including technical supervision services,
laboratory testing and certification of construction materials,
as well as certification of welders.

According to him, authoritative German Group TUV NORD CERT acts as a
certification agency. ATMS Solutions has provided consulting assistance
to the Armenian company.

Among the clients of "Shinsertificate" are such companies as "Erashen",
HSBC Bank Armenia.

ARMENIA TO BECOME MORE SELF-CONFIDENT: GEORGIAN EXPERT

news.am
Oct 26 2009
Armenia

Armenian-Turkish relations progress in the frames agreed upon by
the sides, Georgian political analyst Hamlet Chipashvili told in the
interview with Georgian Akhali Taoba daily.

According to him, Turkey wishes to open Armenian-Turkish border to
develop south provinces that are currently underdeveloped.

"Shortly the border will open, the ties will restore, which is fatal
for Georgia as its transit charges will reduce by 30-35%. Besides
the activeness in tourism sector will also decline. The majority of
tourists in Adjara are Armenians and will further go to Turkey for
an affordable rest," the expert underlined.

Chipashvili did not rule out that Turkey might pressurize Azerbaijan
to unblock the communication between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which
entails oil and gas supply from Azerbaijan to Turkey through Armenia.

"It might not happen that soon, but once it does, it will cause severe
economic loss to Georgia," he stated. According to Chipashvili, Armenia
will become more self-confident with the Armenian-Turkish relations’
normalization, that will bring peace to neither incumbent nor future
Georgian leadership."

TEN ARMENIAN COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SECOND REGIONAL GEORGIA IT INNOVATION CONFERENCE

NOYAN TAPAN
October 26, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. 10 information technology companies
of Armenia will take part in the Second Regional Georgia IT Innovation
Conference to be held in Tbilisi on October 29-30. The Armenian
participant companies are E-dram, CHS Verisel Service, Strategic
Partners, E-works, Spyur, Lime Tech, Margasoft Corp, IDS Design and
Technologies, Grant Thornton Amyot, and Macademian AR.

The participation of Armenian companies in the event has been
organized and coordinated by the Union of IT Enterprises (UITE)
with the assistance of the USAID CAPS Project.

The purpose of the conference is to establish and encourage cooperation
of the state and private sectors, associations, and companies engaged
in the information and communication technology (ICT) sphere of Central
and Eastern European, Caucasian, Middle East countries and the Baltic
states, and to promote their competitiveness and use of innovations.

According to the press service of UITE, the organizers of the
conference are the Georgia ICT Business Council and the State
Commission of e-Governance Development of Georgia.

CONNECTING ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WITH KARABAKH SETTLEMENT IS VERY WRONG, SAYS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY

Tert
Oct 26 2009
Armenia

"It’s very wrong to connect Armenian-Turkish relations together with
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ambassador of the Russian
Federation to Turkey Vladimir Ivanovskiy stated in his interview to
Russian paper Radikal, reports Turkish news source ANS Press.

"Russia truly supports the settlement of Armenian-Turkish relations,"
the ambassador stated.

"After last year’s well-known events in Georgia, when I visited
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, I noticed it’s a very suitable period
to establish relations between the two countries," Ivanovskiy said,
stating at the same time, that Russia, as well as Turkey, seeks the
establishment of stability in the Caucasus region.

According to the ambassador, Russia’s relations with both Armenia
and Azerbaijan are very deep and strong.

Touching upon the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, the ambassador stated
the resolution of this issue is very important for and necessary to
Turkey: "The establishment of stability in the Caucasus is also in
our interests, since it will have a positive impact on Kazakhstan
and Chechnya issues."

At the same time, Iavanovskiy emphasized that connecting the settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and establishment of Armenian-Turkish
relations is very wrong.

Aysor, Armenia
Oct 24 2009

Levon Aronyan wins and brings victory for Armenian team

In round two of the 17th Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad, Serbia,
Armenian men’s team won 2.5:1.5 over Romania’s team.

Vladimir Hakobyan, Gabriel Sarkisyan, and Arman Pashikyan played in
draw with Diter Livyu Nisipeanu, Vladimir Nevednichiy, and Gergeli
Shabo. Armenian Levon Aronyan won over Andrey Istatesku and took an
additional point for Armenian national team.

Thus, after the second round 8 teams lead the tournament table. Most
points were taken by Hungary’s team: they earned 4 points as well as
Spanish, Serbian, German, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Israeli, and Georgian
teams. Holland, Russia, Poland, and Italy have 3 points each.

In addition, in round three the Armenian team will play against the
Serbian first team.

Armenia- Romania 2.5-1.5

Levon Aronyan- Andrey Istatesku 1:0

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7.
Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 d6 13. b4
Bd4 14. e3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bh3 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7
19. e4 c6 20. Rfd1 Rbd8 21. d4 Nb6 22. c5 exd4 23. cxb6 dxc3 24. bxa7
Ra8 25. Rxc3 Rxa7 26. Rxd6 Rxe4 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Rxb4 29. Rf3 Rxa2
30. Rfxf7 Rg4 31. Rxb7 Rg6 32. Kh3 h5 33. f4 Rf2 34. Rbc7 Rd2 35. f5
Rg4 36. Rxc6 Rf2 37. Rg6 Kh8 38. Rfxg7 Rxg6 39. Rxg6 Rxf5 40. Kh4 1:0.

Diter Livyu Nisipeanu – Vladimir Hakobyan 0.5:0,5

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Be7 13.
Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. h4 Rad8 18. Bd3
Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Kb1 Rd7 21. Rdf1 Rd4 22. g4 Rf4 23. g5 Rxf1+ 24.
Rxf1 hxg5 25. Qh5 g6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+
Kh8 1/2:1/2.

Gabriel Sarkisyan- Vladimir Nevednichiy 0.5:0.5

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 b4 7. Nce2 Nf6
8. Ng3 h5 9. Bd3 a5 10. Nf3 h4 11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. a3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Na6 17. O-O O-O 18. c3 bxc3 19.
Nxc3 Nc5 20. Qc4 Ne6 21. Rfd1 Qb8 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qe4 Ng7 24. Nd5 Nf5
25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Kg7 28. Nxf6 exf6 29. Bd2 Rc4 30.
Ra8 Qb5 31. Rd8 Qa4 32. Kh2 Rc7 33. d5 Re7 34. Qf4 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7
36. Qc4 Ne7 37. Qxh4 Nxd5 38. Qc4 Nb6 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Qe3 Qd6+ 41. Qf4
Qc6 42. Qd4 Nd7 43. Bf4 Qb5 44. Bg3 g5 45. f4 Kg6 46. Qd6 Kf5 47. Qc7
Kg6 48. Qa5 Qc4 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. b5 f5 51. Qa6+ Kf7 52. Qc6 Qd3 53.
Qf3 Qxb5 54. Qh5+ Ke6 55. Qxg5 Nf6 56. Qg7 Qb2 57. Qc7 Qb5 58. Qd6+
Kf7 59. Be5 Ne4 60. Qc7+ Ke6 61. Bf4 Qd5 62. Qb8 Qd7 63. Qh8 Nf6 64.
Qf8 Qc6 65. Qh6 Kf7 66. Bg5 Qd6+ 67. Bf4 Qe6 68. Qg5 Qd5 69. Bg3 Qe6
70. Qc1 Nd5 71. Qc5 Qe4 72. Qa7+ Kg6 73. Qa6+ Kf7 74. Qb7+ Kg6 75.
Qc6+ Kf7 76. Qd7+ Kg6 77. Qd6+ Kf7 78. Be5 Ne7 79. Qf6+ Ke8 80. Bg3
Nc6 81. Qg6+ Ke7 82. Qg7+ Ke6 83. Qh6+ Kf7 84. Qh7+ Ke6 85. Qc7 Ne7
86. Qd6+ Kf7 87. Be5 Qc6 88. Qd1 Qe4 89. Qh5+ Ke6 90. Bg3 Nd5 91. Qg6+
Nf6 92. Qg7 Qd4 93. Qf8 Qd7 94. Bf4 Qd5 95. Bc7 Qd7 96. Bd8 Ne4 97.
Qh6+ Kd5 98. Qb6 Qd6+ 99. Qxd6+ Kxd6 100. Kg1 f4 101. Kf1 Ke5 102. Ke2
Kf5 103. Be7 Nc3+ 104. Kd3 Nd5 105. Bc5 Nc7 106. Ke2 Ne6 107. Bb6 Ke4
108. Kf2 Ng7 109. Bd8 Nf5 110. Bg5 Ng3 111. Bf6 Nh5 112. Bh4 Ng7 113.
Ke2 Nf5 114. Bf2 Ng7 115. Kd2 Nf5 116. h4 Ng7 117. Kc3 Nh5 118. Kc4
Ng7 119. Kc5 f3 120. g4 Kf4 121. h5 Nxh5 1/2:1/2.

Gergeli Shabo – Arman Pashikyan 0.5:0.5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf1 d5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5
13. Nd2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc6 15. Qf3 Ng6 16. Qf5 Rad8 17. Bb5 Qd5 18.
Qxd5 Rxd5 19. Bc4 Rd7 20. Bb5 Rd5 21. Bc4 Re5 22. Ng3 Rfe8 23. Red1
Nf4 24. f3 Bc6 25. Rd4 g5 26. Kf2 b5 27. Bf1 a6 28. Rad1 h5 29. Rd8
Kf8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Ne2 Nxe2 32. Bxe2 Bd5 33. a4 Bb3 34. Re1 Kd8
35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Ra6 Be6 38. Ra8 Rd5 39. Ke1 Re5 40. Kf2
Rd5 41. Ke1 Re5 1/2:1/2.

GERMAN WEEKS 2009 FEATURES PHOTO EXHIBIT BY EX-GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

Tert
Oct 23 2009
Armenia

Within the framework of German Weeks 2009 in Armenia, the Embassy of
the Federal Republic of Germany, with the support of the Ministry of
Culture of the Republic of Armenia, is proud to present the photo
exhibition "Armenian Impressions" by Hans Wulf Bartels, ex-German
Ambassador to Armenia, reads a press release issued by the German
Embassy today.

>From October 24 until November 8, Hans Wulf Bartels’ photographs
will be shown at Aslamazyan Sisters Gallery in Gyumri. The opening
of the exhibition will take place on October 24 at 4 pm local time;
the photographer will be present.

Prior to this venue, the exhibition was held at the National Assembly
and school No. 56 in Yerevan.

The exhibit is open to the public and free of charge.

ARFD GETS READY FOR CHANGE OF POWER

news.am
Oct 23 2009
Armenia

Armenia-Turkey Protocols’ ratification in RA Parliament will incite
ARF Dashnaktsutyun to start the struggle against ruling regime,
ARFD member Armen Rustamyan stated at the press conference.

"ARFD’s struggle against the Protocols can smoothly escalate into
struggle for the change of power," he said. Rustamyan underlined
that Dashnaktsutyun overtures new platform comprising of party’s
traditional stance on social and national-democratic issues, as well
as preparation for the upcoming elections. ARFD has its positions on
parliamentary election system unchanged and party members insist on
conversion to fully proportional system, reduction of parliamentary
seats and elimination of deputy immunity.

The document also mentions the necessity of anti-corruption body
creation to be headed by the oppositionist. The ARFD members also
persist in appointment of Central Electoral Commission chair by
National Assembly. Rustamyan emphasized that the platform implies
the ARFD’s preparation to the change of power.

Commenting on Armenian-Turkish relations, Rustamyan stated that
Armenia and Turkey were pressurized by those behind them during the
signing ceremony in Zurich. He outlined that the Protocols will be
ratified by Turkish Parliament, as Ankara has no reasons of acting
otherwise. "Turkey got desired and currently came to grips with
Azerbaijan challenges," Rustamyan concluded.