Author: Tadevosian Garnik

‘JEWS KNOW THAT TURKS HAVE NEVER COMMITTED GENOCIDE’ – ENVOY

news.az
April 16 2010
Azerbaijan

Namik Tan Turkish Ambassador to the United States Namik Tan has
commented on the issue of recognizing the so-called "Genocide" of
Armenians by the US Congress.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkey to the United
States, Namik Tan, once former head of the Turkish diplomatic mission
in Tel Aviv, a great and worthy friend of the Azerbaijani community
in Israel, said that Armenians have been spreading the legend of the
so-called "Armenian genocide", for decades pouring mud on Turks and
Azerbaijanis and accusing them of crimes they have never committed.

‘But, unfortunately, the world knows almost nothing about the terrible
tragedy of the town of Khojaly. The Khojaly tragedy, which killed
hundreds and injured thousands of Azerbaijanis, is a tragedy all the
Turkic world. This tragedy of the brotherly people of Azerbaijan
is in line with such terrible tragedies of the twentieth century,
as Khatyn, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Songmi,’ said Namik Tan.

According to the Turkish diplomat, Jews living in Turkey are well
aware that Turks have never committed genocide. We call this the
events of 1915.

‘This has nothing to do with genocide. We openly tell Armenians: let’s
create a joint commission of historians, attract researchers from the
third countries, begin to explore the archives and come to a common
denominator", said Tang. According to the diplomat, the Armenians
have turned the issue of "genocide" into political bargaining.

PASADENA ANC JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN MARKING HOLOCAUST AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Asbarez
Apr 14th, 2010

PASADENA-Members of the Armenian American community will join together
with their Jewish-American neighbors in the City of Pasadena on April
11th to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Pasadena Jewish Temple
and Center. The event will honor Holocaust survivors and will also
mark the Armenian Genocide.

The Pasadena Armenian National Committee has reached out over the
past several years to build ties with the Jewish-American community
in the City of Pasadena.

Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), the chief sponsor of the Armenian
Genocide resolution pending in the U.S. House of Representatives,
is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Holocaust Remembrance Day
event at the Temple. Father Khoren Baboushian from Pasadena’s St.

Sarkis church will light a candle in remembrance to all victims of
crimes against humanity and then provide a prayer to those survivors
and victims of the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide.

"We are pleased to be participating in a human rights event being
organized by the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center to mark the
Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide and all crimes against humanity,"
remarked Pasadena ANC Executive Director Ishkhan Boghossian. "The
Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide represent dark moments in our
collective memory and are events that can never be forgotten,"
Boghossian added.

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center’s event marking Holocaust
Remembrance Day will be held on Sunday, April 11, 2010, at 6:30pm. The
event will feature a concert honoring Holocaust survivors, where
several outstanding international artists will take part. The Temple
is located at 1434 North Altadena Drive in Pasadena.

RA NA SPEAKER SUGGESTS HOLDING ARMENIAN-LEBANESE BUSINESS FORUM IN SEPTEMBER

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 13, 2010 – 13:34 AMT 08:34 GMT

During a three-day working visit to Lebanon, Armenian National Assembly
Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri
to discuss bilateral economic issues.

Attaching importance to development of economic ties between Armenia
and Lebanon, Mr. Abrahamyan suggested holding an Armenian-Lebanese
business forum in September in the framework of Lebanese PM’s visit
to Yerevan.

In discussion of the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, Mr. Hariri
hailed Armenia’s initiatives aimed at ensuring regional security
and stability.

After the meeting, Hovik Abrahamyan laid a wreath at the tomb of
former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Afterwards, he visited
the town of Balabek and had a short meeting with town’s mayor.

In the evening, the delegation led by Mr. Abrahamyan visited the
town of Anjar, where the Armenian community resides. The NA Speaker
laid a wreath at the Musa Dagh heroes memorial and then met with the
Armenian community representatives, the RA NA press service reported.

AZERBAIJANI MP: MUCH INTERESTING TO BE EXPECTED FROM TURKISH PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT TO USA

Trend
April 12 2010
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani MP believes that the meetings held in the United States
by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have an
interesting result.

"Meetings held in the United States at a summit on nuclear security
by the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan could have an interesting
result. This result will firstly be reflected in the statements by
Erdogan and Armenian President Serj Sargsyan during their meeting. It
is possible to think that the result of his meeting with the U.S.

President Barack Obama would affect the future activities of the OSCE
Minsk Group," a member of the Political Council of New Azerbaijan Party
(YAP), MP Aydin Mirzazade said on April 12.

Today Erdogan started visiting the U.S. According to MP, Azerbaijan,
with few exceptions, agrees with the updated Madrid principles of
the Minsk Group.

Armenia refuses the principles, which were agreed earlier. That
position puts it into a hopeless situation. Armenia should abandon
its position and respect the international legal norms. It seems
to me that after the meetings in the U.S., to some extent, we will
witness a change," said the MP.

The root of many of today’s global challenges comes from separatism.

Azerbaijan is one of the countries suffering from separatism, and
Turkey is doing its best to prevent it, said Mirzazade.

"It is commendable that Turkey at a high level protects the interests
of Azerbaijan. The recent statements once again proved that Ankara’s
position has not changed," said the MP.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. –
are currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.

PRESIDENT SARGSYAN OFF TO WASHINGTON

armradio.am
12.04.2010 10:41

At the invitation of the President of the United States Barak Obama,
on April 11 President Serzh Sargsyan left for Washington to participate
at the Global Nuclear Security Summit.

In Washington the President of Armenia will also have bilateral
meetings with President Obama, State Secretary Hillary Clinton,
and the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan.

At the conclusion of the visit, President Sargsyan will take a short
vacation abroad.

Armenia To Move Central Back Out Of Capital
HULIQ.com
Submitted by Armen Hareyan on Sat, 2010-04-10 22:29
Armenia Friday made another bold step toward its goal of becoming a
regional financial center. The country said in 2013 it will move a
considerable amount of operations of its Central Back (equivalent of
U.S. Federal Reserve) to a northern resort town Dilijan aiming to make
this beautiful small town as the financial capital of the region.
Yesterday the president of Armenia toured Dilijan and stopped at the
construction site of the complex where the future Central Bank will be
located. The construction is in process and the head of the Armenian
Central bank said that they will be able to move some operations to
work from Dilijan already starting in 2013.
Right now the plan is that 250-300 people with their families will
move to Dilijan too. The government is building a special residential
complex to house the employees of the Armenian Central bank in
Dilijan.
Armenia encourages it’s local and international banks to come to
Dilijan as part of a project to make the city as a regional financial
center. As the country’s economy grew 3.1 percent in the first
quarter, Armenian government hopes to capitalize on that growth and
focus partly on Dilijan, thus trying to ensure the entire economy is
not focused in and around the capital Yerevan.
In the meantime the Armenian banks did pretty well during the latest
recession as they were more conservative in lending. Consolidation is
now seen in the top Armenian banks as well. Just this week one of
Armenia’s top banks Americabank bought Cascade Bank and intends to
grow internationally capitalizing on the existence of a large and
powerful Armenian diaspora around the world.
The country has said devloping its financial sector and the IT
industry as one of the priorities of the economy. As Armenia is not
rich with oil and natural gas it focuses on industries that are more
resource effective and do not depend on natural resources.
Written by Armen Hareyan

gov.am, Armenia
April 10 2010

A prime minister-led government delegation to depart to the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Today a prime minister-led government delegation is to leave for the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on a 3-day working visit.

The delegation includes Chief of Government Staff David Sargsyan,
Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan, Minister of Finance Tigran
Davtyan, Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan, Minister of Agriculture
Gerasim Alaverdyan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen
Movsisyan, First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Vache
Terteryan, as well as the governors Syunik, Lori, Aragatsotni, Ararat,
Vajots Dzorskoj areas RA, other officials.

The agenda features a meeting between NKR President Bako Sahakyan and
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the two governments’ joint session,
as well as a visit to the NKR Army of Defense with Armenia’s Defense
Minister.

The Prime Minister will visit Shushi town and some local enterprises.
The head of the Armenian government will make short calls at Sarsang
HPP and the site of Therghe-2 HPP. Then he will attend opening
ceremonies for Terghe -1 HPP and the new water-main of Verin Horatagh
village community.

news.am, Armenia
April 9 2010

Turkish envoy to disclose Yerevan talks in Baku

16:49 / 04/09/2010Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s envoy ‘
Feridun Sinirlioglu met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov in Baku on Friday.

According to CNNTurk, Sinirlioglu arrived in Baku to convey a letter
and message from Turkish Premier. He will also inform Azerbaijani side
of his Yerevan meetings.

No details about Sinirlioglu ‘ Mammadyarov meting are available yet.
Turkish envoy plans to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
today.

A.G.

Azg Daily, Armenia
April 9 2010

PRESENTATION OF "DISASTER-GENOCIDE" FILM IN GERMANY

By Hovik Afyan

"Azg" daily has already informed that German ARD TV Company will show
"Disaster-Genocide" 90-minute documentary film on Friday.

According to RA MFA press and public relations department, the film
was first shown at Babylon cinema in Berlin on April 7.

German political figures, diplomats and representatives of the
Armenian community of Germany participated at the presentation.

RA Ambassador to Germany Armen Martirosyan and Director of the film
Eric Fridler delivered speeches after the film’s presentation.

Eva Medzorian to perform in Yerevan

April 10, 2010 – 09:57 AMT 04:57 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net –

U.S. public figure and musician of Armenian descent Eva Medzorian will
give a concert in Yerevan on April 10. The program includes Armenian
and American musical works, to the accompaniment of duduk player
Tigran Avetisyan and Mkrtich Abgaryan, reported the press office of
the Armenian Ministry of Culture.

Eva Medzorian has is the founder, officer and member of many
organizations. She organized an aid project in America for Armenia
called Armenia Medical Fund (1984-88). She was the chairperson of the
Sahag Mesrob Armenian School of St. James in Watertown from 1976 to
1980. This school was one of the largest in the U.S. with 150
students. In 1988, she was appointed chairperson of the AGBU New
England District Committee by President Louise Simone. Also, she is
the founding president of the Armenian International Women’s
Association (AIWA) from 1990 to 1992. Finally, she has been a member
of the Armenian Assembly and The Armenian Library and Museum
Association.

Mrs. Medzorian has been very active in organizing cultural and
performing arts events for the community. In 1975, she was chairperson
of the Winchester, MA three day Grand International Festival involving
23 different countries. In 1977, she founded the Armenian Performing
Artists of Boston which consisted of 25 local professional and amateur
musicians. The group performed concerts and wrote music. Also, she
produced a professional music album "Nor Janabar" (New Highway) in
1979, where she composed two of the songs.