ANKARA: Turkey & Azerbaijan against Armenia does not leave you alone

T urkey and Azerbaijan against Armenia does not leave you alone

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey and Azerbaijan’s brother
countries such as the right to leave in the case said.

16 Mayýs 2009 Cumartesi 13:42

Prime Minister Erdogan, before moving to the city of Sochi of the
Russian Federation State Ataturk Airport press conference held
Konukevi’nde.

Their study visit will take place in Soci’ye Energy and Natural
Resources Minister will be accompanied by indicating Taner Yýlmaz
Erdoðan, Azerbaijan, and gave the information about visits to Poland.

Prime Minister Erdogan visits Azerbaijan’s foreign savings, especially
in their recent statements have been made towards the expenses of the
phrase several rumors that the two countries to develop further
arsýndaki bilateral relations and stressed that a visit.

Erdogan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has carried an interview
with the record at length, these continued as follows:
"This calls above all, history since the date of brotherhood from the
shadows, damage anything that may be, Azerbaijan’s territorial
integrity in the savings against us up and never a wrong policy, we
enter into will not be possible, until today, how always the case in
Azerbaijan we saw almost as if the national proceedings, then we are
still in the same position, both to them, both in bilateral meetings,
press statements and in our conversations we have in the Azerbaijan
Parliament. "

Two brothers of the country then it will continue with determination
in the union revealed that emphasize exactly Erdogan, emphasized that
the visit was very productive late.

TURKEY’S FRIENDS AND RELATIONS INITIATIVE reversal of the

Prime Minister Erdogan, "the two brothers in the policy of the country
the next process with the same determination to continue to attract
people who want to point out different locations can still" point, the
said:
"Because of Turkey’s friends and his brother want to mix plot sedition
among many who have so far is how it will be then, and in the outside
… But we look to our business. They see it as realistic for him. As
I stated to the press in Azerbaijan, Mr President that ‘what can I say
after the Prime Minister used this phrase’ he said and he was put into
this point. "

Erdogan, peace and stability in South Caucasus on the plant with
Aliyev that share the same opinion, any difference that is not
expressed, the following was recorded:
"Both partners in press conferences, and Azerbaijan in my speech in
Parliament, the recent, in particular, we would also like, resulting
in the Azerbaijan media and ‘Turkey and Azerbaijan’s rightful claim to
leave the’ allegations reflect the fact we have expressed and for us
as the general media of Azerbaijan While these statements provide us
with large, still strives to spend some of them entered the case.
Turkey and Azerbaijan’s sister country in question will have to leave
you alone. "

OF NATURAL gAS

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijani public, between the
two countries no doubt will leave a place are in solidarity and your
own, and Aliyev’s mouth to hear personally very happy to express that
the point of natural gas from the steps taken is the relevant
ministers and institutions initiated The best way to finish work by
süratlen said.

Erdogan, has said in the speech:
"In this matter of the truth reflected in the media may say. ‘Zam
geliyor, raise goes … I do not make sense to constantly poke. I
always say one thing: Natural gas prices surge in oil is related to.
Azerbaijan in connection with this point of our first year to set a
certain price, then the world price index will continue. Sometimes it
may be a bit more for us to receive a discount price. ‘Raise the
future, would be, will be merely expressions of Turkey-Azerbaijan
reduced here to only the subject is very wrong. We currently receive
gas from Azerbaijan, around 4 billion cubic meters. This past year was
slightly increased. We want more from them, plus 4 billion cubic
meters. 8 billion cubic meters out of the efforts are. This year was
6.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas. We now have spent 35-36
billion cubic meters. "

VISIT POLAND

Prime Minister Erdogan, Poland on May 14-15 on the invitation of the
President this country has made an official visit to the recall, the
first time to Poland since 1923 have been made of the Prime Minister
made a visit level.

Poland in 2014, and that contact with the start of 1414’te up to 600
years, reminding Erdogan, who started with the name Lehistan
relationship is said to come in today.
"Since 1923 no Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey for an
official visit to Poland did not go" said Erdogan, he is Chairman of
the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in the period, visits to this
country, then as Prime Minister in this country participated in an
international summit said.

Prime Minister Erdogan, Turkey’s foreign trade volume with 2.5 billion
Euro in Poland is expressed, it aims to 2013’te they made up 20
billion Euro.

Erdogan, for this, both sides of the current work will continue to
concentrate the visit in 2012 Poland-Ukraine to the European
Championship in partnership for the infrastructure work of Turkish
contractors contribute what you can do about it said.

Poland’s also a serious investment in infrastructure work for the
future is reminiscent calendar Erdogan, Turkish contractors to enter
into this investment opportunity was also expressed that opinion.
Erdogan, "contractors who will follow this work closely with the
results will be possible to get," he spoke.

Erdogan stressed that the visit passed very productive, "Poland, the
EU process does not leave us alone in our permanently in a country
side. That such a situation, "he spoke.

Prime Minister Erdogan, Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin today
to talk with Soci’ye can remember is going, visit, especially on
economic issues in the energy field has made a call to find
opportunities.

NABUCCO PROJECT

"Nabucco project to the operation on its way to the efforts came to a
certain point?" In response to questions Erdogan, the project’s
partners are at 6, Turkey’s one of these partners can remember, not
Turkey’s suppliers, transit countries have stressed.

Prime Minister Erdogan, the project partners, the European Union (EU)
countries and the European Commission, more intensive work and
resources into producing the relevant countries and the infrastructure
work required to süratlen said.

In Turkmenistan or Azerbaijan that’s reminiscent of a certain
commitment Erdogan, but he wants to accelerate investments in
transportation of these countries said.

Prime Minister Erdogan, has said about:

"So you need to start infrastructure work expeditiously. EU
Commission’s decision to give this need. In Turkey, we are not in any
lethargy. We in this planning, on what we’re already prepared to do
this is dropping. That our country is to move gas lines we are ready
to install. Europe as one of the partners are ready to do the
necessary. But the commission need to accelerate the process. "

Erdogan, a journalist, the "South Stream project, the west is more
advantageous mu?" Question "No, the South Stream project will take us
no time line does not provide much cheapness. Not an easy line "was
the answer.

Visit the Russia Federation, the Caucasus, and Abkhazia’s population
problem on the agenda came to a question on whether Erdogan will not
come, "they do not in our agenda. Primarily economic and bilateral
relations in our agenda, there, "he said.

ARMENIA limit to be down

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visited Azerbaijan Nagorno
Karabakh problem on the opening of the border would be Armenia.
President of the Republic of Armenia in the description, ‘Turkey is
involved in the Karabakh will not bring peace there’ he said. How do
you evaluate this description? "Question gave the following money:

"Turkey in the Nagorno Karabakh region of the country in question as
not to remain silent. I once got to know. We are closing our doors,
although some authors in the media are different interpretations, this
border gate is closed is related to Nagorno Karabakh. As a result of
our intervention there, the door was closed. Of course, others, other
can understand. We do not understand it, I understand. This is the
reason. Reason is the result relations. Therefore, we do not get up
there so you can not open our doors. We Ak Party government as we
explain in this way we are expressing. (This is not the relationship
with each other) do not find the right approach. "

H1N1 virus

Prime Minister Erdogan, a passenger at Ataturk airport in the "H1N1
virus" to be determined on the related questions, Health Minister
Recep Akdag’s press conference on the subject, remember that the
information was given.

Erdogan, "is under control. With a strict follow-up process is
ongoing. Was found in an Iraqi. He is under observation. Family came
first to get the aircraft to the passenger with the friends Thy works.
Is under control, there can be concerns, "he spoke.

On top of that press conference the Minister of Health Recep Erdogan’s
next Akdag, Erdogan to "Iraq is not a citizen, a U.S. citizen" gave
information. Akdag also noted that the aircraft of the Turkish
Airlines plane, "Sir, the plane of the other airline," he said.

Erdogan over this "Sorry, another plane" has also corrected the lyrics.

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Turkey’s rising film talent

Variety Magazine
May 16 2009

Turkey’s rising film talent
4 on and offscreen up-and comers

By NICK HOLDSWORTH
Ayca Damgaci

Turkey’s films embrace east and west

AYCA DAMGACI
The 31-year-old Turkish actress from Istanbul essayed her powerful
lead role in Huseyin Karabey’s "My Marlon and Brando," based on her
own true story of crossing a war zone to reach the love of her life,
Iraqi-Kurdish actor Hama Ali Khan. Damgaci brings the power of
emotional authenticity to a performance that bodes well for her
career; she already has won the Heart of Sarajevo in 2008 for best
actress.

TOMRIS GIRITLIOGLU

Although her first feature, "Mrs. Salkim’s Diamonds," was received
with critical acclaim in 1999 and picked up a clutch of Turkish
awards, Giritlioglu returned to producing and directing TV series
until latest film, "Pains of Autumn," which explores events around the
tragic anti-Greek pogrom in Istanbul in September 1955, which remains
a sensitive issue. Film recently was released in Greece following a
gala screening in Athens.

OZCAN ALPER

Alper’s directing debut feature, "Autumn," is about a man’s struggles
to come to terms with his life after release from 10 years in jail as
a political prisoner. The film won best director at March’s Sofia
Intl. Film Festival. Alper, a writer-director whose first work was the
25-minute Armenian-language short "Momi" in 2001, has established his
credentials as a member of the new wave of Turkish arthouse fare.

ZEYNEP OZBATUR

In the 10 years since she moved from advertising into the film
industry, 42-year-old Ozbatur has proved herself a key player in the
Turkish film industry. The producer of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s "Three
Monkeys" and "Climates," Ozbatur set up Zeynofilm in 2007, dedicating
the company to discovering "new people who have high potential for
bringing Turkish cinema to international fields." She recently began
collaborating with provocative new director Ismail Necmi ("Should I
Really Do It?") on his next feature.

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Russian investments into Armenia’s economy reached $1.8 billion

Russian investments into Armenia’s economy reached 1.8 billion dollars
16.05.2009 18:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `Russia is the main investor into Armenia’s
economy. Russian investment into Armenia’ s economy reached USD 1.8
billion and some 1000 companies work with Russian capital,’ said the
Russian prime minister Sergey Ivanov a press conference and added that
nearly all Russian companies have business in Armenia.
`It is easier to find some big Russian company, which invest into
Armenian economy, than vice versa,’ said the prime
minister. Mr. Ivanov said, that Russian Railways intend to invest 2.7
billion rubles to South CDaucasus Railways.
CJSC «South Caucasus Railway» is a subsidiary of OJSC « Russian
Railway». According to Ñîãëàñíî concession, signed on February 13 last
year «Armenian Railway» transferred to concession management of «South
Caucasus Railway» for a 30 year period with permission to prolongate
the term for another 10 years. South Caucasus Railway pledged to make
investments into infrastructure.

Eastern Partnership Seen As Good Opportunity To Separate South Cauca

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP SEEN AS GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SEPARATE SOUTH CAUCASUS FROM RUSSIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.05.2009 20:43 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "EU policy in South Caucasus has two criteria: first
EU policy in relation to South Caucasus, and second, elaboration
of a new regional policy in which EU will act as international
stake-holder after USSR collapse," IRIS Research Director Laura
Delacourt announced in an International Conference on "Observing
Security in South Caucasus: regional conflicts, stability and
transformation". "EU has never interfered in conflicts between South
Caucasian states and has never been an international stake-holder or
‘leading actor’," Delacourt said, adding that the union’s involvement
in conflict was inevitable after Russian-Georgian war.

"EU pursues two principles: first, building a national state and
second, creating an atmosphere of trust among all three states in the
region," she said, noting at the same time that Eastern Partnership
project is a good opportunity for separating South Caucasus from
Russia.

Armenia Does Not See Reasons To Change Karabakh Talks Format

ARMENIA DOES NOT SEE REASONS TO CHANGE KARABAKH TALKS FORMAT

Interfax
May 14 2009
Russia

Armenia does not see reasons to change the existing format of the
negotiations on settling the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Defense
Minister Seiran Oganian said.

"We don’t see any reasons to involve other international institutions
or states in the process of the settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh
conflict or change the existing format [the OSCE Minsk Group].

Armenia attaches great significance to the Minsk Group’s mediating
mission," Oganian said at a conference dealing with the situation in
the South Caucasus on Thursday.

Armenia has always favored a peaceful way in resolving conflicts based
on mutual compromises, Oganian said. "Unfortunately, Azerbaijan’s
policies differ in this respect. Baku’s policy toward large-scale
rearmament of its army and the increase of its military budget is a
reason for concerns," he said.

The South Caucasus region cannot be seen as one guaranteed against
conflicts, Oganian said. "The key military threats to Armenia
are the lack of mutually accepted political and legal foundations
for settling relations between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, Azerbaijan’s militaristic policy, Baku’s desire to resolve
the conflict in a military way, and also Armenia’s blockade," he said.

French Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessow said the August 2008 events
in Georgia showed that there can be no alternative to negotiations
on settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"The parties understand that the status quo cannot last forever.

Despite the fact that the negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh
settlement have not yet reached the final stage, progress is visible,"
Smessov said.

NKR: Information Of The NKR State Commission On Prisoners Of War, Ho

INFORMATION OF THE NKR STATE COMMISSION ON PRISONERS OF WAR, HOSTAGES AND MISSING PERSONS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009-05-12 14:18
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

On May 10, 2009, 9:45 am, an Azerbaijani citizen was seized, while
passing to the Karabakh side, in the direction of the Ashaghy
Abdurakhmanly settlement, Fizuli region, by an NKR Defense Army
serviceman on duty.

The detainee was dressed in a military uniform of the Azerbaijani
armed forces, without any rank badges, and had no arms or identifying
documents.

He introduced himself as junior sergeant Hajiyev Anar Khanbaba-ogly,
born in 1990 in the village of Vardenis, Armenia’s Vardenis region.

The corresponding structures of NKR are clarifying the incident’s
reasons.

The NKR State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing
Persons informed the ICRC and OSCE Offices accredited in Stepanakert
about the incident. The same day, an ICRC representative visited
the detainee.

Town of Stepanakert,

May 11, 2009

Foreign Ministry Of Armenia: The Key Topic Of The Prague Meeting Of

FOREIGN MINISTRY OF ARMENIA: THE KEY TOPIC OF THE PRAGUE MEETING OF ARMENIA AND AZERI PRESIDENTS WAS THE STATUS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH

ArmInfo
2009-05-11 18:10:00

ArmInfo. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has refuted the
reports that during their Prague meeting the presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan discussed the withdrawal of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense
Army from the territories it presently controls.

The head of the PR department of the press service of the MFA Tigran
Balayan has told ArmInfo that the presidents did not discuss that
question in Prague. The key topic of their meeting was the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh and this is natural as it is the key issue of the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

One More "Road Map" Or Just Another Myth?

ONE MORE "ROAD MAP" OR JUST ANOTHER MYTH?
Karine Ter-Sahakyan

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.05.2009 GMT+04:00

No president of Armenia, if he values his life, will sign a murderous
agreement with Baku, whose fruits will be first of all used by Turkey,
and then by great powers.

The successive meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
in Prague once again was unproductive. Such was, at least,
the impression of the statements, which as always, were filled
with on-duty, non-committal phrases. In a word, no "breakthrough"
occurred. Nevertheless, Mathew Bryza as always stayed true to himself
and again said inopportunely that "an agreement on the Basic Principles
was achieved", which immediately caused sharp reaction in Stepanakert.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the opinion of a number of experts, an impression
was created that Armenia signed a second "road map", this time on the
Karabakh issue. A little cleared the air Minister of Foreign Affairs
of France Bernard Kouchner, who stated that the Presidents of Armenia
and Azerbaijan held difficult talks on Nagorno Karabakh. "There is a
lot of misunderstanding between the sides. Each insists on going his
own way. But we shouldn’t lose heart. Presidents Aliyev and Sargsyan
have still much to do," emphasized the French FM. As for the Ministers
of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Armenia Elmar Mammadiarov and
Edward Nalbandyan, they refused to comment on the results of the
meeting. It is quite probable that Bryza in a pair of days will deny
his own words, saying he was "improperly translated…" We are already
accustomed to it.

It is here appropriate to note that before the meeting there were
rumors, very reliable by the way, that the meeting might not take
place. The reason was clear too – the USA was not able to duly press on
both sides so that they would agree to sign just another "road map",
this time on the Karabakh regulation issue. Let us remind that all
these are surmises and observations, which, however, have had a recent
tendency to come true if not completely, at least partially. Such was
the case at the meeting in Prague, and before it at the BSEC summit
in Yerevan. All these summits are interesting for the Armenian and
Azerbaijani-Turkish societies from the point of view of one problem
only: how far is it possible to push one’s interests via diplomacy or
other means, without resorting to force; or, to put it more simply,
how much does a conflicting party yield to the pressure from the
outside? By the way it is absolutely unimportant who presses: Russia
or the USA. However strange it may sound, in the South Caucasus
region the stances of Washington and Moscow in the normalization
of Armenian-Turkish relations have so far matched. The new US
Administration has not yet gained confidence; for the last 20 years
Russia has conducted no policy at all in the Caucasus, and she simply
desires to preserve what remains. And remains only Armenia, which,
by the way, is more and more frequently looking to the West. Under
such circumstances no one will settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
especially since there is almost nothing to be settled. No president of
Armenia, if he values his life, will ever sign a murderous agreement
with Baku, whose fruits will be first of all used by Turkey, and
then by great powers. Everybody knows it. As in the case of signing
the Armenian-Turkish agreement, we can predict, draw conclusions,
but it is always appropriate to remember that Armenia will sign no
single document without the consent of the Nagorno-Karabakh people. At
least it is what official Yerevan keeps saying.

But a strange thing happens: both of the alleged "road maps" are signed
precisely on the eve of the days, which are significant for Armenia
and the Armenian people both in the tragic and heroic sense of the
word: April 24 and May 9. Coincidences, as is known, do not occur
in the history, they are simply well prepared. The question is, how
well Armenia and its leadership were aware of that "coincidence". The
question is far from being empty, if we take into consideration the
existing complex situation in the region. Just have a look: always
unstable Georgia that was never able to become a state; a sultanate,
indebted to natural reserves and therefore most dangerous and most
vulnerable; Turkey, which is dangerous only by definition, and Iran,
without which Armenia cannot actually survive, since, other conditions
being equal, Teheran is more inclined to support "the unfaithful",
than the Sunnis or the odd Georgians. Thus, it so happens that
even a casually dropped word causes an ambiguous and sometimes
also an inadequate reaction in Armenia and NKR. Unfortunately, once
again we have to admit that Armenian diplomacy is not presently its
best. Recognition of the Armenian Genocide is very important indeed and
it is necessary, but to make it one of the priorities of a country’s
foreign policy would be unreasonable. The priorities of a state must
be based on physical realities of the region, and we shouldn’t expect
that with the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey anything
can be changed in the region. Nothing will be changed; the situation
may even worsen, although this must be the limit. In the absence of the
national idea, which has been being discussed for two decades already,
even a tiniest victory in the diplomatic field might be received as
defeat, because it is aimless and amuses only one’s pride.

As far as the summit of "Eastern Partnership" is concerned, what can
draw Armenia is only the absence of a postulate in the declaration,
regarding "territorial integrity" of a country, participant in the
program.

Azeri, Armenian president meet in Prague

Interfax, Russia
May 7 2009

Azeri, Armenian president meet in Prague

PRAGUE May 7

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev met
at the U.S. Embassy in Prague on Thursday, a Prague-based source told
Interfax.

Asked by Interfax before an EU Eastern Partnership summit to comment
on the meeting results, Sargsyan said it passed "positively."

Western media reported that U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Matthew Bryza, who is also a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,
attended the meeting behind closed doors between Aliyev and Sargsyan.

Azeri, Armenian president meet in Prague (Part 2)

PRAGUE May 7

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev met
at the U.S. Embassy in Prague on Thursday, a Prague-based source told
Interfax.

Asked by Interfax before an EU Eastern Partnership summit to comment
on the meeting results, Sargsyan said it passed "positively."

Western media reported that U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Matthew Bryza, who is also a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,
attended the meeting behind closed doors between Aliyev and Sargsyan.

Interfax reported earlier that the Azeri and Armenian leaders had
agreed to hold another round of negotiations on the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh problem in Prague on Thursday.

The parties should continue coordination of key principles offered to
them by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Madrid in late 2007.

Azerbaijan and Armenia confirmed that they had reached an
understanding on a number of these principles but still disagree on
the most sensitive issues.

The stumbling block in the talks is Nagorno-Karabakh’s legal
status. Baku insists that the conflict be settled with Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity preserved, with which most of the international
community agrees, while Yerevan believes the settlement should be
based on another principle of international law, i.e. nations’ right
to self- determination.

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Bako Sahakyan Encouraged Azerbaijan Party to Avoid Extreme Approache

BAKO SAHAKYAN ENCOURAGED AZERBAIJANI PARTY TO AVOID EXTREME APPROACHES

16:04 09/05/2009
Source: Panorama.am

The Nagorno Karabakh participation to the negotiations on the
resolution of the NKR conflict should be restored, Bako Sahakyan, the
President of Nagorno Karabakh told the reporters at Shoushi Saint
Ghazanchetsots Church. `We are not confused; today’s negotiations are
being held in incomplete format, where the NKR does not have its
participation,’ the President announced. The President emphasized that
Armenia makes efforts to restore the statement adopted in Budapest
summit which states that NKR is a part to the negotiations. Current
issue is discussed in the OSCE Minsk Group `where the NKR
participation is signified.’ Bako Sahakyan encouraged the Azerbaijani
party to avoid their approach of solving the problem through military
activities. The President stressed that the NKR conflict should be
solved through peaceful negotiations only.