Author: Zakarian Garnik

ONE AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER KILLED, OTHER WOUNDED

APA Azerbaijan
May 18 2009

Aghdam. Teymour Zahidoglu – APA. A soldier of Azerbaijani Army became
martyr and other was wounded, APA Karabakh bureau reports.

As a result of violation of ceasefire by Armenian forces, soldier
of Azerbaijani Army Mehdiyev Rza Anvar, 19 was killed. He was
called up by the Military commissariat of Sumgayit City in October
2008. Soldier Sadigov Elman was wounded. He was called up by the
Military Commissariat of Tovuz Region.

VAHAGN HOVNANYAN: THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AS CAUTIOUS AS THE MOST CAPTIOUS BUSINESSMAN
Alisa Gevorgyan

"Radiolur"
18.05.2009 14:49

"During the 50 years of construction activity we have had to overcome
more than ten most complex economic situations, but the current
global crisis is the hardest one," Diaspora Armenian businessman
Vahagn Hovnanyan told a press conference today.

Speaking about the anti-crisis steps taken by the Armenian Government,
Vahagn Hovnanyan noted: "Today the government should be as cautious
as the most captious businessman. Such situations often provide new
opportunities, which can be used both positively and negatively."

Turning to the perspectives of opening of the Armenian-Turkish border,
the businessman said: "Of course, doors should be open, but even in
this case there are too many concerns."

RA PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS TURKEY TO REFRAIN FROM INTERFERENCE IN NAGORNO KARABAKH PROCESS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.05.2009 23:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan received today
Brian Fall, a Special Representatives of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland in the South Caucasus. The Armenian
President highly appreciated the suggestion of the British side
to conduct regular consultations between foreign ministries of two
countries. According to Mr. Sargsyan, this will enable to be aware
of two countries’ positions on a number of topics.

Officials also discussed the process of Armenian-Turkish
reconciliation. The president Serzh Sargsyan presented his view on
different statements, voiced by Turkish officials and emphasized,
that the most important think Turkey can do to assist the settlement
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, to refrain from any interference
in that process at all.

As the British diplomat stated, The Great Britain assists to efforts of
the Minsk Group of OSCE and emphasized that settlement of the conflict
should be based on resolutions and principles of international law.

PEACEFUL AGREEMENT ON KARABAKH POSSIBLE ONLY AFTER THREAT IS ELIMINATED

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.05.2009 14:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Former Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador
Vladimir Kazimirov once again warned against resumption of hostilities
in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone.

"Resumption of military operations is inadmissible. But fancy that
a peaceful agreement is signed. Will it help? Will its provisions be
fulfilled"," he told a news conference in Yerevan.

Ambassador Kazimirov reminded that not all clauses of the agreement
signed in 1995 have been observed. For example, the agreement envisages
participation of Nagorno Karabakh as a full-fledged negotiating party.

"Armenia has numerously stated readiness for implementation of all
clauses of the agreement. However, no response has come from Azerbaijan
so far," he said.

"Azerbaijan is constantly accusing Armenia of violating the ceasefire
but never makes suggestions to reduce the number of incidents. So,
implementation of any peaceful agreement on Karabakh seems unbelievable
unless the threat of resumption of hostilities is eliminated,"
Ambassador Kazimirov said.

BAKU’S POSITION DOES NOT HELP ADVANCE NAGORNO-KARABAKH PROBLEM SETTLEMENT – ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

Interfax
May 13 2009
Russia

The settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict could be stepped up
if Azerbaijan abandons a destructive approach and stops anti-Armenian
propaganda, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"If the leadership of Azerbaijan abandons destructive approaches
and stops militant and anti-Armenian propaganda, the negotiations
proceeding within the OSCE Minsk Group framework could bring the
parties’ positions closer to each other and help settle the problem,"
the statement quotes Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian
as saying.

The parties were quite close to settling the problem in 2001, "but
this did not happen because of Azerbaijan’s destructive approach and
rejection of agreements that had already been reached," he said.

"The Armenian foreign minister said Azerbaijan’s destructive approach
continued for months in the form of rejection of the Madrid proposals
put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in 2007," it said.

Nalbandian also said "Nagorno-Karabakh people’s concern about their
security lay in the foundation of their legitimate right to self-
determination, in response to which Azerbaijan offered force and
ethnic cleansing and switched later to open and large scale aggression
against Nagorno-Karabakh, engaging mercenaries linked to terrorist
organizations in this," it said.

TRADE TURNOVER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN OVER $21.4MLN IN 2008

ARKA
May 13, 2009

YEREVAN, May 13. /ARKA/. Trade turnover between Armenia and Kazakhstan
totaled $21.4mln in 2008, Armenian co-chair of the intergovernmental
commission on Armenia-Kazakhstan trade and economic cooperation Samvel
Avetisyan said.

Unfortunately, it is a reduction of 2.8% as compared with $21.8mln
in 2007, he said at the third meeting of the commission in Yerevan
Tuesday.

Armenian exports amounted to $7.3mln by the end of 2007 and only
$2.9mln in 2008, Avetisyan said.

Kazakhstani imports to Armenia reduced as well – from $39.7mln in
2007 to $18.5mln in 2008. The list of trade turnover between the
countries includes 108 product items.

Crops rank first in the list of Kazakhstani imports to Armenia:
crops imports to Armenia totaled $9.6mln in 2007 and $10.7mln in 2008.

Ethyl alcohol is the first among Armenian goods exported to Kazakhstan:
ethyl alcohol exports amounted to $1.8mln in 2007 and $800,000 in
2008. The second is Armenian jewelry – exports totaled $1.4 mln in
2007 and $500,000 in 2008, Avetisyan said.

He also pointed out the high demand for Armenian synthetic rubber –
exports of this product to Kazakhstan were $1mln in 2007-2008.

According to Avetisyan, being an economically strong country with
high potential Kazakhstan is of particular interest to Armenia.

Apart from the current exports, Armenian vegetables and fruits can=2
0also be exported especially to northern parts of Kazakhstan, the
co-chair said.

As the Kazakhstani side says they need Armenian goods, Avetisyan said
adding that Armenia, in its turn, needs Kazakhstani high-quality grain,
fertilizers, machines, and metallic structures.

ARMENIAN-CAPTURED AZERBAIJANI SERGEANT SENDS LETTER TO HIS FAMILY

APA
May 13 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku-Goranboy. Kamala Guliyeva, Jamshid Bakhtiyar –
APA. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) in Khankendi visited the sergeant of Azerbaijani Army Anar
Khanbaba Hajiyev, who was captured by the Armenian armed forces on May
10, chief of the ICRC international humanitarian law and information
department in Azerbaijan Ilaha Huseynova told APA.

The ICRC representatives monitored the health and detention conditions
of the captured soldier.

Hajiyev’s family was informed about the meeting on Wednesday and his
letter was delivered to his family.

Hajiyev’s mother Naila told APA local bureau that the ICRC officials
gave her the son’s letter. She said the letter was short containing
only "I am OK. Don’t worry about me".

Anar Khanbaba Hajiyev, 19 was called up by the Military Commissariat
of the Goranboy Region. He was reportedly captured by the Armenian
armed forces at about 9.45 on May 10.

GEORGIAN OPPOSITION PLANNING NATIONAL DISOBEDIENCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.05.2009 22:10 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgian opposition plans to announce civil
disobedience nationwide, one of the opposition leaders Gubaz Sanikidze
said.

"As of tomorrow we raise an alarm and declare mobilization. Protests
will be held all across Georgia. If necessary, we will declare civil
disobedience," another opposition leader Kaha Shartava said.

On Monday, Mikheil Saakashvili and opposition leaders held a
meeting. According to the latest reports the talks proved futile.

Former parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze said the opposition will not
wait until 2013. "We will defend our national interests," she said,
Novosti Georgia reported.

HOW AZERBAIJAN IS TRYING TO STEAL THE CULTURAL MONUMENTS OF ARMENIA
Alisa Gevorgyan

"Radiolur"
11.05.2009 18:31

Historian Samvle Karapetyan and public administration specialist
Hasmik Melikyan today presented the recurrent shocking statement of the
"scientific" circles of Azerbaijan. In his work titled "The Monuments
of Western Azerbaijan" published with the support of the Government
of Azerbaijan and signed by senior and junior Aliyevs, author Aziz
Alakbarl tells about Etchmiadzin, Khor Virap, the Temples of Hripsime,
Gandzasar, and even Garni.

If we, Armenians, have been naively considering up until today that
the above-mentioned monuments are masterpieces of Armenian culture,
the Azeri specialist presents those as monuments of Western Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan’s propensity for consolidating itself as a nation through
historic and cultural distortions and the fleshes of "scientific"
mind are not a novelty any more, but Aziz Alakbarl’s work titled
"The Monuments of Western Azerbaijan" deserves serious attention
rather than grin and ignorance.

The book is not just the flash of mind of the author. Neither is it
the result of the collective work of a number of Azeri scholars. It
was issued with the sponsorship of the Government of Azerbaijan, with
welcome statements and signatures by Aliyev senior and Aliyev junior.

Therefore, it presents the state position of Az erbaijan. This book,
published in different languages in 2007, is being distributed in
respected international organizations and presented at exhibitions.

ARMENIA WILL BE THE FIRST COUNTRY TO RECEIVE NEW SUKHOI SUPERJET-100 FROM RUSSIA

ArmInfo
2009-05-11 12:58:00

ArmInfo. Armenia will be the first country to receive new Sukhoi
SuperJet-100 airplanes from Russia, Director for Public Affairs, Sukhoi
Civil Aircraft, Olga Kayukova told media Monday. RIA Novosti reported.

She said the Armenian national air carrier Armavia was selected due to
the simple configuration of the ordered aircraft. ‘Selection depends
on a number of circumstances. The simpler is the configuration the
easier to build the aircraft’, she said.

The SuperJet 100 project is a family of medium-range passenger
aircraft developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in cooperation with
major American and European aviation corporations, including Boeing,
Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace, and Honeywell.