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Aug
19
Ice of neutrality broken
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Till yesterday Armenia has been neutral over the conflict between Georgia and Russia, which was definitely the best choice in this hard situation. However, the ice of neutrality was broken yesterday and as the president’s office informs the president had a phone conversation with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev and expressed condolences for the peaceful civilians and Russian victims resulted from the war. It is clear that the problem is not whether he would tell those words to Medvedev but whether he would tell those words just directly to Medvedev. If the conflicting parties are our strategic ally and our strategic neighbor, then it is logical that we had to also express condolences to Georgia as well. This would be the only option that would comply with the principles of good policy and humanism. During the war in South Ossetia not only Russian people died, but Georgians as well. Even many of those who died there did not know whether they were bombed by Russians or Georgians. Whatever is said the Armenian people, which was said to express condolences, feels sorry and expresses condolences not only to Russians but Georgians as well.
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Jun
9
Doing better than Oskanyan
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On Friday president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will have their first meeting in Saint Petersburg. The foreign affairs minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan informed during his first interview that there is a concrete package of suggestions to the Karabakh negotiations, which is registered with the OSCE and was presented to the parties during the OSCE conference in Madrid in 2007. However, American co-chairman Matthew Bryza says that there is no information at present concerning the recommendations developed to the parties at the end of last year in Madrid. “It was just a part of the negotiation process. Being the co-chairmen we have considered the recommendations of both parties during that year, discussed those recommendations and based on those recommendations we suggested compromises,†said Bryza. We don’t have to focus on the “mild†difference between these two announcements because if we follow Edward Nalbandyan’s logics, we will be sure that the positive results in favor of Armenia will be guaranteed after the meeting on Friday. Specifically, the foreign affairs minister of Armenia says that the result of the mentioned meeting can be considered positive for Armenia if the parties announce that they want to continue their negotiations after that meeting. Ultimately there will not be any announcements on stopping the process of negotiations on the part of Azerbaijan till the presidential election in Azerbaijan this fall. Accordingly, this can be considered another diplomatic victory. Read more
Jun
5
Yesterday the department of public relations of the National Assembly reported that on May 5 the National Assembly Committee of Human Rights and the Committee of European Integration held a joint meeting during which they decided to hold a joint parliamentary hearing on June 5. The topic is the extraordinary report of the ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan on the presidential election and post-election developments. The committees have affirmed the list of spokesmen: the human rights defender Armen Harutyunyan, the prosecutor general Aghvan Hovsepyan, the minister of justice Gevorg Danielyan, who quite surprisingly have been expressing rather negative opinion about the Ombudsman’s last report. Reminder: In his report Harutyunyan only mentioned that the government is also guilty of the events of March 1. He mentioned this fact in a very indirect manner. Therefore the parliamentary hearing scheduled for June 5 is nothing else but the response of the government (specifically former president Robert Kocharyan) to Armen Harutyunyan’s accusation. And as a coincidence the committee includes people, who have been considered as Kocharyan’s “loyalists.†Read more
May
16
Yesterday on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Shushi Liberation NA chairman Tigran Torosyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, ministers and MPs visited the Yerablur. However, many of the liberation warriors, who have directly participated in the war of Shushi and the war in Karabakh, were in prisons on that day. What is the opinion of the Prime Minister about the fact that may of the courageous warriors were in prison? As a response and after being silent for a few seconds Tigran Sargsyan said, “You are now trying to spoil the holiday mood that dominates here. I think there are certain questions that it is not right to comment on.†We think that there are certain answers that it is not right to comment on. Read more
May
8
From the pan-national movement to Armenian National Congress
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During the 2nd congress of the “pan-national movementâ€, held in the conference hall of the Government yesterday, the first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan made two lengthy speeches. His speech started with the estimation of the events of March 1. In his first public speech since the March 1 clashes in Yerevan between his supporters and security forces, Ter-Petrosyan also accused Western powers and organizations of betraying the cause of Armenia’s democratization with their largely positive assessment of last February’s “disgraceful†presidential election. Read more
May
5
First heroism of the new minister
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The parliament has adopted the government’s program with 88 votes for and three votes against it. The three deputies who voted against the program were from the Heritage party. However, the biggest surprise of that day was not the adoption of the program, but the actions of the new transport and connection minister Gurgen Sargsyan, who is a member of Legal State party. Ho did not do anything else but pressing the button of an MP to vote for the program. By the way, he liked that job so much that besides voting for the program he also voted for other five bills. Even some cameras of TV companies have recorded that process clearly showing how the minister is closing the screen of MP Meilk Gasparyan and pressing the button. Certainly, both M. Gasparyan and G. Sargsyan are refusing the fact that they have voted instead of others. Furthermore, the minister of transport and connection even criticized such things. We hope that after the press publications about the above-mentioned fact the prime minister will, as he has promised, protect the members of his government. Read more
May
4
Comrade Vahan to be criticized
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ARF faction member and former presidential candidate Vahan Hovhannisyan has proposed a suggestion to establish a public chamber. He believes it is the best way to go out of the political crisis. According to press publications, Vahan Hovhannisyan has also informed about this suggestion to his coalition colleagues. However, this suggestion may be a reason of scandal because former MP Hmayak Hovhannisyan is accusing Vahan Hovhannisyan in plagiarism. Hmayak Hovhannisyan says that he was the first person to suggest this after the parliamentary elections 2007 and it is his idea. “I will make a noise in the whole world and let Vahan Hovhannisyan give answer how he can do that if they ignored my suggestion that time. No faction agreed with my suggestion that time. Only Viktor Dallakyan agreed with my suggestion and supported our bill in the parliament, but due to the fact that the majority did not support us, our bill was not adopted,†said Hmayak Hovhannisyan to our correspondent and emphasized that it is not the appropriate time to establish such chamber now. Read more
