محلل أميركي له علاقات بالأوساط الحاكمة في أذربيجان يكشف عن مخاوف أذربيجان بشأن لقاء كازان : Public Radio of Armenia

The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a strongly-worded measure on July 20, pressing Turkey to return all Christian church properties "to their rightful owners."

By an overwhelming 43-1 vote, the congressional panel adopted a sweeping amendment to the State Department’s Foreign Relations Authorization Act, urging "the Secretary of State in all official contacts with Turkish leaders and other Turkish officials to emphasize that Turkey should":

1) end all religious discrimination;

2) allow the rightful church and lay owners of Christian church properties to perform religious and social services;

3) return to their rightful owners all Christian churches and other places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, monuments, relics, holy sites, and other religious properties, including artwork, manuscripts, vestments, vessels, and other artifacts; and

4) allow the rightful church and lay owners of Christian church properties to repair all churches and other places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, monuments, relics, holy sites, and other religious properties within Turkey.

Despite intensive efforts by Turkey’s Ambassador in Washington, Turkish and Azerbaijani organizations, and lobbying firms hired by Ankara, almost all members of the Committee, including Turkey’s staunchest supporters, voted in favor of the amendment, dealing Turkey a devastating defeat. The single negative vote was cast by Cong. Ron Paul (R-TX) because of his isolationist ideology and not his support for Turkey!

This near unanimous vote did not come as a surprise to me, as I had long advocated the passage of such a measure realizing that Members of Congress could not possibly vote against religious freedom. All fifteen Members of Congress who spoke during the hearing indicated their support for the amendment. Here are excerpts from some of their remarks:

-- Cong. Howard Berman (D-CA), who offered the amendment jointly with Cong. David Cicilline (D-RI), stated: "We want Turkey to return confiscated property to Christian communities and at a minimum to provide compensation for properties that can’t be recovered…. In this particular area, their [Turks’] practices for many years…have been atrocious."

-- Cong. Brad Sherman (D-CA): "This amendment is urgently needed to address the vast destruction of Christian religious heritage as a result of the Turkish government’s theft, desecration, and disregard of ancient Christian holy sites and churches."

-- Cong. Dan Burton (R-IN), one of the staunchest supporters of Turkey: "I do support the amendment. I do support religious freedom, and I hope that this amendment does pass."

-- Cong. Gerald Connolly (D-VA), co-chair of the Turkish Congressional Caucus: "Religious freedom is a tenet of American philosophy and it is a cardinal of our American values. I look forward to supporting the language."

-- Cong. Ed Royce (R-CA), co-sponsor of House Resolution 306 which formed the basis for the proposed amendment: "Turkey is identified as a country among the world’s top violators of religious freedom…. So we urge Turkey to return all confiscated church properties taken from these religions that were frankly stolen."

-- Cong. Eliot Engel (D-NY): "Turkey is an ally in NATO, and we recognize that. I wish frankly that they would act more like an ally to the United States than they have lately. They really have gone astray…. Their Foreign Minister has set out a policy of Islamism and has moved away from the European Union, the West, and the United States, and has behaved very poorly frankly with the flotilla and Israel and the whole bit."

Turkey’s Ambassador to the U.S., Namik Tan, disingenuously attributed the setback suffered by his country to the work of "radical Armenians." He must have forgotten that the Turkish government is the one paying millions of dollars to lobbying firms each year to influence Members of Congress, and that 43 out of 44 Foreign Affairs Committee members, including Turkey’s staunchest supporters, could not possibly be in the pockets of a handful of "radical Armenians."

Turkish leaders have not made a public statement after the adoption of the amendment, in order to hide this embarrassing episode. Surprisingly, Armenian government officials have not commented either on this issue. Obama administration officials have also remained silent and refrained from overt efforts to block the amendment in view of its overwhelming bipartisan support.

While Armenian, Assyrian and Greek-Americans have won the first skirmish, they have not yet won the final battle. The Authorization Bill along with this amendment will next go to the full House for approval. A similar Bill has to be adopted by the Senate. A joint committee of both houses will then attempt to reconcile the differences between the two versions. Turkish lobbyists and the Obama administration still have an opportunity to remove the amendment from the larger Bill. Supporters of the amendment must remain vigilant, urging their House and Senate representatives to vote in favor of keeping the church amendment in the Authorization Bill.

Even though the amendment has no legally binding effect, it is a moral victory for all those who cherish religious freedom, and a major political success for the Armenian-American community which went toe to toe against the mighty Turkish lobbying machine and dealt it a devastating blow. The amendment also exposes the alarming condition of Christian churches in Turkey, paving the way for other countries and international organizations, such as the Council of Europe and UNESCO, to support their restoration.

Yet, the most effective way of forcing Turkey to return the confiscated Christian churches to their rightful owners is by filing lawsuits in the European Court of Human Rights. The Turkish government has accepted the jurisdiction of that court and has readily complied with its verdicts.

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Turkey

تقارير المراسلين - الود.. هل يعود مجددا بين أنقرة وتل أبيب؟

تركيا وإسرائيل تسعيان لتجاوز الأزمة

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اليوم السابع | انقطاع الكهرباء يؤجل مناقشة البابا شنودة لرسالة ماجستير كنسية

Azerbaijani MFA “offended” at Russia and Iran | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Cleansing of Armenian Genocide Documents

Ցեղասպանութեան Փաստաթուղթերու «Մաքրագործում»ը Կը Շարունակուի | Asbarez News - Armenian Edition

Turkey again throws dust in the eyes of international community- expert | Armenia News - NEWS.am

الكتلة المسيحية تعلن عودة موظف رفيع ابعده السامرائي من البرلمان السابق إلى منصبه - akhbaar.org موقع الأخبار

Serzh Sargsyan: Baku turned migration from Armenia into fixed idea - PanARMENIAN.Net

Vicken Aykazian: House Foreign Affairs Committee vote is vote of justice against injustice - PanARMENIAN.Net

CNN-Turk: vote for return of Christian churches is “America’s slap in Turkey's face” - PanARMENIAN.Net

Turkish composer of Armenian origin changed name to avoid censorship | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Ruben Melkonyan: U.S.-adopted amendments belated - PanARMENIAN.Net

أذربيجان وسعت إمكانيات قواتها المنسلحة في عام 2010 بشراء أسلحة جديدة : Public Radio of Armenia

رئيس اللجنة الحكومية لشؤون الأسرى والمفقودين في غاراباغ فيكتور كوتشاريان يعلن أنه لايوجد أسير أو شخص مدني أذربيجاني في غاراباغ أما في أذربيجان فيوجد أكثر من 700 شخص من سكان غاراباغ من أسرى ومفقودين : Public Radio of Armenia

رئيس اللجنة الحكومية لشؤون الأسرى والمفقودين في غاراباغ فيكتور كوتشاريان يعلن أنه لايوجد أسير أو شخص مدني أذربيجاني في غاراباغ أما في أذربيجان فيوجد أكثر من 700 شخص من سكان غاراباغ من أسرى ومفقودين : Public Radio of Armenia

أرمينيا تأتي في المركز الثالث بين دول رابطة الدول المستقلة من حيث تقليص عدد الجرائم : Public Radio of Armenia

Genocide expert calls on Israel to put Armenian suffering before politics - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Nor Marmara on response of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on Sanahin Monastery issue

http://www.scribd.com/doc/60579758/Nor-Marmara-on-Response-of-Mother-See-of-Holy-in-on-Sanahin-Monastery-Issue

Karabakh war veterans ready to raise Armenian flag in Baku | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Turkey’s Armenians greet ‘Return of Churches’ bill progress in Washington - News | ArmeniaNow.com

House Foreign Affairs Committee adopts amendment on return of Christian churches - PanARMENIAN.Net

US House Passes Amendment on Return of Churches in Turkey

رسالة ممثل أرمينيا الدائم في الأمم المتحدة كارين نازاريان إلى الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة

AZG Daily: "رسالة ممثل أرمينيا الدائم في الأمم المتحدة كارين نازاريان إلى الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة"

Turkey-Armenia Relations

Դավութօղլուն հեքիաթ է պատմել` ասելով, թե մի օր հայերը կարող են Էրզրումում տուն գնել. թուրքագետ | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls on Turkey to Return Christian Churches

Return of Churches

Turkey urged to return Armenian and Christian Churches to their lawful owners - Society - Panorama | Armenian news

Ստամբուլահայ երգչուհին ցանկանում է Անիում երգել «Տեսնեմ Անին ու նոր մեռնեմ» երգը (վիդեո) | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

Ստամբուլահայ երգչուհին ցանկանում է Անիում երգել «Տեսնեմ Անին ու նոր մեռնեմ» երգը (վիդեո) | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

Armenia’s Ambassador addresses a letter to UN Secretary General : Public Radio of Armenia

Armenian FM awarded Egyptian scientist studying Armenian Genocide | Armenia News - NEWS.am

H. Melik-Shahnazaryan: “Azerbaijanis use a worked-out scenario” | Times.am

Azerbaijani MFA: Baku can host Armenian delegation to Eurovision 2012 - Culture - Panorama | Armenian news

We must thank the USA for the resolution accepted on 1989 | Times.am

Azerbaijani official:Russia must change its role in the region | Times.am

Key House Committee to Vote on ‘Return of Churches’ Amendment Wednesday | Asbarez Armenian News

نائب وزير خارجية أرمينيا شافارش كوتشاريان يصف الإتهامات الأذربيجانية الموجهة إلى أرمينيا بشأن وفاة فتاة أذربيجانية بأنه مختلقة بصورة تامة : Public Radio of Armenia

نائب وزير خارجية أرمينيا شافارش كوتشاريان يصف الإتهامات الأذربيجانية الموجهة إلى أرمينيا بشأن وفاة فتاة أذربيجانية بأنه مختلقة بصورة تامة : Public Radio of Armenia

الخطابة العسكرية الأذربيجانية هي عقبة على سبيل المباحثات الجارية حول مسألة نزاع غاراباغ : Public Radio of Armenia

Ara Sarafian: Talaat Pasha’s report is the official view of the Armenian Genocide according to Ottoman records - mediamax.am

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attempted to unveil reason for failed Armenian-Turkish protocols - Politics - Panorama | Armenian news

Sibil Pektorosoglu: I’ll do my best to keep Armenian in Turkey - Culture - Panorama | Armenian news

An Armenian dream

تركيا( اردوغان) العثمانية تسعى الى قيادة العالم العربي

Sotaliraq.com - صوت العراق

حقيقة السلطان الطيب أردوغان

وكالة العراق نيوز

Baku has no scruples about using death of a child to accuse Armenian side - PanARMENIAN.Net

Republican MP: Azeri statesmen and Ambassador in UN are making puzzling statements - Politics - Panorama | Armenian news

Military expert: Azerbaijan makes a zombie out of its own people - Politics - Panorama | Armenian news

H. Sahakyan: Will Azerbaijan stop adventurism? - Politics - Panorama | Armenian news

Russian expert spoke on most painful issue for Azerbaijan | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Azerbaijan blocks Karabakh conflict negotiations - expert | Armenia News - NEWS.am

CBA: Armenia’s economy was not worst in the world within last 15 years - PanARMENIAN.Net

Anti-Armenian sentiments in Azerbaijan aimed at ruining peace process – Yerevan | Armenia News - NEWS.am

AAA: U.S. Administration's current policy on Genocide untenable - PanARMENIAN.Net

وزير خارجية أرمينيا إدوارد نالبانديان يقول إنه قد تم الاتفاق حول الوضع المؤقت لغاراباغ في براغ في عام 2009 : Public Radio of Armenia

وزير خارجية أرمينيا إدوارد نالبانديان يقول إنه قد تم الاتفاق حول الوضع المؤقت لغاراباغ في براغ في عام 2009 : Public Radio of Armenia

وزير خارجية أذربيجان إيلمار ماميدياروف يقترح في بيانه أمس إعداد وثيقة الاتفاقية دون الاتفاق حول المبادئ الرئيسية : Public Radio of Armenia

وزير خارجية أذربيجان إيلمار ماميدياروف يقترح في بيانه أمس إعداد وثيقة الاتفاقية دون الاتفاق حول المبادئ الرئيسية : Public Radio of Armenia

بعض وسائل الإعلام الأذربيجانية باستنادها إلى مصادر غير رسمية تدعي أنه قُتل طفل واحد يبلغ من العمر 13 نتيجة إنفجار ألعوبة ا

بعض وسائل الإعلام الأذربيجانية باستنادها إلى مصادر غير رسمية تدعي أنه قُتل طفل واحد يبلغ من العمر 13 نتيجة إنفجار ألعوبة في قرية أليبيلي بمنطقة توفوز الأذربيجانية المتاخمة لأرمينيا : Public Radio of Armenia

باكو تدعو لتوقيع اتفاق سلام ويريفان تشكك | روسيا | Anba Moscow

Sen. Menendez Presses Ambassador nominee Heffern on Genocide : Public Radio of Armenia

UN touched upon Armenians’ real estate rights restoration in Western Armenia | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Azerbaijan Must Attack Yerevan, Says Political Expert !!

Azerbaijan Must Attack Yerevan, Says Political Expert | Asbarez Armenian New

Hay Dat: Yerevan, Baku seem unsatisfied with Medvedev’s message on Karabakh - PanARMENIAN.Net

معاناة الأقلية الأرمينية في العراق

http://www.france24.com/ar/20110712-iraq-armenian-minority-condition-situation

D. Jamalyan: Azerbaijani propaganda suffers irrationalism - Politics - Panorama | Armenian news

السريان في تركيا يُطالبون باستعادة إمتلاك أسمائهم والقابهم الخاصة

Religious rage: Armenians in Georgia feel tension amid Orthodox protests - News | ArmeniaNow.com

Nazaryan reminds of times when Azerbaijan bombed schools and hospitals - PanARMENIAN.Net

Armenian hospitals, kindergartens attacked during imposed war – envoy to UN | Armenia News - NEWS.am

السفير الذي يقترحه اوباما في ارمينيا يتحاشى كلمة "ابادة"

إفتتاح مركز للدراسات الأرمنية في طهران

AZG Daily: "إفتتاح مركز للدراسات الأرمنية في طهران"

السودان الأفريقي قدوة لأذربيجان "الأوروبية"

AZG Daily: "السودان الأفريقي قدوة لأذربيجان 'الأوروبية'"

صحيفة "الزمان" التركية تنشر مقال ميهميد فاتح أوزتارسون حيث يتحدث عن ضرورة تطبيع العلاقات الأرمنية التركية : Public Radio of Armenia

صحيفة "الزمان" التركية تنشر مقال ميهميد فاتح أوزتارسون حيث يتحدث عن ضرورة تطبيع العلاقات الأرمنية التركية : Public Radio of Armenia

الأرمن الأردنيون

AZG Daily: "الأرمن الأردنيون"

طيارون أسرائيليون في عرض عسكري في أذربيجان

AZG Daily

بابا روما بينيديكتوس الخامس عشر أرسل في عام 1915 رسالة إلى السلطان العثماني محمد الخامس حيث دعا فيها إلى وضع حد لعمليات العنف التي يتم القيام بها ضد الأرمن : Public Radio of Armenia

بابا روما بينيديكتوس الخامس عشر أرسل في عام 1915 رسالة إلى السلطان العثماني محمد الخامس حيث دعا فيها إلى وضع حد لعمليات العنف التي يتم القيام بها ضد الأرمن : Public Radio of Armenia

مسألة الوضع القانوني لجمهورية غاراباغ هي مسألة مرتبطة بحقوق الإنسان : Public Radio of Armenia

ACA Raises issues of concern to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the next U.S. Ambassador to Armenia : Public Radio of Armenia

Historical justice: Turkish writer publishes materials on Armenian presence in the region - Features | ArmeniaNow.com

‘Orphans of the Genocide’ Wins Telly Award | Asbarez Armenian News

Forbes conclusion based on wrong data: Armenian finance ministry says | 13/07/2011 15:47 | News agency ARKA - Armenian news

Historian: Pope Benedict ХV called to stop violence against Armenians back in 1915 - PanARMENIAN.Net

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

اسماعيل علوان التميمي - المسيحيون العراقيون رموز للفضيلة وجسور للنهضة

ANCA-WR Welcomes Passage of California Genocide Victims Rights Bill | Asbarez Armenian News

Labels: Armenian Genocide

A Visit to San Lazzaro: An Armenian Island in the Heart of Europe (Part I)

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2011/07/12/a-visit-to-san-lazzaro-an-armenian-island-in-the-heart-of-europe-part-i/

Armenian scholar believes Vatican’s publication of genocide-related materials to be significant development - Genocide | ArmeniaNow.com

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Shahan Kandaharian: Vatican archive documents to blank Armenian Genocide denial policy - PanARMENIAN.Net

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Vatican Archives Officer told Turkish newspaper about Armenian Genocide | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Sarkisian In Fresh Warning To Azerbaijan

http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/news/3049-sarkisian-in-fresh-warning-to-azerbaijan.html

Labels: Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Azerbaijan

The next nonsense by Azerbaijanis

http://times.am/2011/07/11/the-next-nonsense-by-azerbaijanis/

Armenia says Azerbaijan continues spreading misinformation | Armenia News - NEWS.am

President Sargsyan Denies International Pressure on Karabakh Talks | Hetq online

Assyrian Genocide Scholar Discusses the Turkish Genocide of Assyrians

Armenia to study cyber attacks on local websites | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Prof. Akcam Reveals Turkish Plan to Pay Scholars to Deny the Armenian Genocide

By Harut Sassounian

Publisher, The California Courier

Prof. Taner Akcam dropped a bombshell during a lecture at the Glendale Public Library last month, when he revealed that a confidential source in Istanbul had informed him about the Turkish government’s scheme to bribe American scholars to deny the Armenian Genocide.

Dr. Akcam, holder of the Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., stated that "the Turkish government is following a very systematic and aggressive policy in the US," by attempting to cast doubt on the veracity of the Armenian Genocide. Ankara’s grand scheme is to make Turkish denialist claims as widely acceptable as the belief that the events of 1915 constituted genocide. Moreover, through a series of lawsuits in US courts, Turkey and its proxies are trying to present any criticism of denialist scholars and exclusion of revisionist materials from university programs as suppression of "academic freedom."

Prof. Akcam, one of the first Turkish scholars to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, related to his audience that during his visit to Istanbul last December, he had a private conversation with a person who had "inside information" regarding the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s activities in the United States on subject of the Armenian Genocide. Dr. Akcam’s confidential source told him that sometime in 2004-2005, an American university professor had met with "authorities connected with the Turkish Foreign Ministry." At that meeting, the professor told his Turkish hosts that "Turkey didn’t have a systematic program on the academic level with which to counter the claims of an Armenian Genocide," and that "the genocide claim is well established at this point," telling them that "there’s very little" they can do "by trying to confront it head on."

Dr. Akcam was privately informed that the American professor made the following recommendation to Turkish officials: "The thing you need to do is to dig a ditch in front of all the genocide claims; you need to create doubt by writing scholarly works which will awaken that doubt." Dr. Akcam interpreted these words to mean that "by producing and encouraging new academic works," American scholars could "normalize the idea that 1915 was not genocide, just as the belief that it was genocide has become accepted."

While it is commonly assumed that the Turkish government provides financial incentives to scholars worldwide to publish articles and books denying the Armenian Genocide, this is the first time that a knowledgeable Turkish insider has confirmed these assumptions. The confidential source told Dr. Akcam that the Turkish Foreign Ministry accepted the American scholar’s proposal and "transferred large sums of money to the US." The informant revealed to Dr. Akcam the names of American academics who received funds to write books denying the Armenian Genocide, and disclosed that "there are documents signed by their own hand and that these receipts are now in the files of the Foreign Ministry’s records."

In his lecture, Dr. Akcam stated that he did not want "to put any academic under a cloud of suspicion." However, when he connected the information received from his Istanbul source to some recent publications, "a disturbing picture emerges as far as Armenian Genocide research is concerned."

Dr. Akcam then referred to Michael Gunter’s recent book, "Armenian History and the Question of Genocide," as a possible "example of this approach." The website of the book’s publisher, Palgrave Macmillan, stated: "Although as many as 600,000 of them [Armenians] died during World War I, it was neither a premeditated policy perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkish government nor an event unilaterally implemented without cause. Of course, in no way does this excuse the horrible excesses that were committed."

Prof. Akcam further observed that the four academics -- Hakan Yavuz of University of Utah,Guenter Lewy of University of Massachusetts, Jeremy Salt of Bilkent University, Ankara, and Edward J. Ericson of Marine Corps Command & Staff College, Virginia -- who praised Gunter’s book, "are well known for their denialist position and works regarding the genocide of 1915." Although Prof. Akcam did not wish to make "an accusation against the book’s writer," he stated: "the strange similarities between what I was told in confidence in Istanbul and what appears on the jacket cover of that book gave me pause, that’s all."

While no one should accuse academics of receiving funds from the Turkish government or its proxies without solid evidence, it would be enlightening if any of them would voluntarily come forward and disclose whether they have been funded by Turkish sources!

Labels: Armenian Genocide, denial policy, Taner Akcam, Turkey

الناطق الرسمي باسم وزارة الخارجية الروسية أليكسندر لوكاشيفيتش يعلن أن مجموعة مينسك لم تستخدم بعد جميع إمكاناتها في مجال تسوية نزاع غاراباغ : Public Radio of Armenia

الناطق الرسمي باسم وزارة الخارجية الروسية أليكسندر لوكاشيفيتش يعلن أن مجموعة مينسك لم تستخدم بعد جميع إمكاناتها في مجال تسوية نزاع غاراباغ : Public Radio of Armenia

أذربيجان لاتتوقف عن الحديث عن الحل العسكري لمسألة غاراباغ وتفتخر بسياسة سباق التسلح التي تنهجها

المندوبة السامية لشؤون السياسة الخارجية والأمن للاتحاد الأوروبي كيترين إيشتون تقول إن أذربيجان لاتتوقف عن الحديث عن الحل العسكري لمسألة غاراباغ وتفتخر بسياسة سباق التسلح التي تنهجها : Public Radio of Armenia

Vatican archive: Pope of Rome called on sultan stop the genocide - Society - Panorama | Armenian news

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Azerbaijan will not have enough political will to realize its threats : Public Radio of Armenia

Labels: Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Azerbaijan

The OSCE Minsk Group has not exhausted its potential : Public Radio of Armenia

Larisa Alaverdyan: EU trying to change the Minsk Group format : Public Radio of Armenia

Euro-Parliament Deplores Azeri Military Threats | Asbarez Armenian News

Armenia recognizes the Republic of Southern Sudan - Politics - Panorama | Armenian news

Labels: Armenia, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Southern Sudan

U.S., China, Germany, Egypt, Armenia recognize South Sudan independence - PanARMENIAN.Net

Labels: Armenia, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Southern Sudan

South Sudan precursor to Karabakh independence

Labels: Armenia, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Southern Sudan

We achieved victory in long, heavy and unequal war - Armenian President‘s speech (video) | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Turkish PM again interferes with Karabakh peace process | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Labels: Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Turkey

روسيا تواصل مساعيها لحل نزاع قره باخ | روسيا | Anba Moscow

Dar Al Hayat - تدشين اول كنيسة في العراق منذ الاجتياح الأميركي

Group of 56 Armenian, Russian and American journalists leaves for Karabakh | Armenia News - NEWS.am

منظمة "مراسلون بدون حدود" تعرب عن قلقها بشأن حد نشاط الصحفيين لنزاع كاراباخ من قبل أذربيجان

AZG Daily

Bill extends claim deadline for families of Armenian genocide victims - Glendale News Press

Expert: Azerbaijan wants stronger U.S. role in Karabakh process - PanARMENIAN.Net

World Bank upbeat on Armenia performance, announces $200m loan package - Economy | ArmeniaNow.com

Armenian Americans welcome U.S. congressman’s condemnation of Sudan’s attacks | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Armenian delegation prevents introduction of Azeri amendments in OSCE PA draft resolution - PanARMENIAN.Net

نائب وزير خارجية أرمينيا شافارش كوتشاريان يتطرق إلى بيان إلهام علييف في مؤتمر الأذربيجانيين

نائب وزير خارجية أرمينيا شافارش كوتشاريان يتطرق إلى بيان إلهام علييف في مؤتمر الأذربيجانيين حيث زعم أن الأرمن هم ضيوف في غاراباغ وأنه تم تأسيس الدولة الأرمنية على الأراضي التاريخية الأذربيجانية : Public Radio of Armenia

Labels: Aliyev, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, غاراباغ، قره باغ، ناغورني كاراباخ

الفاتيكان ستنشر المواد عن المجزرة التي إرتكبها الأتراك في أوائل القرن العشرين ضد الأرمن : Public Radio of Armenia

Labels: الابادة الارمنية

Վրացի փորձագետ. Ո՞րն էր պատճառը, որ Վրաստանի իշխանությունը Հայոց եկեղեցուն կարգավիճակ տվեց | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

Վրացի փորձագետ. Ո՞րն էր պատճառը, որ Վրաստանի իշխանությունը Հայոց եկեղեցուն կարգավիճակ տվեց | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

Թուրքական Radikal-ը՝ հայ օլիգարխների մասին | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

إجراء مشاورات في مجلس وزراء أرمينيا حول تنظيم الإحراءات بمناسبة مرور 1050 عاماً على تأسيس عاصمة آل بقراطوني مدينة آني : Public Radio of Armenia

إجراء مشاورات في مجلس وزراء أرمينيا حول تنظيم الإحراءات بمناسبة مرور 1050 عاماً على تأسيس عاصمة آل بقراطوني مدينة آني : Public Radio of Armenia

الأمين العام لمنظمة معاهدة الأمن الجماعي نيقولا بورديوجا يعلن أن أرمينيا هي حليفة روسيا مع جميع الأمور المرتبطة بها : Public Radio of Armenia

الأمين العام لمنظمة معاهدة الأمن الجماعي نيقولا بورديوجا يعلن أن أرمينيا هي حليفة روسيا مع جميع الأمور المرتبطة بها : Public Radio of Armenia

كشف الفاتيكان لوثائق تتعلق بالمجزرة الأرمنية

AZG Daily: "كشف الفاتيكان لوثائق تتعلق بالمجزرة الأرمنية"

Labels: الابادة الارمنية

Եպիսկոպոսարանների առաջնորդ. Հայկական եկեղեցին իր նպատակին հասավ Վրաստանի ղեկավարության միջոցով | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

Եպիսկոպոսարանների առաջնորդ. Հայկական եկեղեցին իր նպատակին հասավ Վրաստանի ղեկավարության միջոցով | Լուրեր Հայաստանից - NEWS.am

The Washington Post: Karabakh would appreciate recognition yet won’t beg for it - PanARMENIAN.Net

Labels: Artsakh-Karabakh issue

In Karabakh, the first post-Soviet war - The Washington Post

Labels: Artsakh-Karabakh issue

تركيا والدولة الوطنيّة في سوريا | الأخبار

Turning 85, Vahakn Dadrian receives accolades and continues scholarly pursuit

Armenian Reporter:

Labels: Armenian Genocide

Armenian Church thanks Georgian president | Armenia News - NEWS.am

UNESCO scandalizes Khachkar exhibit

Armenian Reporter:

Armenian from Karabakh wins Sombo World Cup | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Armenia preparing to celebrate the 1050th anniversary of proclamation of Ani as the capital of Bagratuni Dynasty : Public Radio of Armenia

President of Azerbaijan falsifies history and imposes it on people - Armenian MFA | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Labels: Aliyev, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Azerbaijan

Aliyev Continues to Revise History | Asbarez Armenian News

Labels: Aliyev, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan goes into hysterics, CNN makes a “mistake” - PanARMENIAN.Net

Labels: Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Azerbaijan

Karabakh asks international community to force Azerbaijan to peace | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Labels: Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Azerbaijan

Armenian Communities Days to be held in Armenia - PanARMENIAN.Net

Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Vatican archives: papers of Pius XII available soon; book coming on Armenian genocide

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Vatican Diplomacy and the Armenian Question

http://www.gomidas.org/books/VaticanDiplomacy.htm

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Genocide Museum | The Armenian Genocide Museum-institute (2008)

Genocide Museum | The Armenian Genocide Museum-institute

VATICAN Vatican to publish documents on the Armenian genocide - Asia News

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Ukraine gives up pro-Azerbaijani position? | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Anti-Armenian MP elected speaker of Turkish parliament | Armenia News - NEWS.am

AGI News On - VATICAN ARCHIVE CONTAINS SECRET PAPERS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Labels: Armenian Genocide, Vatican

Georgian Patriarch against legal status of Armenian Church | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Armenians Must Counter UN Security Council Bids by Turkey and Azerbaijan

By Harut Sassounian

Publisher, The California Courier

Diasporan political organizations and influential Armenians, in cooperation with the Armenian Foreign Ministry, should launch an international lobbying campaign to block Turkey and Azerbaijan from gaining coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council.

Three years ago, I made a similar plea when Turkey was seeking a seat on the Security Council for the first time since 1961. I urged Armenians worldwide to contact government leaders of their respective countries, requesting that their UN representatives oppose Turkey’s Security Council bid. Regrettably, no such efforts were made and Turkey easily gained a seat on the powerful Security Council for a two-year term (2009 & 2010).

One advantage Armenians have in being scattered throughout the world is their unique opportunity to lobby the governments of dozens of countries on upcoming issues at the UN. Such a strategy would considerably strengthen the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s UN activities. Diaspora’s political clout and contacts would counter the considerable financial resources Turkey and Azerbaijan provide to many countries to obtain their UN votes. As reported by the Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey bribed dozens of third world countries in its successful bid for a Security Council seat in 2009. The Turkish government went as far as contributing $20 million to a number of small nations to pay off their UN membership dues, so they won’t lose their voting rights!

Encouraged by the results of its previous campaign, Turkey just announced its candidacy for yet another term on the Security Council in 2015-2016, competing with Spain and New Zealand for two open regional seats. Both of these countries are far more qualified than Turkey in terms of fulfilling Security Council’s objectives of contributing to international peace and security. Having just served for two years on the Security Council after the absence of a half-century, Turkey’s hegemonic appetite is now whetted to return to the Council in 5 years, much earlier than its turn!

For those familiar with Turkey’s long record of human rights violations, repeated massacres of Kurds, denial of the Armenian Genocide, and occupation of the northern part of Cyprus, it is shocking to read the excuses of the Turkish Foreign Ministry for its new Security Council bid: "Turkey is determined to increase its contributions to international peace, security and prosperity, as well as to further its efforts towards strengthening fundamental principles and values such as human rights, democracy and rule of law."

Having a seat on the UN Security Council, however, may not always be advantageous for Turkey. Its hypocritical behavior of pretending to be everyone’s best friend risks being exposed, as was the case in 2009-2010 when Turkey was forced to take sides and vote on such thorny issues as the Arab-Israeli conflict and the controversial Iranian nuclear program, antagonizing many of its traditional allies.

While Armenians have a five-year advance notice to effectively plan their lobbying activities against Turkey’s membership bid, they have only three months to obstruct Azerbaijan’s Security Council candidacy in elections to be held this October. According to knowledgeable sources, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov is globe-trotting to provide financial inducements to dozens of needy countries in return for votes. Mammadyarov urged the Foreign Ministers gathered at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation conference to support Azerbaijan’s first-ever bid for a seat on the Security Council, claiming that his country has a "strong commitment to goals and principles of the UN Charter."

Given Azerbaijan’s authoritarian regime as documented by the State Department and other human rights organizations, in particular its lack of democracy, flagrant violations of human rights, and constant threats to use force against the neighboring Republics ofArmenia and Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh), it is hard to imagine a country less qualified to serve on the UN Security Council.

Since Azerbaijan will be competing with Slovenia and Hungary for a Security Council seat, one would think that Baku’s chances are close to zero. However, given Azerbaijan’s lavish vote-buying spree funded by abundant petrodollars, Armenians and their supporters need to work hard in the next three months to channel the UN members’ votes towards either Slovenia or Hungary, and away from Azerbaijan.

In countering Turkish and Azerbaijani efforts in international organizations, Armenians must be encouraged by the major political setback suffered by Turkey last week, when Armenia and Cyprus blocked the appointment of a Turkish diplomat to the prestigious position of Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The top contenders for that job were Austria’s former Foreign Minister, Ursula Plassnik and Turkey’s Ambassador to Brazil, Ersin Ercin. By blocking Austria’s candidate, Turkey caused a serious diplomatic rift between the two countries. At the end, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier of Italy was unanimously chosen as OSCE’s new Secretary General.

Armenia and Cyprus must be congratulated for not caving in to Turkish pressures and standing up in defense of their national interests.

Այն, ինչ նրանք ցույց են տալիս, Խոջալուն չէ

ԽՈՋԱԼՈՒ՝ Աննախադեպ զեղծարարութուննների եւ կեղծարարութունների ժամանակագրություն

Labels: Karabakh-Artsakh issue, Khojalu, Khojaly

Ayaz Mutalibov was expatriated for truth about Khojaly

Labels: Karabakh-Artsakh issue, Khojalu, Khojaly

Levon Shirinyan advises to be “positively indifferent” to Armenian Genocide discussions in the Knesset : Public Radio of Armenia

جدول أعمال السياسة الداخلية والخارجية التركية مكثف إلى درجة حيث أن تركيا لفترة طويلة سترفض التصديق على المذكرات الأرمنية التركية : Public Radio of Armenia

جدول أعمال السياسة الداخلية والخارجية التركية مكثف إلى درجة حيث أن تركيا لفترة طويلة سترفض التصديق على المذكرات الأرمنية التركية : Public Radio of Armenia

5 عضو كتلة الحزب الجمهوري في برلمان أرمينيا غاغيك ميناسيان يعلن أن الأفكار التي عبر عنها رئيس أذربيجان أثناء العرض العسكري في باكو ليست مقبولة : Public Radio of Armenia

5 عضو كتلة الحزب الجمهوري في برلمان أرمينيا غاغيك ميناسيان يعلن أن الأفكار التي عبر عنها رئيس أذربيجان أثناء العرض العسكري في باكو ليست مقبولة : Public Radio of Armenia

Clarifications from the Armenia’s Representative at the UN : Public Radio of Armenia

Armenian President: “NK people have right of self-determination, which is recognized internationally”

http://times.am/2011/07/02/armenian-president-%E2%80%9Cnk-people-have-right-of-self-determination-which-is-recognized-internationally%E2%80%9D/

Expert: State web-sites are protected well

http://times.am/2011/07/02/expert-state-web-sites-are-protected-well/

Information war issues discussed in Yerevan - PanARMENIAN.Net

Georgian Parliament grants legal status to Armenian Apostolic Church | Armenia News - NEWS.am

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

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Friday, July 29, 2011

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بيان وزارة خارجية تركيا هو محاولة لتحريف نداء رئيس أرمينيا

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Sarkisian Slams Aliyev for Insulting Armenians | Asbarez Armenian News

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Turkey desires to deprive the Armenians of even the right to dream | Times.am

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Թուրքագետ. Հայկական հուշարձանների խնդիրը Թուրքիայի համար այդքան ցավալի չէ, որքան Եղեռնի հարցը - PanARMENIAN.Net

Mayor of Van convinced Armenians master land, Turks just watchmеn - PanARMENIAN.Net

الأتراك لم يقرأوا الجواب بأكمله وتمسكوا ببعض العبارات

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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Deputy FM: Turkish hysteria caused by Armenian President’s statement artificial - PanARMENIAN.Net

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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Congressional Panel Urges Turkey to Return Church Properties to Christians

Sunday, July 24, 2011

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Friday, July 22, 2011

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

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US House Passes Amendment on Return of Churches in Turkey

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Turkey-Armenia Relations

House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls on Turkey to Return Christian Churches

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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