Karabakh FM has meeting at central office of Basque nationalist party
Armenpress.am, September 17, 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
On September 15, the NKR Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan met with the member of the Spanish Parliament, head of the leading Basque Nationalist Party parliamentary faction Aitor Esteban Bravo and the Party’s foreign affairs coordinator Inaki Goicoetxea Gonsales at the BNP Central Office in the city of Bilbao, the Basque Country. The sides touched upon the Motion in support of the right of Nagorno Karabakh to self-determination recently adopted by the Basque Parliament.
General News on Armenia
Armenia “parliamentary 4” discuss rally day
News.am, 17 September, 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
Session of the four non-government National Assembly (NA) factions (Armenian National Congress, Prosperous Armenia (PAP), ARF Dashnaktsutyun, and Heritage) has gotten underway. The date for the “parliamentary four’s” joint rally and the agenda of their regional visits will be decided in Wednesday’s talk.
Moody’s cites sanctions against Russia for lowering expectations from Armenia’s GDP growth
Armenianow.com, 17 September, 2014, https://www.armenianow.com/
One of the world’s leading analytic centers, Moody’s Investor Service, has lowered the expected rate of Armenia’s economic growth down to 2.1 percent, explaining this by sanctions against Russia which will have an impact on the Armenian economy. In its report the analytical center mentioned that the Russian economic decline will continue having a negative influence on the Armenian economy.
69 Ukrainian citizens seek asylum in Armenia
News.am, 17 September, 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
It is not known how many people have settled in Armenia due to the Ukrainian crisis, but 69 citizens of Ukraine have petitioned to the Armenian State Migration Agency, with a request for asylum.Agency Head Gagik Yeganyan told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
General News on Karabakh
President Sargsyan, Amb. Warlick discuss Karabakh settlement
Armradio.am, 17 September, 2014, https://www.armradio.am/en/
President Serzh Sargsyan received the U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick. At the meeting the interlocutors discussed issues concerning the current stage of the peaceful resolution process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its prospect.
Karabakh needs recognition by subjects of international law – Armenian expert
Tert.am, 17 September, 2014, https://www.tert.am/en/news/
Nagorno-Karabakh’s recognition by non-subjects of international law marks only a moral victory for the country, according to Ara Papyan, the director of the Yerevan based analytical center Modus Vivendi. “We have only moral victories in such cases, but it adds nothing to Artsakh’s [Nagorno-Karabakh’s] security,” he told Tert.am, commenting on the recently adopted resolitions.
Karabakh Talks: Sargsyan, Aliyev reportedly agree to meet in Paris
Armenianow.com, 17 September, 2014, https://armenianow.com/
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, have agreed to hold their next meeting in Paris, France, French Ambassador in Baku Pascal Monnier told local media on Tuesday. The diplomat said the meeting is scheduled for mid-October. French President Francois Hollande offered to host Armenian-Azerbaijani talks over the Karabakh conflict when he visited Yerevan and Baku in May.
U.S. and Russia are unanimous over Karabakh issue, U.S. Co-Chair says
Mediamax.am, 16 September, 2014, https://www.mediamax.am/en/
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair James Warlick said that irrespective of the discords between the U.S. and Russia, Moscow and Washington are unanimous over the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Upon the request of the journalists, James Warlick touched upon the fact of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Russia’s selling arms to Azerbaijan saying that it is not among the issues which are discussed by the Co-Chairs.
Armenia-Turkey
Righteous Turks: who are they and why are they so important?
Armenpress.am, 17 September, 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/
The director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Hayk Demoyan argues that though the Genocide rescuing stories by some Turks are important to know, the main narrative of the Armenian Genocide should not be shifted to a secondary one. Although it is aimed at making such events as the dominant paradigm in overall representation of the genocide committed.
News from International Sources
Warlick arrives in Yerevan for meetings with Armenian officials amid efforts to re-energise the Karabakh peace talks
Commonspace.eu, 16 September, 2014, https://commonspace.eu/eng/
The American co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Process, Ambassador James Warlick, has arrived in Yerevan to meet with the Armenian leadership. The visit comes amid increased efforts to re-energise the talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan to find a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
Cold Shower for ‘Hot’ Autumn: Police chief’s remarks taken as threat in opposition camp
Armenianow.com, 16 September, 2014, https://www.armenianow.com/
While four non-governing forces prepare to announce the day for an upcoming rally, the government, represented by the chief of the Armenian police, Vladimir Gasparyan, hurried to warn that the forces promising a ‘heated’ autumn will be met by a ‘cold’ shower or an even more ‘heated’ autumn.
News from Azerbaijani Sources
Azerbaijani Defense Minister meets military reserve, participating in exercises
News.az, 17 September, 2014, https://www.news.az/articles/
Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov met with reserve force, participating in military exercises. News.az reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan that Z. Hasanov expressed his gratitude to the personnel of the reserve for participating in the training camp and a willingness on the first call to come to the service of the motherland. According to the minister, taking part in these gatherings, the military reserve improve their skills, get acquainted with samples of modern weapons and military equipment, get opportunity to learn the rules of their operation and use.