Greek Parliament adopts Genocide denial criminalizing bill
Armenpress.am, 9 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
The voting of the bill on criminalizing the denial of the genocide wrapped up at the Greek Parliament with adoption of the bill. So Greece is the third state after Switzerland and Slovakia that will criminalize the Armenian Genocide denial.
General News on Armenia
USA to support Armenia in the field of judicial reforms
Armenpress.am, 9 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
Justice Minister of Armenia Hovhannes Manukyan and US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern signed today the amendment to the agreement on cooperation in the fields of drug control and law enforcement signed between the governments of Armenia and the USA.
Jordan’s Ambassador presents credentials to Armenian President
Public Radio of Armenia, 9 September 2014, https://www.armradio.am/en/
Today, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Republic of Armenia Muhammad Nur Osman Yusuf Balkar presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. (…) Serzh Sargsyan and Ambassador Balkar agreed that there is great potential for strengthening the interstate relations and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in a number of spheres into which their efforts should be directed. In that context the importance of the legal framework was stressed, which, according to the parties, will greatly stimulate trade and economic ties.
Dream of peace between Turks and Armenians
News.am, 10 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
An online Armenian-Turkish reconciliation signature campaign has been launched, and numerous Turkish, Armenian and other people already have signed under this document.
The undersigned of the Our Common Dream website, “wish for a peaceful era to begin between the people of Armenia and Turkey, in which both nations respect each other and each other’s history.”
Armenians of Kessab receive Armenian passports
Aysor.am, 9 September 2014, https://www.aysor.am/en/news/
Armenia’s Consul General in Aleppo Tigran Gevorgyan visited Kessab and Latakia on September 4-6. In the Holy Cross Church of Kessab, he handed out Armenian passports to Kessab Armenians, Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
Armenian premier discusses project implementation with billionaire Eurnekian
Arka.am, 10 September 2014, https://arka.am/en/news/
Armenia’s premier Hovik Abrahamyan discussed cooperation-related issues with Armenian Argentinean businessman Eduardo Eurnekian on Tuesday, the government press office reported.
The premier praised Eurnekian’s activities in Armenia and said the government will support implementation of his projects in his historic homeland.
Turkish society’s polarization and conflict is exacerbating – Armenian analyst
News.am, 10 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s enemies are not the Kurds, the Armenians, the Greeks, or the Cypriots; the Turkish government’s enemy is within its own society.
Armenia-based Regional Studies Center Director, political analyst Richard Giragosian stated the aforementioned at a discussion on Tuesday.
Turkey may be ready for "Ararat" Genocide drama: Belge Film chief
PanArmenian.net, 9 September 2014, https://www.panarmenian.net/
Atom Egoyan's Genocide drama "Ararat" may be screened in Turkish cinemas. 12 years ago, yet Turkey's Belge Film acquired screening rights for the film, which hadn't been shown over the head of the company Sabahattin Cetin's misgivings about the safety of the cinema owners.
General News on Nagorno-Karabakh
Barriers to Resolving Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenpress.am, 9 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was back on the front pages of the international press this
Summer after a deadly escalation and more than 30 casualties since the signing of the ceasefire agreement in 1994 by Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia. As usual, both sides accuse each other of having shot first and therefore being responsible for the situation.
Red Cross representatives meet Armenian captive in Baku
PanArmenian.net, 9 September 2014, https://www.panarmenian.net/
Representatives of the Baku Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) met the Azeri-captured Armenian citizen Sargis Ananyan. As the ICRC Yerevan Office representative Hasmik Galstyan told PanARMENIAN.Net the captive was given a letter from his family, the family was given information about Ananyan.
NKR ready to return young man arrested on contact line
Mediamax.am, 9 September 2014, https://www.mediamax.am/en/
According to the release of the NKR State Commission on Prisoners Of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, on September 5, 2014, under-age Azerbaijani citizen residing in Mir-Bashir city voluntarily crossed the NKR border in Martakert region and was arrested by relevant NKR services.
Štefan Füle refuses to answer Azerbaijani journalist’s question on Karabakh
Armenpress.am, 10 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle, who is in Azerbaijan, has refused to compare Crimea and Azerbaijan.
News from Azerbaijani sources
President Aliyev, Stefan Fule discuss co-operation development
AzerNews.az, 10 September 2014, https://www.azernews.az/
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule, who visited Baku to attend the fourth informal meeting of foreign ministers of EU Eastern Partnership countries, on September 9. The sides expressed satisfaction with the development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union.
Andrzej Kasprzyk considers hostage problem ‘humanitarian issue’
News.az, 9 September 2014, https://news.az/articles/
Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk commented on 15-year-old Azerbaijani citizen Javid Mammadov, who was taken hostage by Armenian soldiers.
News from international sources
Russia’s Next Land Grab
The New York Times, 9 September 2014, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/
UKRAINE isn’t the only place where Russia is stirring up trouble. Since the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Moscow has routinely supported secessionists in bordering states, to coerce those states into accepting its dictates. Its latest such effort is unfolding in the South Caucasus.
In recent weeks, Moscow seems to have been aggravating a longstanding conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan while playing peacemaking overlord to both. In the first week of August, as many as 40 Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers were reported killed in heavy fighting near their border, just before a summit meeting convened by Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin.