Serbia will seek to solve the Karabakh conflict during its OSCE presidency
Public Radio of Armenia, 10 September 2014, https://www.armradio.am/en/
During its OSCE presidency, Serbia will seek to solve military conflicts, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said at the press conference in Baku on Sept.10.
The Serbian Minister stressed that he intends to contribute to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. “I will visit this region again. As OSCE chairman, I will seek to waste no effort in resolving military conflicts,” he added.
EU-Armenia Relations
Armenia welcomes Greek Parliament’s measure criminalizing genocide denial
Public Radio of Armenia, 10 September 2014, https://www.armradio.am/en/
“Armenia welcomes the measure adopted by the Greek Parliament on September 9, which criminalizes the denial of the genocides recognized by the Parliament of Greece,” Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in a statement.
Sharmazanov: Armenian Genocide recognition gains momentum
Aysor.am, 11 September 2014, https://www.aysor.am/en/news/
The Greek parliament’s bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide is not only a step on the road of recognition of the Armenian Genocide, but also a means of struggle against genocide denial, the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament Edward Sharmazanov told reporters.
Armenian-German military cooperation is discussed
Times.am, 10 September 2014, https://www.times.am/?p=46299&
On September 10 First Deputy of Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan received delegation of the German Defense Ministry. The German delegation has been to the Republic of Armenia on September 9-10 to participate in the Armenian-German bilateral military cooperation negotiations. Press service of Armenian Ministry of Defense informs about this.
General News on Armenia
Heffern: U.S. will continue developing defense cooperation with Armenia
Panorama.am, 10 September 2014, https://www.panorama.am/en/
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern and newly appointed Defense Attaché Anthony Sebo. General Sebo presented a letter of credentials from U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry said.
Poll finds about 60 percent of Armenian citizens would like their country to join Russia-led Eurasian economic union
Arka.am, 10 September 2014, https://arka.am/en/news/
Asked whether they consider Armenia's accession to the Customs Union desirable some 21 percent said a definite ‘yes’", while another 36 percent said ‘rather yes’ and 15 percent ‘rather no.’ Twelve percent said a definite ‘no,’ and 15 percent were undecided.
Armenia’s deputy FM responds to Cavusoglu: Turkey continues denying historical facts
ArmeniaNow.com, 11 September 2014, https://armenianow.com/
In an interview with Armenia’s Public Television, Armenia’s Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan commented on the newly appointed Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s statement. (…) “I cannot believe that the Armenian side’s response to the Turkish premier’s letter dating back to April 25, 2005, is not still being held in the archives of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” said Kocharyan.
Turkey state agency considers Erdogan’s insulting Armenians as normal
News.am, 11 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) of Turkey has decided that there is nothing offensive in former presidential candidate—and incumbent President—Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s words, which he had expressed about Armenians during the election campaign season and on the air of a TV company.
Official: Armenia not a transit country for drugs
News.am, 11 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
Last year Armenia registered 1,222 crimes and 362 offense cases related to drug trafficking, head of presidential administration Vigen Sargsyan said. Armenia has been successfully working with international organizations in the fight against drug trafficking, he said.
Armenia wants to expand cooperation with Microsoft
Arka.am, 10 September 2014, https://telecom.arka.am/en/
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan met today with Pillar Torres, Microsoft’s chief manager for new markets in Central and Eastern Europe, to discuss long-term cooperation in IT sector, the government press office said. It said the prime minister spoke about the possibility of creating Microsoft Ventures accelerator based on Microsoft Innovation Center in Yerevan and creation of a mobile solutions and development center.
Cisco Director to Receive Armenian Presidential Award
Asbarez.com, 10 September 2014, https://asbarez.com/126825/
Cisco Systems Development Director Mario Mazzola has been chosen to receive the Global IT Award from Armenia’s President Serzh Sarkisian.
Synopsis Armenia director Hovik Musaelyan said Wednesday that Mazzola will receive the award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to IT development in Armenia. The ceremony is scheduled for November 11 at the presidential palace in Yerevan.
News from International sources
Ukraine crisis: 'Frozen conflicts' and the Kremlin
BBC, 9 September 2014, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-
Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen told BBC News at the recent Nato summit in Wales that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to see "protracted, frozen conflicts in the neighbourhood" to stop countries which used to be in Moscow's sphere of influence from integrating with the EU and Nato.
General News on Nagorno-Karabakh
Kazakhstan and Belarus want Armenia-Karabakh customs checkpoint?
News.am, 11 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
Kazakhstan and Belarus will do everything within the Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) so that a customs checkpoint is set up between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Mamikon Khojoyan’s case sent to European Court of Human Rights
Armenpress.am, 10 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
With the support of "Against Illegal Arbitrariness" NGO, Mamikon Khojoyan’s family has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Executive Director of "Against Illegal Arbitrariness" NGO Larisa Alaverdyan told Armenpress.
Kiro Manoyan: “Azerbaijan unlikely to change conduct after meeting of presidents”
Aysor.am, 10 September 2014, https://www.aysor.am/en/news/
The meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Wales with the participation of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was, to some extent, the result of the Unites States’ interest, the head of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Party’s Office for the Armenian Cause and Political Affairs Kiro Manoyan told journalists today.
News from Azerbaijani sources
South Korean Ambassador to Azerbaijan: “The stories of Karabakh IDPs left an unforgettable impression on me”
APA.az, 10 September 2014, https://en.apa.az/xeber_south_
“We have witnessed cooperation between our countries develop remarkably for the last 22 years. (…)”, Korean ambassador to Azerbaijan Choi Suk-inn said in his interview to APA.
Armenia frightened by West-Russia relations expansion
Azernews.az, 11 September 2014, https://www.azernews.az/
Escalation of West-Russia relations poses a real threat to Armenia which depends on its giant northern neighbor politically and economically. West's sanctions against Russian would fire back. Russia changed its state of the market, attracting new investors. Tension is on therise and no one can predict the possible results. This has put the Caucasus country in a great panic. Armenia made its final decision to join the Eurasian Economic Union and quite obviously the economic difficulties facing Russia will affect the Armenian economy as well.
EU does not show adequate attitude towards Armenia, which ignores UNSC resolutions
Trend.az, 10 September 2014, https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/
A delegation led by Azay Guliyev, the Chairman of the Council of State Support to NGOs (CSSN) under the President of Azerbaijan, met with the Belgian Senate Speaker Sabine de Bethune. (…)During the meeting, Sabine de Bethune spoke about the Belgian Senate's activities.
She said Belgium attaches great importance to cooperation with the countries of the Eastern Partnership, including Azerbaijan. Guliyev, for his part speaking about the financial support of foreign NGOs, said the main goal is to build long-term cooperation between the European and the U.S.-based civil society institutions and the CSSN.