NKR Foreign Minister meets with Mayor of Tolosa, Basque Country
Tert.am, 16 September 2014, https://www.tert.am/en/news/
On September 13, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan visited the city of Tolosa, the Basque Country, where he met with Mayor Ibai Iriarte San Vicente. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the prospects for decentralized cooperation between Artsakh and the Basque Country in a range of spheres.
EU-Armenia Relations
Italy sees no alternative to peaceful solution of Karabakh conflict
Armenpress.am, 16 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
The Minsk group is the main instrument that the International Community has to help to solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
Armenian Agriculture Minister meets with Greek Ambassador
Panorama.am, 15 September 2014, https://www.panorama.am/en/
Armenian Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan met with Greek Ambassador to Armenia Ioannis Taghis, the Agriculture Ministry’s press service reported. The implementation of the project “Assistance for the Development of Slaughterhouses in Armenia,” funded by the Greek parliament, was discussed.
General News on Armenia
30 thousand Yazidis intend to come to Armenia
Aysor.am, 16 September 2014, https://www.aysor.am/en/news/
“Yazidies who fled Northern Iraq and arrived in Turkey are now willing to come to Armenia,” the chairman of Yerevan-based Sinjar Yazidi Union Boris Murazi told ‘Zhamanak’ paper. In his words, those problems can be resolved only with the state’s assistance as any other mechanisms are absent.
Parliamentary government could be effective in Armenia
Tert.am, 15 September 2014, https://www.tert.am/en/news/
According to Armenian Minister of Justice Hovhannes Manukyan, a switchover to parliamentary government could be most effective in Armenia.
Yerevan to host international seminar on theoretical physics
News.am, 16 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
An international working consultation, titled “The Boundaries of Field and String Theories,” will be convened from September 22 to 26 in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan.
Karine Danielyan: Armenia gradually becomes trash dump
Aysor.am, 15 September 2014, https://www.aysor.am/en/news/
Armenia is gradually becoming a trash dump, despite its leading positions in science, ecologist, Chairwoman of For Sustainable Human Development NGO Karine Danielyan told reporters.
Events dedicated to Armenian Genocide centennial launch in Canada
Armenpress.am, 16 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
Events dedicated to Armenian Genocide Centennial launched in Canada with the concert of the well-known Molinari Quartet held September 13 at Pollack Hall of McGill University.
General News on Nagorno-Karabakh
Artsakh to Launch ‘Eco-Villages’
Asbarez.com, 15 September 2014, https://asbarez.com/126976/
Artsakh and Armenia are collaborating on a joint initiative to launch a network of “eco-villages” throughout Artsakh. The project, entitled “Ekhokhndzoristan,” will be implemented in the villages of Khndzoristan, Patara and Astghashen, according to Arsen Gasparyan, the president of the Association for Young Biologists.
Armenian MPs to meet with Karabakh President
Panorama.am, 16 September 2014, https://www.panorama.am/en/
The Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the Armenian National Assembly will convene its next meeting in Nagorno-Karabakh together with the NKR committee of the same name, committee chairman Hovhannes Sahakyan told Panorama.am, adding that the Armenian parliamentarians are heading to Artsakh today.
OSCE monitoring to be conducted
Armenpress.am, 16 September 2014, https://armenpress.am/eng/news/
In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring on the Line of Contact of the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. As reports “Armenpress”, the monitoring will be held on September 17 in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Gyulistan village.
Letter sent to UN Commissioner on Karen Petrosyan will be considered
News.am, 16 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
The letter that was sent to the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, and with respect to Karen Petrosyan who was killed while in Azerbaijani captivity, has been accepted for consideration.
News from International sources
South Africa under fire for arming Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Eurasianet.org, 15 September 2014, https://www.eurasianet.org/
The government of South Africa is facing criticism for allowing arms exports to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. South Africa's National Conventional Arms Control Committee has recently released reports detailing the country's weapons exports over the past three years.
Armenia is in situation threatening its existence, diaspora believes
Vestnik Kavkaza, 16 September 2014, https://vestnikkavkaza.net/
On September 5-7th 2014 in Paris the annual meeting of members of the movement "Armenian Revival" took place, in which representatives of the movement from the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Lebanon, and also "Predparlament's" representatives from Armenia took part. At the meeting the present position of Armenia was discussed, and also possible ways of overcoming existing problems.
Armenian, Kazakh travel agents like ‘cheap’ Goa
The Times of India, 16 September 2014, https://timesofindia.
Twenty four travel agents from Armenia and Kazakhstan, now on a familiarization trip to Goa, hinted that they have liked what they have seen and will promote Goa in their countries. The trip was jointly facilitated by Goa tourism and Air Arabia.
News from Azerbaijani sources
Azerbaijan to send note of protest to Spain
Trend.az, 15 September, https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/
Azerbaijan will send a note of protest to Spain with regard to the adoption of a resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh by a local provincial government in Basque Country, an autonomous community in northern Spain, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Spain Altay Afandiyev told Trend Sept. 15.
“The media reports on the adoption of a resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh by the Basque parliament are not quite accurate, the document was adopted not by the parliament, but at the level of local provincial government,” he said.
Armenian armed forces violate ceasefire with Azerbaijan
AzerNews.az, 16 September 2014, https://www.azernews.az/
Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire with Azerbaijan over the last 24 hours from the positions in the village of Shirvanli of the Aghdam region, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.
News from Turkey
Sharmazanov: Turkey continues to evade confronting its past
News.am, 16 September 2014, https://news.am/eng/news/
The unresolved nature of Armenian-Turkish relations and the last closed border in Europe continue to be one of the most perilous components of European security. Armenia National Assembly Vice-Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov noted the above mentioned in his opening remarks at the 43rd Session of the Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.
Mr Nalbandian did not tell the truth
Avim, 15 September 2014, https://www.avim.org.tr/analiz/
The op-ep published in Le Figaro by E. Nalbandian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, (…) does not help at all the reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey. On the contrary, it undermines this idea. By every aspect, this text is a repetition of classical, inaccurate assertions of anti-Turkish propaganda.