MAY 27, 2017 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXVII, NO. 45, Issue 4489 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Flights Launched DC Police Arrest Between Yerevan and Turkish Guards Tel Aviv YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — The For Attacking Armenia Aircompany carried the first passengers from Yerevan to Tel Aviv this week. Demonstrators The maiden flight was preceded by a presenta- tion at Zvartnots Airport. Attending the event were Sergey Avetisyan, chief Turkey Chides US Envoy of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Over Handling of Brawl at Armenia, Andranik Shkhyan, deputy general man- Washington Protest ager of Armenia International Airports and Robert Oganesyan, CEO of Armenia Aircompany, directors ISTANBUL (New York Times and of tourism agencies and others. Washington Post) — The Turkish Foreign Avetisyan emphasized the importance of Ministry summoned the American ambas- Yerevan-Tel Aviv flights and wished the Air sador in Ankara on Monday, May 22, to Company safe and effective flights. The Yerevan-Tel Aviv flights will run twice a week complain about the detention of two President Trump and First Lady Melania visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Turkish security officers outside the on Thursdays and Sundays. Turkish Embassy in Washington the prior week, a Turkish official said. Trump Visits Church of the Holy Sepulchre in L.A. Chamber Cancels The detentions occurred about two Jerusalem, Meets Armenian Patriarch hours after Turkish government body- Turkey Business Forum guards were filmed assaulting several pro- JERUSALEM (Armenpress) — US President Donald Trump visited the Church After Protest Beating (RUDAW PHOTO) of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Monday, May 15. Representatives of the Catholic, Armenian and Greek Orthodox church met the Incident president. Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian, Custodians of the Holy LOS ANGELES (LA Business Journal) — The Los Land Fr. Francesco Patton, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III greeted Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce has cancelled President Trump. a forum set for this week on doing business with President Donald Trump also paid his respects at the Western Wall, the holiest Turkey. place where Jews can pray, AP reports. The move comes in the aftermath of the beating Head of the press service of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, last week of protestors in Washington, DC, by body- Archimandrite Koryun Baghdasarian reported that Trump and the First Lady guards of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Bloodied Kurdish demonstrators in Washington were welcomed by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem and by the “We have informed our members that the meet- Armenian Patriarchal Vicar Archbishop Sevan Gharibian at the courtyard of the ing with the business delegation from Turkey scheduled for Thursday, May 25 at the Chamber testers outside the ambassador’s residence, Church. At the entrance of the church they were welcomed by the superiors of office has been called off,” a statement issued which is separate from the embassy. the three custodian communities of the Church. During his visit to the Armenian Monday by the Chamber reads. “This decision was An official at the Turkish Embassy, who section of the Holy Sepulchre Church Trump and the First Lady enjoyed the made because we determined that holding the spoke on the condition of anonymity to dis- songs of the choir of the Armenian Seminary and listened to the explanation of meeting would not be in the best interests of our cuss details of a diplomatically tense case, Gharibian about the Armenian Church and the Armenian nation. members or the visiting delegation from Turkey.” said that the two Turkish guards were only The chamber forum, which was to have been briefly detained, and that they have since cosponsored by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s returned to Turkey. Office of International Trade, was to have featured Ambassador John R. Bass received a writ- a roundtable with executives and board members ten and verbal condemnation of what the HALO Trust Working on Clearing from 12 Turkish companies in the construction, Turks called “aggressive and unprofession- engineering, aerospace, textiles, manufacturing, al actions” by American police officers Artsakh of All Mines by 2020 and financial sectors. toward the bodyguards, who were in The request to cancel the forum came from Los Washington to protect President Recep While that country has been cleared of Angeles City Councilman Paul Kerkorian, the first Tayyip Erdogan and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the mines, Karabakh (Artsakh) and its sur- Alin K. Gregorian Armenian American elected to the council. foreign minister. rounding lands are still plagued by land- Mirror-Spectator Staff “I thank the L.A. Chamber for being responsive In the episode on May 16, a demonstra- mines. The work is now continuing as part to my request and cancelling the Los Angeles tion outside the Turkish ambassador’s resi- of the Safe Steps for the People of Turkey Business Forum,” Krekorian said in a state- dence in Washington erupted into a brawl BOSTON — The iconic images of the late Karabakh, destined to clear the area of ment. “The unprovoked attack by Turkish state that pitted Armenian and Kurdish protest- Princess Diana walking on a mine field landmines by the year 2020. security officers on peaceful American citizens was ers against Turkish officials, supporters of cleared by the HALO Trust in Angola 20 Lending his support is the patron of the reprehensible and a grave breach of our country’s Erdogan and the bodyguards. Nine people years ago shocked people around the world UK-based organization, Prince Harry, son laws. That the business community in our great city were hospitalized. and put the issue of land mines on the glob- of the late princess. The royal, who has recognizes that human rights must be upheld by all see PROTESTS, page 10 al political map. see HALO, page 11 within our borders is a credit to their vision and conscience.” Akçam Honors Rev. Krikor Guerguerian INSIDE Announces Digitalization of Guerguerian Archival Collection at ALMA Lecture Genocide By Aram Arkun Bill in Texas Mirror-Spectator Staff Page 8 WATERTOWN — Prof. Taner Akçam pre- sented a lecture with slides on the legacy of the work of Rev. Krikor Guerguerian on the INDEX Armenian Genocide, and announced the Arts and Living . 12 digitalization of the latter’s collection, at Armenia . 2 the Armenian Museum of America (ALMA) Community News. 5 on May 11. There was a large audience pre- Editorial . 18 Prof. Taner Akçam speaking at the Armenian Museum of America alongside a projected sent at this talk, titled “The Story Behind International . 3,4 image of Rev. Krikor Guerguerian the Smoking Gun.” see GUERGUERIAN, page 14 2 S ATURDAY, M AY 2 7 , 2 0 1 7 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia EU, Armenia Praise Ongoing Efforts on New Accord BRUSSELS (RFE/RL) — The and we come now with good results that Nalbandian said that during the dis- European Union and Armenia reiterated are the result of the hard, good work of cussions with Mogherini the parties their commitment to shared values and our respective teams, who I would like addressed a number of major regional Armenia Extradites praised the current work over a new also to thank for the good work we have and international issues, notably the agreement to be signed later this year as managed to do.” Middle East, Turkey, Iran, as well as the Valery Permyakov to their top diplomatic representatives met The EU official said that the peaceful Nagorno-Karabakh issue. Russia in Brussels on Tuesday, May 23. resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh “The large-scale military offensive of At a joint press conference with conflict was also discussed during her Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The extradition of Armenian Foreign Minister Edward after meeting with Armenia’s representative. in April 2016 was the most dangerous Valery Permyakov by Armenia to Russia took place the 17th meeting of the Armenia-EU “The European Union believes the sta- escalation of the conflict since 1994 on May 18, in compliance with the Moscow Cooperation Council, High Representative tus quo is unsustainable and that the when ceasefire agreement was signed Convention of 1998. As a result of consultations with of the European Union for Foreign Affairs conflict needs an early political settle- between Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Russian law enforcement bodies, an agreement was and Security Policy Federica Mogherini ment in accordance with international and Armenia. The Azerbaijani aggres- reached. Earlier the Ministry of Justice of Armenia said that the EU is “looking forward to law. The European Union continues to sion was accompanied by gross viola- had received the decision of the Court of the Russian Armenia’s active and constructive stance fully support the mediation efforts and tions of the international humanitarian Federation on recognizing the verdict of the Shirak in preparation of the upcoming Eastern proposals of the OSCE [Organization law in an apparent attempt to terrorize District First Instance Court of General Jurisdiction Partnership Summit” to be held in for Security and Co-operation in the people of Nagorno-Karabakh,” the and implementing it in the territory of the Russian Brussels in November. Europe] Minsk Group Co-Chairs. top Armenian diplomat stressed that the Federation. The decision of the Russian Court guar- The new EU-Armenia Comprehensive “We also exchanged on regional press conference. antees the full implementation of the verdict of life- and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, issues: we discussed the situation “Two Summits were convened after sentence as prescribed by the international agree- negotiations over which were launched around the conflict in Syria; the broad- the April aggression of Azerbaijan, ments between the Republic of Armenia and the in late 2015, was initialed in Yerevan in er regional issues.