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News Inbrief FEBRUARY 15, 2020 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXX, NO. 30, Issue 4623 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Canadian Diocesan Armenian Democratic Liberal and Tekeyan Cultural Council Deplores Association Leader Nahabet Nahabetian Passes Away Creation of New Parish BUENOS AIRES — Nahabet In Windsor, Ont. Nahabetian, a longtime Armenian TORONTO — The following is a statement Democratic Liberal (ADL) Party and released by the Canadian Diocesan Council: Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) At its meeting of January 30, 2020, the Diocesan leader in Argentina, passed away on Council of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church February 11, at age 93. Canadian Diocese deliberated the deplorable situa- Born in Athens, Greece in 1927, he set- tion created by the uncanonical actions taken by tled in Argentina in the 1950s, where he representatives of the Armenian Catholicosate of started his own manufacturing business Cilicia in Windsor, Ont., by creating a new parish and became a prominent entrepreneur. under its jurisdiction, whereas a duly established He was very active in the Armenian com- parish already exists within the Diocese of Canada, munity in Argentina and rose to posi- created some 27 years ago. tions of leadership. The Diocesan Council hereby profusely expresses He was respected in the leadership its resentment and expects from the representatives circles of the Diocese of the Armenian of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia to take the Church of Beunos Aires and the matter into serious consideration and to correct the Armenian General Benevolent Union. uncanonical order. He was one of the founders of what became the Tekeyan Cultural Association in Argentina and instru- Armenian Soldier mental in steering the construction of the TCA Suren and Virginia Fesjian Killed in Syria Center in Buenos Aires. Nahabetian Nahabet Nahabetian, at right, with Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II ALEPPO (Panorama) — An Armenian soldier was became the founder and publisher of fatally wounded during the Syrian army’s battles Sardarabad, a bilingual weekly organ for the district of Saraqib on Wednesday, February of TCA, in 1975. Armenian causes. He is survived by his The TCA Central Board has sent a let- 5, the Aleppo-based Kantsasar newspaper reported He was respected in all Armenian cir- son Sergio Nahabetian and his family. ter offering their condolences to the on Facebook. cles and was a generous contributor to His wife Baghdine predeceased him. Nahabetian family. The deceased serviceman was identified as Jean Katandjian, 31. His funeral took place at the Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church in Aleppo on Thursday, Jordan’s King in February 6. ‘Historic’ Visit Armenia to Upgrade Iran Border Crossing To Armenia YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The Armenian govern- ment has secured over 21 million euros ($23 mil- YEREVAN (Combined Sources) — lion) in funding from the European Union and the Jordan’s King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein Al European Bank for Reconstruction and Hashimi, on his first visit to Armenia begin- Development (EBRD) for its plans to modernize ning on Tuesday, February 11, spoke of and expand Armenia’s sole border crossing with similarities between his country and Iran. Armenia, voiced support for closer bilateral Finance Minister Atom Janjughazian and the ties and praised the centuries-old Armenian head of the EBRD office in Armenia, Dimitri presence in the Middle East. Gvindadze, signed on Friday, February 8, agree- He also called for Armenian support for ments to that effect at a ceremony in Yerevan. his position on the status of Jerusalem after In a short statement, the Armenian Finance holding separate talks with President Ministry said EU grants will make up just over half Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol of the sum needed for the project’s implementation. Pashinyan. An EBRD loan will presumably pay the rest of the Both Armenian leaders described bill. Abdullah’s first-ever visit to their country as The Meghri checkpoint processes up to one- “historic” during the talks that seemed to third of goods shipped to and from landlocked have focused on ways of boosting Armenia. Armenian-Jordanian economic ties. Armenia has already rebuilt and upgraded in Sarkissian was satisfied with the “wonder- recent years its three border crossings with Georgia. ful discussions with His Majesty.” “I’m very glad that … relations between our countries are reinvigorated and we have already concrete results,” Pashinyan Demoyan Publishes Volume of Postcard Images told the Jordanian monarch at the start of INSIDE their meeting. Of Armenian Churches and Monasteries “Our two countries and peoples have see JORDAN, page 4 WATERTOWN — Postcards and photo albums of images of Ottoman Armenians and their cultural institutions have proliferated in recent years. Following this And Scene: Actor trend, Dr. Hayk Demoyan published a trilingual thematic album recently (2019) titled Armenian Saro Emirze By Aram Arkun Churches and Monasteries in the [sic] Mirror-Spectator Staff International Postcards. This 180-page medium- size color paperback volume reproduces images of Page 12 postcards depicting Armenian churches and monasteries throughout the world from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside a few engravings and photographs. All text is reproduced in Armenian, Russian and English. INDEX The book is divided into four major geographical categories or chapters: Arts and Living . 12 Armenia and the Caucasus, the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East, the Russian Armenia . 2,3 Empire, and Europe and America. These categories are at times only loosely Community News. 6 applied. For example, some sites in Western or Ottoman Armenia are included in Armenian President Armen Sarkissian (R) and Editorial . 18 the first category. While Aintab, Adana, Sis and Tarsus are included in this Jordan’s King Abdullah arrive at the presi- International . 4,5 see DEMOYAN, page 20 dential palace in Yerevan, February 11, 2020. 2 S ATURDAY, F EBRUARY 1 5 , 2 0 2 0 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia Referendum on Armenian Constitutional Soldiers Killed in Court Scheduled for April 5 Avalanche YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — President unconstitutional and were passed with “If you sign [the parliament’s deci- Armen Sarkissian has backed the par- serious procedural violations. sion] it means that you fully accept the YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — An avalanche in south- liament’s controversial decision hold a Marukyan said Sarkissian should have legitimacy of the process,” Zohrabyan eastern Armenia killed three soldiers and injured referendum on constitutional changes therefore sent the draft amendments to said in an interview. another on Friday, February 7. that would dismiss seven of the nine the Constitutional Court for examina- The BHK and the LHK may still pre- The Armenian Defense Ministry said the rescuers members of Armenia’s Constitutional tion instead. vent the holding of the referendum if found the bodies of three contract soldiers — Private Court locked in a bitter dispute with Both the LHK and the other parlia- their parliament deputies appeal to the Karapet Nazaryan, Sergeant Tigran Arzumanyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. mentary opposition party, Prosperous Constitutional Court and convince it to Sergeant Nver Shahbazyan — at an Armenian army In a weekend decree, Sarkissian Armenia (BHK), say that an Armenian declare the draft amendments unconsti- post in the mountainous Syunik province, which was scheduled the referendum for April 5 law on referendums also makes the tutional. hit by powerful downslide. amid continuing opposition statements court’s approval of constitutional Under the constitution, such appeals The fourth soldier, Private Hamlet Mirzoyan, suf- challenging the legality of the amend- changes obligatory. must be signed by at least 27 members fered minor injuries and was rescued from under the ments drafted by Pashinyan’s My Step Vladimir Vartanyan, a senior pro-gov- of the 132-seat parliament. The BHK snow, the ministry said in a statement. It described bloc. ernment parliamentarian, countered, and the LHK control 26 and 17 parlia- his condition as “satisfactory.” Under the proposed amendments, however, that the seven court justices ment seats respectively, putting them in “An investigation is being conducted to determine the court’s chairman, Hrayr cannot make an “objective” decision on a position to request a court judgment. the exact circumstances of the incident,” the state- Tovmasyan, and six other members the matter because at stake is their own The LHK has already indicated its ment added. installed by former Armenian govern- future. readiness to challenge the proposed con- The soldiers were deployed on the border with ments, would be replaced by other In a written “clarification” issued stitutional changes in the court. BHK Azerbaijan’s Nakhichevan exclave. The Ministry of judges to be confirmed by the current immediately after his decree, representatives have made more ambigu- Defense did not disclose the exact location of their parliament controlled by My Step. Sarkissian’s office argued that the ref- ous statements in that regard so far. outpost. Pashinyan again accused them of erendum would have been scheduled “We have not yet discussed [the remaining linked to the “corrupt former even if the head of state had refused to issue,] so I find it hard to say whether regime” as the National Assembly opted sign the parliament’s decision. It cited Prosperous Armenia will join
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