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THE ARMENIAN Ctator Volume LXXXVII, NO JUNE 10, 2017 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXVII, NO. 47, Issue 4491 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF ICG: Armenia, Azerbaijan Closer to War Over Nagorno- Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey to Hold Military Karabakh Than at Any Time Since 1994 Drills of the conflict in the South Caucasus, findings of analysts who had talked to resi- TBILISI (Anadoou) — Tbilisi will host military By Margarita Antidze which is criss-crossed by oil and gas dents and observers on the ground, said drills held jointly by Georgia, Azerbaijan and pipelines, have failed despite mediation led the settlement process had stalled, making Turkey this past week, the Georgian Defense by France, Russia and the United States, the use of force tempting, at least for tacti- Ministry reported. TBILISI (Reuters) — The former Soviet cal purposes, and both The Caucasus Eagle drills have been held since republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan are sides appeared ready 2009. This is the third time the exercises have been closer to war over Nagorno-Karabakh than for confrontation. held in the trilateral format. at any point since a ceasefire brokered “These tensions Earlier this May, the defense ministers of the more than 20 years ago, the International could develop into larg- three countries signed a joint statement indicating Crisis Group (ICG) said. er-scale conflict, lead- the parties’ willingness to continue efforts on Fighting between ethnic Azeris and ing to significant civil- securing stability and peace and recognizing the Armenians first erupted in 1991 and a ian casualties and pos- territorial integrity of each of the three countries. ceasefire was agreed in 1994. But sibly prompting the Azerbaijan and Armenia have regularly main regional powers traded accusations of violence around to intervene,” the ICG Tankian Hopes to Start Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Azeri- said. Music Festival in Armenian border. The ICG said that Clashes over control of Nagorno- Russia remains the Armenia Karabakh have intensified in the past three most influential for- years and turned into a violent flare-up of At the front line eign player, yet its role YEREVAN — A year after Armenians launched a the conflict last April, when the ICG said at is complex. generous new peace prize, the frontman of rockers least 200 people were killed. “It is prima inter System of a Down sees more to come in the coun- It said any descent into all-out war could known as the OSCE Minsk Group. pares in the Minsk Group, but also chief try — including perhaps a music festival. draw in regional powers, which include “A year after Nagorno-Karabakh’s April arms supplier to Azerbaijan and Armenia, Serj Tankian, singer of the chart-topping Russia and Turkey - closely allied to 2016 violent flare-up, Armenia and both of whom suspect Russia is more California hard rock band, composed a theme song Armenia and Azerbaijan respectively. Azerbaijan are closer to war than at any see KARABAGH, page 2 for the Aurora Prize, which was inaugurated a year Since mid-January this year, deadly inci- point since the 1994 ceasefire,” the ICG ago here. dents involving the use of heavy artillery said in a report titled “Nagorno-Karabakh’s The award, backed by Hollywood A-lister George and anti-tank weapons have occurred and gathering war clouds.” Clooney, is presented on behalf of Armenians who May saw a significant increase, including “While violence remains at a relatively survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide. reports of self-guided rockets and missiles low boil, any escalation quickly could spin German Troops Tankian said the Aurora Prize showed gratitude used near densely populated areas along out of control,” the think-tank, which to those who helped survivors. the contact line. works to prevent conflict, said. To Leave Incirlik “Any group of people that have suffered Efforts to secure a permanent settlement The ICG, which based its report on the immensely, whether it’s genocide or any other type of human-created catastrophe, should embody com- passion and an understanding of that pain better By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach than anyone else,” Tankian told AFP. Special to the Mirror-Spectator The Lebanese-born Tankian, whose grandparents survived with help from a Turkish mayor and an BERLIN — When Turkish government American missionary orphanage, said that too often, officials repeated to German Foreign people fail to draw lessons from their ancetors’ pain. Minister Sigmar Gabriel their refusal to “I find it really disheartening that there are allow German parliamentarians uncondi- people who have suffered immensely, or whose tional access to their troops at Incirlik base, grandparents have suffered immensely, and yet it was the proverbial straw that broke that their position in life has been unequivocally egotis- suffering camel’s back. Gabriel had trav- tical and myopic in terms of how they see their lives elled to Ankara on June 5 in a last-ditch and how they spend their money,” he said. effort to reach a compromise solution to Tankian said he wanted to do more in Armenia the conflict that has strained relations, and was in the early stages of looking to set up a both bilateral and within NATO, to an music festival. unprecedented degree. After talks with The singer voiced hope that Armenia, rarely a both Foreign Minister Mevlùt Çavusoglu destination for Western artists, could be integrated and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, into the European summer festival circuit with Gabriel made clear that Germany would touring bands. have no choice but to withdraw its troops “I’ve always dreamed of setting up an interna- and relocate them. “There is no decision, tional music festival in Armenia,” he said. no concrete plan,” he said, but there was “As much as I have tried to do political work and see INCIRLIK. page 3 social work,” he said, “I would also like to carve out time to do art work, music work.” Conducting the Moscow Chamber Orchestra Adrienne Alexanian Back in the Presents Father’s INSIDE Memoir, Forced into (Sort of) USSR Genocide, at ALMA YEREVAN — Constantine Orbelian is a hard man to find. He is a globe-trot- Ambassador ting pianist and conductor with thriving careers in several countries. And he likes it exactly that way. He is an American-born, globally suc- Talk in NYC By Alin K. Gregorian cessful pianist who is equally well- Mirror-Spectator Staff known as a first-rate Russian conductor. Page 5 In the process, he has garnered many firsts. He was the first non- Russian conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1956 by con- ductor and violist Rudolf Barshai. A tireless champion of Russian-American cul- INDEX tural exchange and international ambassadorship through his worldwide tours, Arts and Living . 12 he was awarded the title of “Honored Artist of Russia” in 2004, a title which Armenia . 2 had never been bestowed on a non-Russian citizen until then. Community News. 6 Orbelian, a charming raconteur with a hearty laugh, said during a recent Editorial . 14 phone interview that he felt a special kinship with the orchestra when he took International . 3,4 see ORBELIAN, page 12 See story on Page 11. 2 S ATURDAY, J UNE 1 0 , 2 0 1 7 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia AMAA Executive Director/CEO Visits Artsakh Republic President Attends Opening of Center of SHUSHI, NKR — On May 22, Zaven the implemented programs. Artsakh and expressed confidence in Khanjian, Armenian Missionary Khanjian next visited AMAA’s the strengthening of the continued cor- Excellence at Polytechnic Association of America (AMAA) Stepanakert office as well as the dial and brotherly relations between Executive Director/CEO, visited Baghdikian Kindergarten next to the the Armenian Apostolic and University AMAA’s Camp Bedrosian in Shushi, Center. At the Baghdikian Evangelical churches. Artsakh, where renovations and refur- Kindergarten, the children are nour- In the evening, Khanjian, accompa- YEREVAN (Armenpress) — President Serzh bishments are underway. The camp is ished, educated, take naps in comfort- nied by AMAA representatives in Sargsyan on June 5 attended the opening ceremony adding green spaces, opening new able beds and have playtime in the Armenia and Artsakh, visited the of Center of Excellence at the National Polytechnic lanes, landscaping the playground and University of Armenia. The center has been created making renovations inside the build- through the joint efforts of the French Schneider ings in preparation for the upcoming Electric company and Tashir group of companies. Camp season. After reviewing, the ren- The center’s opening comes three months after a ovation process, Khanjian, visited memorandum of cooperation was signed between AMAA’s Bilezikian Kindergarten where Electric Networks of Armenia and the French com- he met with Diana Danielyan, director pany in Paris within the frames of Armenian of the Kindergarten and the Senior President’s official visit to France on March 8. Director of Shogh Day Care Center, Accompanied by Minister of Education and Science housed in the Kindergarten. Khanjian Levon Mkrtchyan, President of Tashir group of com- reviewed the education and learning panies Samvel Karapetyan, President of Schneider process at both the Kindergarten and Electric in CIS Johan Vanderplaetse, Chairman of the Day Care Center, praised the work the Board of Directors of Electric Networks of and reiterated AMAA’s support of con- Armenia Karen Darbinyan, French Ambassador to tinued improvements at the Armenia Jean-Francois Charpentier and other offi- Kindergarten and Center to cope with cials, the president toured the newly opened Center, got acquainted with the works carried out, the con- ditions, its opportunities equipped with latest high technologies. The Center has been built on the base ICG: Armenia, of the Polytechnic University and will become one of the first attempts of close cooperation between Azerbaijan Closer to Schneider Electric and the national scientific com- Zaven Khanjian visits AMAA’s Baghdikian KG in Stepanakert munity.
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