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Mega-Goals’ Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia Felix Tsolakyan Personally Reviewed the Cargo YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Vice-Premier Before Dispatching It AUGUST 17, 2019 Mirror-SpeTHE ARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXX, NO. 5, Issue 4598 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 INBRIEF Armenia, Russia Send Pashinyan Aid to Syria YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Armenia and Russia Government have jointly sent another batch of humanitarian assistance to Syria through the Russian-Armenian Defends Humanitarian Response Center, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a news release on August 13. ‘Mega-Goals’ Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia Felix Tsolakyan personally reviewed the cargo YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Vice-Premier before dispatching it. Tigran Avinyan has reaffirmed his govern- The aid contains 52.5 tons of canned meat, 35 ment’s vision of Armenia’s strategic goals tons of canned fish, 40 tons of sugar, as well as dry for the next three decades or so that were rations weighing around 14,5 tons. outlined by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan The Armenian-Russian team will deliver the earlier this week. cargo to representatives of the Syrian Red Speaking at a rally in the Nagorno- Crescent, which will distribute it further. Karabakh capital of Stepanakert on August 5, Pashinyan, in particular, said that increasing the country’s gross domestic Defense Chief Believes product (GDP) 15 times should be among 1918 photo of an Armenian church in Trabzon, which was used as an auction site and distribution Soldier ‘Simply Got center of confiscated Armenian belongings and property after the Armenian Genocide the “mega goals” of Armenian governments in the period until 2050. He also said that Lost’ in Azerbaijan the country’s population by then should Ninth Circuit: Claims Based grow from today’s 3 million to 5 million. YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — An investigation is In an interview on Friday, August 9, underway to find out how Artsakh Defense Army On Armenian Genocide Not Avinyan said that in order to meet the GDP serviceman Arayik Ghazaryan ended up in growth target by 2050 Armenia’s economy Azerbaijan, Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan told needs to annually grow by 9.5 percent on reporters on Tuesday, August 13. Revived by Statute average, which, according to the official, is Tonoyan said he believes the 19-year-old service- quite doable. man just got lost. LOS ANGELES (Metropolitan News-Enterprise) — Although the United States “If corresponding efforts are made what The defense chief dismissed Azerbaijani media has never recognized that the Armenian Genocide occurred, the Ninth U.S. today seems unrealistic will become possi- reports alleging the serviceman deserted his mili- Circuit Court of Appeals has found that it did take place, in 1915-23, but on ble in the very near future,” said Avinyan. tary position due to ‘inhumane treatment’ towards August 7 held that two 2010 lawsuits based on confiscation of property by the Armenia’s economy expanded by 5.2 percent him as yet another Azerbaijani disinformation. Ottoman Empire, now Turkey, are time-barred, despite a in 2018. The International Monetary Fund pre- “I have an inner conviction that he has simply California statute of limitation setting a 2016 deadline dicts a 4.5-percent GDP growth for Armenia got lost,” the minister said. for court actions. this year, while the country’s Central Bank Tonoyan said they have applied to international The opinion, by Circuit Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz, expects the Armenian economy to grow structures, including the International Committee affirms the dismissal of suits brought by two sets of between 4.6 and 6.1 percent in 2019. of the Red Cross, to help arrange his return. descendants of genocide victims against two Turkish Vice-Premier Avinyan, meanwhile, Private Arayik Ghazaryan abandoned his military national banks, seeking imposition of constructive expressed confidence that Armenia will be position on Monday, at around 12 p.m., only to appear trusts on real property that was seized and an account- able to get on track for fulfilling the ambi- in Azerbaijan. ing in connected with looted assets. tious goals through reforms to be carried in Also sued was the Republic of Turkey, but only the Judge Dolly Gee the coming years. dismissal as to the banks was appealed. Nazarian Appointed “I think that with in-depth reforms and That dismissal occurred in 2013, with District Court overall budget revisions in the next few Judge Dolly Gee of the Central District of California declaring that the question Portugal Ambassador years these existing inertial approaches will of whether the genocide took place was a non-justiciable “inherently political be completely changed, and in particular YEREVAN (Armenpress) — President of Armenia question.” She did not determine whether the actions were timely. with the introduction of an inclusive eco- Armen Sarkissian appointed Ambassador of see CONFISCATION, page 8 nomic growth model, with the expansion of Armenia to the Holy See Garen Nazarian see GOALS, page 3 Ambassador to Portugal (dual accreditation), the president’s office announced on August 9. Nazarian was appointed ambassador to the Holy Iranian President Invited to Attend See by Sarkissian on December 28, 2018. Nazarian was deputy foreign minister of Armenia (2014-2018). He was the chief Armenian Negotiator EEU Summit In Yerevan for the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the European Union (2015-2017) CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan (RFE/RL) attend the session for signing the agree- and co-chaired the Global Forum against the Crime — Iranian President Hassan Rohani has ment if it is drafted by that time. of Genocide held in Yerevan in 2015 and 2016. been invited to attend a summit of a “I had the consent of the heads of all In 2009, Nazarian was appointed Armenia’s Russian-led economic grouping, which is to EEU member states on that,” Pashinyan ambassador to the United Nations in New York. be held in Yerevan, Armenia, this fall. said, asking his colleagues to “maximally This was announced by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who made open- ing remarks at the Inter-Governmental Britain Appoints Ethnic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union INSIDE (EEU) that took place in Cholpon-Ata, Armenian as New Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, August 9. Ambassador to Yerevan Armenia currently presides over different bodies of the organization that embraces Its Burgersky to LONDON (RFE/RL) — The British Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and government has appointed an ethnic Kyrgyzstan and Pashinyan spoke as the Armenian diplomat as the United chair at the meeting, presenting the results You, Comrade Kingdom’s new ambassador to Armenia. of his recent visits abroad and negotiations A government statement released in the context of the EEU. Iranian President Hassan Rohani on Monday, August 12, said Alan As quoted by his press office, the Page 13 Gogbashian will replace Judith Armenian prime minister reported on his Farnworth, a fellow diplomat who talks in Vietnam and Singapore. He said speed up” the procedures ahead of the has served as British ambassador in that he, in particular, discussed the possi- Yerevan summit. Yerevan for the last four years. bility of signing a free trade agreement “In accordance with agreements with the INDEX Gogbashian has headed various between the EEU and Singapore. heads of EEU-member states I also invited Arts and Living . 13 divisions at the British Foreign Office Yerevan is to host a session of the the president of Iran to attend the session Armenia . 2-4 since 2014. He was Britain’s deputy Supreme Eurasian Economic Council to be of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Community News. 6 head of mission in Morocco from attended by Russian President Vladimir Council that will take place in Yerevan,” Editorial . 18 2011-2014. Putin and other leaders of the post-Soviet said the Armenian premier, apparently International . 5 see AMBASSADOR, page 20 economic grouping. Pashinyan said that referring to his talks with the Iranian leader Singapore’s prime minister is ready to see SUMMIT, page 20 2 S ATURDAY, AUGUST 1 7 , 2 0 1 9 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia Armenia Participates in UN Forum on Children In Armed Conf licts NEW YORK — On August 2, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, Mher Margaryan participated in the United Nations Security Council open debate on “Children and armed conflict.” Close to 80 delegations took part in the meeting presided by the Foreign Minister of Poland Jacek Czaputowicz. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict A wildfire in the Arevik nature reserve, August 12. (Photo by the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations.) Virginia Gamba and Executive Director of UNICEF Henrietta Fore briefed on the issues of protection of children in conflict situations. In his statement Margaryan underscored that Major Wildfire Rages in Armenia Armenia prioritizes the protection of children’s rights and referred to the steps undertaken by YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Firefighters tained on Sunday morning. It said the Authorities struggled at the time to Armenia to ensure safety of schools located in bor- joined by army soldiers, police officers firefighting efforts there continued in extinguish fires that broke out in the der regions, including creation of safe rooms and and forestry workers battled a major the following hours, involving about 70 Vayots Dzor province and the Khosrov shelters in cooperation with the International wildfire in southeastern Armenia for firefighters as well as 30 soldiers, 45 forest reserve southeast of Yerevan in Committee of Red Cross. the second consecutive day on Monday, police officers and dozens of civilian the space of two days. The ambassador drew the attention of the Council August 12. workers. Arevik’s mountainous terrain The Khosrov blaze was particularly to the deliberate targeting of civilian population and According to the Armenian Ministry is complicating the use of heavy equip- serious, with hundreds of hectares of infrastructure of Nagorno-Karabakh and bordering of Emergency Situations, it erupted on ment, added the statement.
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