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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 MMirror-SpeirTHEror-SpeARMENIAN ctator Volume LXXXXI, NO. 11, Issue 4653 $ 2.00 NEWS The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 IN BRIEF Pashinyan Lays ARMEN SHAHPARONYAN PHOTO Turkey Warns Armenia Dr. Zara Pogossian at the To ‘Stop Playing with Fortress of Smbataberd in Out Long-term the region of Vayots Dzor Fire’ in the Republic of Armenia in 2018 ANKARA (Panorama.am) — Turkey’s National Plans on 29th Defense Ministry on September 21 warned Armenia about what it called “playing with fire” after an Anniversary of Azerbaijani soldier died during the cross-border attack. The ministry in a tweet accused Armenia of vio- Independence lating the ceasefire on the border and allegedly killing an Azerbaijan soldier. YEREVAN — On September 21, Armenia It also wished Allah’s mercy upon the martyred celebrated the 29th anniversary of its inde- soldier and conveyed condolences to the brotherly pendence. country of Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan deliv- Turkey’s Foreign Ministry in a tweet also shared ered a message of congratulations, adding support for Azerbaijan, Anadolu reported. his long-term vision for the country. Study of Medieval Armenian History in Armenia should nearly double its popu- Azerbaijan Should lation, create 1.5 million new jobs, achieve Global Context Boosted by Prestigious a sevenfold increase in its average wage Blame Itself For and eliminate poverty over the next 30 European Five-Year, 2 Million Euro Grant years, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Stalemate, Official Says on Monday, September 21. By Aram Arkun FLORENCE, Italy – Armenian studies generally is an Pashinyan set these and other ambitious YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Armenian Defense Mirror-Spectator Staff individual scholarly pursuit in the West, with specialists Minister Davit Tonoyan reacted to the latest state- targets in a “strategy of transforming coming together periodically for conferences and work- Armenia by the year 2050” which he put ment of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that shops. In Europe, this is suddenly about to change due to a major grant from the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh are “virtually forward on the 29th anniversary of the European Research Council (ERC), one of the most important funding bodies in country’s declaration of independence non-existent.” the world, particularly vital for the humanities. Dr. Zara Pogossian has won sup- “If he does not negotiate, then the negotiations from the Soviet Union. port for a five-year collaborative project under her leadership focusing on medieval see ANNIVERSARY, page 4 do not exist for him,” the defense chief told Armenian history in a global perspective. This appears to be the first time that a reporters at Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan research project with a strong Armenological component has received such a pres- on Monday, September 21. tigious grant from an internationally recognized body, as opposed to funding from Aliyev had also accused the Armenian authorities Armenian institutions and sources. This will increase the overall visibility of of disrupting the process of negotiations. Armenian studies in academia. “He should blame himself instead of blaming the see GRANT, page 14 Armenian side,” Tonoyan stressed. Congratulating Armenians on Independence Day, the minister wished the Armenian people strength Biden Campaign Official Issues Statement and endurance to overcome all challenges. By Aram Arkun WASHINGTON and international studies in 2014. In addi- ICRC Reps Visit Mirror-Spectator Staff – Elvir Klempic tion to involvement in politics through the is the National Democratic Party, and organizing Bosnian Armenian Captives Affinity and Ethnic Engagement Director Americans, his connection with Turkey has YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The represen- for the Joseph Biden presidential cam- been strong. tatives of the International Committee of the Red paign. He has issued a statement on his Klempic participated in an NGO leader- Cross (ICRC) have visited Armenian captives held in role in the Biden campaign and his posi- ship seminar in Konya, Turkey in the sum- Azerbaijan, the Public TV cited Zara Amatuni from tion on the Armenian Genocide and relat- mer of 2013. Prior to his Biden campaign ICRC’s Yerevan office as saying on Tuesday, ed issues. position he worked as executive director of September 22. Klempic was born in Bosnia and the Turkish Heritage Organization (THO). ICRC representatives have also visited officer Herzegovina and as a refugee, came to This organization has been associated with Gurgen Alaverdyan, who went missing after leaving Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan prays. Iowa, where he graduated Iowa State efforts to deny the Armenian Genocide, his post to inspect the checkpoint during bad University with a degree in political science and THO has promoted the interests of weather on August 22, according to Defense Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan. The in many spheres in the US. Azerbaijani side reported that the Armenian officer This has led to concerns among was taken prisoner after a failed sabotage, but Arson Guts San Francisco Armenian Armenian Americans about what this Stepanyan has refuted the claims as disinformation. Besides, Alaverdyan, civilians Karen Ghazaryan Church Cultural Center and Narek Sardaryan, as well as servicemen Arayik Ghazaryan and Arsen Baghdasaryan are currently SAN FRANCISCO (Combined Sources) — The building next to St. Gregory the held in Azerbaijan. Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco was set on fire at approx- imately 4 a.m. on September 17. Police and fire officials confirmed that it was a case of arson. Though the San Francisco Fire Department immediately responded, the build- ing suffered great damage, with two out of four floors gutted. INSIDE The building serves as a community center housing Vasbouragan Hall, an audi- torium, as well as offices for the church, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Kristapor Chapter, Armenian National Committee of America-San Francisco, and Trump’s local Homenetmen, Elvir Klempic Armenian Relief Society, Bromance Hamazkayin and Armenian Youth Federation Chapters, means for the position of the Biden cam- Page 5 according to Asbarez.com. paign on the Armenian Genocide and other The fire department as issues important to them. well as the San Francisco Police Department are inves- Kemplic’s statement follows. INDEX tigating. Armenia . 2-4 see ARSON, page 20 The Biden for President ethnic engage- Arts and Living . 13 ment operation has become one of the Community News. 7 St. Gregory the Illuminator largest in the history of presidential cam- Editorial . 18 Armenian Apostolic Church’s paigns; one that proudly transverses a International . 5-6 community center (courtesy plethora of diverse American-ethnic Facebook site) see STATEMENT, page 20 2 S ATURDAY S EPTEMBER 2 6 , 2 0 2 0 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia Children’s Home Investigated for Abuse Reports YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Employees of a children’s home in Yerevan are under criminal investigation on suspicion of physically and psychologically abusing the children of the institu- tion, police said in a news release. Police said they were tipped off about the alleged maltreatment of the children and launched an inves- tigation which gathered sufficient evidence support- ing the allegations. The investigation revealed that the children at the institution “were deprived from minimal living con- ditions and personal hygiene means” for a lengthy period of time, police said. The authorities said the employees have subjected the children to physical abuse by beating them with sticks as well as by hand. Other details weren’t immediately available. Hakobyan Leaves City of Smile Foundation Demonstrators from Bright Armenia assembled in front of the Parliament building on September 16, 2020 (courtesy of news.am) YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Anna Hakobyan, the wife of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, announced this week that she is leaving her position as chair- woman of the board of trustees of the City of Smile Protestors in Yerevan Demands charitable foundation. “Dear compatriots, with this statement I suspend my powers of the chairwoman of the board of Resignation of Minister of Education trustees of the City of Smile charitable foundation,” she noted on Facebook. The City of Smile charitable foundation helps chil- dren and young people with oncological and hemato- By Mateos Hayes logical diseases. Special to the Mirror-Spectator Kocharyan Thanks YEREVAN — It was a hot Wednesday of Supporters Outside demonstrations in front of the Armenian Parliament on September 16 as angry Yerevan Court demonstrators from the opposition party Lusavor Hayastan [Bright Armenia] YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — A group of support- protested against Arayik Harutyunyan, ers of second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan Armenia’s current minister of education, on September 22 held a rally in front of the science, culture, and sport. Shengavit residence of the Yerevan Court of General Waving signs declaring “Education is Jurisdiction before the resumption of the court hear- our Right!”, “Arayik Resign!”, and ings in the case against him and three other former depicting Harutyunyan as an “pandem- senior officials. ic for education,” demonstrators Accompanied by his son, Levon Kocharyan, the protested against what they saw as former president approached protesters chanting extreme reforms by the Ministry of “Kocharyan,