JULY 27, 2013 MirTHErARoMENr IAN -Spe ctator Volume LXXXIV, NO. 2, Issue 4296 $ 2.00 NEWS IN BRIEF The First English Language Armenian Weekly in the United States Since 1932 Ukrainian Expert Karabagh Urges Recognition of Armenian Genocide Increasingly KIEV, Ukraine (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Situations Modeling Agency Deputy Director, Alexey Golobutski, commented on the submis- sion of a draft resolution on Genocide recogni- Attractive tion to Ukraine’s Supreme Council. “The Armenian Genocide has to be recog- nized. The Armenian example shows how the For Tourists national tragedy unifies people to make them even stronger,” he told Analitika.at.ua. On June 6, a draft resolution on the recogni- STEPANAKERT (AFP) — Sniper fire, tion of the Armenian Genocide was submitted minefields, ghost towns: perched perilously to Ukraine’s Supreme Council. The bill was ini- on the verge of conflict Nagorno Karabagh tiated by parliamentarians Vilen Shatvoryan may not sound the ideal holiday destina - and Arsen Avakov. tion. Now, though, a growing number of foreign tourists are heading to Karabagh and saying they are seeing a different side Armenian Foreign A panel of community leaders and government officials disucss the plans for the to its war-scarred image, Agence France- Minister Visits Belgium new Armenian Genocide museum in Montevideo. Presse writes. Wandering around the region’s largest BRUSSELS (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Armenian town Stepanakert as part of a tour group Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian arrived here Armenian Genocide Museum whose members come from places ranging on July 22. from Turin to Taiwan, French pharmacist Minister Nalbandian was expected to attend the Jordan Nahoum said that while he knew all meeting of Foreign Ministers of the European Project Is Launched in Uruguay about Nagorno Karabagh’s bloody past, he Union and Eastern Partnership countries, the was surprised by what he found. Ministry of Foreign Affairs press office reported. MONTEVIDEO (Diario Armenia) — The presentation of the project of an “People are very nice and open,” Armenian Genocide Museum in Uruguay was launched on Wednesday, July 17. Nahoum, 23, told AFP. “It is very safe here The project has been organized by the Uruguay Ministry of Education and the and I see many tourists from different Levon Aronian Training Armenian community of Uruguay. countries — I don’t feel myself in danger.” For World Chess Cup The museum will be the first of its kind created by a state initiative outside the AFP reminds that “despite a fragile 1994 territory of Armenia. ceasefire that ended major hostilities, YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net ) — World No. 2 Uruguayan Undersecretary of Education Oscar Gomez said that the initiative repeated attempts to get Armenia and Levon Aronian will play at World Chess Cup in the “ratifies the Uruguayan policy of the defense of human rights.” Gomez recalled Azerbaijan to sign a final peace deal over Norwegian city of Tromso from August 10 through that Uruguay was the first country in the world to recognize the Armenian the past two decades have failed, and both September 3. Genocide in 1965. sides — especially oil-rich Azerbaijan — are The grandmaster is readying for the tournament “The museum will not only refer to the Armenian Genocide, but also to the rearming heavily.” in Armenia, where he plans to hold a team practice defense of human rights in general and the recognition of other genocides, such Soldiers along the heavily fortified front - session. as the Holocaust or the African genocide during the era of slavery,” he added. line exchange gunfire almost daily, with “I’ll stay in Armenia till early August to later leave both sides blaming each other for violating for Norway. Here I had a chance to train every day, the ceasefire. So far this year some 20 sol - which I’m very glad about. I’ll try to show a good per - diers from both sides have been killed. formance at the World Cup, yet my main goal is vying Despite this, the local authorities have for the World Champion’s title,” Aronian said. Armenian Government Tries to Help pumped money into promoting the region Aronian and his teammate Gabriel Sargissian opened at tourist fairs overseas, and they say the a chess school in Yerevan, with the grandmaster to con - Driver of Truck that Plowed into Bus drive is paying off. vene a practice session in early December. Over the past few years, local authorities “Children will greatly benefit from meeting and MOSCOW (PanARMENIAN.Net and father was needed he left his family and vol - say, visitor numbers have grown by 40 per - being taught by well-known chess players,” Aronian ArmeniaNow) — Armenian Ombudsman unteered to go [to the front], now he is the cent annually and in 2012 the number of said. Karen Andreasyan returned from Moscow one who needs help,” she said, adding that foreign tourists — not counting visitors where he met with Hrachya Harutyunyan, although she would be happy if her father from Armenia’s huge Diaspora — topped the Armenian man charged with causing a were found not guilty, but even if he gets 15,500 people. Several Killed as deadly road accident outside Moscow on sentenced, she wishes he had the chance to “This unprecedented growth shows that Rebels Shoot at Buses July 13. at least serve it in his native country. despite the heated confrontation with As the Ombudsman said at a news con - Aram Vardevanyan, from the Azerbaijan we’ve created an image of Headed to Beirut ference in Yerevan, the head of the Union of Ombudsman’s office of Armenia, has stated Karabagh as a pleasant place for tourism, Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamyan that if countries are on friendly terms, safe and interesting,” says Sergey ALEPPO (PanARMENIAN.Net ) — A rebel attack vowed to extend financial to head the team see CRASH, page 16 see TOURISM, page 2 on two buses going on the Aleppo-Beirut route car - of Harutyunyan’s defenders. rying Syrian-Armenians, among others, this week, An investigation will be conducted to has left several dead and injured. clarify the reasons for Harutyunyan having The attack happened 30 kilometers from Aleppo. been brought to the court after the incident US House Panel Approves Deep Cuts in a woman’s robe and discover those responsible, the Ombudsman noted. On FY2014 Foreign Aid Spending In conclusion, the human rights defender INSI DE stressed that though understandable, pub - WASHINGTON — The US House hear from their Armenian American lic outrage over violation of the country - State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee constituents about the vital role that man’s rights must not be turned into an proposed a significant reduction in for - our aid programs to Armenia and international conflict. eign aid spending for Fiscal Year 2014. Karabagh play in advancing US interests Mush A total of 18 people died after the truck According to the Armenian National in a strategic region,” said ANCA Harutyunyan was driving, packed with Committee of America (ANCA), it would Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “If gravel, ran into a passenger bus in an out - cut nearly 20 percent from both last you haven’t called your legislators, call Heroines lying area of Moscow. year’s figures and the Obama them now. If you’ve already called, call If found guilty, he faces at least seven Administration’s budget request. them again. Make sure they know where Page 10 years in jail. Harutyunyan claims faulty While specific country levels, includ - you stand.” brakes on the vehicle caused the accident. ing allocations for Armenia and The full House Appropriations His daughter, Lilit Harutyunyan, said on Nagorno Karabagh, have not yet been Committee was scheduled to review the Wednesday that his father had been driving made public, sources report that across- foreign aid bill on Wednesday, July 24th. INDEX cargo trucks for two decades and never had a the-board cuts are foreseen on most A parallel process on the Senate side Arts and Living . 10 single accident. The daughter says accounts and some multilateral pro - began on Tuesday, July 23rd, with the Armenia . 2 Harutyunyan is a Karabagh war veteran and grams being cut by up to 60 percent. Senate State-Foreign Operations Community News. 5 went to Russia only three months ago because “With Congress considering unprece - Subcommittee taking up its version of Editorial . 13 a company there had offered him a job. dented cuts in foreign aid spending, leg - the measure. Armenian Americans International . 3 “I am asking our officials — I know they islators in the House and Senate need to see BUDGET, page 16 can help within the scope of their authori - ty — to help as much as possible. When my 2 S ATURDAY , J ULY 27, 2013 T HE A RMENIAN M IRROR -S PECTATOR ARMENIA News From Armenia socially vulnerable and large families there. Two-story and Life at the Edge: newly-built, although yet unfinished, the houses are stand - ing proudly. “We are going to have a new house, with four rooms. A Visit to the Border New house, new hope! We are sure that everything will be More than 10,000 all right. My husband is a master himself, he is building Signatures Collected Village of Khachik our house with his own hands,” said 38-year-old Vard Abrahamyan, the mother of four. Protesting Transport During the soviet years people were actively working the land, growing fruit and vegetable, but now because of Fare Hikes By Gohar Abrahamyan the irrigation problem many have given up on their once YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Pay 100 Dram lush gardens and abundant orchards. action participants are holding a signature collec- KHACHIK, Armenia (ArmeniaNow) — Backed by the “Our gardens dried out during the years of the war.