ARTSAKH NEWSLETTER
November 1-15, 2012
Artsakh Newsletter summarizes key developments in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Artsakh and is prepared by the NKR Office in the United States.
November 1-15, 2012
Artsakh Newsletter summarizes key developments in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Artsakh and is prepared by the NKR Office in the United States.
SECURITY & POLITICS
President of the House of
Representatives of Uruguay Jorge Orrico visited
NKR and met Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan and other officials to
discuss development of relations between Uruguay and NKR. Earlier in Yerevan,
Jorge Orrico condemned
Azerbaijan’s recent pardoning and promotion of a convicted axe murderer,
stressing the importance of protection of human rights on the international
arena. He also noted that Uruguay was the first country in the world to
recognize the Armenian Genocide.
During his visit to Artsakh,
President of the House of Representatives of Uruguay Jorge Orrico spoke at the NKR parliament.
He stressed the importance of peaceful resolution of the conflict and respect
freedom and basic human rights. Artsakh Speaker of the Parliament Ashot Ghoulian
welcomed the visit of Uruguay delegation to Artsakh and stressed the importance
of this visit for Artsakh. Later, the Uruguay delegation visited Shushi and Gandzasar
as well as met Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan.
“Rehabilitation of the Stepanakert
airport is the sovereign right of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and pursues
solely civilian and humanitarian objectives, including the realization of such a
basic human right as the freedom of movement”, the NKR Foreign Ministry said in
a letter circulated at the UN
General Assembly and Security Council in a response to Azerbaijan’s efforts to
thwart the airport’s opening.
Azerbaijan officially continues
encouraging hatred against Armenians, stressed Armenia’s Representative to the
United Nations, Amb. Garen Nazarian in his address during a UN session on
elimination of racism, racial discrimination and intolerance.
Armenia will continue pushing for
a negotiated settlement to the Karabakh conflict, but the country will not stand
aside in case of new aggression against NKR from Azerbaijan, Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan stated in his interview
with the Wall Street Journal. Sargsyan stressed that “…Azerbaijan is
waiting for an occasion to start a conflict” and warned that that “would harm
the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia but that most harm would come to the
people of Azerbaijan.”
The recent meeting of Foreign
Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
was an attempt to bring Azerbaijan to constructive dialogue, said Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandyan.
Azerbaijan did not allow U.S.
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar to visit the site in Julfa,
Nakhijevan, where a medieval Armenian cemetery with thousands of cross-stone
monuments (khachkars) was destroyed by the Azerbaijani
authorities in 2005 (see the video). The Armenian
National Committee of America called on the U.S. Ambassador to visit the
area and to secure public access to the site. See full documentary
on the subject.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Growth in the construction sector continues in Artsakh, with
$65 million invested in the first nine months of this year. See video.
Base Metals Company is preparing to put into operation a
new ore deposit in the area of Tsakhkashen in Martakert region, NKR within
two years.
SOCIETY
‘Hayastan’ All-Armenian Fund’s
15th international telethon will take place on November 22
live between 8:00am-8:00pm PST. (click for more info). This year’s
contributions will assist in the rural development in
Armenia and Artsakh and the urgent humanitarian
needs of Syrian Armenians.
President Sahakyan stressed the importance of rural
development projects for Artsakh, in his speech during
the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s annual fundraising dinner in Moscow that
secured pledges of more than $12
million. NKR President called upon Armenians to participate actively
in the upcoming telethon.
Shoushi played host for a joint meeting of NKR and Armenian
parliaments’ standing committees on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Affairs.
A few words about
Artsakh
The Nagorno Karabakh Republic,
Artsakh, was established in 1991 basing on a declaration of the local
legislature, and results of a subsequent nation-wide referendum. The people of
Artsakh defended their choice in a war unleashed by Azerbaijan.
The Nagorno Karabakh Republic,
Artsakh has emerged as a democratic, rule-of-law state with capable armed
forces, a growing market economy, and an independent foreign
policy.
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