Posted at: 11:43 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Armenia
With a new administration in Armenia, Turkey and Armenia want to work together to try and bring the countries closer together from a political standpoint. If Turkey and Armenia establish ties between them, then the US government might recognize the 1.5 million Armenian who were killed and actually consider it a genocide.
The only reason the US won’t recognize it is because of George Bush and his need for war allies. Turkey is a important base to take off from and he doesn’t want to upset them. If they are alright with it then the US government won’t have any reason not to. The two Presidents met in Armenia for a world cup soccer game and made it known that they want to change the current relationship.
Turkey and Armenia decided to improve relations, including raising the level of regular consulting mechanism to foreign ministers, speeding up efforts to form a joint commission and opening the border for humanitarian aid. – source
Posted at: 11:28 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Armenia
Back in October I wrote about the Armenia Tree Project for Blog Action Day because it is really important to me. I spent time there while I was in Armenia and it is an amazing cause.
I don’t know if you have heard of the Members Project, but it is by American Express and they are giving 2.5 million dollars to plant more trees in Armenia. I know that there are enough problems in the US, but if we help Armenia’s ecosystem, it might help out our situation in the long run. Our struggles will go away in the near future (a few years maybe), but Armenia 80% of Armenia’s territory is at risk of deforestation.
Posted at: 11:31 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Armenia
Cornet-AM, an Internet services provider and part of the Comstar Group, has finished building the Republic of Armenia’s first mobile WiMAX network.
The completed wireless broadband network (which is based on the 802.16e standard) consists of 24 base stations which are connected to each other via radio relay lines and rented telecommunications channels; US-based Airspan Networks provided network equipment.
The 3.6-3.8 GHz frequency range was allocated for the network on the territory of 9 regions of the Republic of Armenia. The network has a high data transmission capacity and enables the provision of a full range of telecommunications services, such as data transmission, digital telephony, high speed internet access, conference calling, creating virtual private networks (IP VPN), for residential and corporate subscribers.
Victor Koresh, Vice President of Comstar for Regional Development, commented: “We have implemented the first part of our strategic project aimed at expanding our presence in Armenia. The next step involves the development of the voice services in the Republic. Earlier this year, Cornet-AM applied to the Public Service Regulation Committee of the Republic of Armenia to obtain the numbering capacity of 60,000 telephone numbers”.
Posted at: 11:50 pm by Timothy Haroutunian Categories: Armenia
Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan called on Monday for closer ties with Turkey, 15 years after the two nations severed diplomatic relations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
They are also at odds over the question of whether ethnic Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks during World War One were victims of genocide. Armenia and Turkey broke off diplomatic links in 1993, when Ankara closed the border and backed Azerbaijan during its war with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a mainly ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan.
“The improvement of ties between Armenia and Turkey is mutually beneficial,” Sarksyan told a news conference on Monday. “I think we should improve our relations.”
“The important thing is that in relations between Armenia and Turkey a trend is taking shape for being ready to start a healthy discussion of the existing problems,” he said.
- source