The Swedish newspaper “Expressen” talked with the writer of the Turkish exile Ragip Zarakolu, referring to the statement of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that they would support Sweden’s membership in NATO if Sweden extradited Ragip Zarakolu to Turkey. Commenting on this situation, Zarakolu noted that Sweden is a country committed to principles and will not take such a step, and will not allow Erdogan to score political points due to this. Writer Ragip Zarakolu found refuge in Sweden in 2012. 

He is a well-known publisher and writer who said that he fought for justice all his life and was therefore imprisoned. He was accused of supporting a terrorist organization. Zarakolu has published a number of books on the Genocide of Armenians. In 2011, the National Library of Armenia was awarded the Hakob Meghapart Medal as a person engaged in a large publishing activity, which also presented dozens of books to the National Library.

BY Naira Zohrabyan,

It turns out that EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Victor loved Lukashenko at one timeless,

EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Victorin is not only the Armenian dictatorship that she loved and loved. The same lady was the EU ambassador to Belarus from 2015-to 19 and was equally admired by dictator Lukashenko.I decided to go through the interviews of the EU ambassador, Belarusian gastrols, and it turns out that Lukashenko is a great man, and Belarus is steadily moving towards democracy. Moreover, when in a 2016 interview a journalist asks Andrea Victorin: “Do you agree with the statement that Lukashenko is Europe’s last dictator”, our “democratic” aunt expresses her disagreement with her friend Lukashenko” to the grave accusation “.By the way, in 2015-19, the lady spreading democracy in Belarus, who, according to our Brussels sources, had quite warm relations with Batka, appeared several times in diplomatic scandals in Brussels, when she hid and Brussels has not reported or has reported the real picture of human rights in Belarus in “lights”.Yes, by the way, in another interview, the lady told about her dream: “when the EU visa with Belarus becomes 35 euros, I will drink a whole glass of champagne”.We seem to understand that this is a Western democracy when according to convenience Lukashenko can become Nelson Mandela, then Nero and Dracula, and Nikol’s Armenia is still a bastion of democracy. Of course, before signing a peace agreement with Azerbaijan and handing Artsakh over to Azerbaijan.

Living in Armenia for the past 21 years, I share the good, the bad, the joy, and the sadness of our people.

Today I present the point of view of my and my family. By moving to Armenia, many Iranian-Armenians like us have actually gone against the deportation against Armenia 400 years ago. Our ancestors kept the memory of the homeland alive in their hearts and minds, passed it on from generation to generation, and our generation was lucky to see the independence of Armenia. Sargis Mkrtchyan, an Iranian-Armenian, said this during the rally.

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Russia advances in Ukraine’s Donbas as Mariupol steelworks siege ends

The Russian military said on Saturday it had destroyed a major consignment of Western arms in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles.

The defense ministry said in a statement the strike took out “a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the US and European countries” and intended for Ukrainian troops in the eastern Donbas region where the fighting is concentrated.

Reuters could not independently verify the report, which also said Russian missiles had struck fuel storage facilities near Odesa on the Black Sea coast and shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft and 14 drones.

In its latest update on the war, which Russia calls a “special military operation”, the defence ministry also said Russia had struck numerous Ukrainian command posts.

The west has stepped up weapons supplies to Ukraine since Russia’s February 24th invasion and Russia’s military is trying to intercept and destroy them. Moscow says western arms deliveries for Kyiv, and the imposition of drastic sanctions against the Russian economy, amount to a “proxy war” by the US and its allies. 

Earlier, Russia’s defence ministry said the last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol’s smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday. That ended the most destructive siege of the war.

“The territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant … has been completely liberated,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that 2,439 defenders had surrendered in the past few days, including 531 in the final group.

Hours earlier, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the last defenders at the steelworks had been told by Ukraine’s military that they could get out and save their lives. The Ukrainians did not immediately confirm the figures on Azovstal.

Ukraine’s general staff of armed forces did not comment on Russia’s claim in its morning update on Saturday.

Assault

Russia also launched what appeared to be a major assault to seize the last remaining Ukrainian-held territory in Luhansk, one of two southeastern Ukrainian provinces Moscow proclaims as independent states.

Ruben Melikyan writes ․
“I am publishing the photo of a beret broken on May 17, at around 9:15 am, on Teryan Street, when a disabled citizen of the Artsakh war was being brought from the sidewalk as a result of his hand being twisted by an inhuman egg.

As for the issue related to the First University Hospital, I will give detailed explanations at night. I should mention that we have already taken the first X-ray disc from the mentioned medical institution, now I am clarifying with the narrow specialists the issue of the possible reasons for not having a fracture in it.
With the consent of the citizen, I attach the second X-ray picture that clearly shows the fracture. ”

The legal team of Armenian public figure and opposition politician Avetik Chalabyan arrested last week visited him at the Armavir penitentiary on Saturday.

Chalabyan was arrested on 12 May for allegedly trying to pay students of the Armenian National Agrarian University to participate in ongoing anti-government protests in Yerevan. He denies the charges as politically motivated.

“This is a struggle for remaining Armenian. It’s a righteous struggle,” Chalabyan said in a message from prison.

“No hardship can break our spirit or deter us from preserving our statehood and making our nation stronger despite the consistent policies of the incumbent authorities leading to the loss of the Armenian statehood,” the political figure said, calling for unity.

He denounced the decision to arrest him as a “political order”.

“The persecution by the current authorities against me and numerous other supporters of the protest campaign goes to prove that the authorities are in agony.

“The six principles outlined by [Ambassador-at-Large] Edmon Marukyan reaffirm that the authorities are proceeding along the path of betraying the national interests for their own material gains.

“Our society is repeatedly deceived into believing that we are weak, helpless and unable to meet the security challenges we are facing, thus we must make concessions. We categorically reject this policy line: the Armenian people have repeatedly proved that even the most difficult situations can be overcome through unity.

“Dear friends, we should not be afraid of hardships for a decent future for us and our generations. This is not a struggle for power, this is a struggle to remain Armenian. Thus, I urge you to take to the streets to express your will and raise your voice,” reads the message.

Artak Zakaryan writes on his Facebook page ․ “Just as blood will not become water, so the Turk will not translate his hatred of Armenians.

Nikol’s vivid example is enough for high-ranking officials (Prime Minister, Ministers) of the Republic of Armenia to undergo a genetic test (labeling) of their nationality in secret before being appointed, under the informal control of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia. The 44-day war showed that the nationality of the representatives of the political power of the Republic of Armenia is a major issue of national security. PS Only Armenians can be accused of high treason for deliberately failing the 44-day war, irresponsibly killing thousands of servicemen, fraudulently handing over territories and violating Armenia’s national interests. This question is heroism if you are a Turk. “Consequently, either Nikol (if it turns out that he is not Armenian) is a person who rendered heroic service to the Turks, or a well-founded suspect in the betrayal of the Armenian nation-state (before the legal court decision enters into force).”

should respond positively to Baku’s “peace initiatives”, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in response to questions from Azerbaijani journalists at the UN headquarters in New York, aa.com.tr reports. We continue to urge and encourage Armenia to respond to “these good intentions” (quotes: Tert.am). We see that the “radicals” inside the country (quotation marks – Tert.am) and outside the Diaspora are putting pressure on the Armenian authorities. We have already told not only (US Secretary of State Anthony) Blinken, but also our other interlocutors that Armenia should be encouraged more in this direction. “During our meeting yesterday (with the US Secretary of State), we once again reminded that Turkey, Azerbaijan, want peace, ‘goodwill’ (quotes: Tert.am) are being used to ensure stability in the region,” Cavusoglu said. Çavuşoլlu reminded that the Azerbaijani side offered Armenia to sign a comprehensive peace agreement. The diplomat noted that Azerbaijan also supports the talks on the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia.

Iraq’s delegate to the UN Security Council called for the full withdrawal of all Turkish soldiers from their country on Wednesday.

Iraq has filed an official complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Turkey, calling for the full withdrawal of all Turkish troops from its territory on Wednesday.

Attacks by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) can no longer be an excuse for Turkish forces to remain on Iraqi territory, the Iraqi delegate to the UNSC Mohammad Hussein Bahr Aluloom said.

Baghdad protests against Turkish military actions in Iraq, he added.

Turkey launched Operation Claw-Lock on 17 April, in Iraq’s Metina, Zap and Avaşîn-Basyan regions against the PKK. Northern Iraq’s ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has also reportedly aided Turkish forces.
While Turkey maintains it is targeting PKK bases in the Qandil Mountains, the area affected by the operations include Makhmour, a refugee settlement run by the United Nations, and Yazidi homeland Sinjar, some 100 km away from the Turkish border, as the United States Department of Defence said in its latest report on the ongoing Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State.
Ankara regularly engages in cross-border operations against the PKK, as well as the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, which it views as an extension of the PKK. There are at least 37 Turkish military bases in Iraqi territory, according to a 2020 map released by the Presidential Communications Directorate in a since-deleted tweet.

It was reported yesterday that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the participants of the consultative meeting on cooperation with extra-parliamentary political forces in the government.

The meeting was attended by the leader of the “Republic” party Aram Sargsyan, the leader of the European party of Armenia Tigran Khzmalyan, the leader of the Christian-Democratic Party of Armenia Leon Shirinyan, the leader of the “United Homeland” party Mher Terteryan, the leader of the “Sovereign Armenia” party David Sanasaryan, Social Democrat Hnchakyan Sedrak Achemyan, chairman of the party’s board in Armenia.

It should be noted that the last time the Prime Minister met with the extra-parliamentary forces, the leader of the “Conservative” party Mikael Hayrapetyan, the leader of the “Power Homeland” party Tigran Arzakantsyan, as well as the chairman of the “Fair Armenia” party Norayr Norikyan were among them. In this meeting, as we see, the ranks became thinner, the above-mentioned forces did not exist.

We tried to find out the reason, maybe they were not invited to the meeting this time? The leader of the “Conservative” party Mikael Hayrapetyan told us that he did not take part in the meeting because he is a lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute. “I was invited to the meeting. According to the condition, only the first persons can participate. “By the way, in 2007, 2008 and 2020, I never sacrificed my lesson for an election campaign or a political event,” says Hayrapetyan.

Tigran Arzakantsyan mentioned that he was invited, but he is so busy, he works so busy that he could not go to the meeting.

Norayr Norikyan, in his turn, mentioned that he was very busy and could not speak.

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