November 24, 2012 | 10:50

YEREVAN. – The diplomacy of independent Armenia should have pushed forward the Armenian people’s collective view a long time ago, and this should have been done especially in Baku, Istanbul, and Ankara. Armenia’s opposition Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan stated this on the air of the country’s state-run Public Television, and reflecting on Heritage Chairman Raffi Hovannisian’s statement made in Baku, where he attended and addressed the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).

“He [that is, Hovannisian] made public, for the first time in Baku, the Armenian people’s collective conviction that Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] is an independent republic. Also, he noted that all refugees in the region must be able to return to their places of residence.

Raffi Hovannisian basically announced in Baku that we, as a small country, won the war that was forced upon us. Our small country, with its military force, will be of major importance in this geographical area, and its support by any other country will be in the latter’s interest,” Zaruhi Postanjyan said.

16:57, 24 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS. Monte Melkonian would celebrate his 55th birthday on November 25. As reports “Armenpress” advancing the 55th anniversary of the hero Hovsep Hakobyan – a fighter of Monte’s military unit, said that Monte was one of the first to say that it’s impossible to triumph in the war via separate troops and put forward the idea of the army. Hovsep Hakobyan stated: “It’s rather difficult to describe him. Monte believed in the triumph, work and nation. That honest man initiated a strong army.”

According to Hakobyan Monte used to say: “If we lose Karabakh, then we will turn the final page in the Armenian history.”

Intelligence officer Vova Vardanov said that in the beginning he was reluctant to work with Monte Melkonian, as he adhered to the opinion that an Armenian from Diaspora should not be engaged in the intelligence. He stated: “Notwithstanding, after I never regretted that I have met him and fought beside him. The more our servicemen resemble Monte, the better for our army.”

MEXICO CITY November 23, 2012 (AP)

A commission of experts says Mexico City’s government should remove a life-size statue of Azerbaijan’s former president that was recently erected on the city’s main boulevard.

The bronze, Stalinesque statue of Geidar Aliyev was erected by the Azerbaijan embassy, which paid for the renovation of part of the city park where it sits.

Protesters have said they are offended by a monument to an authoritarian figure like Aliyev, who led Azerbaijan first as Communist Party boss during Soviet times and then as president from 1993 to his death in 2003.

Azerbaijan officials have said that removal of the statue could affect diplomatic relations with Mexico.

The committee that reported on Friday had been named by city officials to seek a solution.

Hayastan All Armenian Fund Telethon 2012 raised USD 21. 422. 477, with the funds to be allocated for the outreach of Syrian Armenians and construction of community centers in villages of Artsakh.

The geography of telethon covered Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic ($2.500.000), Russia ($12.100.000), France ($2.196.239), Germany ($122.438), the Netherlands ($58.600), Switzerland ($31.800), Belgium ($10.200), Greece ($38.200), Italy ($50.000), U.S. (2.200.000), Argentina ($700.000), Brazil ($100.000), Canada ($175.000), Great Britain ($170.000), India ($600.000), Iran ($15.000) and Kuwait ($5000).

Fund-raising event in Lebanon is scheduled for December 8.

The evidence of Turkish dirty hand in Syrian war day by day is becoming more and more clear who is behind the atrocities in Syria. The reengineering of the Ottoman Empire have begun..

DER ZOR, Syria—The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Memorial Church in Der Zor, also known as the Holy Martyrs Armenian Church, has been severely damaged as a result of shelling, as revealed by video footage taken by locals and shared on YouTube Saturday.

The lower level of the museum and memorial, where the remains of victims of the Armenian Genocide are kept, seems to be in ruins as well. It is unclear from the footage whether they were removed prior to the attacks.

Der Zor has witnessed clashes between the rebels and the Syrian Army since the beginning of the armed conflict in the country. The few Armenian families living in the city left months ago.

Hundreds of thousands of Armenian deportees were massacred in Der Zor in the summer of 1916.

The memorial was consecrated in 1991.

Spokesperson for the Armenian Prelacy in Aleppo Jirair Reyisian said tensions continued in and around Aleppo, which have causes severe material damage, but there were no casualties.

He said that four to five bombs fell near and around the Syriac St. Theotokos Church in the Villaner neighborhood, while one bomb fell in the New Village suburb of Aleppo. No casualties were reported, according to Reyisian but buildings and vehicles in the vicinity were damaged.

The Prelacy spokesperson also added that there was no new information about the fate of those kidnapped on October 29 en-route from Beirut to Aleppo.

Reyisian did announce that the third shipment of humanitarian aid from Armenia, under the auspices of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-led “Help Your Brother” campaign, had already arrived and was being distributed among Armenian and non-Armenian residents in and around Aleppo.

Read Azerbaijani dictator hatred language against Armenian.. Only dictators can use this kind of language..

13:57, November 19, 2012

On November 16, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hosted a reception in Baku marking the 20th anniversary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP).

President Aliyev, who also serves as the chairman of YAP, made the following comments regarding the “Armenian lobby” and Islamophobia in his address according to News.Az.

I have repeatedly said and I want to repeat it in the open that the Armenian lobby is our enemy. This is because Armenia, as a country, is of no importance. In fact, it is a colony, an outpost; a territory governed from abroad which was artificially created in ancient Azerbaijani lands. The Armenian lobby is our main enemy and we are the main enemy for them. In fact, the source of our enmity with them is their enmity with us. Second is anti-Azerbaijani center, structures and circles infected with Islamophobia. Unfortunately, their number is growing all the time.

The growth in their number was manifested during the elections held in some countries. The results of elections make the growth of the rating of Islamophobia forces clear. The young, dynamically developing, independent and modern Muslim country- Azerbaijan – has become a problem for them since it does not fit their stereotypes. Their stereotypes seek to show Muslims in the world as a backward nation and people.