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Original Title: What do Yerevan air quality meters show? \ Conscription & citizenship \ Pashinyan's apology \ Where is Levon? \ What did French FM say? \ Armenians call Russian customs union "unfair" \ Emmy win \ Goddess Anahit arrives \ and...
8 minutes of Armenia coverage in Transcaucasian Telegraph's Sep/16/2024 edition.
there was a Sunday telegraph if you missed it
day 2: Foreign Minister of France met Armenian leadership in Yerevan
Pashinyan emphasized the importance of developing AM-FR relations, including in the areas of security and economy.
Pashinyan said Armenia wants to strengthen its independence and statehood and the French assistance is highly valued.
Séjourné said France stands by Armenia and will continue to do so.
The parties discussed AM-AZ, AM-FR, and AM-EU relations, visa liberalization, and defense aid under the European Peace Facility.
FM Mirzoyan said the French financing of the Vedi Reservoir helps increase Armenia's resilience.
FM Mirzoyan said Armenia has offered Azerbaijan to sign a [~16-paragraph] peace treaty.
Séjourné noted that Armenia maintains its path to democracy and freedom despite Russia's "obvious hostility", adding that Armenia and any country that chooses this path can rely on France for support.
Séjourné said France welcomes the recent signing of the AM-AZ border Regulation document and the 1991 Almaty-based delimitation.
Séjourné said Azerbaijan must "prove" that it truly wants peace by taking action ahead of the COP29 climate summit in Baku.
Séjourné said France will provide €29M to support Nagorno-Karabakh refugees.
Séjourné said France will send an expert to assist Armenia's Infrastructure Ministry with various projects and decisions.
Séjourné said France supports Pashinyan's Crossroads of Peace communication unblocking project, adding that Armenia can play a major role in the connection of Asia and Europe.
Séjourné said his ministry has a new office that will coordinate the AM-FR joint projects.
Séjourné said the support for Armenia is one of those rare things that is bipartisan in France, supported by all political forces.
French President Macron has proposed outgoing FM Séjourné to serve as France's European Commission representative.
source, source, source, source,
U.S. Secretary Blinken calls Aliyev a week after discussing AM-AZ peace efforts with Pashinyan
Blinken spoke to Aliyev today and reaffirmed the importance of a durable and dignified peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Blinken welcomed recent progress between the parties, including agreement on a border delimitation regulation.
Blinken emphasized the importance of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Azerbaijan and highlighted the U.S. commitment to a successful COP 29 meeting in Baku later this year.
Blinken and Aliyev discussed areas for regional and bilateral cooperation, including the importance of Azerbaijan’s adherence to international human rights obligations and commitments.
Pashinyan apologizes to the Armenian people for not taking steps to gain independence from Russia and seek peace sooner
In a Facebook post, the Prime Minister compared "Historical Armenia" with "Real Armenia". He has spoken about this in the past.
Historical Armenia = Armenia serving as Russia's "fortpost" and allowing Russia to use the unresolved nature of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to solidify its grip over Armenia and take away its independence.
Real Armenia = An independent state that ensures the prosperity and security of its citizens within its internationally recognized borders.
PASHINYAN: My belief is that our people made their choice long ago in favor of Real Armenia. But we, the leaders, did not listen to people and essentially forced them to live in the "historical cycle". It is for this reason that we, the leaders who led in various periods, must apologize to our people, and I apologize for my part. //
Armenians complain about losing money to Russia's EAEU customs union
REPORTER: Among the 5 members of EAEU, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan have the smallest GDPs and make the smallest contributions to EAEU's overall budget, but Armenia's contributions have exceeded the intake over the last 3 years. Many experts find EAEU's budget allocation unfair and propose alternative methods of calculation.
2015-2024: ֏758B paid, ֏652B received
2024: ֏79B paid, ֏48B received
[The funds are collected by the customs agencies of each member state and wired to a common budget before it's distributed back to members under a formula]:
Russia got 85% (gave 84.5%)
Kazakhstan got 6.95%
Belarus got 4.86% (gave 3%)
Kyrgyzstan got 1.9%
Armenia got 1.22%
Kyrgyzstan has a much smaller GDP than Armenia ($14B vs $24B) yet receives more. //
ARMENIAN EXPERT: This is unfair especially towards Kazakhstan because it contributes a lot more than it receives. //
Kazakhstan forms 10.9% of the pot and receives 6.95%. It appears the biggest moochers are Lukashenko and Putin.
who are the largest buyers of Azerbaijani oil this year?
Total exports: 16.5 million tons to 23 countries.
6.2 million to Italy
2.2 million to Israel
1 million to Czechia
...
Azerbaijan sends a note of appeal to ally after a group of Azeris are detained and forced to fight against Ukraine
Baku sent a note of appeal to Moscow after the arrest of a group of Azeris in southern Russia. The men will be recruited to the Russian army.
The Azeris migrated to Russia earlier this year to find employment but were arrested for allegedly violating migration laws.
The relatives say the Russian army is forcing the men to "voluntarily" sign contracts to fight against Ukraine. One detainee says they were forced to sign a BLANK document, which was apparently later filled by Russians and turned into a military contract. Sim salabim.
PM Pashinyan visited Georgia where he was arrested and forced to fight against the U.S.
The leaders had private and extended-format meetings. They spoke about the
• strategic relations
• joint infrastructure projects
• economy, energy, tourism, ...
• regional security and peace
• delimitation of AM-GE border
source, source, source, source,
U.S. imposes sanctions on Georgian officials for "serious human rights abuse and anti-democratic actions"
• broad array of accountability measures on a number of Georgian government officials and others
• two Georgian government officials: an interior ministry official and his deputy for violently dispersing peaceful protests
• two leaders of a violent extremist group that attacked peaceful protesters
• visa restrictions on 60 Georgians and their family members for undermining democracy in Georgia (incl. senior government and municipal figures)
Great Britain has shipped the Statue of Goddess Anahit (aka Satala Aphrodite) to Armenia ------------------------------------------------...
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