The political week in Armenia started with debates on the Nagorno Karabakh problem.

85 years ago the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR) was founded, which in the foreseeable future may become another hotbed of tension and blow up the region. Despite the seeming agreement on Nakhichevan’s belonging to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran have begun to test the waters and wage a backstage struggle for the right to dictate their will to Baku, or rather Nakhichevan. Later, this will may grow into conditions; everything depends on the “behavior” of Azerbaijan, which equally depends on Turkey and Iran. But even more she depends on Russia, no matter how hard Baku “experts” and “political analysts” try to assure their nation in the contrary.

The last week can be described as an Armenian international cultural week. Armenia welcomed participants of international festivals and hosted film screenings.

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Meanwhile, an ideological war was being fought beyond the conflict area.

When in China, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with executive director of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and President of Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Limited (ZTE) to discuss prospects of cooperation in production of equipment, e-governance and development of telecommunication systems. A memorandum of cooperation was signed with Huawei.

Boxing: Elias Nassar, manager of WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan stated that negotiations for rematch with Nonito Donaire have collapsed. Nassar said the Donaire camp have failed to sign the contract after six weeks and they are now back to square one. Vic Darchinyan also stated he is disappointed in Nonito Donaire’s failure to sign the contract. “We signed the deal two days into talks,” said Nassar. “We were there waiting for Donaire to make up his mind on what he wanted to do. It’s easy to point the finger at who didn’t want the fight. It’s the party who doesn’t sign a contract.”