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Yerevan.Today: Colonel joins Armenia Armed Forces General Staff’s statement demanding PM’s resignation
News.am, Armenia
Feb 26 2021
Feb 26 2021
Yerevan.Today: Colonel joins Armenia Armed Forces General Staff's statement demanding PM's resignation
21:53, 26.02.2021
Head of the Military Communications Division of the Armed Forces of Armenia, Colonel Artur Chatyan has joined the statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces calling on Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to resign.
Yerevan.Today stated the names of the officers of the General Staff who hadn’t joined the statement, and Colonel Chatyan was one of them. Colonel Chatyan told Yerevan.Today that he is currently under quarantine due to the coronavirus and that he would sign under the statement, if he knew about it.
The administration of the General Staff of the Armed Forces issued a statement stating that the Prime Minister of Armenia and the Cabinet are no longer capable of adopting adequate decisions and that the army demands Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.
After this statement was made, Nikol Pashinyan went live on Facebook and said he has signed the decree on dismissing Onik Gasparyan from the position of Chief of the General Staff, and the Staff of the President of Armenia confirmed the news that the President has received the recommendation, but has yet to sign it.
Only three officers of the General Staff haven’t joined the statement.
Armenia most popular direction for Russians
18:54,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24, ARMENPRESS. Following the announcement about the restoration of regular flights, Armenia has become the most popular direction for Russians, ARMENPRESS reports Ria Novosti informs that demand for air tickets to Armenia is 1.5-fold higher than in the previous two months.
Ria Novosti notes that the price of the air tickets of Moscow-Yerevan is twice higher compared to that of the previous year, rising from 6160 rubles to 13.622 rubles.
Kyrgyzstan is the second most demanded direction for Russians, while Turkey is the 3rd. Moldova, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the UAE, Egypt and Ukraine are included in the top 10 list of preferred directions for Russians.
Ex-Karabakh PM calls on Armenians to attend Feb. 20 rally in Yerevan
News.am, Armenia
Feb 18 2021
23:15, 18.02.2021
Former Prime Minister of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Anushavan Danielyan today posted on his Facebook page, calling on his supporters to show active participation in the rally to be held on Feb. 20 in Yerevan.
“I am certain that every citizen must join the struggle for Armenia and Artsakh and for the future of our people. Together we will save our homeland,” he wrote.
Comment by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh
AGA Tribunal
Feb 1 2021
in Armenian – https://aga-tribunal.info/hy/mfa-1-2-2021-hy/
in Russian – https://aga-tribunal.info/mfa-1-2-2021/
Source: http://www.nkr.am/en/news/2021-02-01/mfa-comment
The intentions of the ultra-right nationalist Turkish Nationalist Movement Party and its affiliated extremist neo-fascist organization ‘Gray Wolves’ to implement certain projects in the occupied territories of the Republic of Artsakh, in particular, in the town of Shushi, are of great concern.
The presence of any kind of foreign forces in the occupied territories of Artsakh, promoting the ideology of pan-Turkism and neo-fascism and resorting to terror as the main means of achieving their goals, poses a great threat not only to the Republic of Artsakh, but also to regional and global security. The fact that these forces are supported by the top leaderships of Turkey and Azerbaijan for the implementation of their projects in occupied Shushi testifies to the plans of Ankara and Baku to create hotbeds of tensions in the region and the neighboring countries, as well as to undermine the efforts of the international community for the peaceful, comprehensive, and just settlement of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict.
The dispatch of ultra-right neo-fascist forces to the occupied territories of the Republic of Artsakh, as well as the use of international terrorists during the period of armed aggression against Artsakh, are links in the same chain in Turkey’s expansionist policy towards not only Artsakh and the South Caucasus, but also to the neighboring regions.
This policy of Turkey and Azerbaijan deserves the most severe condemnation and requires the international community, interested organizations and structures to take appropriate immediate actions aimed at preventing and suppressing such destructive initiatives.
Twitter pressured to disallow Armenian Genocide denial
Public Radio of Armenia
Feb 3 2021
https://en.armradio.am/2021/02/03/twitter-pressured-to-disallow-armenian-genocide-denial/
Azerbaijani Forces Cut Water Supply to Armenia’s Syunik Province
February 4, 2021
The Zvaraget tributary of the Meghri River
The internationally guaranteed right to water for the residents of Meghri in Armenia’s Syunik province is being seriously violated by the deliberate actions of the Azerbaijani armed forces, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan reported.
He said he has received alarming and disturbing information from the residents of Meghri that about five years ago the Azerbaijani Armed Forces changed the riverbed fed by the Zvaraget tributary of the Meghri River to Nakhichevan.
As a result, serious problems have emerged due to lack of drinking and irrigation water in the cities of Meghri and Agarak, as well as the villages of Nrnadzor, Shvanidzor, Alvank, where the majority of Meghri’s population lives.
“The Meghri River has always been the source of drinking and irrigation water for Meghri. The Zvaraget (or Ayrijur) tributary starts about 3,500 meters above sea level. It rises from the southeastern slopes of the Zangezur Mountains and then joins the Meghri River. Due to snowmelt, Zvaraget overflows every August, which secures the full supply of drinking and irrigation water for Meghri. Without this, the Meghri River provides water only from the beginning of each year to June or July, and then the water supply becomes very scarce, and in Meghri, the river generally dries up. Serious damage has already been caused to the environment of the Meghri community,” explained Tatoyan.
Residents and the head of the Meghri community have informed the Human Rights Defender that every month the Azerbaijani military creates brakes with special engineering equipment and thus changes the course of the tributary to Nakhichevan.
“The right to water is guaranteed internationally. This right includes the human right to have sufficient water for both continuous drinking and domestic use (irrigation, hygiene, etc.). At the same time, there must be not only a safe access to water, but also a full access to it. This right has a unique value and is at the heart of other human rights to life, health, dignity and privacy,” Tatoyan added.
The Human Rights Defender’s Office of Armenia is currently summarizing the absolute and unequivocal internationally guaranteed rights of the people of Armenia to drinking and irrigation water and the infringement upon these rights by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
Security chief: Artsakh working on formation of professional army units ‘on contractual basis’
Panorama, Armenia
Feb 4 2021
The state institutions of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) are working on the formation of professional army units on a contractual basis to ensure the defense of the country’s borders, Secretary of the Artsakh Security Council Vitaly Balasanyan said in a statement released by the Artsakh Public TV on Wednesday.
He strongly denied media reports alleging the Azerbaijani flag will be hoisted at the buildings of government agencies in the Renaissance Square of capital Stepanakert and the Artsakh army will be disbanded.
Also, the security chief said the fears that Azerbaijanis may settle in Krkzhan and Ajapnyak districts of Stepanakert or the village of Ivanyan in Askeran region in the future are “groundless”.
“Dear people of Artsakh, on behalf of the Artsakh authorities, I assure you that despite the irreparable losses we suffered in the wake of the war, the state is constantly committed to fulfilling its obligations to ensure the security and normal life of the population. Therefore, I urge you not to fall for fake news and rest assured that everything possible is being and has been done to create and expand the necessary conditions for the Artsakh people’s dignified life,” the statement said.
Artsakh denies rumors about shutting down its permanent representation in Russia
Panorama, Armenia
Feb 4 2021
The Permanent Representation of Artsakh in Russia will not cease its operations, the Artsakh Foreign Ministry told Artsakhpress, denying reports that it will allegedly be shut down.
“Such information is false. The Permanent Representations of the Republic of Artsakh functioning in foreign countries continue their activities normally, aimed at the protection of the interests of the Republic of Artsakh and its citizens in the host countries, the development and advancing of mutually beneficial ties in various sectors and other functions envisaged by law,” the ministry said.
Armenia parliament approves, in 1st reading, amendments to Judicial Code
News.am, Armenia
Feb 3 2021
14:12, 03.02.2021
At Wednesday’s special session of the National Assembly of Armenia, the MPs passed a number of law initiatives in the first reading.
These include: the package of bills on amendments and addenda to the Judicial Code and the attached laws; and the package of bills on amendments to the Law on Social Assistance and the attached laws.