Three Russian air companies – NordStar, AZUR and Ural Airlines – have requested permission to carry out regular flights to Armenia.
A number of carriers have applied to the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) with a request to allow flights from Russia to still closed countries, including Armenia.
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Agency will hold a meeting of the interdepartmental commission under the Ministry of Transport, which distributes permits for flights abroad. The online meeting is scheduled for September 17.
Russia suspended all commercial passenger flights abroad due to the pandemic in late March.
Russia reopened flights to London, Ankara, Istanbul and Zanzibar, Tanzania on August 1.
Flights to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman in Turkey, began on August 10, and to Switzerland on August 15. Also in September, regular flights to Cairo, Dubai and the Maldives resumed.
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16:01, 5 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian National Football Team has announced its starting lineup for the UEFA Nations League qualifier against North Macedonia.
Armenia manager Joaquín Caparrós listed the starters as: 1. Yurchenko (GK), 21. Grigoryan, 2. Calisir, 3. Haroyan, 19. Hambardzumyan, 6. Wbeymar, 5. Grigoryan, 7. Bayramyan, 10. Koryan, 13. Hovhannisyan, 20. Karapetyan.
The match is due September 5, 17:00 at the National Arena Todor Proeski in Skopje.
Reporting by Varvara Hayrapetyan; Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan
18:14, 26 August, 2020
YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian expresses solidarity with the victims of the gas explosion in one of Yerevan buildings,
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the President’s Office, Sarkissian extended deep condolences to the family of Artur Ghazaryan, who died as a result of the explosion and wished speedy recovery to the injured.
President Sarkissian expressed confidence that the consequences of the incident will be eliminated as soon as possible with the efforts of the city authorities and the Government.
17:45, 17 August, 2020
YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, ARMENPRESS. Days after the BBC HARDtalk episode with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan aired, the program’s host Stephen Sackur is challenging Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to an interview, citing “extraordinary” response to the August 14 interview with the Armenian leader.
“The response to my interview with Armenian PM @NikolPashinyan has been extraordinary – in both #Armenia and #Azerbaijan,” Sackur tweeted. “The world needs to hear from both sides. So how about it @presidentaz? Or any other senior minister in #Baku?”
The BBC HARDtalk interview with PM Nikol Pashinyan addressed issues such as the democratic reforms in Armenia, the coronavirus response, and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
Editing by Stepan Kocharyan
Private Artur Muradyan died Thursday after being injured last week defending Armenia’s border
A soldier of the Armenian Armed Forces, who was gravely injured on July 14, while defending the border against brazen Azerbaijani attacks on Armenia’s Tavush Province, died on Thursday at the Central Clinic Military Hospital.
Armenia’s Defense Ministry said Private Artur Muradyan (born 2001) was severely injured at a maintenance station of the military units in the northeastern Armenia and was transferred to the Military Hospital in critical condition.
Muradyan’s death brings the total Armenian fatalities to five. Last week, the Defense Ministry reported that four soldiers of Armenia’s Armed Forces died during the heavy fighting on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Major Garush Hambardzumyan, Captain Sos Elbakyan and privates Smbat Gabrielyan and Grisha Matevosyan died last week during the clashes.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 18
Trend:
Nizami Ganjavi International Center has sent an open letter to the UN and the European Union titled “Peace and Justice for Nagorno-Karabakh”, Trend reports.
“We fully support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan within the borders as recognized by the United Nations and the whole international community.
“Azerbaijan has received strong international legal support: no less than four resolutions of the UN Security Council demanding unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian troops from the occupied territories. That and the international community has reaffirmed that it does not recognize the acquisition of territory by war.
“The situation resulting from the illegal use of force can in no way be justified.
We strongly condemn indiscriminate targeting of Azerbaijani civilians and civilian objects along the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Illegal acitivities, as well as illicit settlement in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan must be ceased.
“And today, despite the provocations, and the breach of the ceasefire agreement, Azerbaijan is seeking redress through the appropriate legal channels, not rushing into armed response. Conflict is frequently indecisive, and invariably costly in blood as well as resources.
“This is the time to activate all possible diplomatic channels, the UN and the European Union should call for an immediate ceasefire, and use every means available at the international level to prevent any further military action. But it is also essential to advance the search for a final settlement of that long-standing conflict.
“To work for peace through peaceful means, that is one of the tenets of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC). Thus, we call on the international community to live up to its previous resolutions, particularly United Nations Security Council Resolutions to restore the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan under international law, ensure withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from all seized lands of Azerbaijan as demanded and hopefully reach a lasting settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
“The negotiation process mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs – Russia, France and the United States – has not brought any tangible result for the resolution of conflict. The Co- Chairs based on their mandate stemming from the Helsinki Final Act and the UNSCR should redouble their efforts to ensure meaningful negotiations towards achieving lasting peace.
“At a time when all of humanity is fighting a common enemy in the Coronavirus and COVID- 19, it is not sensible for humanity to divert our energies and resources to unleash death and destruction on each other. Let us appeal to reason and the rule of law in our pursuit of a peaceful and just settlement to the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh.
“Peace, true peace, is more than the cessation of war. It can only be built on justice and inclusion. That is a fitting task for the EU to assist in bringing about, and it would be an appropriate revival of the spirit of the United Nations on its 75th birthday. So let us work with the international community to overcome the unjust legacies of the past, to address our global challenges and to lay the foundations for better tomorrows,” reads the letter.