Rally of the Resistance Movement is held in France Square in Yerevan.
Earlier Ishkhan Saghatelyan, the coordinator of the Resistance Movement, vice-speaker of the Armenian Parliament from the opposition, representative of the Supreme Body of ARF Dashnaktsutyun announced that during today's rally they will present their vision of Armenia's future.
16:52,
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, ARMENPRESS. During the 21 years of its membership to the Council of Europe, Armenia has demonstrated a high dedication to the cooperation with the organization, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić said during a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan.
“Armenia has signed and ratified 66 conventions and joined 12 agreements. During those years Armenia has actively contributed to the creation of the legal and political agenda of Europe. I am sure that the Council of Europe in its turn has contributed to the progress of the reforms in Armenia. I hope this visit will further strengthen the level of the dialogue and cooperation between Armenia and Council of Europe under the light of current and future programs”, the CoE Secretary General said.
She welcomed the readiness of the Armenian authorities to implement the 2019-2022 action plan for Armenia. She said that currently they are developing the 2023-2026 action plan for Armenia.
“In this respect I encourage Armenia to continue fully using the support and experience of the Council of Europe, for instance, to finalize the electoral reforms making them in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, as well as the law on mass media and the recommendations for constitutional reforms”, she said.
As for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, the CoE Secretary General said the meetings between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, as well as the statements over it, for example about the work of the delimitation commission, are welcome.
“We need to achieve trust and reconciliation. All initiatives on this direction are welcome and should be supported”, she said.
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YEREVAN, JUNE 13, ARMENPRESS. The first documentary book on the Armenian Genocide has been published in Spain. ARMENPRESS reports the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Spain informs that on this occasion on June 13 Ambassador Sos Avetisyan received the author of the book, lecturer at CEU San Pablo University of Madrid, political analyst, journalist Ricardo Ruiz de la Serna.
The Ambassador stressed the importance of the book in raising awareness about the Armenian Genocide in Spain.
The book is available in all bookstores in Spain.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10. On the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, changes have been made to the statements of the head of the foreign policy department of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, about the situation in the village of Farrukh, Khojaly region, voiced by him in Yerevan during a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan, Trend reports.
Earlier, commenting on the situation in the village of Farrukh, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that "the Russian military continues to keep the situation as one of its priorities. There are certain results on the ground in terms of the de-escalation of this situation. And we have an understanding that as part of the ongoing substantive work on delimitation, these issues will definitely be considered and resolved."
The transcript of the press conference between Lavrov and Mirzoyan was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The transcript was amended and Lavrov's words were published in the following edition:
"As for the situation, the Russian military (our Armenian friends are well aware of this) "keep" it as one of their priorities. There are already certain results "on the ground" in terms of de-escalation of the situation. We expect that the launch of the process of delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will help increase confidence between Baku and Yerevan and prevent incidents like Farrukh in the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent."
As the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said earlier in response to these statements by Lavrov, the activities of the delimitation commissions set up by Azerbaijan and Armenia pursue the goal of delimiting the state border of the two countries, as it was envisaged.
"This process doesn’t envisage consideration of any issues outside the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, including those related to the Azerbaijani territories where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporary deployed [in accordance with the trilateral statement signed between Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the 2020 Second Karabakh War]," ministry said.
Armenia, France discuss cooperation in defense field
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YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s delegation led by Deputy Defense Minister Karen Brutyan is in Paris for participation to the Eurosatory international weaponry industry trade fair, the defense ministry said in a news release.
On June 13 Karen Brutyan met with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu, discussing a number of issues relating to the cooperation of Armenia and France in the field of defense.
16:49, 9 June 2022
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan commented on the process of normalizing the relations between Armenia and Turkey.
During a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Yerevan, FM Mirzoyan said the Armenian side is happy to hear statements by the top leadership of Turkey that they are going and are ready to normalize and establish diplomatic relations with Armenia and open the Armenian-Turkish border.
“On the other hand, we see differences in approaches in a sense that Turkey constantly announces that this normalization process must take place without any precondition, but we regularly see connection between the Armenia-Turkey normalization process and the Armenia-Azerbaijan processes. A connection that the representatives of Turkey’s leadership are trying to find or highlight on every occasion. We don’t think that this is constructive. There are also some differences in a sense that we have different ideas about pace. Nevertheless, I want to state once again that hearing statements by Turkey that they are going to open the closed border with Armenia is welcome”, the FM said.
16:47, 6 June 2022
YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS. Armenian national football team left for Glasgow on June 6, the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) said.
UEFA Nations League match between Scotland and Armenia will take place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on June 8.
29 players left for Scotland.
Goalkeepers
David Yurchenko-FC Pyunik
Arsen Beglaryan-FC Urartu
Stanislav Buchnev-FC Pyunik
Henri Avagyan-SC Noravank
Defenders
Varazdat Haroyan-Cádiz CF (Spain)
Hovhannes Hambardzumyan-FC Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)
Kamo Hovhannisyan-FC Astana (Kazakhstan)
Hayk Ishkhanyan-BKMA Yerevan
Arman Hovhannisyan-FC Pyunik
Taron Voskanyan-FC Alashkert
Hrayr Mkoyan-FC Ararat
Styopa Mkrtchyan-BKMA Yerevan
Monroy Ararat-FC Noah
Zhirayr Margaryan-FC Urartu
Midfielders/Forwards
Solomon Udo-FC Ararat-Armenia
Wbeymar Angulo-FC Ararat-Armenia
Wbeymar Angulo-FC Ararat-Armenia
Artak Grigoryan-FC Alashkert
Eduard Spertsyan- FC Krasnodar (Russia)
Hovhannes Harutyunyan-FC Pyunik
Rudik Mkrtchyan-FC Ararat
Artak Dashyan-FC Pyunik
Khoren Bayramyan-FC Rostov (Russia)
Edgar Malakyan-FC Ararat
Edgar Babayan-Vejle FC (Denmark)
Tigran Barseghyan-ŠK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
Artur Serobyan-BKMA Yerevan
Vahan Bichakhchyan-MSK Pogoń Szczecin (Poland)
Sargis Adamyan-Club Brugge KV (Belgium)
The executive body of the Zartonk (Awakening) National Christian Party strongly condemns the “dangerous” foreign policy pursued by the incumbent Armenian authorities, it said in a statement on Thursday.
Particularly, the party says it concerns the “sham” process of Armenian-Turkish reconciliation on the condition of renouncing the Artsakh people's right to self-determination as well as the demand for international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
It recalls that the opposition blocs represented in the Armenian National Assembly have called a special session on June 3 to discuss a draft resolution on Armenian-Azerbaijani and Armenian-Turkish relations.
“The document outlines the red lines concerning Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, which must not be crossed by any Armenian government,” the party said.
"The executive body of the Zartonk (Awakening) National Christian Party supports the initiative of the parliamentary opposition factions to set red lines for Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations," the statement reads.
15:47, 2 June 2022
YEREVAN, JUNE 2, ARMENPRESS. The delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Chardalias visited today the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.
The guests were welcomed and introduced on the history of the Memorial by Deputy Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Lusine Abrahamyan.
Nikos Chardalias laid a wreath at the Memorial and the guests laid flowers at the Eternal Flame by paying a tribute to the memory of the Genocide victims with a moment of silence.
The Greek delegation members toured the Genocide Museum, got acquainted with the exhibits, after which the Deputy Defense Minister left a note at the Honorary Guest Book.
Hye Pointe Armenian Church is planning its Armenian Spring Festival.
The annual festival features finger foods; Armenian dinners of lamb, chicken and beef served with pilaf, salad and bread; Armenian desserts; and hot dogs and chips for children. There will also be children’s activities.
The event takes place Saturday June 4, from noon-6 p.m., at Hye Pointe Armenian Church, 1280 Boston Road, Haverhill.
Meal dine-in and take-out options are available, but the online ordering deadline is Wednesday, June 1. The order form is here.
Those wishing more information may visit HyePointeArmenianChurch.org or call the Church office at 978-372-9227.