Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Armenia April 21-22 at the invitation of Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
The Russian Foreign Minister will be hosted by President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the two countries will be followed by a joint press conference.
Sergey Lavrov will visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.
Serviceman of the NKR Defense Army Hamlet Hajoyan, bon in 1970, was fatally wounded as a result of shooting from the Azerbaijani side in the northeastern (Talish) direction of the line of contact, NKR Defense Ministry reports.
Investigation into the details of the incident is under way.
The NKRÂ Defense Army shares the sorrow of the heavy loss and expresses its support to Hamlet Hajoyan’s family and friends.
The gas price for consumers will be reduced, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan has assured.
“The issue has been discussed by the Presidents of Armenia and Russia, and the relevant structured have been instructed to continue talks on the cut of gas price,” PM Abrahamyan told reporters today.
As for the perspectives of transit of Iranian gas through Armenian territory, the Prime Minister said “the issue will be finally determined by the end of the year.”
Hovik Abrahamnyan said many issues will be clarified during his forthcoming visit to Iran.
The Azerbaijani side used artillery weapons of different caliber as it fired more than 1,100 shots in the direction of the Armenian positions last night.
The rival used HAN-17 grenades in the northeastern direction of the line of contact.
The front divisions of the NKR Defense Army keep control of the situation all along the line of contact and confidently continue with their military duty, the NKR Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Azerbaijan’s authoritarian president wanted to clean up his record before a planned visit to Washington on March 31st, writes.
According to the paper, “the amnesty that Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s authoritarian president, declared for the holiday of Novruz on March 17th was a rare piece of good news for Azerbaijan’s civil-society activists. Of the 148 people pardoned, 14 were political prisoners, according to local watchdog groups. Among the close-knit dissidents in Baku, the capital, speculation was rife over the reason for the pardons.”
“Were they a result of international pressure? Perhaps the president wanted to clean up his record before a planned visit to Washington on March 31st? Foreign supporters hope it was their advocacy that did the trick. But local observers chalk it up to the low price of oil, Azerbaijan’s chief export. Mr Aliyev, they think, is running short of the cash he normally uses to buy off foreign critics through “caviar diplomacy”, and needed to find a substitute,” the article reads.
Two explosions have been reported in the departures area of Zaventem airport in Brussels, the BBC reports.
The Belgian fire service told local media there were at least several dead and wounded.
The cause of the explosions is unknown. The airport is being evacuated and has been closed to flights.
The blasts come four days after the capture in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris attacks in November.
Images on social media showed smoke rising from one of the buildings, amid reports of panic as people fled the airport.
Rail transport to the facility has been halted and people have been told not to come to the airport.
Other reports say at least one of the explosions was close to the American Airlines check-in area but this has not been confirmed.
Armenia-based Triada Studio’s Shadowmatic won the Best Technical Achievement and People’s Choice Award at the .
Shadowmatic is an imagination stirring puzzle where you rotate abstract objects in a spotlight to find recognizable silhouettes in projected shadows, relevant to the surrounding environment.
The project is focused on delivering immersively photorealistic graphics across iOS devices and the new Apple TV, combined with gameplay that’s stimulating, challenging, and relaxing at the same time. The game features 10 rooms, each flavored with unique concept, atmosphere and music. The music is best experienced with headphones, and is available separately on iTunes.
The game includes a system of hints. To enjoy the game to its fullest, however, we recommend resorting to them on rare occasions only.
The International Mobile Gaming Awards have been celebrating the best of mobile gaming for ten years.
Created during Monte Carlo’s IMAGINA Festival in 2004, they have since reviewed thousands of mobile games from all around the world.
The Awards have been the first to recognise games such as Angry Birds, Infinity Blade, Edge, Candy Crush and The Walking Dead, studios such as Supercell (formerly Sumea and Digital Chocolate), and amazing technologies like augmented reality, location based games and the first mobile MMOs.
Azerbaijan will have to recognize Artsakh, if it wants to get rid of the Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship format, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said in a Twitter post.
“To get rid of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs format, Baku should recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and determine the borders between the two countries through direct negotiations with Karabakh,” Shavarsh Kocharyan said.
To get rid of Co-Chairmanship format, shd recognize & through direct negotiations w/ determine borders btw 2 countries
— Shavarsh Kocharyan (@Sh_Kocharyan)
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Germany February 12-13 to participate in the Munich Security Conference, Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs repots.
Minister Nalbandian is expected to meet with his counterparts from a number of countries and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
On February 9, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; received Deputy Maya Goykovich, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and her delegation. She was accompanied by Mr. Eduard Sharmazanov, the Vice President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.
His Holiness welcomed the guests and noted with satisfaction that due to recipricol visits at high state level, the friendly relations between the two nations are becoming increasingly closer. The Catholicos of All Armenians reflected on the Armenian community established in Serbia since ancient times and the historical Armenian-Serbian ties.
Taking the occasion, His Holiness expressed his appreciation to the Serbian people, for the assistance provided to the Armenians during the disastrous earthquake of 1988.
His Holiness also reflected on the existing warm relations and cooperation between the Armenian Apostolic and Serbian Orthodox Churches.
Deputy Goykovich spoke about the historical past and current cooperation between the two nations. She also stressed the importance of ecumenical relations between the two churches, noting that the church plays an important role in the life of society.
During the meeting, they also spoke about the challenges facing the countries and the support of the churches in overcoming them. In this regard, His Holiness affirmed that the Armenian and Serbian peoples, who profess the same Christian values, have survived all the trials during the centuries with hope and faith, and have realized their wishes and cherished dreams through the spirit of optimism.
His Holiness also conveyed his fraternal greetings to Patriarch Irineos of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Attended the meeting was His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Director of the External Relations and Protocol Department.