Author: Diana Dabaghian

Putin presents to President of the European Council implementation process of agreements over Nagorno Karabakh

 18:50, 8 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. President of Russia Vladimir Putin discussed with President of the European Council Charles Michel the implementation process of the trilateral agreements over Nagorno Karabakh, ARMENPRESS was informed from the official website of the Kremlin.

‘’The situation over Nagorno Karabakh was discussed. At the request of Charles Michel, the President of Russia informed about the steps taken for the implementation of the trilateral agreements of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021’’, reads the statement.

Charles Michel made a post on his Twitter page about the telephone conversation, who, referring to the NK issue, wrote ‘’It’s necessary to build trust and start a dialogue’’.

 19:20, 8 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Kristine Ghalechyan received on September 8 the delegation of Babak copper, a company operating in the field of copper production in Iran, headed by Executive Director of the company Mohammadreza Mirzaei. The company is a leading mining company in Iran.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Mohammadreza Mirzaei thanked the Deputy Minister for the reception and noted that the his goal is to present the potential of their company and discussing the investment opportunities with the Armenian side.

Welcoming the members of the delegation in Armenia, Kristine Ghalechyan stressed that there are already successful programs and successful cooperation between Armenia and Iran in many spheres, noting that she is glad to state that the subsoil sector is in the interest of the Iranian side.

During the meeting, the representatives of Babak Copper Company presented details about the company's activities in Iran, informed about the production capacities of the company and the technology of in tank leaching used in copper production. It was mentioned that the company has invested more than 400 million euros in Iran; the issue of investment opportunities in Armenia was discussed.

An agreement was reached to organize another meeting with Babak copper company with the participation of Armenian companies operating in the field and to jointly discuss the proposal of the Iranian side.

Russia doesn’t plan to pull out peacekeepers from Karabakh upon completion of initial term, says analyst Vladimir Evseev

 16:55,

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS. Russia doesn’t plan to pull out its peacekeeping forces from Nagorno Karabakh, military expert Vladimir Evseev told ARMENPRESS when asked to comment the former commander of the troops Lt. General Rustam Muradov’s latest statement.

“I think Russia doesn’t plan to pull out peacekeepers upon the completion of the 5-year term. But of course everything will depend on the current situation. Azerbaijan will certainly try to somehow drive out Russian peacekeepers, but I don’t think they’ll succeed,” the Russian analyst said.

Lt. General Rustam Muradov, who led the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno Karabakh since the signing of the ceasefire and who was only recently replaced by Major General Mikhail Kosobokov, told TASS that a decision on extending the mission’s term will be made when the 5-year term is completed. Muradov mentioned that he assesses highly the peacekeeping activities, and noted that this assessment is given by the civilian population of Artsakh.

In this context, Evseev said that almost a year since the end of the war Azerbaijan basically hasn’t yet mastered the territories it occupied.

“I don’t see how Azerbaijan is [mastering] Karabakh. This isn’t visible. There is some military mastering, but the territories aren’t being populated. Turns out the 7000 Azerbaijanis which Azerbaijan lost in the war died for nothing. Turns out they captured territories where no one lives. In this case, what was the point in taking so many casualties? What do Arabs for example do in Nagorno Karabakh? Why did they appear there? There are many questions. Therefore I think it’s too early to speak about what could happen in 4 years. But in any case I think Russia doesn’t plan to pull out its peacekeepers. This is my personal opinion,” Evseev said.

Interview by Aram Sargsyan

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Armenian FM highly appreciates India's role for comprehensive settlement of NK conflict

 19:05, 7 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received on September 7 Ambassador of India to Armenia Kishan Dan Deval. Foreign Minister Mirzoyan drew the Indian Ambassador's attention to the situation created by the oenetration of theAzerbaijani armed forces into the sovereign territory of Armenia. In this regard, the Minister praised India's principled position, as well as its continued support for a peaceful and comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, Minister Mirzoyan noted that one of the priorities of Armenia's foreign policy is the deepening and strengthening of traditional friendly relations with India, raising the political dialogue and cooperation to a qualitatively new level.

The spheres of trade and economy, transport-communication, IT, defense, healthcare, culture, education-science were singled out as important directions of cooperation. The significant role of the Armenian-Indian intergovernmental commission was highlighted in terms of full use of the existing potential in the economic sphere.

The interlocutors also discussed the current developments around the North-South international transport corridor.

Referring to the cooperation of the countries on multilateral platforms, the parties recorded with satisfaction the continuation of mutual assistance within the framework of international organizations. In this context, in terms of strengthening international security, Minister Mirzoyan highlighted the fact that India will become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2021-2022.

The Armenian side also thanked the Government of India for its continued assistance in the field of healthcare.

 11:33, 6 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has filed a libel lawsuit against Member of Parliament Khachatur Sukiasyan.

The ex-president’s lawyer Amram Makinyan said they demand Sukiasyan to retract his statements in the parliament chambers.

“This is a rather comprehensive lawsuit, we’ve presented all substantiations with which we are sure the court will satisfy our lawsuit and will oblige Khachatur Sukiasyan to refute the information,” Makinyan said.

Ruling party MP Khachatur Sukiasyan, while delivering a speech in parliament, had claimed that the former president had “gambled away more than 100 million dollars”.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 11:22, 3 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. 595 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total number of confirmed cases to 243,981, the Armenian healthcare ministry said.

6138 tests were administered.

16 patients died from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 4892. This number doesn’t include the deaths of 1162 other people infected with the virus who died from co-morbidities.

488 people recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 228,214.

As of September 3, 11:00 the number of active cases stood at 9713.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan