09:39, 23 February 2023
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan will travel to Syria on February 23 to supervise the delivery of the third batch of Armenian humanitarian aid to help in the earthquake response efforts.
During the visit, FM Mirzoyan is scheduled to have a meeting with the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, the foreign ministry said in a press release.
14:38,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. The Union of Armenians of Ukraine awarded the Active Figure of Diaspora Order to Gevorg Petrosyan, the Consul General of Armenia in Odessa, Ukraine, AnalitikaUA.net reports.
The award was bestowed by the Head of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine Vilen Shatvoryan on February 22.
The event was attended by consuls general of countries represented in Odessa, representatives of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine, including the representative of the union in Kherson Tigran Mkrtchyan, the union representative in Kropivnitsky Tigran Khachatryan, Odessa community leader Tigran Harutyunyan, the Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine Vladimir Karapetyan, the Prelate of the Diocese of Ukraine of the Armenian Apostolic Church Bishop Markos Hovhannisyan and others.
The award was in recognition of Petrosyan’s productive work for strengthening and developing the Armenian-Ukrainian relations, the union said.
13:17,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. The Vice President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan held a meeting with the Members of the European Parliament Sylvie Guillaume and François Alfonsi.
Welcoming the guests, Ruben Rubinyan introduced the situation in the region at the request of the MEPs. Rubinyan spoke about the humanitarian challenges that the 120,000 Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh face as a result of Azerbaijan's illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the parliament’s press service said in a read-out.
At the meeting, a reference was made to the invasion of the sovereign territory of Armenia by the Azerbaijani armed forces and the problems regarding Armenian prisoners of war.
Ideas were exchanged on the process of normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations.
Ruben Rubinyan highlighted the efforts made by the international community to establish security and stability in the region.
21:49,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan responded to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s usual narratives and fake claims, such as ‘there is no such administrative unit as Nagorno Karabakh, the word Nagorno Karabakh is no longer valid’, as well as about “destroyed and desecrated mosques”, and that the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement constitutes a "capitulation" during the Munich Security Conference panel discussion.
The Armenian Prime Minister reminded Aliyev that the 9 November 2020 statement signed by Aliyev himself contains the wording ‘Nagorno Karabakh’ and cautioned the Azerbaijani leader against making highly dangerous statements that could be viewed as attempts to give religious context to the situation or deepen enmity. Pashinyan said the platform must be used to make things better.
“About Nagorno Karabakh, you know, President [Aliyev] mentioned trilateral statement, on that trilateral statement we have provision, and we have Nagorno Karabakh on trilateral statement and we have signature of the president of Azerbaijan under this document. And we have Lachin corridor that should be freely operable – and by the way according to that trilateral statement – out of control of Azerbaijan, and it is according to the signature of president of Azerbaijan. And recently you know, some Armenian children from Nagorno Karabakh tried to travel by bus through Lachin corridor and they were stopped, and some masked Azerbaijani persons intruded into the bus and children there were screaming and that was the last attempt of the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh to freely commute through Lachin corridor. President Aliyev mentioned ‘destroyed mosques’. You know, I would like to say that in 2017 in Azerbaijan several mosques were destroyed for building new roads. And president Aliyev mentioned that I don’t know how many thousands of mosques were destroyed, and by the way in the Soviet times in Azerbaijan approximately 1,560 mosques were destroyed, it was usual thing for Soviet Union. In Soviet Armenia, churches were destroyed, mosques were destroyed, and you know the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh shouldn’t pay the debts from Soviet times. And it is very important, it is a very dangerous narrative because I am afraid sometime there is an impression that Azerbaijan wants to give some religious context to this whole situation. It is very dangerous there is no any religious context in the conflict, and by the way in our country we have Muslim minority, in our country we have an acting mosque, and that is the reality. And you know the wording of Azerbaijan, what is concerning? Using the wording of such kind of almost offensive wording, ‘capitulation’ et cetera, you know from a side there could be an impression that now Azerbaijan wants to show – and that is maybe reality – that Azerbaijan adopted a revenge policy, and maybe that is the policy of Azerbaijan? But as it was mentioned we have very complicated history, I just said, yes maybe it is a historical meeting, but for what purpose we want to use this? For inflaming intolerance, hate, aggressive rhetoric in our region? Or in opposite, we want to use this platform for making things better, we think that this platform ought to be used for constructive purposes. Of course, we can now tell many stories of enmity. But what is the meaning of our leadership? To deepen that enmity? Or to use our capacities our authorities our mandates? I am proud that I have been able, that our government was able even after the devastating war to have free, democratic elections in our country that was worldwide acknowledged as free, democratic and transparent and competitive. And as I said, from our point of view the solution is democracy, the solution is transparency, solution is dialogue, respect, for all countries in our region. And we are ready to work in that direction,” PM Pashinyan said in response to Aliyev at a panel discussion alongside the Azerbaijani President, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the Secretary General of the OSCE Helga Schmid at the Munich Security Conference, moderated by Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Christoph Heusgen.
PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – France will bring up the topic of clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the U.N. Security Council, the office of President Emmanuel Macron said, adding that Macron continued to urge both sides to stick to a ceasefire.
Armenia said on Tuesday that at least 49 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan after a sharp escalation in hostilities which prompted Russia and the United States to call for restraint. read more
Along with the United States and Russia, France is co-president of the Minsk group, which mediates between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
11:24, 1 September 2022
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. On September 1, Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan, with First Lady Christina Harutyunyan, visited the Antonia Arslan Armenian-Italian Educational Complex in the capital and attended the ceremony of the First Bell, the Artsakh presidency said in a statement.
The Head of the State congratulated the teachers and students on the occasion of the Day of Knowledge and the start of the academic year, wishing them success, diligence and all the best.
At the same time, the President expressed conviction that the pupils will exert all the efforts to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills, will become literate and educated people, worthy citizens of their country, since the future strength and development of Artsakh is determined by that fact as well.
10:22,
YEREVAN, AUGUST 30, ARMENPRESS. Members of Parliament of Armenia Eduard Aghajanyan and Armen Gevorgyan will depart for Izmir, Turkey, to take part in the session of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Alen Simonyan signed a respective order on sending the lawmakers to Turkey.
The session of the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development will take place on September 21-24.
10:30, 24 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. Assistant to the U.S. President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan and Israeli National Security Advisor Dr. Eyal Hulata discussed a broad range of global issues and issues of mutual concern during the meeting at the White House, NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a press statement.
“Mr. Sullivan underscored President Biden’s steadfast commitment to preserve and strengthen Israel’s capability to deter its enemies and to defend itself by itself against any threat or combination of threats”, the statement says. “They discussed plans for the upcoming U.S.-Israel Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology, and ways to expand and enhance bilateral cooperation on critical and emerging technologies to further solutions to address global challenges. Mr. Sullivan also stressed the need to take continued steps to improve the lives of Palestinians, which are critical to peace, security and prosperity”, it added.
14:42,
YEREVAN, AUGUST 27, ARMENPRESS. A respective statement will be released over the results of the upcoming meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Council Charles Michel scheduled in Brussels on August 31, the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia told Armenpress, commenting on the statement of Hikmet Hajiyev, the assistant to the Azerbaijani president, who said that the issue of creating a group that will prepare the text of the peace agreement is expected to be agreed upon during the upcoming Brussels meeting.
“A respective statement about the results of the meeting will be released which will provide comprehensive information about the topics that were discussed”, Pashinyan’s Office said.