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Armenian deputy PM introduces government’s reforms agenda to Fitch Ratings delegation

Elizabeth Jabejian

Armenian deputy PM introduces government’s reforms agenda to Fitch Ratings delegation

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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan received the representatives of Fitch Ratings international organization who carry out the process of Armenia’s sovereign rating, the deputy PM’s Office told Armenpress.

Welcoming the guests the deputy PM highlighted the works carried out and to be carried out by the organization, attaching great importance to the analysis and assessment of the situation in various spheres of the country by the leading international companies.

At the request of the guests, the deputy PM introduced the circle of key reforms launched by the government.

Mher Grigoryan also talked about the importance of capital market development, stating that it is one of the issues of the government’s daily agenda.

The meeting participants also touched upon the fiscal policy, as well as the reforms in the state procurement field. They also exchanged views on Armenia’s investment attractiveness, and in this context the deputy PM highlighted the country’s advantages and economic development opportunities.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




Sports: Armenia drops three spots in FIFA ranking

Elizabeth Jabejian
Panorama, Armenia
Oct 24 2019
Sport 16:02 24/10/2019 Armenia

Armenia's national football team has dropped three places to 99th in the latest FIFA World Ranking released on Thursday after drawing with Liechtenstein 1-1 and losing to Finland 0-3 in Euro 2020 qualifiers.

The ranking is still led by Belgium, followed by France and Brazil. England is ranked fourth and Uruguay comes fifth on the list.

Among Armenia’s competitors in the Euro 2020 Group J Italy holds the highest 15th position.

No Armenians suffered in Tbilisi explosion – embassy

Elizabeth Jabejian
Panorama, Armenia
Oct 19 2019

No citizens of Armenia and Armenian suffered in the explosion in the residential building at Guramishvili avenue in Tbilisi, Armenia’s Embassy to Georgia wrote on its Facebook page.

To remind, four people were injured as a result of an explosion at Guramishvili Avenue in Tbilisi. As the country’s Emergency Situation Management Service sais according to preliminary reports, the explosion was caused by a natural gas leak in an apartment located on the 16th floor of a block of apartments. An investigation is launched to look into violations of safety procedures.

Heated developments in Syria to be subject of discussion at Armenia’s Security Council session

Elizabeth Jabejian
Aysor, Armenia
Oct 18 2019

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan convened today the planned extraordinary session of the Security Council.

Welcoming the present, the head of the government said that the session coincided with the heated developments in the region and today’s discussion will refer to them as well.

“Of course we will also exchange ideas, information over our international contacts and speak about peaceful settlement of the Artsakh issue,” he said, stressing that the Security Council sessions are very important as during it decisions of economic and political nature are being made which serve to the future raise of country’s security and welfare.

Asbarez: Kardashian West Reveals She, Too, Was Baptized at Etchmiadzin

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Kim and Kourtney Kardashian with their children at the Holy See of Etchmiadzin

Kim Kardashian West tweeted about her trip to Armenia yesterday, highlighting that she too was baptized at the Holy See of Etchmiadzin.

The Kardashians were in Armenia to partake in the 2019 World Conference Information Technologies conference, where Kim was a keynote speaker. During their visit, both Kim and Kourtney’s children were baptized at Etchmiadzin.

The reality TV star tweeted: “Thank you Armenia for such a memorable trip. So blessed to have been baptized along with my babies at Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia’s main cathedral which is sometimes referred to as the Vatican of the Armenian Apostolic Church. This church was built in 303 AD.”

Nairi Srapionyan, a deacon at Etchmiadzin who had met the Kardashians prior to the christening, told NEWS.am that he was asked to stand as godfather of the children baptized. He also revealed Kim’s baptismal name – Heghine.

Kim Kardashian West tweets about her trip to Armenia

According to Srapionyan, Kardashian West came prepared, with a cross, to be baptized along with her children. Psalm, Chicago, and Saint Kardashian West were baptized and given Christian names.

Chess: Armenia’s Shant Sargsyan takes silver in U18 Word Chess Championship

Elizabeth Jabejian
MediaMax, Armenia
Oct 14 2019
 
 
Armenia’s Shant Sargsyan takes silver in U18 Word Chess Championship
 
 
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Armenian grandmaster Shant Sargsyan has won the silver medal in the U18 World Chess Championship held in Mumbai, India.
 
Sargsyan earned 8.5 points out of 11 possible and finished second. Another Armenia representative Artur Davtyan took the bronze in the same age group with 8 points.
 
The champion is Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (India), who earned 9 points.
 
Mumbai also hosted the competition in other youth categories (U14 and U16 World Championships), but Armenian players involved in them did not take prize winning places.
 

Turkish Press: Turkey’s Armenian Patriarchate expresses support for Operation Peace Spring in Syria

Elizabeth Jabejian
Daily Sabah, Turkey
Oct 11 2019
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Turkey's Armenian Patriarchate expressed its full support for the Turkish military's anti-terror operation in northeastern Syria, saying they were praying that peace and safety will be established as soon as possible in the area.

"We pray that Operation Peace Spring, which aims to end terrorism and ensure the security of the borders, will continue in accordance with its purpose and establish peace and security as soon as possible," said Archbishop Sahak Masalyan, head of the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey's Spiritual Council, in a statement Friday.

Stating that as the Armenian community they always underscore the importance of people living a prosperous life in an environment of peace, Masalyan said the ongoing wars and chaos in the Middle East, especially in Syria, worried them deeply as well.

"Unfortunately peace is not always ensured through peaceful means… May God protect our country and our people from disasters with His merciful power," he added.

He also said elections for the new patriarch would be held on December 11. The Armenian Church in Turkey has been ruled by a deputy Patriarch since 2008. The former patriarch Mesrob Mutafyan died on March 8 in Istanbul after years of battling dementia.

Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring, the third in a series of cross-border anti-terror operations in northern Syria targeting terrorists affiliated with Daesh and the PKK's Syrian offshoot the People's Protection Units (YPG), on October 9 at 4 p.m.

The operation, conducted in line with the country's right to self-defense borne out of international law and U.N. Security Council resolutions, aims to establish a terror-free safe zone for Syrians return in the area east of the Euphrates River controlled by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is dominated by YPG terrorists.

The PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union — has waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than 30 years, resulting in the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women, children and infants.

Turkey has long decried the threat from terrorists east of the Euphrates in northern Syria, pledging military action to prevent the formation of a "terrorist corridor" there.Since 2016, Turkey's Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch operations, launched in August 2016 and January 2018, respectively, have liberated northwestern Syria from YPG/PKK and Daesh terrorists, making it possible for nearly 400,000 Syrians who fled the violence to return home.

Verelq: Փաշինյանն ու Մակրոնը քննարկել են ՀՀ-ԵՄ և ՀՀ-Ֆրանսիա հարաբերությունների որոշ հարցեր

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Վարչապետ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանը հեռախոսազրույց է ունեցել Ֆրանսիայի նախագահ Էմանուել Մակրոնի հետ:


Ֆրանսիայի նախագահն անդրադարձել է ՄԻԱՎ-ՁԻԱՀ-ի, թոքախտի և մալարիայի դեմ պայքարի հարցերով գլոբալ հիմնադրամի՝ այս օրերին Լիոնում ընթացող հերթական կոնֆերանսին:


Վարչապետ Փաշինյանը պաշտպանել է Ֆրանսիայի նախագահի՝ մարդկությանը սպառնացող այդ հիվանդությունների դեմ գլոբալ պայքար մղելու նախաձեռնությունը: Նա պատրաստակամություն է հայտնել միանալ հիմնադրամին ու ամենայն աջակցություն ցուցաբերել դրա գործունեությանը:


Զրուցակիցներն անդրադարձել են նաև Հայաստան-ԵՄ և Հայաստան-Ֆրանսիա հարաբերությունների որոշ հարցերի:

Carpet production grows in Armenia in January-August 2019

Elizabeth Jabejian
Panorama, Armenia
Oct 12 2019
Economy 19:24 12/10/2019 Armenia

Armenia has seen a strong growth in production of carpets and carpet coverings in the first eight months of 2019, the latest statistics reveal. The country manufactured a total of 24.4 tons of carpets and carpet coverings from January to August this year, up by 44.4% times from the same period last year, Panorama.am learned from the Statistical Committee. It is noted that a total of 16.9 tons of carpets were manufactured in the country over the past eight months.

Meanwhile, Armenia produced 26.3 tons of carpets in 2018 which is 32.8% up to compare with the production levels of 2017.

The Armenian Patriarchate concerned with ongoing wars and chaos in the Middle East

Elizabeth Jabejian
Panorama, Armenia
Oct 12 2019
Politics 17:36 12/10/2019 Region

The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople has issued a statement about the ongoing military operation launched by Turkey in Northern Syria.  The statement reads they were praying that peace and safety will be established as soon as possible in the area.

"We pray that Operation Peace Spring, which aims to end terrorism and ensure the security of the borders, will continue in accordance with its purpose and establish peace and security as soon as possible," said Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan, head of the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey's Spiritual Council, in a statement on Friday.

Stating that as the Armenian community they always underscore the importance of people living a prosperous life in an environment of peace, Mashalyan said the ongoing wars and chaos in the Middle East, especially in Syria, worried them deeply as well.

"Unfortunately peace is not always ensured through peaceful means… May God protect our country and our people from disasters with His merciful power," he added.

To remind, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring in Syria's north on Wednesday, targeting the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Ankara justified its actions by claiming that the SDF are affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which Ankara designates as a terrorist organization.

Damascus views the operation as a violation of Syria's territorial integrity, and this sentiment has since been echoed by Russia, and a number of Arab and Western nations.