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Armenpress: US Senator expresses readiness to work in Senate to facilitate release of Armenian prisoners of war held by Azerbaijan

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US Senator expresses readiness to work in Senate to facilitate release of Armenian prisoners of war held by Azerbaijan

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 09:41, 2 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. On December 1st Lilit Makunts, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America, held a virtual meeting with Senator Edward Markey (D – Massachusetts), the Armenian Embassy in the USA said in a statement on social media.

Interlocutors dwelled upon regional security environment and in this context Ambassador Makunts presented the position and assessment of Armenia.

Ambassador Makunts emphasized the comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship and informed about the ongoing processes in that direction.

Ambassador Makunts stressed the need for the unconditional repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war held by Azerbaijan. In that regard Senator Markey expressed readiness to work in the Senate to facilitate the release of prisoners of war.

Football Federation of Armenia resumes negotiations over building “national stadium”

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 13:20,

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) continues negotiations over building a national stadium, according to FFA President Armen Melikbekyan.

He said that various stages of negotiations were suspended due to the pandemic and during the post-war period. “Now we’ve launched the negotiations again. I can’t say that we’ve advanced in this issue but there are some changes. The football federation continues the work around building a national stadium,” Melikbekyan told reporters.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Scylla: Armenian AI company puts $4.9 million into global expansion of its solutions

Hovik Karapetian
Public Radio of Armenia
Nov 23 2021
, 12:38

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Scylla, a leader in real-time physical threat detection solutions, has increased its product enhancements and hiring plans in the US and Armenia with the $4.9 million Seed Round fundraised money earlier this year. The investment will be used to fuel Scylla’s global expansion and make the proprietary AI-powered technology even more precise and versatile.

The Seed Phase investors Mucker Capital, BAJ Accelerator and the Hustle Fund support Scylla’s growth strategy.

Scylla’s technologies are used in the world’s leading manufacturing plants, stadiums, schools, hospitals, airports. For example, Daimler, Major League Basketball, Chicago Cubs, CCSD, Oman Airports Management Company, etc.

“We are steadfast committed to empower the private security industry with more accurate and powerful physical threat detection solutions that help address critical issues and be proactive, rather than reactive when times matters,” stated Albert Stepanyan, CEO of Scylla. “The investment will allow us to accelerate our growth and bring our technology to more clients.”

”We backed up Scylla and their founders as we believe in the team and their mission,” said William Hsu, Co-Founder & Partner of Mucker Capital. “Scylla truly is a game-changer in the private security sector whose technology enables more effective public safety and homeland security. Scylla solutions have unparalleled accuracy, impressively filtering up to 99% of false positives.”

Scylla technology empowers the private security industry with next-generation AI-powered solutions, including object detection, anomaly detection, object tracking in real-time, behavior recognition, perimeter intrusion detection, face recognition, thermal scanning, drone security, and more.

Scylla’s Armenia office employs more than 60 professionals. With the aim of expanding the team, the company announces the creation of new jobs for: DevOps Engineers, .NET Software Developers, Senior C++ Developers, Front-End Developers, Back-End Engineers, and Tech Support experts.

Founded in 2018, Scylla develops AI-powered real-time physical threat detection solutions that help organizations augment their security infrastructure, optimize operations, save costs, and increase their situational awareness. Using its proprietary technology, Scylla delivers its solutions with exceptional accuracy and performance, minimizing false alarms by up to 99%.

Since officially launching its solutions to the market in 2018, Scylla has experienced a major revenue growth and is now one of the leading real-time physical threat detection solutions on the global market.



Putin, Armenian PM discuss situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border — Kremlin

Hovik Karapetian
TASS, Russia
Nov 16 2021
According to the Kremlin press service, Putin and Pashinyan agreed to remain in contact on the matter

MOSCOW, November 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, discussing the situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kremlin press service said in a statement.

"During the phone call, initiated by Armenia, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed the situation following a number of incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border," the statement reads.

According to the Kremlin press service, Putin and Pashinyan agreed to remain in contact on the matter.

Intense fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces broke out in the border areas of Armenia's Syunik region on Tuesday. According to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, Armenian troops attacked Azerbaijani positions, wounding two service members. The Armenian Defense Ministry, in turn, said that Azerbaijan's armed forces had shelled Armenian positions on the eastern border, causing casualties.

33 European Lawmakers Urge Baku to Withdraw Forces from Armenia

Hovik Karapetian
by Asbarez Staff

 

 

 

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EAFJD welcomed the European lawmakers' initiative

BRUSSELS—At the initiative of European Parliament member Loucas Fourlas, 33 European lawmakers addressed a letter to the EU High Representative Josep Borrell regarding the attack by Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia on November 16.

The lawmakers condemned Azerbaijan’s aggression and demanded that the Azerbaijani armed forces immediately and completely withdraw from the territory of the Republic of Armenia. They also urged the EU External Action Service to put pressure on Azerbaijan to stop and prevent the violation of the territorial integrity of Armenia.

“Unlike the EEAS’s declaration, the letter of the MEP’s clearly calls the aggressor by its name. The EU needs to put pressure on Azerbaijan with concrete measures, in order to ensure the immediate and complete removal of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia,’’ said EAFJD President Kaspar Karampetian, who also welcomed the initiative by the European lawmakers.

On Friday, the President of the European Council Charles Michel announced that at his request, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet in Brussels next month on the margins of the Eastern Partnership summit.

The complete text of the letter is below.

On November 16, the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan launched an attack in along the eastern border of the Republic of Armenia. As Members of the European Parliament, we condemn the Azerbaijani attack and infiltration into the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia which violates the ceasefire statement of the 9. November 2020 and seriously jeopardizes the fragile peace in the region. The Azerbaijani armed forces must immediately and completely withdraw from the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

We deeply regret the reported human losses as a result of the attack. Any action or rhetoric aimed at undermining the security, the peaceful, normal life and the human rights of the population in the eastern and southern regions of the Republic of Armenia must immediately stop.

We call on the EU External Action Service to use all of its leverage to stop and prevent the violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia as well as belligerent rhetoric.

EAEU makes the first step for having common credit system

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 14:55,

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. The member states of the Eurasian Economic Union signed an agreement on exchange of data about the credit histories, Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy at the Eurasian Economic Commission Ruslan Beketaev told reporters.

According to the agreement, the central banks of the EAEU member states will soon approve the technical rules for the exchange of data, which are kept in the national bureau of credit histories. These data must have a high protection level.

As a result, the residents of one of the countries of the Union can apply for a loan to the banks of the remaining countries, which will be able to check their credit histories and make decisions on providing loans.

“In conditions of remote lending, it is necessary to develop online banking mechanisms which are already developing both in Russia, Kazakhstan and other member states”, he said.

During today’s session of the Eurasian Inter-governmental Council in Yerevan, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the citizens of the EAEU states will get equal opportunities in case of receiving a loan in the Union’s territory.

“Decisive steps are being taken for making closer the financial markets”, he said. “It would allow the banks to check the customer’s credit history regardless of his/her citizenship”.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Stabilization of Armenia-Azerbaijan border situation requires implementation of trilateral agreements, says Russia

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 14:32,

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS. Russia will continue the mediation efforts to settle the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“In any case we think that the only way for the stabilization of the situation is the implementation of the trilateral agreements. And we think that all countries must first of all follow their commitments, which will become a guarantee for non-repetition of such incidents”, Peskov said.

On November 16, the Azerbaijani armed forces launched a major attack on Armenia from the eastern border. The Azerbaijani military deployed artillery, various caliber firearms and armored equipment in the attack. The fighting stopped through a Russian-mediated ceasefire later in the day.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Sports: Thomas Müller handed Germany captaincy as Hansi Flick eyes seventh straight win ahead of Armenia clash

Hovik Karapetian
Bayern Munich News and Commentary
Nov 13 2021


Having dismantled 10-men Liechtenstein in a nine-goal fest, Germany prepare to conclude the year with a victory over Armenia.

By Raumdeuter#25  Nov 13, 2021, 8:00pm CET  
Photo by Matthias Hangst/Bongarts/Getty Images

Germany boast a perfect record in World Cup qualifiers so far and given the recent form of upcoming opposition Armenia, they look all but set to cruise to another win on Sunday. Bundestrainer Hansi Flick, nevertheless, remained cautious of Henrikh Mkhitaryan-led team’s ability to score on the break.

“Armenia are very strong on the counter attack, so we’ll need to be very alert in defence,” said Flick (as captured by DFB’s twitter account). “Our aim is to end this year with a win, of course.”

While the majority of the Bayern Munich contingent has returned home, Flick will still have his MVP pulling the strings for Die Mannschaft on Sunday. The 56-year old confirmed that Thomas Müller, who now sits ninth in Germany’s all-time goalscoring charts, is set to wear the captain’s armband in Manuel Neuer’s absence.

“Thomas isn’t someone to push himself into the spotlight, he prefers to support the team and fire the lads up,” praised Flick as he performed his customary duty of promoting the #MullerMafia agenda. “He’s a really important player for us, and he’ll captain the side against Armenia.”