Author: Hovsep Chakrian

Authorities ready to fully hand Artsakh over to enemy: Vanetsyan calls on everyone to come to Freedom Square

Hovsep Chakrian
NEWS.am
Armenia –
14:35, 17.04.2022

The Armenian authorities have decided to hand Nagorno Karabakh over to Azerbaijan and now it's time to prevent this scenario, former head of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan said.

His remarks came while addressing citizens on social media, starting a rally on Freedom Square in Yerevan to fight for Karabakh.

"The authorities of the country have already put up with the idea that Artsakh will be a part of Azerbaijan. We have come to a situation where the security of Armenia itself is threatened," Vanetsyan said.

According to him, the most precious thing of the Armenian warriors' lives is put under doubt and the result of the years-long fight is rendered senseless. Vanetsyan came to Freedom Square precisely to stop this process. He assured that he would not go anywhere, urging everyone to join him, and together they discussed further plans and steps.


Catholicos Aram I: Artsakh’s independence can’t be subject of bargaining

Hovsep Chakrian
NEWS.am
Armenia –
Catholicos Aram I: Artsakh's independence can't be subject of bargaining
19:27, 17.04.2022

Artsakh's independence can't be a subject of bargaining, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I.

"As Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, we and our people cannot remain indifferent and silent, we will tell the people of Artsakh that we are with you. Peace, independence and justice are God-given values and rights. The people of Artsakh collectively established and consolidated their independence in the land where they have lived and worked for centuries. Today, Armenia faces serious concerns, and we expect that the people of Armenia, as well as the people of Artsakh, will be able to firmly assert their collective will, declaring that the nation's will to live freely, the right to live in peace cannot be undermined in light of the so-called geopolitical situation," he said.

Armenian FM receives French Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group

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YEREVAN, APRIL 11, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received today French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil, the spokesperson of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vahan Hunanyan said in a statement on social media.

“On April 11 Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan received French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Brice Roquefeuil. Details later”, the spokesperson said.

OSCE Chairmanship welcomes Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting

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 11:26, 8 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 8, ARMENPRESS. The OSCE Chairmanship welcomed the April 6 meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels.

“OSCE Chairmanship welcomes the meeting of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan under the aegis of European Council President and launching of the process toward the possible peace agreement. The CiO stands ready to assist in all efforts to ensure a stable and peaceful environment in the South Caucasus,” the Polish OSCE Chairmanship tweeted.

Noubar Afeyan talks push to transform Armenia into tech-creating nation

Hovsep Chakrian
PanArmenian
Armenia – April 2 2022
April 2, 2022 – 16:33 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - As April marks Armenian History Month in LA County, FOX 11 is highlighting an organization and a man who is making a difference in people's lives.

The publication spoke with Dr. Noubar Afeyan, who is the co-founder and chairman of Moderna and founder-CEO of Flagship Pioneering.

He is also the co-founder of FAST (Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology). Dr. Afeyan traveled to Los Angeles to serve as the keynote speaker for the Advance Armenia Gala, FAST’s inaugural fundraising gala.

FAST is working to transform Armenia from a largely technology-consuming nation to a technology-creating nation. Dr. Afeyan is deeply involved in many philanthropic efforts — many of which involve Armenia. Over the years, he has received many awards for his entrepreneurial and philanthropic contributions, including helping with the formation of 76 healthcare and life sciences companies.

All of these companies have been at the interface between biology, technology science and chemistry. One of the companies, of course, is Moderna, which is now famous for having created the COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Afeyan was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Armenian parents. He lived there until the civil war in 1975. As a teenager, he and his family escaped to Montreal, Canada as political refugees.

He attended McGill University, majored in chemical engineering and went on to graduate from MIT. And at 24, he started his own company.

Armenian PM’s advisor discusses deepening of economic cooperation with Iranian officials

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YEREVAN, MARCH 29, ARMENPRESS. Artashes Toumanian, advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, had separate meetings with Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Iranian minister of Energy, Javad Oji, Iranian Oil minister and Mehdi Safari, Iranian deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian Embassy in Iran reports.

During the meetings the officials discussed issues related to the development and deepening of bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation․

In the meeting with the Iranian Energy minister, both sides exchanged views on the arrangements of sessions of Armenia-Iran Intergovernmental joint commission to be hold in the future.

Russia and Azerbaijan trade barbs over Nagorno-Karabakh

Hovsep Chakrian
REUTERS
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March 27 (Reuters) – Russia and Azerbaijan on Sunday traded barbs over the movement of Azeri forces in Nagorno-Karabakh where a simmering dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared into a six-week war in 2020.

Azeri troops in 2020 drove ethnic Armenian forces out of swathes of territory they had controlled since the 1990s in and around Nagorno-Karabakh before Russia brokered a ceasefire.

Russia said on Saturday it was deeply concerned about a rise in tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh and called for calm after what it said were breaches of the 2020 ceasefire brokered by President Vladimir Putin.

Russia said Azerbaijan had violated the agreement by allowing its forces to enter a zone policed by Russian peacekeepers near the village of Farrukh but that Azerbaijan had by Sunday withdrawn the soldiers.

Azerbaijan, though, denied the Russian statement.

"There has been no change in the positions of the Azeri army in the village of Farrukh, which is part of the sovereign territories of our country," the Azeri defence ministry said.

"The information about the withdrawal of units of the Azerbaijani Army from those positions does not reflect the truth. Our army is in full control of the operational situation," Azerbaijan's defence ministry said in a statement.

Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge, William Maclean
https://www.reuters.com/world/azerbaijan-denies-troops-pullout-peacekeepers-zone-nagorno-karabakh-2022-03-27/
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Azerbaijani Forces Breach Artsakh Border; Women and Children Evacuated

Hovsep Chakrian
by Asbarez Staff

 

 March 24, 2022

 

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An Artsakh soldier

Azerbaijani armed forces violated the line of contact near the village of Parukh in Artsakh’s Askeran region, authorities said on Thursday.

According to the government, representatives of the Artsakh Defense Army and the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Artsakh are attempting to prevent, through negotiations, the further advance of the Azerbaijani troops and return them to their original positions.

As a safety precaution, women and children in the village of Khramort in Artsakh’s Askeran region have been evacuated.

“We call on the population to remain calm, the situation is stable in all other parts of the line of contact,” the Artsakh authorities said.

For already a month, Azerbaijani forces have been shelling the Khramort and other neighboring villages a mere 500 meters away from homes. They have been using loudspeakers to terrorize the farmers, ordering them to evacuate or else they will use force, Artakh’s foreign minister, David Babayan, told Armenpress.

He said that Azerbaijan is attempting to terrorize the population.

No response from Azerbaijan yet after OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship hands over Armenian proposals

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YEREVAN, MARCH 23, ARMENPRESS. There is nothing unacceptable for Armenia in the 5-point proposal of Azerbaijan, and Armenia supplemented the entire agenda of the potential talks over a peace treaty with its proposals, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan said in parliament when asked by MP Arusyak Julhakyan whether Armenia received a response from the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship over the request to organize negotiations.

“You also mentioned that Armenia responded to the five-point proposal by Azerbaijan and I am asking you to once again present the details of Armenia’s response, and I am also asking you to inform us whether or not we have a response from Azerbaijan around our response to their proposal,” MP Julhakyan asked the FM.

FM Mirzoyan said these questions require additional clarifications.

“After we said that we responded to Azerbaijan there were some comments, part of which were inaccurate comments because the assessments claimed as if Armenia rejected Azerbaijan’s proposals. Essentially there is nothing unacceptable for Armenia in Azerbaijan’s proposals, but it is another matter that these proposals weren’t entirely addressing the entire agenda of possible negotiations. And thus for a comprehensive peace we amended, supplemented the agenda and submitted it to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship. I have been notified from OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries that these proposals have been handed over to official Baku. We don’t have a response from Baku so far,” Mirzoyan said.

The FM reminded that the Armenian proposals were in ARMENPRESS.

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Armenia and Russia discuss biological safety threats on CIS territory

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YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. On March 17, Armenian-Russian consultations in the inter-departmental format were held in Moscow regarding the implementation of the bilateral inter-governmental memorandum on partnership on ensuring biological safety which was signed in 2021, the Russian foreign ministry said.

An exchange of views took place regarding the threats to biological safety in the CIS territory.

The course of implementation of the bilateral memorandum on biosafety was discussed, including concrete directions of future cooperation.

Issues of optimization and raising of effectiveness of implementation of the memorandum clauses through the development of a relevant advisory mechanism were discussed.

The common approaches of Armenia and Russia on biological safety issues were confirmed during the consultation.

The need for close coordination and constructive partnership was noted in both bilateral and specialized multilateral platforms.