Lara Tcholakian is the Human Resources Department Manager at Viva-MTS, the leading telecommunications company and digital services provider in Armenia. She is from Canada and has been living in Armenia for 16 years.
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11:12,
YEREVAN, JULY 23, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has sent a congratulatory letter to President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the national day – the Revolution Day, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.
President Sarkissian said the firm friendship between the Armenian and Egyptian peoples, which has been formed based on close historical-cultural contacts and cooperation, has started from the early past and has always been distinguished with viability. “I praise the fact that the inter-state relations of today are just the direct reflection of this. I believe that with joint efforts we will manage to record new achievements in all aspects and consistently use the entire potential”, the Armenian President said in his letter.
The Armenian President wished his Egyptian counterpart good health and success, and to the good people of Egypt – lasting peace and welfare.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
09:59,
YEREVAN, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS. His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, visited on July 21 the defense ministry’s Central Military Hospital to see the servicemen who were wounded in the recent military operations on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, director of the press service of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Vahram Melikyan said on Facebook.
His Holiness Garegin II visited all soldiers and delivered his prayers for their treatment, highlighting their courageous spirit thanks to which the Armenian people live in peace and safety.
“Your heroic deeds should be remembered at all times of the history of our people. Generations must be educated and grown up with your heroic deeds. These generations should bring their service to the Homeland with the same spirit, dedication and commitment. Like you today, the future generations as well must understand that the Homeland is our strength, power and guarantee to our existence”, His Holiness Garegin II said.
During the visit he also talked to the hospital’s staff, appreciating their service, dedication and great efforts for the recovery of all soldiers.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
16:48,
YEREVAN, JULY 16, ARMENPRESS. Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay Pedro Jisdonian commented on the current situation in the Armenia-Azerbaijan border caused by the latest provocation of the Azerbaijani side.
“On the occasion of the attack of the Azerbaijani forces on the border with Armenia, we call for peace and respecting international commitments over the settlement of the Artsakh conflict. War is never an alternative. Peace and dialogue”, he said.
Today early in the morning the Azerbaijani side resumed shelling at the bordering villages of Armenia’s Tavush province. Aygepar, Nerkin Karmiraghbyur, Chinari, Movses, Tavush villages and Berd town were under the target.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
SU-30SM fighter jets go on combat duty in Armenia to ensure inviolability of air borders
16:43,
YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS. SU-30SM fighter jets went on combat duty in Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Facebook, sharing a video.
“SU-30SM aircrafts go on combat duty to ensure the inviolability of Armenia’s air borders”, the PM said.
The first batch of these jets were delivered to Armenia in December 2019.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
Latvia supports OSCE MG's efforts to restore ceasefire regime
20:21,
YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS. The Foreign Ministry of Latvia is concerned over the escalation of situation between the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Tavush Province and reciprocal shootings, ARMENPRESS was informed from the official website of Latvia’s foreign ministry.
''Those incidents create serious challenges for peace and stability that claimed lives from both sides. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the sides to immediately stop military operations and restore the ceasefire regime. Armenia and Azerbaijan should avoid from future operations or announcements that can lead to future escalation of the conflict.
The position of Latvia on Nagorno Karabakh is known. Latvia supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of each country as defined in the Helsinki Final Act Charter of Paris. Latvia thinks Nagorno Karabakh conflict can be solved only through peaceful ways in the sidelines of the OSCE Minsk Group based on the principles of the international law.
The Foreign Ministry fully supports the OSCE Minsk Group and its 3 Co-chairs in their efforts to restore the ceasefire regime. The Foreign Ministry expects that the two sides will refrain from use of force and will work in the direction of a peaceful settlement'', reads the statement.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
Armenian defense minister receives outgoing Head of CoE Office in Yerevan
10:09, 9 July, 2020
YEREVAN, JULY 9, ARMENPRESS. Defense Minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan received on July 8 outgoing Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan Natalia Voutova, the ministry told Armenpress.
The meeting sides summed up the results of the actions taken at the first phase of the project “Human Rights and Women in the Armed Forces in Armenia” being implemented by the CoE Yerevan Office and discussed the upcoming actions on the sidelines of the second phase.
Both highlighted the importance of the introduction of this project in terms of raising awareness on human rights in the armed forces, developing educational capacities, supporting the institutional reforms of the defense ministry, etc.
The Armenian defense minister thanked Natalia Voutova for the productive cooperation established since 2016 and wished her success in her new position.
The project is implemented within the framework of the CoE 2019-2022 Action Plan and is funded by Germany, Ireland, Lichtenstein and Sweden.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
12:07,
YEREVAN, JULY 11, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian visited the Gandzasar Monastery on the sidelines of his working visit in the Republic of Artsakh, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.
President Sarkissian was accompanied by Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan.
Armen Sarkissian toured the medieval monastery, lit a candle and prayed.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
A Yerevan court on Thursday agreed to postpone by nearly one month a hearing in the trial of third Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and several other former officials.
One of the ex-president’s lawyers, Amram Makinyan, requested the court to postpone the hearing, citing the coronavirus-related situation in Armenia.
Meanwhile, prosecutor Arsen Martirosyan objected to the petition, arguing that all epidemiological measures were in place for the court to proceed with the hearing.
Presiding judge Vahe Misakyan granted the defense motion, scheduling the next hearing for August 6.
The Special Investigative Service charged Serzh Sargsyan with organizing an alleged embezzlement of government funds along with a group of other officials through misuse of official position in December 2019.
The indictment said that Sargsyan used his official position in January and February 2013, when he was president, to steer a government fuel contract to a particular company that cost the state an additional 489 million drams (approx. $1 million) in subsidies.