Yerevan law enforcement agencies have launched a criminal investigation into the stabbing of a 27 year old citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that took place in the Armenian capital on October 5 early morning.
The man was stabbed in the chest, police said.
The victim was taken to the Erebuni medical center in serious condition.
The suspect was identified and arrested shortly.
No other details were immediately clear.
Another anti-Armenian wording has been removed from a draft resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the head of the Armenian delegation to PACE, Arpine Hovhannisyan said in a post on Facebook.
“Perhaps, I would not address this issue if not for yesterday’s military-patriotic and pathetic hysteria of the Azerbaijani president, since I do not like to open brackets in advance,” she wrote, promising to provide more details of the matter at the PACE October session.
“For now, I can state that one of the reasons behind Azerbaijan’s hysteria is that two days ago another Azerbaijan-cherished anti-Armenian phrasing that “Nagorno-Karabakh is a part of Azerbaijan” has not found a place in the regular draft resolution,” she detailed.
The lawmaker stresses this is the sixth time during her one-year tenure as the head of Armenian delegation when such wordings which are a result of Azerbaijan’s lobbying are removed from PACE resolutions.
“This work will be continuous. Aliyev needs to understand that neither praising [Armenian PM] Nikol Pashinyan and then criticizing him won’t give him Artsakh, nor can he ever see the weakening of our defense by relying on domestic political contradictions in Armenia.
“When it comes to our existence and identity, there are no political disagreements inside the country or any compromise for Azerbaijan,” she stressed, adding Azerbaijan would better deal with its own problems, as it is facing many of them.
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Russia-based Armenian businessmen on September 8 in Moscow as part of his working visit to Russia.
Prior to starting the discussion over cooperation, the Armenian PM addressed the results of the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Armenian government’s press service said. “Together with the President of Russia we noted that there are no problems in the Armenian-Russian relations, and that an understanding exists over all issues. In addition to a number of other fields, we also discussed issues relating to the further development of economic cooperation. This is a good signal for you also for making new investments in the Armenian economy and initiating projects in various fields,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
During a Q&A with the businessmen the PM presented the Armenian government’s vision for the development of the economy, the anti-corruption actions, protection and encouragement of investments, the work which is underway to improve the business environment, the tax legislation and reforms in the state administration system.
The Prime Minister mentioned light industry, diamond industry, jewelry, tourism and intensive agriculture as priorities for economic development, while the number one priority is the development of the IT sector. “We must work in the direction of transforming Armenia from an agrarian country into a technological country, because this stems from our security,” he said.
Addressing investment guarantees, the PM noted that the protection of both Armenian and foreign investments is guaranteed by the Armenian legislation: “The most important note is the following: any business activity should be carried out within the framework of the law. We must create an atmosphere of cooperation and develop our Fatherland together,” Pashinyan said.
Pashinyan said that the government is conducting discussions over the introduction of new mechanisms for protections of investments , as well as the introductions of a “single-window investment”, aiming at facilitation of the businessmen’s contacts with various circles of the state administration system and to raise the level of dialogue between the state and businesses.
In terms of the tax reforms, the PM said that the government has initiated serious changes aimed at maximal simplification of the taxation system and improvement of the business environment.
The Armenian Prime Minister also discussed the issue of reconsideration of the Armenia-Diaspora ties. “We must replace the charity logic with the logic of jobs,” he said, adding that the goal of the government is to create a climate and conditions for Diaspora-Armenians to invest in Armenia based on the logic of creating new jobs, taking into account their business interests and having profit.
Certain businessmen also presented specific investment program proposals to the Armenian PM. Pashinyan called on the entrepreneurs to submit the proposals to his staff and ministries for further discussions.
Domestic political issues, developments, and the NK conflict settlement were also discussed.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Macedonia beat Armenia 2-0 in Skopje in the second round of the UEFA Nations League.
Earlier it was reported that the Armenia national football team beat Liechtenstein 2-1 in its first match of Nations League.
Turkish-Armenian director Aram Gulyuz has died in Istanbul at the age of 87.
Aram Gyuluz was born in 1931 in the city’s Sisli district, Istanbul.
He became the director of 28 films and was the director of his 140th film “Time Machine 1973”.
Chairman of the State Revenue Committee Davit Ananyan introduced the three main directions of the changes to be made in the Tax Code.
“The first direction is the reduction of alternative tax systems. The second one is to make a decision on the threshold of the circulation tax, and the third direction is the reduction of the burden of income and capital tax through the increase of the burden of consumption tax. These are common directions, but they also have sub-directions over which you will have a final vision formed by the government in September”, the SRC Chairman said.
Asked whether it can be said in general that the government plans to greatly mitigate the tax burden, Davit Ananyan said: “We can state that the government will go to the parliament with the changes assisting the business. It would be more correct to say that we will have a change of tax burden since there is going to be a reduction of capital and income tax through the increase of the consumption tax burden”.
More than 1000 people from Artsakh arrived in Yerevan to take part in the meeting convened by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, For the Sake of Artsakh youth NGO chairman Gor Balasanyan said, stating that this initiative belongs to their organization. He informed that the Free Fatherland party’s youth wing has assisted them.
“The meeting will be attended by young people from different regions of Artsakh. Our goal is to maintain and strengthen Armenia-Diaspora-Artsakh ties”, he said.
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan called on the people to gather at the Republic Square on August 17, at 18:30.
The body of an Azerbaijani citizen was discovered on August 12 in the neutral zone between the troops of Artsakh and Azerbaijan near Akna.
The State Commission on Prisoners of War informed that Hostages and Missing Persons of the Republic of Artsakh, under the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and according to the agreement reached between the Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan a humanitarian action of taking the body from the neutral zone took place on August 15.
YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS. During his working visit to Tavush province, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the request of reporters commented on the recent developments over the case of 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, Armenpress correspondent reports. The reporters asked that Kocharyan, who is currently remanded in custody, insists that political persecution is being carried out against him.
“I think it’s not right for me to make any comment on this topic since any comment can be viewed as interference in, influence on the case. I think you all, each citizen of Armenia has the answer to this question”, Nikol Pashinyan said.
The PM also commented on the observations of reporters according to which the Russian foreign minister recently stated that Armenia’s new leadership has deviated from its promises.
“You know, I think this is a new situation, we need to adapt to this situation, including our Russian partners, so everything is good”, the PM said.
Asked whether the August 17 upcoming meeting is linked with the statement of the Russian FM, Pashinyan said it is linked with 100 days of his term in office.
Robert Kocharyan has been charged on July 26 over the 2008 March 1 case, under the Article 300.1 part 1 of the Criminal Code for breaching the constitutional order of the Republic of Armenia.He is currently remanded into custody.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan
Armenia’s defense minister Davit Tonoyan says the situation in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact and the Nakhijevan section of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border is calm.
“At the moment the situation in Artsakh and the Nakhijevan section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is relatively calm”, the defense minister told reporters at the Monte Melkonyan Military-Sports College.
Minister Tonoyan also assured that any encroachment of the adversary is being immediately neutralized.