Armenia donates 12 ambulances to Artsakh
20:22, 3 June, 2021
YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS. 12 ambulances will be handed over to the Republic of Artsakh and a number of organizations with gratuitous right of use, ARMENPRESS reports the decision was made at the government sitting.
The decision will help improve the quality of emergency medical services for the population.
Based on the application of the President of Armenia, the Constitutional Court has decided to launch case proceedings in regard to the case for determining the constitutionality of part 3 of Article 40 of the Law on Military Service and Status of Servicemen and appoint a new reporting judge, as reported on the website of the Constitutional Court.
The trial over the case has been appointed for July 27, 2021.
Roma extended their contract with midfielder for the Armenia national football team Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Roma’s press service reports, adding that the contract will be terminated at the end of the next season.
Mkhitaryan’s current contract with Roma ends on June 30.
The 32-year-old footballer played for 18 months with Manchester United (2016-18) and scored three titles, including winner of the Europa League in 2017.
In September 2020, the Armenian midfielder moved from Arsenal to Roma, with which he has played 34 matches, scored 13 goals and made 11 passes for goals during the Italian championship that is now over. Mkhitaryan was Roma’s best bomber this season.
Azerbaijan, its armed forces and political elite are becoming “coordinators” of Armenia's domestic political processes, MP Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the opposition Bright Armenia Party, said in a Facebook live video on Saturday, referring to the Azerbaijani incursion into Armenian territory, the killing of an Armenian soldier and the capture of six Armenian servicemen by Azerbaijani forces.
According to Marukyan, the border tensions have been causing shocks in Armenia, preventing them from focusing on the domestic political issues.
The Bright Armenia leader noted that Azerbaijan has active participation in Armenia's domestic political life.
"Azerbaijan has become a key player in the campaign for the upcoming snap elections," he said.
Marukyan stated that in such conditions there can be no campaign involving criticism of the current authorities or anti-government rallies not to undermine the foundations of the state.
"That's why our political techniques will be different from the previous ones," Marukyan said, adding that his party stands by the statehood and is ready to fight on foreign fronts.
13:09,
YEREVAN, MAY 27, ARMENPRESS. The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has expressed its concerns over the capture of 6 Armenian servicemen by the Azerbaijani armed forces today early morning in the border section of Armenia’s Gegharkunik province, which was followed by publication of humiliating images on the internet.
“Such behavior of the Azerbaijani authorities must be strongly condemned as it violates the provisions of the international law, opposes the universal perceptions of humanism.
The recent developments in the Gegharkunik and Syunik sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are an encroachment against Armenia’s sovereignty and our people’s right to peaceful and safe life. Such provocative actions demonstrate Azerbaijan’s real militaristic plans, endangering the efforts made for the restoration of peace and establishment of stability in the region.
The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin calls on the international community and human rights organizations to take actions to release the Armenian servicemen and the remaining POWs and prevent new undesirable developments in the region”, the statement says.
On May 27 early morning, 6 servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces, while conducting engineering works in the territory of an Armenian military base’ protection area in the border section of Armenia’s Gegharkunik province, have been surrounded and taken captive by the Azerbaijani troops.
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The Embassy of Poland in Armenia issued a statement on Tuesday, urging its citizens to avoid traveling to several of Armenia’s provinces.
“In view of the recent events in the border sectors of Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces and agreed with the tense situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Embassy of Poland urges its citizens to avoid traveling to Armenia’s Tavush, Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor and Syunik provinces,” The Embassy said in a statement on Facebook.
“Be careful and follow the instructions of the local authorities,” the Embassy added.
15:57, 20 May, 2021
YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. In order to clarify the future status of Artsakh, a long-term, negotiated and political solution to the conflict is needed, based on the principles of non-use of force, territorial integrity, equal rights and the peoples’ right to self-determination, Member of European Parliament representing Spain Pernando Barrena Arza said at the discussion during the EP plenary session relating to the prisoners of war captured during the recent Nagorno Karabakh war.
He reminded that the recent attack by Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabakh has ended by a trilateral statement which is not respected and is violated by Azerbaijan. “Around 200 Armenians are still held captive in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani servicemen are killing these prisoners of war, which is a war crime. It’s the time for this Parliament to urge Azerbaijan to immediately release without preconditions all those Armenians who have been captured during the conflict and after that, to fully respect the ceasefire agreement and refrain from further military incursion into an Armenian territory”, the MEP said.
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10:52,
YEREVAN, MAY 21, ARMENPRESS. Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić has responded to the letter of Armenian President Armen Sarkissian relating to the quick return of all Armenian prisoners of war and civilian captives from Azerbaijan, the President’s Office told Armenpress.
“We continue closely following the humanitarian and human rights situation in and around Nagorno Karabakh. In its turn, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has expressed its concerns over the reports according to which not all persons detained in the context of the 2020 conflict have been exchanged”, the CoE Secretary General said in her response letter.
She also informed that the PACE Migration Committee is preparing a report titled “The Humanitarian Consequences of the Conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan”. “Let me assure you that the Council of Europe will do everything possible within its mandate to assist the two member states for achieving lasting peace and prosperity in the region, and will use every opportunity to raise humanitarian and human rights-related issues”, the CoE chief said
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I’m not sure whether this discussion will be helpful from the perspective of solving the posed questions, but it will surely be helpful from the perspective of informing the public. This is what acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said during today’s special session of the National Assembly.
“We all know what has been going on since May 12. I have touched upon the government’s evaluations and actions since then and would like to talk about the results. I still believe the aim of Azerbaijan’s actions was to incite a military clash on the border in the narrowest section of the sovereign territory of Armenia and start taking action in the depth of the territory of Armenia. By assessing the situation, the government decided to let the situation get out of hand and settle the issue through diplomatic means,” Pashinyan said and emphasized that Armenia’s efforts are effective because there is consensus over the situation among the international community, which is recording the unlawfulness of Azerbaijan’s actions and the need for Azerbaijan to leave the sovereign territory of Armenia.
Pashinyan informed that the European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the return of Armenian POWs and, at the last minute, made a supplement to the resolution in regard to the territorial integrity of Armenia.
Talking about the document on the demarcation and delimitation of the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the acting premier stated that since Armenia doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan, the process needs to be implemented in the trilateral format. He added that there is no and can’t be any confidential annex since this document is itself a confidential working document.
19:13,
YEREVAN, MAY 19, ARMENPRESS. President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Kremlin.
During the conversation the sides continued discussing the situation over Nagorno Karabakh. The necessity to solve issues aimed at ensuring security and stability in the region in line with the November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021 statements was particularly emphasized.
In this context, a special reference was made to the situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border. The general understanding is that the solution of the situation should take place through exclusively political and diplomatic methods. The Russian side will continue mediation efforts and providing consultation for the goal of launching delimitation and demarcation of state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.