Author: Maral Takmazian

 15:00,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, ARMENPRESS. Chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on science, education, culture, Diaspora, youth and sports affairs, head of the Armenia-Iran friendship group Mkhitar Hayrapetyan held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, head of the Iran-Armenia friendship group Seyyed Mehdi Farshadan, Mr. Hayrapetyan’s Office told Armenpress.

Congratulating on the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Mkhitar Hayrapetyan addressed his best wishes to the good people of Iran.

During the phone talk the officials discussed issues on further developing and expanding the bilateral cooperation.

They both highlighted the high level of mutual trust and support between Armenia and Iran, the firm historical and cultural relationships.

Mr. Farshadan informed that he is planning to visit Armenia soon with a delegation aimed at discussing in more details the prospects of deepening the bilateral partnership.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

The November 9 agreement made by Armenia’s Prime Minister and the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan does not contain any provisions on the establishment of any corridor, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan told Armenpress.

The foreign ministry made the statement in response to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev who said that “the joint statement contains a special provision on the establishment of the Nakhichevan corridor.”

“Paragraph 9 of the November 9 trilateral statement mentions the unblocking of all economic and transport ties in the region,” the Spokesperson said, adding that this is the approach Armenia pursues on issues of establishing regional stability, as well as the prospects of cooperation in the region.

“The above paragraph does not contain any provisions for the establishment of a corridor. Any road or communication route passing through the territory of Armenia will be exclusively under the jurisdiction of Armenia’s sovereignty,” Naghdalyan said.

 17:16,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS. The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 14,207 to 4,086,090 in the past 24 hours, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.

According to data from the crisis center, the coronavirus growth rate stands at 0.35%.

In particular, 1,093 coronavirus cases were recorded in St. Petersburg in the past day, 801 in the Moscow region, 431 in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 356 in the Voronezh region and 337 in the Rostov region.

There are currently 398,534 active coronavirus cases in Russia.

Russian de-miners cleared nearly 1343,3 hectares of land in Nagorno Karabakh

 10:00,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. The specialists of the International Mine Action Center of the Russian defense ministry continue demining works in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh, the Russian defense ministry reports.

The engineering units of the Russian peacekeeping forces have already cleared nearly 1343,3 hectares of land, 420,8 km long roads. 24,268 explosive devices were found and neutralized.

In the course of demining and clearing the territory of explosive objects in Nagorno Karabakh, Russian peacekeepers use modern robotic systems.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 21:47,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS.  The European Union notified the Republic of Armenia about the completion of the ratification process by the EU and its Member States of the Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement. The Agreement will fully enter info force on March 1, 2021, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia.

The agreement, which was signed in the framework of the Eastern Partnership Summit held in Brussels on 24 November 2017, takes the bilateral relations between Armenia and the European Union to a new, partnership level and regulates the dialogue in the political and economic spheres, as well as sectoral cooperation and trade relations.

The CEPA is an inclusive document, which creates a solid legal basis for the Armenia-EU partnership, outlining cooperation in various spheres, spanning from justice, security, economy, agriculture and infrastructures to environment and climate, education and science, culture, health, etc.

 The effective implementation of the Agreement will bring tangible results to our citizens by promoting democracy, political, economic and social stability through extensive reforms, thus improving quality of life of our citizens.

It should be emphasized that the CEPA addresses the issue of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reaffirming the EU's stated commitment to support the efforts and approaches of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, particularly on the basis of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.

The Government of Armenia has constantly reaffirmed its commitment to the effective implementation of the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, which is fully in line with Armenia's broad reform agenda.