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YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. Members of Parliament of Armenia held a moment of silence at today’s session in memory of the three Armenian soldiers who were killed as a result of the Azerbaijani attack on January 11.
The respective proposal was made by the opposition “Armenia” faction MP Andranik Tevanyan.
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YEREVAN, JANUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council has ended at the Brussels headquarters of the North Atlantic Alliance, ARMENPRESS reports the correspondent of "RIA Novosti" informed.
The talks lasted more than 4 hours.
The Russian side was represented by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and representatives from 30 allied countries were present at the meeting.
The results of the meeting have not been announced yet, the parties have only expressed readiness to continue the dialogue.
A distinguished Turkish-Armenian writer living under a temporary permit in Greece after fleeing a Turkish prison has been arrested and faces deportation, his wife said yesterday.
Sevan Nisanyan, a 66-year-old linguist and blogger, was detained on the island of Samos on Thursday after Greek authorities refused to renew his residence permit, his wife Ira Tzourou said on Facebook and Twitter.
A Samos court tomorrow is to decide whether he will be deported to Turkey or Armenia, she said.
Nisanyan had been jailed in Turkey in 2014 on charges of illegal construction, a case he claims was punishment for his outspoken views about restrictions on freedom of _expression_ in the country.
He escaped from a low-security prison in 2017 and pursued asylum in Greece.
Nisanyan had also previously been convicted in Turkey of blasphemy over a 2012 blog defending an anti-Islam film that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed and sparked angry protests across the world.
Greek courts usually refuse to extradite to Turkey persons who say they face persecution for their views in the neighbouring country
Armenia international Varazdat Haroyan has been named Armenia’s Player of the Year 2021.
The Cádiz defender received 92 points. National team captain Henrikh Mkhitaryan is second with 62 points, Eduard Spertsyan is the third with 60 points.
Head coach of the Armenian national team Joaquin Caparros was earlier named Armenia’s Coach of the Year for the second time in a row.
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
The heads of the governments discussed key issues of Russian-Armenian trade and economic cooperation and integration cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union. They considered common priority goals in fighting the coronavirus.
Mr Mishustin and Mr Pashinyan also exchanged congratulations on the New Year and on Christmas.
PanARMENIAN.Net - "Active discussions" on the renovation of the Armenian section of a rail route to Azerbaijan are currently underway, Minister of Territorial Administration and infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan has said, according to Sputnik Armenia.
Sanosyan believes it will take about 10 months to a year to transport cargo through the Yeraskh-Julfa section.
"In certain areas a large-scale process needs to be implemented, which could last years. In other parts, it will be easier to restore [the railway] and exploit it," Sanosyan was quoted as saying on Wednesday, December 29.
The Deputy PMs of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan first meet in person on January 30 in Moscow to discuss new transport communications that would link Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan. New rail and road routes in the South Caucasus are expected to connect the Azerbaijani Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan with the rest of the country, for which a road will be built through the territory of Armenia. There will also be road and rail routes through the territory of Azerbaijan to connect Armenia to Russia.
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The Minister of Finance says the performance of capital spending as of December 30 is 86%.
“We ought to set a bar for ourselves with this indicator for next year,” Finance Minister Tigran Khachatryan said at the Cabinet meeting. “For 2022 the unique difference of our budget is that a high level of capital spending exists. Some argue that this would create difficulties for the government, it is a challenge. And we must succeed that our planned indicator won’t happen to be lower than our ensured performance. I am asking our colleagues to be attentive towards this indicator from day one,” he said.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that the indicator is not perfect but that there are changes compared to the previous years.
Two Azerbaijani soldiers arrested by Armenian border guards returned to the Azerbaijani side
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS. Two Azerbaijani servicemen who violated the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan were arrested on December 18 by Armenian border guards.
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, for humanitarian reasons and with the mediation of Russia, the mentioned servicemen were returned to the Azerbaijani side on December 20.
Russia hopes Brussels discussions will contribute to implementation of agreements between Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Russia welcomes the continuation of direct contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, ARMENPRESS reports official representative of the MFA Armenia Maria Zakharova said, referring to the Brussels meeting between Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev on December 14.
“The meeting of the two leaders took place yesterday evening, the information about the content of the discussion continues to be received, we are analyzing it”, Zakharova said.
According to her, Russia hopes that the results of the Brussels talks will contribute to the further implementation of the trilateral agreements reached by the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, which were reached during the previous three meetings.
PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Court of Justice has not ordered Azerbaijan to release all Armenian prisoners of war captured during the Second Karabakh War in fall 2020, according to a decision published by the Court on Tuesday, December 7.
Azerbaijan was instead ordered to "protect from violence and bodily harm all persons captured in relation to the 2020 conflict who remain in detention, and ensure their security and equality before the law".
The Court also said Baku has to take all necessary measures to prevent the incitement and promotion of racial hatred and discrimination, including by its officials and public institutions, targeted at persons of Armenian national or ethnic origin.
Azerbaijan must also take all necessary measures to prevent and punish acts of vandalism and desecration affecting Armenian cultural heritage, including but not limited to churches and other places of worship, monuments, landmarks, cemeteries and artefacts.
Armenia's agent before the ICJ said earlier that the Courtgranted almost all the provisional measures requested by Armenia against Azerbaijan, and rejected the majority of Azerbaijan’s requested measures. Kirakosyan said Armenia welcomed the orders and was looking forward to their practical implementation by Azerbaijan and its high ranking officials.