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The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs refutes the reports on the death of a second Armenian citizen in Nice.
At least 84 people have been killed after a lorry ploughed into a crowd attending Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice on Thursday night, in what is being investigated as a terror attack.
The driver ploughed on for 2km on the Promenade des Anglais after fireworks, before being shot dead by police.
One Armenian woman has been confirmed dead.
On July 8, President Serzh Sargsyan will conduct a working visit to the Republic of Poland where he will participate at the meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the NATO member and non-member states related to the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. The meeting will be held in framework of the NATO Summit. In Warsaw, the President of Armenia will also hold bilateral meetings.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received today Herbert Salber, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia.
The interlocutors discussed the steps towards implementation of the agreements reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits on Nagorno Karabakh.
Minister Nalbandian stressed the importance of unconditional implementation of the agreements in order to further the peace process.
Herbert Salber noted, in turn, that there is no alternative to a peaceful settlement and reiterated the EU support for the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
Ā –Ā Following celebration of Holy Mass in VartanantsĀ Square on Saturday morning, Pope Francis visited the convent and orphanage of Our Lady of Armenia – Boghossian Education Centre for lunch with around 60 hungry youngsters.
The orphanage is run by theĀ Congregation of the Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, who also run the Diramyer Vocational School and a day-care center housed on the same campus.
At the end of the visit, a photo opportunity with the orphans helped by the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, benefactors, and several former residents of the orphanage along with their children provides a highlight to the event.
The History of Our Lady of Armenia Center
With the independence of Armenia, the dream of the Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception to serve in the homeland became a reality. Following the horrible earthquake of 1988, the Sisters had already come to Armenia to console the grief of our nation. Today, the Order has an orphanage, a Vocational School and a day-care Center for the Elderly in Gyumri, a day-care Center in Tashir, a summer camp in Tsaghkadzor and a Convent in Javakhq, Georgia. The Sisters teach catechism and do pastoral work in many of the Catholic villages of the regions of Shirak,Ā Tashir, and Southern Georgia.
Initially, the Sisters worked in Spitak. In 1992, the Covent was formally established in the village of Arevig and the apostolate of the Sisters consisted in teaching catechism and doing pastoral work in the villages or Arevig, Panik and Lantchig. At the end of 1993, the Sisters moved to Gyumri while continuing their service to the three villages. It was during their religion classes that the Sisters witnessed the deplorable state of many orphaned children. They had lost their parents either during the earthquake or the battle of Nagorno-Gharabagh.
In an effort to provide a brief respite to these children, the Sisters organized a summer camp program in 1994. First, the Sisters used rented facilities in Hankavan and Byuragan until the Foundation Alliance Armenienne of Geneva, Switzerland, donated a complex in Tsaghkadzor. Some 850 children, ages 8 to 15 spend a 16-day vacation at the Diramayr Hayastani Jambar.
The success of the camp program is at the genesis of the Our Lady of Armenia-Boghossian Educational Center. It was the wish of Robert Boghossian & Sons family, that an educational Centre be established to house the orphans all year long.
Construction works began in 1996 and the beautiful complex was inaugurated on September 16, 1998. The whole complex is the gift of Fonds Robert Boghossian & Fils and the Sisters are deeply grateful to the generous benefactors who continue to partially fund the running expenses of the Center.
Recruitment of the children is done in different ways. Priority is given to abandoned children, orphans of both parents, children whose fathers have abandoned them and the mother is not capable of providing for the needs of the child.
Iranās Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pakayeen expressed regret over remarks by some Azeri lawmakers against a recent visit to Iran by Armeniaās Foreign Minister, reports.
Such āunconventionalā statements do not serve to develop the relations between the two friendly and brotherly countries, Pakayeen said in a press conference.
Armeniaās Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited Iran earlier in June and held talks with senior Iranian officials.
On Tuesday, a number of Azerbaijani parliamentarians criticized Iran during the discussion of a draft law on approval of a cooperation between Tehran and Baku.
They voiced discontent at the growing ties between Iran and Armenia, the visit by Armenian top diplomat to Tehran, the abolition of visa regime between the two countries, and a possible trip by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Armenia.
Two privates of the Armenian Armed Forces, identified as Vardan Karapet Ghrmajyan and Armen Pavel Ghazaryan were reported missing as a result of the floods caused by heavy rain and strong wind at about 00:30, June 8, the Investigative Committee informs.
The bodies of the two soldiers were later found in the nearby area.
Probe into the details of the incident is under way.
– Kim Kardashian West was honored at Childrenās Hospital Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 for her long-standing friendship and support to the hospital. Kim was presented with a plaque by Childrenās Hospital president and CEO, Paul Viviano, recognizing her as an āHonorary Armenian Ambassadorā during a reception of the Armenian Ambassadors of Childrenās Hospital Los Angeles.Ā Special guest at the event included His Eminence, Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America.
Kim remarked how delighted she was to be recognized by CHLA and by her Armenian community. She shared that she has enjoyed visiting patients at the hospital for more than 8 years and that now, as a mother of two, her appreciation for having a world-class childrenās hospital in her backyard has taken new meaning.
The Armenian Ambassadors of Childrenās Hospital Los Angeles are a group of Armenian supporters dedicated to creating hope and building healthier futures for all children. Their goal is to help ensure that Childrenās Hospital Los Angeles has the best resources to care for all children.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said accusations levied by Turkey against German lawmakers of Turkish origin after its parliament passed a resolution declaring he 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide were incomprehensible, reports.
“The lawmakers in Germany’s lower house of parliament are freely elected without exception and the accusations and statements which have been made by the Turkish side are incomprehensible,” Merkel told a joint news conference with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev in Berlin.
On Sunday, Erdogan lashed out at the German parliament for passing the resolution and suggested that Germany was being hypocritical given its own history.
Erdogan has also been widely reported in German media as saying that German lawmakers of Turkish origin who voted for the resolution have “tainted” blood and that their blood must be tested in a lab.
Demonstrators have gathered outside the German Bundestag in Berlin to create a so-called āChain of Truthā around the building as the parliament votes on a resolution characterizing the Ottoman massacre of Armenians in 1915 as a āgenocide.”
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