Author: Vatche Chakhmakhchian

 10:58,

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the situation in Nagorno Karabakh during their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, a senior official of the State Department told reporters.

The meeting lasted for about an hour.

“They discussed Afghanistan at length.  They also talked about Syria, and they had a relatively long conversation about the Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh”, the State Department official said.

“The U.S. has tried to be helpful in supporting a peace and reconciliation conversation between the two of them.  We participated in a swap of – we midwifed a swap of some demining maps that the Armenians turned over to the Azerbaijanis in the disputed territory for the release of some detainees.

So the question now becomes whether, with U.S. support, with other Minsk Group countries’ support, with Turkey’s support, we can do more to facilitate a de-escalation of tensions between the two, both along the border, with regard to remaining detainees, with regard to remaining mines, and then take some – see them – help them take some small steps which might lay the path towards a larger peace and reconciliation process.

So the Secretary made clear to Turkey, which has been very much involved in this and is a neighbor, that we are prepared to be helpful if we can be.  We are also at a level below the Secretary having bilateral meetings with the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis this week and making the same offer there”, he said.

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Turkish soldiers take part in a joint drill with the Azerbaijani military in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 27, 2021. (IHA File Photo)

Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 9 2021

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 16:53, 31 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) adheres to a defensive policy and doesn’t plan to deploy its troops to Afghanistan, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said on Tuesday, reports TASS.

“These fears are absolutely ungrounded. The CSTO is a purely defensive military-political organization. It can deploy defensive forces only within the zone of its responsibility”, he said in an interview with the Mir 24 television channel when asked whether the organization plans to deploy troops to Afghanistan.

After the Biden administration announced the end of its US military operation in Afghanistan and the launch of its troop pullout, the Taliban embarked on an offensive against Afghan government forces. On August 15, Taliban fighters swept into Kabul without encountering any resistance, and gained full control over the Afghan capital within a few hours. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani said he had stepped down to prevent any bloodshed and subsequently fled the country.

 18:58, 1 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. The Public Radio of Armenia is one of the leaders in the Armenian landscape, which today enters a new development era with the consolidated efforts of its team, Director of ARMENPRESS news agency Aram Ananyan said in the congratulatory message addressed to the Public Radio and its Director Garegin Khumaryan on the 95^th anniversary of the establishment of the Public Radio.

‘’I heartily congratulate you and the entire staff of the Public Radio, its veterans and thousands of audience on the occasion of the 95^th anniversary of the Public Radio that has an invaluable role in our public life. Like in the past, today also the Public Radio is one of the leaders of Armenia’s media landscape, which today has entered into a new era of development with the consolidated efforts of your team’’, reads the congratulatory message of Aram Ananyan.

Ananyan noted that ARMENPRESS and Public Radio have a history of decades of cooperation. During this jubilee year the joint prodcast project ''A Fairy Tale Together'' came into life, in the sidelines of which the children of 11 ethnic minorities of Armenia presented their folk tales in Armenian language.

‘’Our rich history of partnership inspires confidence that our joint projects will be multiplied during the upcoming years. Congratulations once again, we wish you uninterrupted broadcasting, new creative success, health and peaceful sky’’, Director of ARMENPRESS Aram Ananyan said in his congratulatory message.