Author: Vicken Chmshkian

 14:57, 2 November, 2021

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan says it is unclear what maps will be used to determine the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but underscores that for example all pre-1920 maps include the Al Lakes as territories of Armenia, thus if these maps were to be used the changes in this section would be in favor of Armenia.

“There are different discussions, different maps,” Sanosyan told reporters. “Regarding what maps will be used as a basis, what matters is what legal status these maps will have. That is, even if these maps are Soviet-era maps, they must be legally clarified and accepted by all sides for it to be the basis.”

Speaking about the maps from the 1920s, he said that in this case significant changes could happen. When asked about which side would benefit in case of these changes, he said: “In terms of the Al Lakes, in our favor, because as far as I know the Al Lakes are mentioned as territories of Armenia in all maps prior to the late 1920s. The lakes are on this side of a certain line on these maps."

Al Lakes are presently not under Armenian control.

Nevertheless, the minister again stressed that it is unclear at this moment which maps will be used.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 17:33,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS. On October 28, at around 10:00, four servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces sustained minor injuries due to careless handling of ammunition in a military position located in the eastern direction, the defense ministry of Armenia said in a statement.

The wounded servicemen have been immediately provided with first aid.

Investigation is underway to reveal the circumstances of the incident.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 14:17,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS. The incumbent government will do everything in order to bring to justice the masterminds of the 1999 parliament shooting, Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan said after a commemoration event.

Asked whether or not their political team had the goal of re-opening the investigation to reveal the potential plotters of the assassination who are still at large, Simonyan said: “I think that our society knows the main reasons, main participants and the issues which have been left open, like they knew that the elections were being rigged for more than 20 years. I find it needless to voice names now, but I assure you that we will all have the answers to these questions also from the legal perspective.”

He noted that as a government official he doesn’t have the right to make any statement which would be deemed as containing accusations and would potentially impact any possible future legal process. “But politically I already said that it is natural that the main actors are convicted and jailed. Today we must understand the reasons, the true instigators, the people who perhaps had either political or non-political interests from that all. And our society knows the interests of those people, and I think I am entitled to voice this now,” he said.

He didn’t rule out the possibility that the 1999 assassination of Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and Speaker Karen Demirchyan, and several other government officials could had been linked with the purported plan on “exchanging Meghri”.

“The situation which we have today pertaining to the war began on October 27, 1999. If the October 27 [attack] didn’t happen, we wouldn’t have reached this situation,” he said.

“We will do everything in order for the masterminds to appear behind bars, I think no one should have doubts about this. What happened [on October 27] broke the backbone of our statehood. We are still reaping the consequences of everything that happened on October 27. This is what we should be careful of, we should think that at some moment this process must come to an end, because the flywheel which started on October 27 of 1999 is unfortunately still spinning and having its consequences to this day,” Simonyan said.

The Speaker of Parliament said that the current opposition ought to avoid speaking about the October 27 attack because it had happened during their tenure as government. “Both the society and all of us can have many questions, for example why the National Security Service director was not in attendance in parliament on that day,” he said.

22 years ago on this day, a group of five heavily armed gunmen led by Nairi Hunanyan stormed into the parliament while it was in session and assassinated Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Speaker Karen Demirchyan, Deputy Speakers Yuri Bakhshyan and Ruben Miroyan, as well as three lawmakers and a Cabinet member. The gunmen held the remaining MPs in parliament hostage until surrendering to authorities the next day.

The five perpetrators, which include Hunanyan’s younger brother and uncle, were sentenced to life in prison in 2003.

 

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 21:08, 8 October, 2021

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 8, ARMENPRESS. Malkhas Amoyan, a member of the Armenian Greco-Roman wrestling team, has become the world champion.

ARMENPRESS reports Malkhas Amoyan competed with Russia's representative Sergey Kutuzov at 72 kg weight category for the gold medal at the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships in Oslo, Norway. The Armenian wrestler won 3: 1.

Earlier, Arsen Harutyunyan (61 kg) became a bronze medalist of the freestyle wrestling.

Public Radio of Armenia
Oct 2 2021

Armenian pavilion opens at Expo Dubai 2020

October 2, 2021, 16:50 1 minute read

The Armenian pavilion was opened at the Expo Dubai 2020 exhibition in the United Arab Emirates, the Armenian Ministry of Economy reports.

The Armenian delegation led by Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan was the first to visit the pavilion. Russian Deputy Minister of Industry Alexei Gruzd was also present at the official opening.

In the Armenian pavilion, Minister Kerobyan also hosted UAE Minister for Foreign Trade Tani Bin Ahmed Al Zaidi. During the tour, Vahan Kerobyan introduced his counterpart to the Armenian pavilion, told about the “ethnotech” concept, which Armenia presents in the expo, presented the technological and digital solutions and their application (AR and VR zones), the tourism sector, as well as the cultural exhibits that have been moved to Dubai from Armenia.

During the meeting, the Ministers also exchanged views on further strengthening and expansion of cooperation between the two countries. As a result, an agreement was reached to discuss the future steps more substantively.

 Expo 2020 Dubai opened on Thursday with a lavish ceremony of fireworks, music and messaging about the power of global collaboration for a more sustainable future.

Stars headlining the opening ceremony, which was projected in public spaces around the UAE, included Italian tenor singer Andrea Bocelli, British singer Ellie Goulding, Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Saudi singer Mohammed Abdu.

The expo has brought together representatives from 190 countries.