Category: 2021

 12:03,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. The government of Armenia will allocate more than 128 million drams for the restoration, reinforcement works and excavations of historical-cultural structures in the provinces of Lori and Tavush.

The works will be carried out in the Lori Berd, the Russian Church (Amrakits), the Tavush fortress and elsewhere.

Prime Minister Pashinyan said at a Cabinet meeting that the government must pay special attention to the issues of preservation of historical-cultural legacy, highlighting the preservation of monuments of identity and history.

 12:18,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced at the Cabinet meeting that he has received the booster shot against COVID-19 and advised everyone to do the same.

He warned that the next wave is will inevitably hit someday, and that the vaccination rates must continue at high levels.

“We don’t have to wait until it’s too late to start acting. It is very important that during this calm phase we consistently continue the vaccinations,” Pashinyan said.

In turn, health minister Anahit Avanesyan said that only around 500 people have received a booster shot in the country.

Speaking about the first and second dose statistics, she said: “1 million 591 thousand vaccinations were administered in total – 920,650 of which are first dose recipients and 670,710 are second dose recipients.”

She added that they haven’t detected the Omicron variant so far.

Avanesyan further noted that the coronavirus situation in Armenia is now “stable”, and if epidemiological safety guidelines will be maintained during the holidays the stability will be maintained.

 12:23,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. The government of Armenia provided 1,2 billion drams for the purchase of Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19.

During today’s Cabinet meeting Minister of Healthcare Anahit Avanesyan said that there has been quite a long and checking process for acquiring the Pfizer vaccine.

“All these processes have been completed. Today the government provided funds for the purchase of 200,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine. We also have promises for donation and expect that in addition to these 200,000 doses, we will get new batches as a donation”, the minister said.

 12:52,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will hold a live online press conference on Facebook on December 24.

“Dear compatriots, tomorrow, on December 24, at 20:00, I will answer questions from the media and NGOs live on Facebook”, he said on Facebook, adding that the media outlets and NGOs can send their questions to  by 20:00 tonight.

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 15:23,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Russia and China are jointly developing high-tech weapons as they cooperate in the security area, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, reports TASS.

“We cooperate [with China] in the security area”, he said during his annual news conference. “China’s armed forces are equipped with the most advanced weapons systems to a large extent”.

“We are even developing together certain high-tech types of weapons”, the president went on to say. “We are working in space, aircraft areas. On planes and helicopters”.

The armed forces of the two countries also cooperate, Putin said.

“It’s joint exercises, participation in joint international war games, joint patrols at sea and in air”, he said. Russia and China have "an absolutely comprehensive partnership of strategic nature”, he said.

 15:46,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Stanislav Zas in Yerevan.

PM Pashinyan said that the CSTO Secretary General’s visit is a good chance to discuss the current situation in the CSTO region, and to recap the CSTO’s 2021 activities, the Prime Minister's Office said in a readout. 

“We will also speak about the programs and challenges of 2022, we will address the mechanism for further developing the organization in terms of what dysregulations have appeared. Of course, we will address the current situation in the region and overall the CSTO area of responsibility. This is also very important and it would be interesting to listen to your assessments regarding this,” PM Pashinyan said.

Zas thanked for the meeting and added that they have already developed the main plan document for the CSTO 2022 activities. “This is the implementation of the decisions made during the meetings in September and the priorities brought forward by the Armenian side for the period of its presidency. We have already developed this document and agreed it with all [member] states. I’d like to note that this document – by which our Secretariat, the General Staff and other bodies will work – reflects all the initiatives and recommendations expressed during the Dushanbe autumn session by the foreign ministers, defense ministers and leaders of member states. The priorities which you raised during the Dushanbe meeting are also reflected here, meaning all our [member] states have confirmed that they are ready to work next year with the priorities which have been recommended, including by the presiding country Armenia,” Secretary General Zas said.

 16:45,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas, the foreign ministry reports.

In this remarks the Armenian FM highlighted implementing the decisions adopted during the 2021 September session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and summing up the program on fulfilling the priority directions of the CSTO activity during Armenia’s chairmanship.

Stanislav Zas presented the provisions of the aforementioned program in details and assured that all the necessary efforts will be made by the CSTO secretariat and joint staff aimed at implementing them on time.

At the meeting minister Mirzoyan also presented the current situation on the eastern border of Armenia and highlighted the necessity of taking practical steps to raise the level of stability and security, in accordance with the 2021 November 26 trilateral statement.

 17:16,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas visited today the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, accompanied by deputy foreign minister Armen Ghevondyan and Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the CSTO Viktor Biyagiov, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute reports.

Director of the Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan introduced the history of the creation of the Memorial to the guests.

The CSTO Secretary General laid a wreath at the Memorial and flowers at the Eternal Flame, by honoring the victims with a moment of silence.

CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas arrived in Armenia on a working visit.

 17:57,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan is holding a meeting with MPs representing the ruling “Civil Contract” Party.

ARMENPRESS reports the meeting is taking place at the National Assembly.