Category: 2022

Tehran supports the sovereignty of the Republic of Armenia over all the roads passing through it – Ebrahim Rai

 20:10, 3 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 3, ARMENPRESS. During the telephone conversation on January 3 between the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi on January 3, reference was made to the processes taking place in the region. ARMENPRESS reports according to the statement issued by the Iranian President’s Office Ebrahim Raisi called on to continue the dialogue between the two countries at different level.

“The sensitivity of the situation in the Caucasus region requires that the countries of the region regularly discuss regional and bilateral issues. One of the key directions of the policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the countries. In this sense, Tehran supports Armenia's sovereignty over all roads passing through that country," he said.

It is noted that Tehran welcomes the progress in the negotiation process between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Iranian President expressed hope that the problems between the two countries will be resolved peacefully on the basis of international principles. "We support the unblocking of roads," Raisi said.

 20:24, 3 January, 2022

YEREVAN, 3 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. France, which has recently taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will continue to act in favor of peace in the region, establishment of stability, as well as strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and the European Union, ARMENPRESS reports, the Embassy of France said.  

“The French Ambassador and the whole personnel of the Embassy wish peace, happiness, prosperity for the Armenian people in 2022. France, which has recently taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will continue to act in favor of peace in the region, establishment of stability, as well as strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and the European Union”, reads the statement.

 09:30, 4 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and discussed, among other issues, the process of normalization with Armenia.

Blinken and Cavusoglu “….. discussed issues related to the Horn of Africa, Turkey’s appointment of a Special Envoy to discuss the process of normalization with Armenia, and opportunities to deepen cooperation bilaterally and as NATO Allies to address areas of mutual concern,” the State Department said in a readout.

 09:33, 4 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. A serviceman is under arrest on suspicion of killing his comrade at a military base in Vayots Dzor Province.

According to the Ministry of Defense – the victim of the alleged crime –  Private Movses Tadevosyan – a 19-year-old conscripted serviceman, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in his military base in the morning of December 31, 2021. Private Tadevosyan died while being rushed to a hospital.

Authorities say they have reasons to believe that another serviceman of the same base is responsible for killing Private Tadevosyan. The suspect was taken into custody amid an investigation.

 11:08, 4 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. 90 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total number of confirmed cases to 345,126, the Armenian National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said.

4036 tests were administered (total 2,581,573).

203 people recovered from COVID-19, raising the number of recoveries to 332,201.

3 people died, bringing the death toll to 7986.

As of January 4, the number of active cases stood at 3429.

 12:04, 4 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. Georgia will again not participate in the 3+3 platform’s second meeting which is planned to be held in Turkey, Georgia’s Ambassador to Ankara George Janjgava told the Daily Sabah newspaper.

“Georgia will definitely not attend the 3+3 meeting,” Janjgava told Daily Sabah.

The first meeting of the 3+3 format – a regional cooperation platform brought forward after the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war which was supposed to include Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Iran – was held in Russia in December 2021.

Georgia repeatedly refused to participate.

 12:05, 4 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. Income tax rate dropped from 22% to 21% starting January 1, while the rate of pension payments increased 1% and is now 4,5%.

Armenia passed a law in 2019 adopting flat income tax rates and the rate was decreasing 1% every year. It will eventually stand at 20% in 2023.

The pension payment is a mandatory payment taxed from employed citizens born after 1974 January 1 guaranteeing retirement pension. Citizens born after 1974 are entitled to join the pension plan voluntarily.

The pension tax, aka social payment, was at a rate of 2,5% in 2020 for citizens whose salary was below 500,000 drams, and another 7,5% was paid by the government. Since 2021, the rate became 3,5% and 6,5% respectively, and from 2022 it was changed to 4,5% and 5,5%.

 12:33, 4 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish Pegasus airline asked Armenian aviation authorities permit to re-launch its roundtrip flights from Istanbul to Yerevan, the spokesperson for the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Sona Harutyunyan told ARMENPRESS.

“Pegasus applied to the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia requesting permit to operate two flights a week starting February,” Harutyunyan said.

The application is now being processed and a decision will be issued soon.

Last week, the Flyone Armenia airline announced that it was granted permit by the Armenian aviation regulator to operate flights from Yerevan to Istanbul. Flyone Armenia had said that it’s awaiting permit from Turkish aviation authorities to launch the flights.

 13:04, 4 January, 2022

YEREVAN, JANUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. The locally produced Sputnik Light vaccine against COVID-19 is already in use in Armenia, the health ministry said.

Sputnik Light will be used as a booster shot.

The vaccine is produced in Armenia by Liqvor Pharmaceuticals.