16:31, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Catholicos Karekin II sent greetings to Pope Francis, wishing him speedy recovery after his surgery, the Armenian Church said in a statement.
Karekin II wished Pope Francis God-given robust health and long years of Pontifical service.
16:02, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. The woman suspected of attempting to kidnap Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s son has been found guilty and given a 4-year suspended sentence. The judge ordered Gayane Hakobyan, a mother of an Armenian soldier killed in the Second Nagorno Karabakh War, who is suspected of attempting to kidnap Ashot Pashinyan, to 1 year probation. She was released from pre-trial detention.
The judge also ordered a travel ban for Hakobyan, banning her from exiting the country without probation officers.
Hakobyan was detained on suspicion of attempting to kidnap Ashot Pashinyan on May 17.
16:48, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, 9 JUNE, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 9 June, USD exchange rate down by 0.86 drams to 386.18 drams. EUR exchange rate up by 0.28 drams to 415.57 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.05 drams to 4.67 drams. GBP exchange rate up by 2.02 drams to 484.54 drams.
The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.
Gold price down by 66.19 drams to 24414.77 drams. Silver price up by 0.41 drams to 293.89 drams.
17:05, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. The deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus will begin as soon as adaptation work at the relevant storage facilities is completed, around the first week of July, RT reported citing Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart on Friday.
“Everything is going according to plan,” Putin told President Alexander Lukashenko, adding that on July 7-8 “the preparation of the relevant facilities will be completed and we will immediately begin measures related to the deployment of the relevant types of weapons on your territory.”
In late March, Putin announced that Russia would place its tactical weapons in Belarus in response to the UK’s decision to provide Kiev with depleted uranium munitions. The US and UK have insisted that uranium shells were “a commonplace munition” that “has been in use for decades.”
Washington and its allies in Europe have responded with outrage to the move, calling it an “irresponsible escalation and a threat to European security” and have warned that they will apply sanctions unless Minsk refuses to host Russian tactical weapons.
18:05, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. to be held on June 11 in Luxembourg City. Tatev Manukyan was nominated by "Fokus" party.
In a conversation with ARMENPRESS, Tatev Manukyan emphasized that municipal council elections will be held in different communities of Luxembourg and in the capital, which, according to her, will be historic, as an Armenian candidate is nominated for the first time. Non-citizens of Luxembourg who have the right of residence will also have the right to vote in these elections.
Manukyan emphasizes that more than 50 percent of people living in Luxembourg are not citizens of Luxemburg, and more than 70 percent of the population in Luxembourg City are non-citizens. This implies that only 30 percent of the population participated and voted in the elections before this decision.
"I am included in the electoral list of the Luxembourg communal council. As a result of the elections, 27 members of the communal council will be elected. 8 parties and a number of non-party candidates participate in the communal council elections. I was nominated by the "Fokus" party, which was founded by Frank Engel," she said.
Tatev Manukyan, who was the honorary consul of Armenia in Luxembourg in 2020-2022, noted that during these years, she has been actively working for connecting and integrating the Armenian community with the multi-ethnic and diverse society of Luxembourg.
"I would like to particularly note that the Armenian community is not alone here, we have friends from different nationalities, including Luxembourgers, and this is exactly what I have been trying to achieve these years, I mean, to attract our non-Armenian friends to the Armenian community. Now we have also created an association in the community, thanks to which we have opened an Armenian Saturday school, a choir, and we also carry out various cultural events," she said.
As for why she got involved in politics, the candidate for the Luxembourg communal council mentioned that more than 50 percent of the population in Luxembourg are foreigners, and it is very important that they also get involved in various events and take part in political processs.
She noted that her involvement in the political life of Luxembourg is primarily important from the point of view that she is a foreigner. Secondly, the Armenian community has a very important role in the public life of Luxembourg, so her participation in the upcoming elections is also important for that she represents the Armenian community.
"Very accomplished people, famous in their areas of activity, hardworking people live here. In Luxembourg, my activities related to the Armenian community will not change in any way, because I have always been active and will continue in the same way, irrespective of being or not being elected. And I should happily mention that we have a team in the community, we help each other a lot and we organize everything together," said Manukyan.
She emphasized that in case of being elected, her involvement in various social and political initiatives will be much greater, which will help to involve the Armenian community more into the Luxembourg’s reality and vice versa.
If Tatev Manukyan succeeds in the upcoming elections, she plans to implement some cultural programs with Armenia.
"We will start from September a screening of a film about Artsakh. One has already taken place, and it was very important for me that more than half of the audience was not Armenian by nationality. It is very important that we succeed in delivering our culture to the society living next to the Armenian community. During the days of the war, when I was the honorary consul in Luxembourg, together with the embassy team, we focused our activities on raising the Artsakh issue and managed to get two resolutions adopted in the parliament. We continue to do everything we can in that direction," she emphasized.
Gayane Gaboyan
18:08, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to think about introducing common principles and standards of education in EAEU and CIS countries, ARMENPRESS reports, Putin announced at the meeting with the leaders of the CIS and EAEU delegations.
Putin offered the representatives of the CIS and EAEU countries to think about the introduction of common principles and standards of education, coordination of scientific programs, unification of requirements for professions, creation of uniform textbooks for technical and other subjects.
"Let me emphasize, this does not mean at all that we should return to the Soviet educational system together with you. We just need to build on the foundations of our education system, but look forward, move forward, take the best in the world and create our own," he said.
19:18, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Sochi, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.
Russian President Vladimir Putin – "Dear Nikol Vladimirovich, we meet regularly, I am very happy to talk once again about the current state of bilateral relations and regional issues, which we discussed in detail during the previous meeting. I am very happy to see you."
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan – "Thank you dear Vladimir Vladimirovich. First of all I want to congratulate you on the upcoming Russia Day and wish the best for the Russian Federation. Yes indeed, we meet regularly and discuss a wide range of issues. Today we will also discuss bilateral agenda and regional issues. We will also discuss the situation in Nagorno Karabakh, in the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeepers, unfortunately the humanitarian situation there remains tense. There has been no gas and electricity in Nagorno-Karabakh for several months, the situation in the Lachin Corridor continues to be quite tense. By the way, I must emphasize that now the supplies of food to Nagorno Karabakh are carried out with the support of Russian peacekeepers, it is a limited amount of food. The humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh continues and it is also a very important issue and I am sure we will discuss it today."
The meeting of the participants of the sessions of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS countries with the President of the Russian Federation also took place.
18:21, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Today Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan received World Bank’s regional director for South Caucasus Sebastian Molyneux, on the occasion of the end of his term of office, and Rolande Pryce, who replaced him in that position. Carolin Geginat, Country Manager of the World Bank for Armenia, also participated in the meeting, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Government.
Thanking Mr. Molyneux for his active and effective activities in Armenia, Tigran Khachatryan referred to the important results recorded in the framework of cooperation with the World Bank in recent years.
Congratulating Rolande Pryce on her appointment, the Deputy Prime Minister expressed confidence that all the necessary prerequisites are in place to effectively implement current programs and promote new initiatives of bilateral interest.
Sebastian Molyneux commended the effective cooperation with the Armenian government in energy, education, social protection, healthcare and a number of other directions.
Expressing gratitude for the warm reception, the newly appointed regional director of the WB for South Caucasus assured that the World Bank will continue to support Armenia in implementing its reform agenda in the coming years.
During the meeting, the interlocutors also discussed a wide range of issues related to the current and perspective programs in the sidelines of the Armenian Government – World Bank cooperation.
19:40, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Toivo Klaar, met with Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeyhun Bayramov, in Baku, ARMENPRESS reports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said in a message.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan informed that during the meeting, Bayramov and Klaar exchanged thoughts on the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the current state of negotiations with the participation of international partners, including the European Union, and also discussed regional security.
According to the statement, the EU supports the process of normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and declares that it will spare no effort in the future to continue contacts between the political leadership of the two countries.
21:35, 9 June 2023
YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. At 6:30 p.m. on June 9, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire on the vehicle transporting the servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces in the direction of Kakhakn, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.
The Armenian side has no losses.