Month: February 2021

 10:15,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan has made a statement, noting that the presence of the Azerbaijani armed servicemen in the communities or on the roads connecting the communities of Syunik Province, moreover, any of their movement through that roads must be ruled out.

“They appeared there at the expense of the gross violations of the rights of peaceful civilians and servicemen of Armenia and Artsakh, ethnic cleansings and mass destruction of peaceful settlements, constant institutional Armenophobia, torture and ill treatment, illegally holding the prisoners of war, new war threats, the “determination” of borders with mechanical approaches through the gross violations of the international rules.

With the presence of the Azerbaijani servicemen, first of all the rights of the border residents of Armenia have been grossly violated or are seriously endangered (violations of ownership, shots, etc).

Therefore, no matter what happens, any of their presence or movement is illegal, has no legal title and contradicts the foundations of human rights system in the international law.

The activity of the Ombudsman of Armenia is carried out with this fundamental concept at all platforms”.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Parliament session – LIVE

 10:00,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian parliament is holding its regular session.

At the beginning of today’s session the lawmakers will vote on the bills debated yesterday.

Thereafter, they will continue debating the bills on making changes in the Criminal Code, the Law on Electronic Communication.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 21:47,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS.  The European Union notified the Republic of Armenia about the completion of the ratification process by the EU and its Member States of the Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement. The Agreement will fully enter info force on March 1, 2021, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia.

The agreement, which was signed in the framework of the Eastern Partnership Summit held in Brussels on 24 November 2017, takes the bilateral relations between Armenia and the European Union to a new, partnership level and regulates the dialogue in the political and economic spheres, as well as sectoral cooperation and trade relations.

The CEPA is an inclusive document, which creates a solid legal basis for the Armenia-EU partnership, outlining cooperation in various spheres, spanning from justice, security, economy, agriculture and infrastructures to environment and climate, education and science, culture, health, etc.

 The effective implementation of the Agreement will bring tangible results to our citizens by promoting democracy, political, economic and social stability through extensive reforms, thus improving quality of life of our citizens.

It should be emphasized that the CEPA addresses the issue of the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reaffirming the EU's stated commitment to support the efforts and approaches of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, particularly on the basis of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.

The Government of Armenia has constantly reaffirmed its commitment to the effective implementation of the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, which is fully in line with Armenia's broad reform agenda.

Ambassador Tigran Balayan delivers credentials to Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri Albert 

 21:15,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS.  Ambassador of Armenia to Luxembourg Tigran Balayan delivered credentials to Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri Albert, ARMENPRESS reports Balayan wrote on his Facebook page.

‘’I delivered credentials to His Excellency, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. I am very impressed by the knowledge of the Duke about Armenia, its history and traditions’’, Balayan wrote.

The Ambassador hoped that mutual efforts will be made for the expansion of multilateral cooperation.

 19:20,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS.  The Armenian government plans to build alternative roads to Syunik Province. ARMENPRESS reports the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan said during parliament-Cabinet Q&A session.

"Yes, we will build. We will build as soon as the weather conditions allow, "Papikyan said.

After the large-scale war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh, the problem of some roads in Syunik still remains unsolved.

 18:59,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS.  The Government of Armenia plans to carry out a population census this year or in 2022, ARMENPRESS reports Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan said during parliament-Cabinet Q&A session.

‘’Preparatory works for a population census had started back in 2019, but was impossible to implement due to the cornavirus. If the problems are solved in 2021, I think we will manage to carry out population census, if not, it will take place in 2022’’, Avinyan said.

 18:15,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. Construction works of a new residential settlement will start in the territory of Astghashen community in Artsakh's Askeran region on February 13 for the citizens displaced as a result of the Azerbaijani aggression against Artsakh, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Artsakh Hayk Khanumyan said during the National Assembly session, adding that the citizens will choose a name for their new settlement on their own.

''All for all'' best solution for issue of POWs – says Zakharova

 19:54,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. The optimial solution for the issue of war prisoners is the exchange of ''all for all'', ARMENPRESS reports official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Russia Maria Zakharova said in a weekly briefing.

''As refers to the issue of the return of the Armenian POWs, we work with both the Azerbaijani and Armenian partners, including through the Russian peacekeeping unit stationed in the conflict zone. In general, we proceed from the fact that the optimal solution to this issue is the exchange of "all for all", Zakharova said, reminding that a few days ago another act of exchange of prisoners took place through the mediation of the Russian peacekeepers.