11:14,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. The narrow-format session of the Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) kicked off in Yerevan.
The session will be followed by an extended-format session, the Armenian foreign ministry reported.
International and regional security, the strengthening of CSTO crisis response mechanisms are on agenda.
11:29,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. The next session of the CIS Economic Council is planned in Moscow on September 23, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee-Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said, reports TASS.
“The next session of the CIS Economic Council is planned in Moscow on September 23, 2022”, he said at the CIS Economic Council’s session in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
During the session the heads of the delegations were provided with information about the main targeted macro-economic indicators of the economic development of the CIS participating states.
12:16,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. The CIS participating states keep the positive development dynamics despite economic difficulties, no decline is being observed, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee-Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said.
“Despite the current economic difficulties, all countries of the Commonwealth are preserving the positive development dynamics. Although it’s not big, is within 4%. However, no decline is being observed in the development of economies of the CIS states”, he said at a press conference summing up the results of the session held in Kazakhstan’s capital of Nur-Sultan.
12:58,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. Match officials have been appointed for UEFA Nations League B league Group 1 match between Ukraine and Armenia, the Football Federation of Armenia said.
The referee is Daniel Stefanski (POL), assistant referees are Dawid Golis (POL) and Michal Obukowicz (POL), the 4th official is Lukasz Kuzma (POL). The Video Assistant referee will be Piotr Lasyk (POL), and the Assistant Video Assistant Referee Krzysztof Myrmus (POL).
The match between Ukraine and Armenia will take place in Poland on June 11 at 17:00 (Yerevan time).
13:43,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. The official launch of the Digital Julfa Network – an initiative bringing together the pan-Armenian intellectual, technological, commercial and cultural potential, will be announced during the Orion Summit 2022.
Mark Chenian, member of the Board of the Armenian Society of Fellows, leading specialist in investment banks and financial consulting, is the keynote speaker of the Summit, who will deliver speech also at the Summit’s final panel discussion titled “Standing up Digital Julfa Network of the 21st Century”.
With over 50 years of experience in the field of investment banks, Mark Chenian specializes in management of assets.
The panel discussion will be attended by Orion Worldwide Innovations founding director, BAJ Accelerator co-founding partner Emma Arakelyan, Director of Matenadaran Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan, BAJ Accelerator co-founding partner, Dr. Armen Kherlopian, and founder of Souren A. Israelyan Law Office Souren A. Israelyan.
Orion Summit 2022 will take place on June 22 in Yerevan’s Matenadaran.
14:18,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states in Yerevan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Yerevan is hosting today the session of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers led by Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan.
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14:32,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. The Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states adopted a statement on international security issues with the results of today’s session in Yerevan, as well as approved the consultation plan of the representatives of the CSTO states for the next three years on foreign policy, defense and security affairs, Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan said at a joint press conference with CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas after the session.
“We completed the session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretary General. This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and I want to once again congratulate all of us on this occasion. During the narrow and extended-format sessions we discussed with the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states the situation development trends in the field of international and regional security and their impact on the security of our states. We also touched upon the issue of improving the crisis response mechanisms, which, as you know, is the priority of Armenia’s presidency at the CSTO. In January the Organization responded to the incidents in Kazakhstan on the right time, but the issue connected with the incursion of the Azerbaijani troops into Armenia’s sovereign territory, which started in May 2021, still remains open. We also discussed the implementation process of the agreements that were reached at the level of the leaders of the CSTO member states in September 2021 on the sidelines of the session of the Collective Security Council, as well as Armenia’s chairmanship priorities”, the FM said.
Mirzoyan said Armenia has been and remains committed to the initiating cooperation within the CSTO aimed at expanding the mutual partnership between the member states, including developing the foreign policy coordination within the CSTO and raising the role of the Organization in the international arena.
Based on the session results, that took place in the Armenian Presidential Palace, the CSTO Foreign Ministers agreed to hold the next session of the Council again in Yerevan in the fourth quarter of 2022.
15:34,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. The activities of the session of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers in Yerevan were held in a very constructive and good environment, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said during a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan after the session.
The Secretary General said the CSTO Foreign Ministers paid a great attention especially to the discussion of the situation of international and regional security. Stanislav Zas said the situation is this respect is really very complex in all the three regions of the collective security. As for the situation in the Eastern-European region, it gradually deteriorates, according to him.
“A document has been agreed on and approved with the discussion results, the statement of the foreign ministers about the international security where foreign ministers express their deep concerns over the continuous deterioration of the international security. The document reflects the position of the member states in the strong observation of the principle of equal and inseparable security and the impermissibility of strengthening the security of our states at the expense of others”, the CSTO Secretary General said.
With the adopted statement the CSTO Foreign Ministers have also expressed their support to the strengthening of the leading role of the UN Security Council in maintenance of peace and stability in the world.
The session agenda also included the issue on improving the CSTO crisis response mechanisms which is one of the main priorities of Armenia’s chairmanship at the CSTO, which was also stated by Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan.
Over the matter Stanislav Zas said that the first experience of the CSTO in this respect was the peacekeeping mission carried out in Kazakhstan in January.
“In fact, it was our first experience during the peacekeeping operation in Kazakhstan, when the CSTO crisis response system was put into operation. It paved the way for us for improving our activity in this area. The foreign ministers informed me about the activities that have already been done in our working bodies of the CSTO, and we are planning to draft a document on this matter in coming months”, Stanislav Zas said.
The CSTO Secretary General thanked the Armenian side and the Armenian FM personally for presenting a number of proposals aimed at improving the crisis response mechanisms, as well as for hosting the event in a well-organized manner.
Reporting by Aram Sargsyan
16:22,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. 17 Armenian IT companies will participate in VivaTech, an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups, in Paris, France, on June 15-18, with the support of the Ministry of High Technological Industry.
9 tech companies will be presented in a single pavilion “Armenia”, the ministry of high-tech industry said.
8 more Armenian startups with a big potential will participate in the event, having an opportunity to attract the attention of leading tech representatives and reach prospective agreements.
16:41,
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, the PM’s Office said.
Addressing the meeting participants, the Armenian PM said: “Dear friends, I welcome you all in our country, in our capital. I welcome the holding of the session of the Council of CSTO Foreign Ministers in our country.
This year we have a double jubilee as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. It’s a great pleasure to see that on this jubilee year the dynamics, we have had traditionally, is being restored again after the coronavirus pandemic. And as we have stated it repeatedly, I think that this jubilee is a very good occasion to analyze the past path, highlight our achievements and success and talk about the shortcomings noticed during the existence and activity of our organization.
You know that CSTO is one of the key factors in ensuring the security of our countries, and I should regretfully state that the situation under the responsibility zone of our organization is not so stable. In this context, I believe, we should closely cooperate, exchange information and situation assessment in order to use the mechanisms for preventing and managing the crisis situations at the necessary moment.
I also want to note that we are very glad to host different CSTO events with this intensity. Recently we have hosted the session of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in Yerevan, and now we are hosting this important event. We are waiting for the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO states on June 17. These are really very good occasions to talk about and discuss the agenda that our organization has.
I once again want to welcome you and hope that you are having a productive session and time in our republic”.
At the meeting PM Pashinyan also touched upon the current situation in the region, speaking about the activity of the Armenia-Azerbaijan delimitation and border security commission, the opening of regional communications and the return of Armenian prisoners of war, hostages and other civilians still held in Azerbaijan. In this context Pashinyan highlighted the international community’s support.
The PM said Armenia is interested in the unblocking of regional communications, and all roads, to be opened, must operate under the sovereignty of the country through which they pass. He said there couldn’t be any “corridor” logic, and this is a common perception. In the context of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the Armenian PM considered the issue of the status of Nagorno Karabakh vital and stated that the conflict must be settled peacefully, within the frames of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship.
Pashinyan said that the issue of the incursion of the Azerbaijani troops into Armenia’s sovereign territory since May 2021 still remains open, over which Armenia applied to the CSTO. In this context views were exchanged on improving the CSTO monitoring and rapid response mechanisms, which will raise the efficiency of the activity of the organization and the servicing of the security challenges of the member states.