Month: June 2022

 13:00, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenia continues to believe that the Russian peacekeeping mission is able to restore the status quo established in Nagorno Karabakh by the 2020 trilateral statement, the situation as of March 23, 2022, which has been violated by the incursion of the Azerbaijani armed forces into Parukh village in Askeran, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Yerevan on June 9.

FM Mirzoyan said that Russia played a vital role in the stop of the aggression unleashed against Artsakh.

“The deployment of peacekeeping forces in Nagorno Karabakh as a factor to prevent provocations and ensure the security of the people of Artsakh is aimed at creating conditions for restoring the normal life and ensuring stability and security in our region”, the Armenian FM said.

 13:09, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenia is interested in activating the works of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship – the negotiation format having an international mandate by the international community, aimed at the comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Yerevan on June 9.

The FM reminded that the principles for the settlement of the NK conflict have been developed by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship.

“Our discussion today, of course, focused on the possible document on normalization of the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as on issues relating to the settlement process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. I reaffirmed the readiness of the Armenian government to make efforts to achieve stability and peace in the region. In this context addressing the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is vital which will include the key points on ensuring the security and all rights of the people of Artsakh and determining the final status of Nagorno Karabakh”, the Armenian FM said, recalling the latest statement of the Armenian and Russian leaders where they affirmed the importance of using the potential and experience of the OSCE MG Co-Chairmanship institute in accordance with its international mandate.

 13:20, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the regime to be introduced in the framework of unblocking of economic and transportation communications in South Caucasus will be based absolutely on the sovereignty of the territory of Armenia.

“As you know, the railway route has been agreed upon, now the agreement on the automobile route is being completed, as well as the agreement over the regime that will be installed is being completed. It will be based absolutely on the sovereignty of the territory of Armenia. There couldn’t be any ambiguity here”, the Russian FM said at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan on June 9.

 13:26, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Human Rights Defender of Armenia Kristinne Grigoryan met today with the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Kara C. McDonald, the Ombudswoman’s Office said.

During the meeting Ombudsperson Kristinne Grigoryan presented the situation of human rights in Armenia.

Kara C. McDonald congratulated Kristinne Grigoryan on assuming office and discussed the challenges relating to the protection of human rights. She expressed readiness for further cooperation.

 14:15, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Hard Rock Cafe Yerevan will provide its employees with the best conditions of the international market – competitive salary, health insurance and an opportunity for constant growth.

Hard Rock Cafe Yerevan, which will open in Pushkin str. 3/1, will provide its future staffers with broad educational and training opportunities.

The Job Fair of Hard Rock Cafe was held on June 9, during which the list of jobs required for Yerevan, the job requirements and the criteria for the employees were presented.

Hard Rock Cafe Yerevan Director Bob Khalil told reporters that the preference will be given to Armenians as they better know the desires and demands of the local clients.

“Hard Rock Cafe is not just a restaurant or a café, it’s an entire experience, an environment involving the highest level of standards and service”, Bob Khalil said, adding that Hard Rock Cafe will bring also a new high quality and a perfect service culture.

Dom Arena director Arsen Hovhannisyan added that many people have applied for the job.

“It’s already over two weeks we have started collecting CVs. Interviews will soon launch in two stages, and then the participants will be selected. Next week specialists will arrive to hold training. The best 60 will be selected and will work in our field”, he said.

Hovhannisyan said that when they were discussing with ANIF (Armenian National Interests Fund) bringing the project to Armenia, it was noted that the company will not only bring a restaurant, but also knowledge, experience, corporate governance culture, which, unfortunately, is lacking in the sector.

Asked whether the state’s participation to the project is not worrying given that every business wants to be independent, Arsen Hovhannisyan said that the cooperation is built in a way that the business is quite free in making decisions. “Of course, there is accountability, well-built relations, but the relations here are within the corporate governance”, he said.  

Food Republic and Hard Rock International signed a contract on opening Hard Rock Cafe in Yerevan. ANIF participates in the program within the framework of the Anti-Crisis fund programs of the ANIF subsidiary company established to mitigate the economic consequences of COVID 19. ANIF has 48% participation in the project. 

The opening of Hard Rock Cafe in Yerevan is expected in the second quarter of 2022.

The first Hard Rock Cafe opened in downtown London in 1971.

Today the brand is present in more than 68 countries.

 14:18, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan departed for Kazakhstan on a working visit, the government’s press service said.

During the visit the Armenian deputy PM will participate in the sessions of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Economic Council of the Commonwealth of Independence States (CIS).

 14:19, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter of condolences to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi over the derailment of a passenger train in the South Khorasan province, the PM’s Office said.

The letter reads:

“Your Excellency,

I learnt with pain about the crash of the passenger train near the city of Tabas in the South Khorasan province of Iran.

I address my sincere words of condolences to the families and relatives of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to all those injured”.

 14:38, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. Russian and Armenian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Ararat Mirzoyan held a private meeting today in Yerevan, which was followed by extended-format talks and then a joint press conference.

During the press conference the Russian FM praised the productive meeting held with Ararat Mirzoyan and expressed confidence that the upcoming session of the Council of CSTO Foreign Ministers in Yerevan will also be held successfully.

Lavrov invited Mirzoyan to visit Russia, stating that the Russian side will be glad to see the delegation led by the Armenian FM in any corner of Russia. The Armenian FM thanked his Russian counterpart for the invitation.

The last visit of the Armenian FM to Russia was held on April 8, 2022, on the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Russia.

 14:53, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan received today the delegation led by President of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission Claire Bazy Malaurie, the Presidential Office said.

The President of the Venice Commission arrived in Armenia on an official visit at the invitation of the Constitutional Court.

During the meeting President Khachaturyan said that the Council of Europe has a special significance for Armenia as Armenia is cooperating very closely with the structure since independence, and the CoE is one of the key partners of Armenia.

The President praised the fact that the Council of Europe and the Venice Commission are constantly supporting Armenia’s agenda of reforms and strengthening of democracy aimed at the protection of human rights, the fight against corruption, the independence of judiciary and the productive work.

In her turn Claire Bazy Malaurie said Armenia is the stable and reliable partner of the Council of Europe.

 15:09, 9 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS. President of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission Claire Bazy Malaurie and her delegation visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan to pay tribute to the memory of the Genocide victims.

The delegation was accompanied by President of the Constitutional Court of Armenia Arman Dilanyan, the Court’s press service said.

The President of the Venice Commission arrived in Armenia on June 8.