Author: Albert Nalbandian

Public discussion underway at France Square in Yerevan

Albert Nalbandian
NEWS.am
Armenia – June 5 2022
19:50, 05.06.2022

A public discussion on “What kind of Armenia are we fighting for?” is currently taking place at France Square in downtown Yerevan.

Earlier we reported that no opposition rallies or marches are planned today.

Resistance Movement coordinator Ishkhan Saghatelyan—the National Assembly deputy speaker from the opposition “Armenia” Faction and a representative of the Supreme Body of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun Party of Armenia—had earlier stated that Sunday will be a working day for them, and they will prepare for the acts of civil disobedience planned for next week—and which will be announced in advance.

Armenian deputy minister of infrastructure, French MP discuss opportunities of building Spandaryan water reservoir

Albert Nalbandian

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 16:11, 1 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia Vache Terteryan received the delegation led by Member of the National Assembly of France Florence Provendier, the ministry said.

Welcoming the guests, the deputy minister highlighted the importance of the meeting especially in the frames of the Armenia-France economic cooperation roadmap signed by the ministries of the two countries.

“The large Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference scheduled in Lyon in the end of June will be a very good occasion to once again strengthen the horizontal relations between the sides and import new ideas”, the deputy minister said.

Florence Provendier thanked for the meeting and said that the Armenian community of France plays a big role in the development of the Armenian-French relations. The lawmaker said she is actively cooperating with French-Armenians.

The opportunities of building the Spandaryan water reservoir, the strategy directed to the sectoral development and the visions for the future were also discussed during the meeting.

Armenia Foreign Ministry condemns violation of ceasefire by Azerbaijan and calls for mirror withdrawal of troops

Albert Nalbandian
NEWS.am
Armenia –
14:22, 29.05.2022

We strongly condemn the flagrant violation of the ceasefire by the Azerbaijani armed forces on on the South-Eastern border of the Republic of Armenia, which resulted in the death of Armenian soldier Davi Vahan Vardanyan, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said, commenting on the case of an Armenian serviceman killed as a result of yesterday’s shelling by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

It is notable that this provocation was preceded by destructive, bellicose statements of the President of Azerbaijan of 27 May which included insults to the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Since May 2021, the Azerbaijani armed forces have illegally encroached upon the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia in the Sotq-Khoznavar segment, occupying over 45 square kilometers of territory.

Similar provocations and incidents, both on 28 May and earlier, regular violations of the ceasefire once again substantiate the need for the withdrawal of troops from the borderline and the deployment of an observer mission, as the Armenian side has repeatedly stated.

Also considering the fact that the Security Commission on Border Demarcation and Delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan has already started its work, this incident should be duly investigated and assessed by the Commission.

At the same time, we recall the consequences of the previous gross violation of the statement of 9 November 2020, as a result of which the Azerbaijani Armed Forces invaded the village of Parukh in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is within the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping mission, have still not been eliminated.

We consider important the proper and targeted assessment by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, the European Union and the entire international community of Azerbaijan’s provocative actions and statements, aggressive rhetoric aimed at breaking the efforts to achieve peace in the South Caucasus.

We urge the Azerbaijani leadership to refrain from provocative actions and rhetoric and fulfill its commitments on establishing security and stability in the region, taken on the basis of trilateral statements and meetings in Brussels,” the statement from the Armenian Foreign Ministry reads.

Armenian Deputy PM describes first border commission meeting with Azerbaijan as “constructive”

Albert Nalbandian

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 15:50,

YEREVAN, MAY 27, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan described as “constructive” the first meeting of the commissions on delimitation and border security between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Grigoryan, who is the head of the Armenian commission, told TASS News Agency that organizational issues relating exclusively to the future joint work were discussed at the first meeting.

“We met on the border on May 24. I consider the meeting to be constructive. There is no agreement yet on the date of the next meeting of the commissions, but there is a confirmation that the meeting will take place in Moscow,” Deputy PM Grigoryan said.

Grigoryan added that next week Moscow will host the meeting of the Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan trilateral deputy prime-ministerial working group on unblocking of transport and economic connections.

Yerevan City Hall allocates funds for development of construction plan of new subway station

Albert Nalbandian

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 13:27,

YEREVAN, MAY 24, ARMENPRESS. Yerevan City Hall will allocate 554 million drams from the city budget for the development of the construction plan of the new subway station in Ajapnyak district.

The decision was approved at the City Council session.

First Vice Mayor of Yerevan Levon Hovhannisyan said this allocation concerns the first stage of funding of the construction planning work.

750 million drams from the 850 million drams of the recovered damages that the Parking City Service company had inflicted will be allocated for the planning works.

Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan had said that building the new station will cost 50 million dollars.

Artsakh President refuses to comment on Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting

Albert Nalbandian
NEWS.am
Armenia –
17:35, 22.05.2022

Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan categorically refused to comment on the ongoing meeting in Brussels between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Arayik Harutyunyan, who is participating in the forum in Stepanakert, did not answer questions from the press, not even deeming it necessary to stop.

Nevertheless, the journalists, following the outgoing Harutyunyan, voiced the question of whether he had an opinion about the Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting in Brussels, to which the Karabakh president shook his head without turning around – either as a sign of unwillingness to speak, or lack of opinion.

Armenian military denies Azeri accusation on opening fire at border

Albert Nalbandian

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 13:10,

YEREVAN, MAY 21, ARMENPRESS. The statement issued by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accusing the Armenian military in opening fire at Azerbaijani positions in the evening of May 20 in the eastern direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is a disinformation, the Armenian Ministry of Defense said.

It added that the situation at the border is relatively stable and is under the full control of the Armenian military.

Putin’s Visit To Armenia Being Prepared, It May Take Place By End Of Year – Yerevan

Albert Nalbandian
May 12 2022

 Muhammad Irfan

Russian President Vladimir Putin may pay an official visit to Armenia at the end of the year, from October to December, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Thursday, adding that details with the exact dates are currently being worked out

DUSHANBE (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 12th May, 2022) Russian President Vladimir Putin may pay an official visit to Armenia at the end of the year, from October to December, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Thursday, adding that details with the exact dates are currently being worked out.

“The issue of organizing an official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin is on our agenda now. There is an understanding that this will happen in the second half of this year, from October to December. Of course, we are still to agree on the dates,” Mirzoyan said at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Armenian President receives Serbian Ambassador

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 12:14, 12 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS. President Vahagn Khachaturyan received today Ambassador of Serbia to Armenia Tatjana Panajotovic Cvetkovic, the Presidential Office said.

During the meeting the sides attached importance to the existing political dialogue between Armenia and Serbia and stated that the cooperation has a serious development potential in commercial, cultural, scientific, educational and other areas.

In this context the necessity of giving a new content and impetus to the agenda of the Armenian-Serbian bilateral and multilateral partnership was emphasized.

Democracy is Armenia’s number 1 international “brand”

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 17:59, 4 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS. Democracy is Armenia’s number one international “brand” today, the authorities will maintain that “brand”, ARMENPRESS reports Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during Q&A session at the National Assembly.

“I want us to never and never interpret democracy as a weakness of the government or the state,” Pashinyan said.

Referring to the street struggle launched by the opposition, the Prime Minister said that the opposition once mocked them for walking. “Our opposition colleagues mocked us for walking, and they decided to walk themselves after the rounds”, Nikol Pashinyan said.