ArmInfo.Many projects between Yerevan and Tehran are frozen today due to the difficult economic situation in Iran. Obviously, the coronavirus epidemic and US sanctions will seriously impede the implementation of these projects in the future. Iranian Gohar Iskandaryan stated this in the framework of the discussion on the impact of coronavirus on the region.
The expert said that on April 22, Iran launched its first military satellite, Nur, into space, indicating that Tehran is claiming leadership in the region.
According to her, the coronavirus in Iran began to spread very quickly, and such European countries as Britain, France and Germany, in spite of US sanctions, decided to provide Iran with assistance. < In turn, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that it is possible, due to the spread of the coronavirus in the world, some sanctions against Iran will be lifted. This has not yet been done. Moreover, the Iranian leadership for the first time turned to the IMF with a request to lend $ 5 billion to effectively combat coronavirus. In the IMF, the United States occupies a special place and the last word behind them, and if Washington had given Iran the opportunity to receive the requested money, it would have become at least some basis for improving relations between the countries and would help Iran fight the pandemic more effectively, "Iskandaryan noted .
NEWS.am Sport continues to present Armenian teen footballers who play abroad and dream of playing for the Armenian national football team.
Sargis Gaboyan, 14, plays in the U-15 team of the Belgian ASV Geel.
“Sargis has been playing football since he was six years old,” the father, Hrach Gaboyan told NEWS.am SPORT and added the following: He mainly plays as a right wing-back, but some coaches have also tried him in the “number 8” position (center midfielder-ed.).
In 2016-17, my son played for the teens’ team of KFC Duffel and then moved to Lierse SK.
Since 2019, he has been playing for the Belgian IP League’s ASV Geel. The Belgian teen championship is different from the championships of other countries in that it is a specific championship with high competition.
Sargis holds regular trainings at the Dutch PSV Academy. According to a preliminary agreement, he will be on probation in the Frency Lyon in September.
We’re in contact with FC Shirak’s coach Felix Khojoyan and the team’s former player Ara Adamyan, who is currently playing in France.
We would be happy and proud, if Sargis received an invitation from Armenia’s football team for teens. If invited, he will do everything he can to make sure he does his best and help his homeland.”
Samvel Sukiasyan
During a live online interview held as part of the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) INSTALIVE series, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan declared the following: “We bow our heads, but we are not keeping silent.”
“In reality, we Armenians must feel that we are winners. They wanted to annihilate us 105 years ago. We are standing firmly on our feet. We succeeded in defending our identity and establishing a state and a strong Diaspora, and this is our response to the criminals,” he said.
The minister stated that there are 4-5 generations of descendants of Armenian Genocide survivors and that justice has yet to be restored. “This means that the wound is very deep. For us Armenians and other nations, it is extremely important to disallow repetition of genocide. The young generation needs to understand that strengthening of the state means protection from such encroachments. Armenia continues its efforts at the national and international levels in order to prevent genocides and mass crimes. It is necessary to identify the symptoms in the early stage that lead to genocide,” the minister stated.
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan recalled that genocide prevention has been one of the major parts of Armenia’s foreign policy for the past 22 years and that the country is still fighting against denial and unlawfulness.
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YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Artak Davtyan visited today military units located in the north-eastern direction to get acquainted with the organization of the daily service and the ongoing renovations works, the defense ministry of Armenia told Armenpress.
Lieutenant-General Artak Davtyan also visited the military bases, got introduced on the situation in the border, the combat preparedness level of the staff, as well as the engineering works carried out in the frontline.
He gave respective instructions to the commanders of the divisions on raising the efficiency of the military service and promoted the distinguished servicemen.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan
Court hearing on Robert Kocharyan’s case to take place on May 8
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YEREVAN, APRIL 17, ARMENPRESS. The court hearing on the case of Robert Kocharyan and others will take place on May 8, ARMENPRESS reports the defense team of Kocharyan issued a statement.
” Judge Anna Danibekyan, who is examining the criminal case, was on vacation since March 13,. She came to work today and again went on holiday”, reads the statement.
The motion of releasing Robert Kocharyan from jail under personal guarantee was scheduled to be examined on March 17. 3 former Prime Ministers of Armenia and a former Prime Minister of Artsakh offered personal guarantees to change Robert Kocharyan’s preventive measure.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
During a briefing with reporters after Thursday’s meeting of the Armenian National Assembly inquiry committee for examining the circumstances of the military operations in April 2016, chairman of the committee Andranik Kocharyan presented some details from the committee members’ question and answer session with third President Serzh Sargsyan within the framework of the meeting.
News.am asked Sargsyan’s office to what extent Kocharyan’s statements are true. In response to the question, Meri Harutyunyan, the head of the office, said as follows: “As a result of the parliamentary inquiry committee chairman’s segmental representation of the views expressed by the third Armenian president at the meeting, they did not fully and accurately reflect the wording made directly by President Sargsyan at the meeting, and therefore, they do not fully represent the whole reality. (…).
According to the third president of Armenia, the meeting was held in a completely constructive atmosphere, but the committee’s final conclusion at the end of the work is important.
As President Sargsyan stated yesterday at the parliament, at the press conference to be held immediately after the end of the [current] state of emergency, he will reflect in detail on all the issues related to this and the April war topic, which will be of interest to the media representatives.”