11:11, 29 April, 2022
YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS. 7 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed over the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total number of confirmed cases to 422,865, the Armenian Ministry of Healthcare said.
No new deaths were recorded and the death toll stood at 8,622.
224 people recovered (total recoveries: 411,038).
3,177 tests were administered (total tests: 3,048,431).
As of April 29 the number of active cases stood at 1,522.
18:17, 29 April, 2022
YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS. Today the allocation auction of government bonds totalling AMD 55 billion has taken place on Armenian Securities Exchange.
The volume of auction allocation of government bonds (ISIN AMGB1129A316, AMGB3129A504, AMGN36294244, AMGN60294268) amounted to AMD 55 billion, with the demand surpassing AMD 114 billion (around 51%).
You can take part in the primary auctions via primary dealers the list of which is published on the website of RA Ministry of Finance, while the secondary market government bonds can be bought via members and market participants.
You can receive additional information on auctions by visiting the “Gbond Auction” page on AMX’s website.
Armenia Securities Exchange (AMX) is the only securities regulated market operator in Armenia. AMX offers exchange services, such as listing, trading, clearing and informational services, as well as alternative exchange solutions. The Exchange settlement is carried out by Central Depository of Armenia which is 100% owned by Armenia Securities Exchange. AMX’s mission is to foster the Exchange’s infrastructure of capital market, making it an active financial asset for the development of Armenia’s economy.
UNESCO assessment mission’s visit to Nagorno Karabakh urgently needed – Armenia MFA spox
16:01,
YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS. Armenia strongly condemns the acts of vandalism and desecration of the St. Harutyun Church in the city of Hadrut, that came under the control of Azerbaijan after the 2020 war, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan said in a statement released over the St. Harutyun Church in Hadrut.
The statement says:
“We strongly condemn the acts of vandalism and desecration of the St. Harutyun Church in the city of Hadrut, fallen under the control of Azerbaijan.
These pre-planned actions carried out by the authorities of Azerbaijan, aimed at destroying and desecrating the identity of Armenian religious, historical and cultural monuments in the territories under the control of the Azerbaijani armed forces, are another manifestation of Azerbaijan’s ethnic and religious intolerance and the continuation of the policy of depriving Artsakh of Armenians and the Armenian trace.
The atrocities against Armenian churches and other cultural and religious monuments in Artsakh grossly violate the norms of international law, including the decision on application of provisional measures issued by the UN International Court of Justice on December 7, 2021.
This case reaffirms the claims of the Armenian side on the urgent need for the visit of UNESCO assessment mission to Nagorno Karabakh”.
The contribution of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) is “undeniable”, Nikol Pashinyan told a cabinet meeting on Friday.
In the meantime, he stressed the need to improve the efficiency of peacekeeping operations “in a number of episodes”.
“The invasion of Azerbaijani troops into the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, in particular into the area of Parukh, is extremely concerning,” Pashinyan said.
“It is significant in terms of an overall assessment of the situation, and we hope that the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh will ensure the complete withdrawal of the Azerbaijani army units,” he noted.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will hold talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who will pay an official visit to Russia, TASS reported on Monday, citing the Kremlin press service.
The sides “plan to discuss key issues of the further development of Russian-Armenian relations of strategic partnership and alliance,” the press service reported. Besides, Putin and Pashinyan will consider the implementation of the agreements between the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders on Nagorno-Karabakh of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, including measures to restore economic and transport ties in the region, it added.
Earlier, the press service of the Armenian government reported that Pashinyan planned to travel to Russia on April 19. The leaders discussed preparations for the meeting in a phone call on April 9.
ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan assures that everything has already been said about the negotiation process on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Pashinyan stated this on April 13 in parliament, answering a question from Sona Ghazaryan, MP of the Civil Contract faction.
The MP asked to what extent it is possible to declassify the negotiation process. She also offered to publish the correspondence of the participants in the process, noting that “people deserve to know about the realities from the primary source hidden for years.”
According to Pshinyan, in fact, there are no secrets left, since everything has been said. “It remains to combine what has been said, there are a couple of inaccuracies, to find out with documents which circumstance is correct,” Pashinyan said.
Referring to the MP’s proposal to publish the correspondence and conversations, the prime minister assured that there was no “rich material” on this score, since not everything was recorded. “The 30-year- old negotiation process fits into one folder. But, of course, there are many important records of conversations. But the problem is that we, as a government, cannot do this,” Pashinyan said, noting that he does not consider it right to publish the negotiations with officials from different countries.
Pashinyan recalled that at one time his opponents promised to publish facts and documents. “They are not constrained by government ‘bans’, let them publish them. I am not against them publishing what they are talking about. I am convinced that what they publish will prove exactly what we have been talking about all this time,” he said.
MP Ghazaryan recalled the so-called “Meghri exchange option”. In response, Pashinyan noted that this document became public in 2007, it can even be found on the Internet. “In fact, the problem is not in the content of the negotiations, because everything is published, but in the unification and understanding of the internal relations between the lines of the content of the negotiations. In fact, there are no more secrets, we talked about everything, at least I talked about everything said,” the prime minister said.
10:49,
YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. Parliament Majority Leader Hayk Konjoryan (Civil Contract) accused the opposition in carrying out a “provocation” by boycotting the parliament session and traveling to Artsakh. He accused the opposition in exploiting the Artsakh issue and the security issues in Armenia to carry out a coup d’état in Armenia.
Konjoryan cited Hayastan faction leader Seyran Ohanyan’s post-election statement where he’d said that entering to parliament is a trench for them, and they must fight in that trench. Konjoryan accused the opposition in attempting to de-value the parliament and paralyze it. “And perhaps they think they have solved their objective in this trench and now they are traveling to Artsakh to perhaps take another trench, most likely against the government and people of Armenia,” Konjoryan said.
Speaking on the opposition bringing the flag of Artsakh to parliament, Konjoryan said he doesn’t understand the demonstrative installation of the flag in Armenia against anyone.
“The flag of Artsakh and Artsakh is in the hearts and thoughts of everyone. Our people sacrificed its finest children for Artsakh. And the opposition ought to install the flag of Artsakh, defend the interests of Artsakh where it is needed to raise awareness on the issue of the rights and freedoms of our compatriots in Artsakh. But what does this opposition do? They boycott all inter-parliamentary platforms where they ought to go and defend the rights and interests of Artsakh and its people, so to say raise the flag of Artsakh there for the world to see,” Konjoryan said, accusing the opposition in not fulfilling the mandate they received from the people.
“Today, with this step the parliamentary opposition is not defending Artsakh but rather making a provocation, it is escalating the security issues of Artsakh and of Armenians,” Konjoryan said.
He further accused the opposition in exploiting the Artsakh issue and the security issues for carrying out a coup d’état in Armenia. “Today they are entrenching in the domestic-political life of Artsakh to generate more domestic intrigues. But we, with our people, won’t allow this,” Konjoryan said.
11:40, 9 April, 2022
YEREVAN, APRIL 9, ARMENPRESS. Actor Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next 10 years, as a result of his slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage during this year’s Oscar ceremony, CNN reports citing the statement of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
“The Board has decided, for a period of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards”, Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson said in a statement on Friday.
The decision was made during a Board of Governors meeting held earlier in the day in Los Angeles. The meeting, initially scheduled for April 18, was expedited after Smith announced his resignation from the Academy last week.
Smith issued a quick, concise statement on his ban from the Oscars for the next decade.
“I accept and respect the Academy’s decision”, the actor said in a statement to CNN.
PanARMENIAN.Net – Azerbaijan is paving the way for new provocations and attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the Security Council of Armenia said in a statement on Monday, March 28.
The Council said the security situation around Nagorno-Karabakh was extremely tense, and that their analysis shows that Azerbaijan, trying to find imaginary justifications, is paving the way for new provocations and attacks in Artsakh, including accusing Armenia of “unconstructive actions in the issue of the peace treaty.”
“In the current situation, the Security Council considers it necessary to reaffirm the earlier position of the Republic of Armenia and offers the Republic of Azerbaijan to immediately start negotiations on a comprehensive peace treaty,” the statement said.
“The Security Council, drawing the attention of the international community on the chances for armed clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, considers it necessary to launch international containment mechanisms to prevent further military escalation and ethnic cleansing in the region.”
The statement came amid renewed violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Azerbaijan stormed into the zone of the responsibility of the Russian peacekeepers stationed in the area and is refusing to completely withdraw its forces from strategic heights.
14:51, 31 March, 2022
TEHRAN, MARCH 31, ARMENPRESS. During a visit to Iran, the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s advisor Artashes Tumanyan held several meetings with a number of Iranian government officials from May 27 to 30.
Tumanyan held meetings with Iranian Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji and Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari.
During the meeting with the Minister of Energy the opportunities of implementing joint projects and the efficient use of investment potential was discussed. Tumanyan and Ali Akbar Mehrabian attached importance to organizing Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Armenia.
A number of issues relating to long-term bilateral and regional cooperation in gas and energy sector was discussed at the meeting with the Minister of Petroleum.