13:12, 25 August 2022
YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. The trilateral meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Council Charles Michel is scheduled in Brussels on August 31, the Armenian PM’s Office said.
ArmInfo.There are two tendencies around the Ukrainian war, that have already clearly manifested themselves. Professor of Political Science at YSU Faculty of International Relations Garik Keryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
“Based on the fact that, as of today, actually, there is actually not a war between Ukraine and Russia, but a war between Russia and NATO in Ukraine, we have to state the fact that Ukraine has turned into an arena for experimenting with various types of weapons. First of all, the warring parties spend the remaining outdated arsenals since World War II,” he said.
At the same time, according to the political scientist, the warring parties are also quite successfully testing weapons developed in recent decades in Ukraine, including the latest, ultra-modern types of weapons that are being tested in real combat conditions for the first time. Meanwhile, in the opinion of Keryan, such testing has its price and great importance from a commercial point of view in the world arms markets.
In this light, the political scientist recalled that after testing Israeli and Turkish UAVs in Artsakh, now their testing in Ukraine significantly contributes to the growth of demand in international arms markets. Thus, big money is made on Slavic blood. Keryan believes that this is exactly what explains the desire of the West not to allow the end of the war in Ukraine, as well as their regular encouragement of Ukrainian President Zelensky in order to keep him from negotiations with Moscow.
“The second tendencyis the deliberate weakening of the Astana format by Western strategists in order to further weaken Russia’s position. In this light, the return to the failed Iran nuclear deal does not seem at all coincidental. A successful completion of the deal will allow the West to achieve a double effect. The lifting of sanctions against Iran will allow Tehran to restore their positions in the world energy markets, which will immediately lead to a weakening of the energy dependence of the West on the Russian Federation. In parallel, Moscow and Ankara will lose the opportunity to use the contradictions between the West and Iran as a diplomatic lever for their own purposes,” the political scientist summed up.
13:01,
YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili will meet at the Armenian-Georgian border on August 19, the government said.
The official opening of the Friendship Bridge of the Armenian-Georgian border is expected.
The construction of the bridge in the Sadakhlo-Bagratashen checkpoint of the Armenian-Georgian border began in 2021 and has been completed.
Without a doubt, by unfortunate circumstances of blind destiny, the Armenian nation today lives through a continuous chain of disastrous mishaps. The latest – hopefully, the last – of these dark episodes conflagrating at the Surmalu Trade Center, as a massive explosion in the heart of Yerevan — the sacred capital city of Armenians worldwide, because of which innocent citizens were killed and injured, and missing persons were recorded.
The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) expresses its solidarity and deepest condolences to the victims’ families and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured and strength, courage and patience to our compatriots.
Over the millennia of our existence, as a creative, constructive nation rooted in our highlands, unique language, culture and faith, often martyred in unequal battles in the name of those tenets, today we stand on the edge of a menacing future. At this moment of crisis, we believe that the solution to our unresolved issues will not come from the outside, but from our own people. The Armenian nation will work to ensure its recovery and unfettered progress toward a bright future.
In the shadow of these dark days, as in past days of joy and sorrow, born and raised in the very bosom of the Armenian people, the ARS is always steadfast to its humanitarian oath, “With the People, For the People,” and shall always be the intrepid guardian of our people’s spiritual and physical fortresses. As a devoted mother, it shares the pain of its people, mixing tears of sorrow with the families and friends of those martyred in the ongoing struggle for our nation’s right to live free and secure across its patrimony. May the Lord grant them eternal life, as they shall have in the ever united hearts of a grateful nation.
The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on July 15, residents of the villages of Getk and Garibdjanyan of the Shirak Region blocked the road from Gyumri to Armavir with the demand to supply their villages with water for irrigation. According to the protestors, they are losing crops because of the unresolved problem with water supply.
Today, residents of the village of Mantash in the Shirak Region have blocked the road from Artik to Alagyaz. The protestors demand to solve the problem with irrigation water. They have unblocked the road after receiving the promises from the authorities that the problem will be solved, reports Ara Sukiasyan, the secretary for the Artik community administration.
According to Ara Sukiasyan, the villagers face the problem with supply of water for irrigation every year, since the local water reservoir is the only source of both drinking and irrigation water. “Responsible persons are afraid to release large amounts of water, as there is a risk that the reservoir may not have enough drinking water in winter,” the portal “News.am” quoted the secretary for the Artik community administration as saying.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on at 01:06 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
See earlier reports:
Armenian villagers go out to protest against canal water pollution, In Armenia, villagers demand to solve problem with supply of power and water, Eleven activists detained after protest in Armenia.
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ArmInfo. The entire world is descending into wide-spread chaos amid the turbulent transformation, Taron Dimonyan, a former member of Armenia’s Parliament, said in an interview with ArmInfo.
“And we do not know when this stage is over. However, in the states with fully-fledged government institutions the population is known to feel more protected and, therefore, is less disposed to feel chaos. On the other hand, in Armenia-line countries, which have no fully-fledge government institutions, controlled chaos is normally observed – and this chaos is controlled by external forces,” he said.
In the context of latest developments in Armenia, Mr Sinomyan said that controlled chaos is, as a rule, has a specific goal, namely, causing growing alarm among the population, with morals being the target. In this context, he points out a need for government institutions that would unify citizens in Armenia.
He stressed a need for raising public awareness of the ongoing developments and calling for vigilance instead of incessantly talking about disturbing trends. Mr Simonyan highlights the importance of an information security concept with a clear strategy and tactics.
“The country’s political leadership needs this concept as well. The consequences of each word need to be calculated in the intensive talks with the enemy instead of foreign policy statements made with domestic political ends in view. The future generations will have to deal with the consequences.
“The authorities’ inert behavior is unacceptable, with people waiting for further developments only to take all the credit to themselves and blame external forces and opponents for failures,” Mr Simonyan said.
ArmInfo.Today, on , the International Conference at the Level of Ministers of Transport of Landlocked Developing Countries in a hybrid format began its work at the Congress Center of the Avaza National Tourist Zone.
The forum, organized on the initiative of Turkmenistan under the auspices of the United Nations, is attended by delegations from about 40 states and over 30 international organizations. The current event also brought together heads of UN agencies, authoritative international, regional and subregional organizations and financial structures, representatives of the private sector, non-governmental associations, and academia. From the Turkmen side, members of the government, heads and representatives of a number of ministries and sectoral departments take part in the forum.
President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov sent a video message to the participants of the International Conference of Transport Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries.
In his video address to the Conference participants, the head of state, in particular, noted that “The analysis of modern processes, the prevailing trends in the world economy convincingly shows that the development of transport and communications is becoming increasingly important and decisive.”
As noted, the main objectives of the conference are to analyze the progress made by landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) in the field of sustainable transport and the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), determine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and other challenges in this context . Topics also include consideration of the key role of transport in post-COVID-19 recovery, climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The objectives of the forum are to share knowledge, experience and innovative approaches, solutions for financing infrastructure after the coronavirus pandemic, ensuring its sustainability and stability, identifying recommendations and opportunities for improving the development and maintenance of transport infrastructure in LLDCs, as well as expanding international support in the field of transport and strengthening cooperation in this area for the benefit of LLDCs.
These recommendations are expected to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs and will be presented at the Third United Nations Conference on LLDCs in 2024.
13:40,
YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, ARMENPRESS. A criminal investigation on Article 314 of the Criminal Code (Spreading False Information on Terrorism) will be probed by the National Security Service’s Investigative Department following the bomb threats targeting major infrastructures on August 14 which were subsequently determined to be hoax threats.
The general prosecution said it will forward several other proceedings on similar fake bomb threats to the NSS for investigation.
Azerbaijan has developed a project to turn Surb Hambardzum Church in Berdzor into a mosque, Hovik Avanesov, head of Stepanakert University’s Center for Caucasian Studies, told NEWS.am.
He said the Azerbaijani organization Public Association for Monument Protection also published a photo of the project. According to the project, the domes and the bell tower will be dismantled and two minarets will be attached instead. “The project was approved by the order of Azerbaijani President Aliyev. Aliyev gave such an order when he was on another illegal visit to the occupied Hadrut region. Their main goal is to eliminate the Armenian cultural heritage in all the occupied Armenian settlements. Churches and institutions of cultural value built in the period of independence, which cannot be albanized, are turned into a mosque or other structures by Aliyev’s order,” the head of the Center said. Hovik Avanesov highlighted that this is a clear war crime.
“Given the fact that under all international conventions, the destruction or transformation of such heritage into other structures is considered not only cultural genocide, but also a war crime. A similar fate threatens the chapel in Aghavno, and all the historical and cultural heritage that remains in the occupied territories,” Avanesov noted. According to Hovik Avanesyan, the only way to stop this process carried out by Azerbaijan is to appeal to international structures. “The way out is for serious international messages to be applied, or perhaps through negotiations, Russian peacekeepers to set up an observation point here to prevent the church from being turned into a mosque or destroyed.”
The church was built 1996-98.
11:36,
YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that their former ambassador to Armenia Seyed Kazzem Sajjadi, who is now an advisor to the Iranian FM, does not have any social media accounts and that the Twitter account by his name should not be attributed to him.
The Iranian foreign ministry made the clarification after a statement in a Twitter account using the former ambassador’s name was widely circulated in the Armenian press, including in ARMENPRESS.
ARMENPRESS has since removed the article after it became known that the account is fake.
The statement made in the Twitter account said that Turkey’s transfer of terrorists from Syria to Azerbaijan and their presence near the Iranian borders are inadmissible. “After Greece, Cyprus, Armenia, Syria and Iraq, Turkey is now planning malign actions near Iranian borders. Turkey must know that it is playing with fire,” the statement said.