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Armenian NPP connected to country’s unified energy system
PanARMENIAN
Armenia –
– 15:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP) has been connected to the energy system of the country after the annual repairs work, the press service of the NPP reports.
“On June 23 at 13:00, the 4th turbogenerator, then the 3rd turbogenerator at 20:56 of the second power unit of the Armenian NPP were connected to the unified energy system of the Republic of Armenia,” a statement from the power plant says.
The launch of the second power unit was set for June 27, but thanks to the efficient work of the personnel, the maintenance work was completed 4 days ahead of schedule, the NPP said.
Director Movses Vardanyan said earlier that the NPP was preparing to build a new storage facility for low- and medium-level solid waste.
https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/301108/Armenian_NPP_connected_to_countrys_unified_energy_system
Israel’s Foreign Minister to visit Turkey
13:45,
YEREVAN, JUNE 23, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Israel Yair Lapid will visit Turkey today, on June 23, the Turkish foreign ministry reported.
The Turkey-Israel bilateral relations, economic, energy-related and regional issues are on the agenda of the visit.
Iran president meets Armenian parliament speaker
IRAN FRONT PAGE
June 16 2022
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with the visiting President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan in the capital Tehran on Wednesday.
Raisi said Iran seeks to develop ties with neighboring and friendly nations, including Armenia, adding the Islamic Republic backs the territorial integrity of all countries in the region and lends its support to any plan, interaction and dialogue that ensures peace.
The Iranian president also said both countries have high capacities to expand cooperation in transportation, energy, industry, technical and engineering services exports and agriculture among others.
For his part, Simonyan praised Iran for its “constructive” role in the developments in the region and noted that Yerevan attaches great significance to the economic and transit ties with Tehran.
The Armenian parliament speaker is in Tehran at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Earlier on Tuesday, he met with Ghalibaf to highlight the agenda to boost bilateral relations.
Armenian President participates in plenary session of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
11:26,
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan attended the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Presidential Office said.
The Forum gathers world’s leading politicians, business community representatives, aimed at raising and discussing key matters and finding possible solutions.
The main speakers of the session were Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and President of China Xi Jinping.
During the Forum the Armenian President toured the pavilions, got acquainted with the exhibits. Visiting the Armenian pavilion, the President said he attaches great importance to the presence of Armenia in such forums and highlighted the necessity of preserving it for future years.
Mirzoyan raises Azerbaijan’s "anti-Armenian, warmongering rhetoric"
PanArmenian
Armenia –
– 18:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has expressed concern over the continuous anti-Armenian and warmongering rhetoric of the Azerbaijani authorities.
Mirzoyan raised the matter during a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Teodora Genchovska in Sofia on Tuesday, June 14.
He also raised Azerbaijan’s provocative actions against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and drew his colleague’s attention to the fact that in gross violation of the norms of international humanitarian law, Azerbaijan continues to hold Armenian prisoners of war and civilian hostages.
According to a statement from Yerevan, special emphasis was given to the prevention of Azerbaijan’s policy of distortion and destruction of the identity of Armenian monuments that are part of the universal cultural heritage in the territories fallen under Azerbaijani control due to the 44-day war. In this context, Mirzoyan stressed the urgency of a clear and targeted response of the international community, as well as the imperative of the involvement of relevant international organizations in Nagorno-Karabakh, especially the unimpeded implementation of UNESCO fact-finding mission.
Concerns about the preservation of cultural sites in Nagorno-Karabakh are made all the more urgent by the Azerbaijani government’s history of systemically destroying indigenous Armenian heritage—acts of both warfare and historical revisionism. The Azerbaijani government has secretly destroyed a striking number of cultural and religious artifacts in the late 20th century. Within Nakhichevan alone, a historically Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani forces destroyed at least 89 medieval churches, 5,840 khachkars (Armenian cross stones) and 22,000 historical tombstones between 1997 and 2006.
PM Pashinyan, Qatari Business Association members discuss implementing investment projects in Armenia
12:57,
YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Qatar on an official visit, received in his residence the members of the Qatari Business Association led by Vice Chairman Hussain Ibrahim Alfardan, the PM’s Office said.
The opportunities of implementing investment projects in Armenia in different areas were discussed during the meeting. PM Pashinyan highlighted the readiness of the Armenian community to contribute to the effective implementation of the possible programs within its tools.
The Qatari Business Association members said they are ready to discuss and consider the proposals to operate in Armenia in various directions.
In this context the meeting sides touched upon the possibilities of implementing investment programs in agriculture, jewelry, tourism, energy, high technologies.
An agreement was reached to present concrete draft projects to the Business Council of Qatar in the future.
AW: Debunking Myths on the Road to a Sustainable Armenia
FAIR LAWN, NJ—On Wednesday, June 8, at 6:00 p.m. ET, Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan—author of Post-Soviet Armenia: the New National Elite and the New National Narrative—will present the third Zoom discussion in the What’s Next series on the post-war Armenian reality. The previous discussions—which featured analysts Lilit Gevorgyan and Armen Kharazian and examined the 44-day catastrophe and its aftermath within a wider context of Russo-Armenian relations and shifting geopolitical currents across the South Caucasus—can be watched on YouTube.
Dr. Ghaplanyan will be discussing:
- Armenian exceptionalism and the clash of rhetoric and policy from Ter-Petrosyan to Pashinyan,
- marginalization and empowerment of the Armenian citizen,
- regime preservation and the subordination of national security, economic and social development, and a more productive relationship with the Diaspora, and
- steps toward a more sustainable Armenia.
Participants should register online in advance to spend an evening in conversation with Ghaplanyan and explore the myths that administrations and their supporters have presented to the Armenian public in the homeland and diaspora in lieu of articulating a vision and working toward a sustainable and secure Armenia.
Dr. Ghaplanyan was recently featured in Civilnet with the headline Azerbaijan’s grand strategy to ethnically cleanse Karabagh Armenians.
Dr. Ghaplanyan is a political scientist, climate negotiator and published author. She holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Cambridge. Her main areas of expertise are political leadership, states in transition, climate politics, environmental management, gender and gender in conflict as well as security studies. Her education includes a master’s degree in diplomatic studies from the Diplomatic Academy of London and a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from the University of Malta. Dr. Ghaplanyan served as Deputy Minister of Environment for the Republic of Armenia between 2018 and 2020. She is the current senior advisor on climate change to the World Bank Group and teaches at the American University of Armenia. Dr. Ghaplanyan has worked in several international organizations and think tanks around the world including UNDP, Georgetown University, Eurasia Foundation and Chatham House.
The event is jointly sponsored by AGBU Ararat, AIWA NJ Chapter, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Armenian Democratic Liberal Party-Ramgavars, Justice Armenia, Knights of Vartan-Bakradouny Lodge, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)—Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues and Saint Leon Armenian Church.
Armenpress: Yerevan to host session of CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils
Yerevan to host session of CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils
09:57, 6 June 2022
YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS. Yerevan will host the session of the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 17, led by Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Security Council Secretaries Armen Grigoryan, his office said.
During the narrow and extended-format sessions the situation in the CSTO responsibility zone, the measures aimed at eliminating the security challenges and threats facing the CSTO member states, as well as other issues will be discussed.
At the end of the session the Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Security Council Secretaries and the CSTO Secretary General will make a statement.
Armenpress: Vahagn Khachaturyan congratulates Nikol Pashinyan on birthday
Vahagn Khachaturyan congratulates Nikol Pashinyan on birthday
21:48, 1 June 2022
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and congratulated him on birthday.
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the President’s Office, Vahagn Khachaturyan wished Nikol Pashinyan good health, well-being and success.