Armenia’s Ambassador to France, Hasmik Tolmadjian, attended the Paris City Council meeting, which voted for the new Armenian Quarter
The Paris City Council unanimously approved a measure on Thursday to create an Armenian quarter in the center of the city in the 8th arrondissement area of the French capital.
This area, which will be called “Esplanade d’Arménie” will encompass the part of Court Albert I where the statue of Komitas is located, the Garden of Armenia, and will extend as far as the Pont de l’Alma–-a location in the heart of the prestigious 8th arrondissement of Paris, right in the center of the capital.
Armenia’s Ambassador to France Hasmik Tolmadjian, who was present in the stands of the City Council at the event, immediately posted on Facebook, thanking Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, his deputy Arnaud Ngatcha, for this gesture of friendship and solidarity with Armenia.
On Thursday evening, the City Council of Paris made an important decision, once again confirming the steadfast friendship between France and Armenia and the durability of the Armenian-French privileged relations, the Armenian Embassy in France reported on Friday.
By a unanimous decision of the City Council, the broad area between the Pont de l’Alma and Pont des Invalides bridges enclosed by the Seine River has been named Esplanade d’Arménie (Esplanade of Armenia) after Armenia.
Esplanade d’Arménie will be included in the official address register of Paris. The monument to Komitas, which was unveiled in 2004, and Yerevan Park, which opened in 2009, will also be located in the area.
“Thank you to the City Council of Paris led by Mayor Anne Hidalgo for this important initiative and the decision adopted, as well as Deputy Mayor Arnaud Ngatcha for authoring the draft decision,” the embassy said.
The Armenian ambassador to France was also invited to the meeting of the City Council.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov speaks during a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 26, 2020. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
Azerbaijan is ready to normalize its relations with Armenia under the scope of international law principles, sovereignty and territorial integrity, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said Thursday.
“Azerbaijan is ready to normalize relations with Armenia in line with international law, especially sovereignty, territorial integrity, despite all difficulties,” Bayramov said, speaking at the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk.
He noted that Azerbaijan was able to ensure its territorial integrity after three decades by liberating Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian occupation, as he highlighted that Armenia has destroyed Azerbaijan’s cultural, historical and religious heritage.
Bayramov met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the meeting, and discussed bilateral relations, as well as the implementation of the cease-fire declaration.
Just over a year after the war over Nagorno-Karabakh, both Azerbaijan and Armenia have now taken their conflict to International Court of Justice in The Hague.
The case is to be heard next week. It is not yet known when the court will rule.
Prisoners of war have been tortured and executed and bodies of killed soldiers have been desecrated. Prisoners of war were not released despite international obligations, and cultural and religious sites were destroyed, the rights representatives said.
The background to the legal dispute is the war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which had been occupied for decades.
More than 6,500 people were killed in the fighting from Sept. 27 to Nov. 9 last year.
Azerbaijan had finally recaptured large parts of the territory lost in the early 1990s with the help of Turkey, with which it shares cultural and religious links. Armenia meanwhile sees Russia as its protecting power for similar reasons.
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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will pay a working visit to the Russian Federation on October 12, his Office said in a statement.
Nikol Pashinyan will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The parties will discuss issues related to the implementation of the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021, as well as further steps to strengthen stability, resumption of economic ties and current developments in the region.
Nikol Pashinyan and Vladimir Putin will also discuss issues on the agenda of Armenian-Russian allied relations, as well as further cooperation in integration unions.
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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6, ARMENPRESS. During his official visit in Russia Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Alen Simonyan and his delegation visited the Holy Transfiguration Church of the New Nakhijevan and Russia Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Parliament’s press service said.
Primate of the Diocese Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan delivered his blessings to the Speaker and his delegation, wishing productive activity.
At the meeting Speaker Simonyan presented some details from his visit to Russia. The meeting also focused on the Homeland-Diaspora ties and the role and importance of the Armenian church in this process. Issues relating to the Diocese were also discussed.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
On October 14 at the latest, employees in Armenia must submit to their employer a proof of vaccination, or a negative COVID-19 test result every 14 days. The Ministry of Health’s order entered into force on October 1.
What regulations will be in force? Who may lose their job? Who may be exempt? Here are some answers.
Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan received on Saturday at his house State Minister of the Artsakh Republic Artak Beglaryan. As the Spokesperson at Armenia National Congress party reported, the conversation focused on only humanitarian issues, including the resettlement of displaced people, creating job places and addressing social needs of the people in Artsakh.
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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Prosecutor General of Armenia Artur Davtyan is taking part in the 31st session of the Coordination Council of Prosecutors General of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Kazakhstan’s capital of Nur-Sultan, e-gov.am reports.
The session will last until September 24.
Artur Davtyan is accompanied by Head of the Department of International-legal cooperation at the Prosecutor’s office Yeghiazar Avagyan and his advisor Artur Baghdasaryan at the session.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
The recently installed Armenian cross-stone was unveiled Wednesday at the central park of Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, orer.eu reported.
The person behind the installation of this cross-stone is Telman Nersisjan who, in his remarks at the event, emphasized that this cross-stone is dedicated to the memory of 1.5 million victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
The spiritual leader of the Czech Catholic Church and the Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Dominik Duka, said his word of blessing. He reflected not only on the deprivations suffered by the Armenian people and the memory of millions of victims during the aforesaid genocide, but also the plight of the Armenians living in Armenia today, noting that Armenia is surrounded by enemies and the question of its existence is raised even now.