Author: Chakrian Hovsep

Armenian company baffled after getting included in United States BIS Entity List

16:56,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 14, ARMENPRESS. Two Armenian companies – Markel Closed Joint Stock Company (Markel CJSC) and Yerevan Telecommunications Research Institute (YETRI) Closed Joint Stock Company (CJSC)  have been added to the United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security’s Entity List “because YETRI CJSC has obtained CCL items that were reexported without the required BIS licenses, and the person who is both Executive Director of YETRI CJSC and President of Markel CJSC has been engaged in a business relationship with a sanctioned Iranian organization”.

However, YETRI CJSC director Mher Markosyan told ARMENPRESS they are trying to clarify why they’ve appeared in the list because they haven’t done any business with Iran since 2009. He said he plans to invite American embassy staffers and present documents in order to understand why it happened, “perhaps it is a mistake”.

In turn, the Ministry of Economy of Armenia said they are clarifying the report.

“We will issue an additional clarification in case of having other information,” spokesperson for the Ministry of Economy Anna Ohanyan told ARMENPRESS.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan

President Sarkissian receives CCAF Co-chair

19:04,

YEREVAN, JULY 19, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian received on July 19 Co-chair of Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France, editor in chief of “Nouvelles d’Arménie“ Ara Toranian.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Armenian President’s Office, the interlocutors discussed the activities of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France, as well as exchanged views on the opportunities of cooperation over a number of projects initiated by the President.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan

President Sarkissian hosts son of late state and political figure Eduard Yegoryan

13:32, 5 July, 2019

YEREVAN, JULY 5, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian hosted lawyer Tigran Yegoryan, son of state and political figure Eduard Yegoryan, on July 5, on the occasion of the Constitution Day, the Presidential Office told Armenpres.

President Sarkissian highly valued the great contribution that late Eduard Yegoryan has had in the establishment of an independent Armenian statehood and the third Republic of Armenia.

Armen Sarkissian stated that Eduard Yegoryan had a great investment in the creation of the first Constitution of Armenia adopted in 1995.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan

2019 June 06 ( Thursday )  13:08:59

Baku / 06.06.19 / Turan: Reciprocal accusations and accusations of betrayal between official Yerevan and the leaders of Karabakh continue.

Thus, on June 5, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in an interview with journalists, accused the leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh of sabotage.

“I met several times with the military-political leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh and presented my vision of the settlement of the Karabakh problem and asked if there are any complaints regarding my vision or proposal, do they agree with this vision or not? It turned out that everyone agrees with this.

However, after that, the people there began to spread rumors through their assistants that the government was leasing land.

I spoke with this person in terms of confidentiality, as I imagine everything, what steps we should take to move forward, and this person comes out and tells his assistant – go to Facebook and write that Pashinyan donates the land – what is he doing ?” said Pashinyan, hinting at the leader of Karabakh, Bako Sahakyan.

He further added that so far the Armenian leadership has not informed Karabakh on the progress of negotiations on a settlement.

“I gave them documents on the Karabakh talks. Before that, they were not aware of what was happening. “I asked you five times, do you know what was discussed, what you agreed on?”, but they did not know, “said Pashinyan.

A few hours later, Bako Sahakyan made a statement to the press, where he denied Pashinyan’s allegations that the leadership of Karabakh.

“Now, and in the past, before and after the talks with Azerbaijan, the Armenian authorities informed the leadership of Karabakh about the issues under discussion and recent developments,” said Sahakyan.

Local observers regard what is happening as a continuation of an alarming trend, indicating a growing distrust between Yerevan and Karabakh, which violates stability and threatens the security of the Armenian side. -02D-