Parliament convenes emergency session
11:00,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. The Parliament of Armenia convened an emergency session today.
The decision was approved today by the Council of the Parliament.
6 items are on agenda of the emergency session.
14:59,
YEREVAN, JUNE 27, ARMENPRESS. On May 21-27, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh David Babayan was on a working visit to the Russian Federation, the ministry said.
In Moscow and a number of other cities, the Foreign Minister of Artsakh had meetings with representatives of political, information, public, scientific-educational circles, the Armenian community of Russia and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Issues related to the current situation and possible developments in the region, the role of Artsakh in regional geopolitical processes, the prospects for the settlement of the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict, and further deepening of the Artsakh-Diaspora relations were discussed.
15:45,
YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish aviation authorities did not provide “FLYONE ARMENIA” airline with the opportunity to carry out overflight flights over Turkish airspace to Lebanon, due to which the company has to cancel Yerevan-Beirut-Yerevan flights until July 21 of this year, FLYONE ARMENIA company informed ARMENPRESS.
“It should be noted that Yerevan-Istanbul-Yerevan, Yerevan-Paris-Yerevan, Yerevan-Lyon-Yerevan flights are operated according to the schedule. Relevant information will be provided on the resumption of flights to Beirut. The company apologizes to the passengers for the inconvenience”, the airline said.
FLYONE ARMENIA offers the following alternatives:
– Change of flight date;
– A 110% Credit Shell refund for the passenger’s personal FLYONE account for the tickets purchased online or via the app only.
– Full refund of the canceled flight ticket.
If the ticket was purchased from a travel agency, the passengers should contact the agency to choose from the alternatives offered.
17:57,
YERERVAN, JUNE 21, ARMENPRESS. According to the agreement reached between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation as a result of working discussions, on June 20, the Russian government adopted a decision to provide additional space 3-4 km away from Upper Lars checkpoint, where it will be possible to carry out operations related to customs control of about 250 cars, ARMENPRESS reports the State Revenue Committee and the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure informed.
The mentioned regulation will have a positive impact in terms of increasing the capacity of the checkpoint, eliminating traffic jams and proper management of the queues.
ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General’s Office sent to the Investigative Committee a recording of the conversation between current head of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Gagik Jhangiryan, SJC member Stepan Mikayelyan and former Chairman of the SJC Ruben Vardazaryan, which the latter made public during a press conference on June 20. Gor Abrahamyan, adviser to the Prosecutor General of Armenia, announced this on his Facebook page. He noted that the audio materials were sent to the Investigative Committee for a complete, objective and comprehensive verification.
It should be noted that during a press conference today, Ruben Vardazaryan, whose powers as chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council were suspended, presented a scandalous record in which Gagik Jhangiryan demanded that the current head of the Supreme Judicial Council leave his post.
“I was going to publish an audio recording, but I was deprived of this opportunity,” Ruben Vardazaryan said. According to him, it becomes clear from this record why a political decision was made that he should not serve as chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council.
It should be noted that after the publicity of the recording, which was made in February 2021, the Supreme Judicial Council stated that it would not comment on it, emphasizing that the recording was made without the knowledge of the head of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The “Armenia” bloc also published a statement in connection with the incident, which says that the recording contains a comparison of the obvious elements of a crime, illegal interference in the composition of the Constitutional Court, facts of interference in criminal cases and threats in case of failure to comply with specific requirements.
“These circumstances should be the subject of an investigation by those law enforcement agencies who, in fact, according to the published recording, may be given instructions on mandatory execution by the well- known member of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Jhangiryan. The recording also contains promises to interfere in political activities, and its consequences are actually recorded by the international community allegedly fair and transparent parliamentary elections,” the statement said.
Gagik Jhangiryan was appointed to the post of chairman of the head of the SJC at a closed meeting on April 15, 2021, while Vardazaryan did not officially resign.
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Minister of Transport H E Jassim Saif Ahmed A -Sulaiti met yesterday with Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia H E Vahan Kerobyan. The two officials reviewed aspects of cooperation in the fields of transportation and ways to develop them. Qatar’s Ambassador to Armenia H E Mohammed bin Hamad Al Hajri also attended the meeting.
Armenia’s former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan, who is currently held in pre-trial custody, has responded to criticism from Gagik Melkonyan, an MP from the ruling Civil Contract party.
Speaking at parliamentary debates on the proposed amendments to the defense law on Tuesday, Melkonyan said that the country’s defense minister must necessarily be a member of Nikol Pashinyan’s political team.
He claims that one of the key reasons of Armenia’s defeat in the 2020 war was that the defense minister was not a member of the ruling party, which led to “desertions”.
“The fact that Gagik Melkonyan previously held high posts in the Defense Ministry does not mean he has the necessary professional and organizational skills in the defense sphere to make a judgment about the outcome of the war,” Tonoyan said in a statement from prison on Wednesday.
“I am proud that as a government member I was not part of a “team” Melkonyan is a member of,” the former official said.
He also questioned the objectivity of the parliamentary inquiry into the 44-day war launched by pro-government MPs.
“I strongly believe that the defense minister, assuming political responsibility for implementing the government’s defense programs, should stand above the “political team-party” discourse,” Tonoyan said.
Opposition leader and deputy parliament speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan reiterates the protest movement launched by Armenian’s opposition groups continues despite the decision to dismantle the tents set up in Yerevan’s central France Square.
Addressing a rally on Tuesday evening, Saghatelyan announced the opposition’s plans to scale back daily anti-government demonstrations in Yerevan and try to attract greater popular support to the resistance movement launched in May.
“Let’s appreciate our work and the path we have passed, let’s record our achievements and continue our struggle with renewed vigor,” he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
“I don’t have time or intention to respond to stupid comments right now. Time will put everything in its place and will give answers to all questions,” Saghatelyan said.
He said he was heading to the penitentiary in the town of Artik to visit opposition activists being held there. Saghatelyan added he and his colleagues will deal with organizational issues related to the movement later in the day.
Armenian FM presents situation in South Caucasus to Bulgaria’s President
15:42,
YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS. On June 14, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Bulgaria on an official visit, met with President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, the foreign ministry reports.
Congratulating each other on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Bulgaria the sides noted that during the past three decades the cooperation between two states has developed based on mutual trust and respect.
Ararat Mirzoyan and Rumen Radev touched upon the prospects of the development of the Armenian-Bulgarian relations, expressing mutual readiness to deepen the political dialogue between two countries, the cooperation in the spheres of trade and economy, transport, tourism, education.
The interlocutors agreed that mutual visits, including at the highest levels, would promote the full realization of the existing potential for cooperation in the spheres of mutual interest. The role of the Armenian community in Bulgaria as an important bridge connecting the two countries was also highlighted.
Referring to the prospects of international cooperation within the sphere of transport infrastructure, the interlocutors emphasized the importance of the implementation of active works towards the establishment of the “Persian Gulf-Black Sea” transport corridor.
During the meeting a reference was also made to the issues of regional and international security.
Minister Mirzoyan briefed the President of Bulgaria on the situation in the South Caucasian region, particularly the recent developments regarding the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the process of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Both sides stressed that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved through exclusively peaceful negotiations. In this regard Minister Mirzoyan stressed the role of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship in the lasting resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and highly valued the balanced position of Bulgaria on the settlement of the conflict under the mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship.
Among other urgent humanitarian issues, the need for repatriation of the Armenian prisoners of war and preservation of Armenian religious and historical-cultural heritage in Artsakh was stressed.
The Foreign Minister of Armenia presented the normalization process between Armenia and Turkey to the President of Bulgaria.
PanARMENIAN.Net – The United States is interested in facilitating direct engagement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters on Monday, June 6.
Price’s remarks came ahead of a meeting between Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried and Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev.
“Assistant Secretary Donfried will convey to Mr. Hajiyev the U.S. interest in facilitating direct engagement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, including our role as a Minsk Group co-chair and our support for recent EU efforts to bring both countries together,” Price said.
“This is something that Secretary Blinken has had an opportunity to engage with the leaders of these two countries on in recent days and recent weeks. It continues to be something we wish to promote.”
United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken earlier welcomed the first joint meeting of the Armenia-Azerbaijan bilateral Border Commissions, which was held on the border between the two countries on May 24. The next meeting of the commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the delimitation of the border will be held in June in Moscow.