Armenian wrestler Lyova Gevorgyan captures gold at U20 European Championships
09:34, 4 July 2022
YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS. Armenian wrestler Lyova Gevorgyan captured gold in 125 weight class at the European U20 Free-Style Wrestling Championship held in Rome.
He defeated Georgia’s representative Merab Suleimanashvili with 13-2 score.
Another representative of Armenia Hayk Abrahamyan (61kg) won a bronze medal, defeating Romania’s representative with 8-3 score.
13:08, 4 July 2022
YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS. Armenian national football team defender Varazdat Haroyan has left Cádiz CF, the football club said in a statement.
“Cádiz CF and Varazdat Haroyan have agreed on the termination of the contract between both parties”, the statement says.
Haroyan joined Cádiz CF in May 2021. He has participated in 19 matches.
19:59, 4 July 2022
YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that the United States can play an important role in the normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku, ARMENPRESS reports, TASS informed.
“At a time when favorable conditions have been created for the establishment of stable peace and economic progress in the South Caucasus, we believe that the United States can play an important role in the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the opening of communications, and the establishment of people-to-people ties”, reads Aliyev’s congratulation text to US President Joe Biden on Independence Day.
The president of Azerbaijan also expressed opinion that the USA can make a significant contribution to the process of preparing a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Armenia Joel Lyon.
Alen Simonyan congratulated him on appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to the Republic of Armenia, wishing him fruitful activity.
“Embassies are a cornerstone for the further development of bilateral relations. I am full of hope that your activity will have a significant contribution to the Armenian-Israeli relations and will contribute to the further development of the inter-parliamentary cooperation,” the Parliament Speaker said.
In the context of inter-parliamentary ties, the activity of the parliamentary friendship groups was highlighted.
The sides noted that the existence of historical and cultural ties between our peoples and the similarity of destinies are important preconditions for creating a favorable atmosphere of cooperation.
They exchanged views on establishing lasting stability in the region.
The working group chaired by the deputy prime ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia on the unblocking of regional communications has been able to bring closer the positions of Yerevan and Baku on numerous issues, particularly on border and customs control. Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan told TASS on Tuesday.
“I consider the activities of the trilateral working group to unblock transport links in the South Caucasus to be constructive,” he said. “It is certainly a difficult task, but I must note that the sides manage to bring their positions closer on many issues concerning border and customs control as well as the safe passage of citizens, vehicles and goods along roads and railroads through Armenia and Azerbaijan.”
According to the deputy PM, “at the moment, expert subgroups continue to work out issues relating to the restoration and further use of road and railway infrastructures.”
The families of Armenia’s reservists who were captured by Azerbaijan in Khtsaberd village of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) are protesting Wednesday in front of the Russian embassy in Yerevan. They demand the return of these soldiers.
A mother of one of these captives told reporters: “Yesterday’s meeting with the Russian consul [in Gyumri] did not yield any results. They have been ‘sending us off’ for 1.5 years, deceiving [us] with something every day. ”
She added that it is only through the Red Cross that they are able to talk on the phone for four minutes with their captured relatives—and that’s it.
Another parent said: “We have not received any response from the [Armenian] government. If our children were taken from the Russian peacekeepers [in Artsakh], natural, we shall come here [to the Russian embassy]. (…). We have petitioned to the [Armenian] authorities, too, but they have not given a specific answer.”
ZANGILAN, Azerbaijan, June 29. The UK is considering the issue of providing additional funds to assist the demining process in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region [liberated from Armenian occupation in the 2020 Second Karabakh War], the UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan James Sharp told Trend.
“The UK is pleased to assist Azerbaijan in the demining process. It’s great to see that some territories have already been cleared of mines. We are always looking for new opportunities to provide more funding in this direction. I hope that we will announce new funding soon,” Sharp said.
According to him, the UK has already allocated 500,000 Pound sterling ($608,000) to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA).
The UK’s companies provide Azerbaijan with technical advice, non-technical services, and mine action standards, the diplomat noted.
“We continue to encourage both sides to accelerate the peace process. We also support the EU’s efforts to assist Azerbaijan and Armenia in this process. This is a very long process, but we are already seeing positive changes that have not been seen in the last 30 years,” Sharp added.
11:32, 29 June 2022
YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS. Anna Hakobyan, the spouse of the Armenian prime minister, visited the Oceanographic Museum-Institute of Monaco.
Anna Hakobyan was introduced on the history of the Museum, created by Prince Albert I of Monaco. The Museum has more than 6000 exhibits.
The Museum representatives said that it is Monaco’s one of the key centers of a major scientific and tourism significance.
17:57, 29 June 2022
YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS. The USA has a new Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.
“Laura Hochla, Director of the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts, serves as the current OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair, as we have formally notified all parties involved”, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia told ARMENPRESS.
The US State Department announced on June 28 that the new Co-chair had talked to the other Co-chairs to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. “Today, the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group spoke with his counterparts to discuss the future of Nagorno Karabakh. Unfortunately, the Russian Co-chair did not accept the invitation. We look forward to continuing the work of the Minsk Group,” the State Department said in a statement.