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COVID-19: Armenia confirms 485 new cases over past day

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 11:11,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, ARMENPRESS. 485 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Armenia in the past one day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 163,128, the ministry of healthcare said today.

644 more patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 151,246.

10 more patients have died, raising the death toll to 2951.

2093 tests were conducted in the past one day.

The number of active cases is 8216.

The number of patients who had coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 715(8 new such cases).

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Pashinyan says complete exchange of PoWs, unblocking all regional connections is priority of Armenia

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 11:17, 8 January, 2021

YEREVAN, JANUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has presented what he described as Armenia’s priority in the further implementation of the terms of the Karabakh armistice – the 2020 November 10 truce officially known as the Statement by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and President of the Russian Federation which ended the 2020 war in Nagorno Karabakh.

“Our priority in further implementing the November 10 trilateral statement is the following:

  1. A complete implementation of the 8th clause of the statement: Therefore a complete exchange of prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons, and the bodies of the dead must take place. The implementation of extensive search and rescue operations where combat operations took place is also important for us.
  2. Unblocking of all economic and transport infrastructures of the region, which means both cargo shipments and transport connection from Armenia through Azerbaijan’s territory to Russia and Iran, as well as cargo shipments and transport connection from Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan through the territory of Armenia.

I am once again drawing attention on the fact that the [2020] November 10 statement does not include neither the “Meghri” nor the “corridor” terms related to any territory of the Republic of Armenia.

The selection of the connection routes from Armenia to Russia and from Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan is a separate topic of discussion, the efficiency of which depends on increasing the efficiency and volumes of the exchange of prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons, and the bodies of the dead, as well as the search operations for those missing,” Pashinyan said in a statement on social media.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Russian peacekeepers continue demining works in Nagorno Karabakh

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 11:53, 8 January, 2021

YEREVAN, JANUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. The specialists of the International Mine Action Center of the Russian defense ministry continue demining works in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh, the Russian defense ministry reports.

The engineering units of the Russian peacekeeping forces have already cleared nearly 440 hectares of land, about 165 km long roads, 618 buildings. 21,755 explosive devices were found and neutralized.

In the course of demining and clearing the territory of explosive objects in Nagorno Karabakh, Russian peacekeepers use modern robotic systems.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

There can’t be any word on change of Armenia’s borders – justice minister

Hambik Zargarian
Aysor, Armenia

Jan 8 2021

Armenia’s Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan met with the protestors that gathered in front of the ministry building.

“I reaffirm that there is no treaty in the Ministry of Justice. The disseminated information is misinformation, it does not correspond to reality. A new style has come forth – a Telegram channel of unknown origin disseminates misinformation. Then our other mass media disseminate it raising concerns among the people. I urge just not to believe, not to trust the news spread by such channels,” Badasyan said.

He said there is no international treaty in the ministry.

“If there was an international treaty, as a member of government I would have been aware of it. Such issue has not been discussed in the government, I have no information about existence of such treaty,” Badasyan said.

He said there can’t be any word about change of Armenia’s borders.

To note, on January 11 Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan will be visiting Russian Federation where he will meet with Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev.

Yesterday information was disseminated about a document to be signed in Moscow by which Pashinyan will make new concessions. According to the information, the document was sent to the Armenia’s Ministry of Justice to make it correspond to the Constitution.

The Ministry though denies the existence of any document.

Minister Badasyan said the ministry has not received any document within any procedure.


Artsakh authorities find more bodies of fallen troops in ongoing search operations

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 15:36,

STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The remains of 22 Armenian servicemen were found during search operations in Fizuli, Hadrut and the areas in between Kubatlu and Khndzoresk, the Artsakh State Service of Emergency Situations reported. This brings the total number of bodies discovered so far to 1133, State Service of Emergency Situations spokesperson Hunan Tadevosyan told ARMENPRESS.

“Today, 1 search team is working in Fizuli. On December 28 the Azerbaijani side did not allow to conduct search operations in Hadrut. The next day it was possible to negotiate and continue the work. Such cases happened in different parts. The martial law remains in place in Artsakh and therefore we plan to continue working in the next days in emergency mode,” he said.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Armenian couple marries at Dadivank Monastery

Hambik Zargarian
Public Radio of Armenia
Dec 27 2020

Irina Gabrielyan from Martakert and Aram Berdyan from Stepanakert married at Dadivank monastery today, War Gonzo Telegram channel reports.

They thanked the peacekeepers for protecting the monastery and for the fact that they had a chance to get marred in this holy place after everything that happened.

The Russian peacekeepers undertook to protect the monastery, after the Karvachar region, where the church is situated, was handed over to Azerbaijan under the trilateral statement of November 9.

Armenian priests continue their eternal prayer for our homeland and people, Fr. Vahram Melikyan, Director of Information Services of the mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, said late last month.

The latest group of priests left for Dadivank this week.

The Catholicos of All Armenians is in constant contact with our clergy living in the church.

Newspaper: Why Armenia authorities launch campaign against ombudsman?

Hambik Zargarian
News.am, Armenia
Dec 26 2020
 
 
08:22, 26.12.2020
 
 
YEREVAN. – Past daily of the Republic of Armenia writes: In recent times, certain government and “pro-government” circles have consistently targeted the RA Human Rights Defender [(HRD)], Arman Tatoyan, and are trying to discredit him.
 
Meanwhile, according to many, the very HRD is probably the only one of the [Armenian] constitutional institutions who acted fully, professionally during the whole [Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)] war (even before that) and in this post-war period.
 
However, this very circumstance angers [PM] Nikol Pashinyan, whose [political] teammates have launched a campaign against Tatoyan. By the way, this is nothing new. Back in May, we had written that according to the reliable information of the newspaper, the authorities are actively discussing the issue of changing also the HRD with “their own.”
 
According to rumors circulating behind the scenes, after “resolving the crisis” in the CC [Constitutional Court], Pashinyan had wanted to pass to the HRD, but the circumstances were arranged differently. Now, it seems, the authorities’ “appetite” has reopened in this regard.
 
 
 
 

Cargo transportation and supplies to Artsakh carried out normally

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 14:21,

STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS. Normal operation in trade and service spheres has restored in Artsakh, Acting minister of economy and productive infrastructure of Artsakh Armen Tovmasyan told Armenpress, adding that many grocery stores are already operating in capital Stepanakert and administrative centers.

“Respective volumes of required goods and their supply are formed by economic entities. The supply from Armenia is carried out by delivering companies via light trucks. Large cargo transportation is mainly carried out for imports of household items, property, equipment and construction materials for the displaced population”, he said.

He added that the amount of damage caused to the business sector due to the war has not been assessed yet. “Before that it was necessary to restore the infrastructure necessary for the restoration of their work. At the next stage the amount of damages caused will be assessed”, the acting minister said.

Reporting by Van Novikov; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Armenian officials report new clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh

Hambik Zargarian
The Siasat Daily, Iran
Dec 13 2020
Mansoor
Published: 13th December 2020 3:46 pm IST

Yerevan: Armenian officials on Saturday accused Azerbaijan of breaching a peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Separatist officials in Nagorno-Karabakh said the Azerbaijani military launched an attack late Friday that left three local ethnic Armenian servicemen wounded.

Russian peacekeepers deployed to the region to monitor the peace deal reported a violation of the cease-fire in the Gadrut region on Friday. The report issued Saturday by the Russian Defense Ministry didn’t assign blame.

Later in the day, the Armenian Defense Ministry also charged that the Azerbaijani army mounted an attack in the south of Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday.

Azerbaijani authorities had no immediate comment to the Armenian statements claiming the first significant breaches of the peace deal brokered by Russia on Nov 10 that saw Azerbaijan reclaim control over broad swathes of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding lands which were held by Armenian forces for more than a quarter-century.

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Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but was under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994. 

That war left Nagorno-Karabakh itself and substantial surrounding territory in Armenian hands.

In 44 days of fighting that began in late September and left more than 5,600 people killed on both sides, the Azerbaijani army pushed deep into Nagorno-Karabakh, forcing Armenia to accept last month’s peace deal that saw Azerbaijan reclaim much of the separatist region along with surrounding areas.

Azerbaijan marked its victory with a military parade on Thursday that was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and involved more than 3,000 troops, dozens of military vehicles, and a flyby of combat aircraft.

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The peace deal was a major shock for Armenians, triggering protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan, who has refused to step down. He described the peace agreement as a bitter but necessary move that prevented Azerbaijan from taking over all of Nagorno-Karabakh.