Author: Jirair Kafian

CivilNet: Lavrov: It is not the best time to raise the issue of the status of Karabakh

Jirair Kafian
CIVILNET.AM

16:34

No problem in Armenia’s officials visiting Karabakh  

“No one has ever denied the connection between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh,” said Lavrov responding to an Azerbaijani journalist’s question about Armenia’s foreign minister’s visit to Karabakh. 

In early January, Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan visited Stepanakert. This was his first visit to Karabakh after his appointment on November 18, 2020. “These visits must be stopped. If such provocative steps are taken, we warn that Armenia will regret it even more,” read a statement by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Lavrov said that “In all the agreements, first of all, in the November 9 statement, the parties agreed that there will be a link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh along the Lachin corridor, which will be under the control of Russian peacekeepers.” 

“No one has ever denied Armenia’s connection with Nagorno-Karabakh. During the decades of negotiations, the issue of cutting off Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh from each other was never discussed. And that is why the Lachin Corridor, as a concept, was not rejected by anyone. And this is still the agreement between the parties, in particular, it is subject to the consent of our Azerbaijani neighbors,” he said.

According to Lavrov, there should be a link between the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenians of Armenia. “I see no reason to prevent contacts at this level. Armenian officials are involved in the process of providing humanitarian assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh, which does not cause any negative reaction in Baku, and it would be strange if it were otherwise. The fact that these Armenian officials make rather politicized statements in Nagorno Karabakh, perhaps, causes tension, and it would be better to avoid it,” he said.

“Before the 44-day war, we were eyewitnesses of […] emotional statements… new war-new territories, etc,” Lavrov said referring to Armenia’s former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan’s doctrine that if Azerbaijan started a new war, it would lose new territories. 

Status of Nagorno Karabakh 

Lavrov said that Russia pays great attention to the contacts between the leaderships of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the formation of an atmosphere of trust. “That is why now is not the best time to raise the issue of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh as a priority issue. It remains for the future,” Lavrov said.

Lavrov highlighted that the status of Karabakh was consciously not mentioned in the November 9 statement. “This issue is left to the future. This should be dealt, in particular, by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. They have now resumed their contacts with all parties. They are preparing to visit the region. The issue of the status of Karabakh will be easier to solve if all the assurances from Yerevan and Baku are made on the ground that the main task is to regulate the daily life of all ethnic and religious communities in Karabakh, and it is necessary to restore their peaceful and good-neighborly coexistence,” he said.

The issue of POWs

The issue of prisoners of war is indeed being discussed, it is part of the November 9 statement on ending the Karabakh war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at his annual press conference. He said that this issue was discussed in telephone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev, after the signing of the trilateral statement.

He reminded that the issue of exchanging prisoners of war was also discussed during the recent Pashinyan-Putin-Aliyev trilateral meeting in Moscow on January 11.

“At the trilateral meeting held in Moscow on January 11, this issue was discussed for quite a long time. Initially, the following task was set in this issue, that the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides would draw up lists of missing persons whom they want to bring out of captivity. Azerbaijan submitted such a list, the number was insignificant. All of them were returned. After that, the Azerbaijani side did not submit lists of missing persons, prisoners of war or other persons,” Lavrov said, adding that the Armenian side submitted these lists ”not all at once and not in full.”

According to Lavrov, an exchange of POWs during the war has already taken place, which was envisaged by the November 9 joint statement.

“We are already discussing the problem that arose in the Hadrut region in early December, when a large group of Armenian soldiers, which was sent there, was captured. The Azerbaijani side states that these people were sent there after the announcement of the truce, their issue should be considered separately, and not within the framework regulated by the November 9 statement,” he said.

The Russian Foreign Minister noted that this issue is still being raised, and it needs to be resolved, guided by the principle of “everyone in exchange for everyone.” “I spoke with the Armenian foreign minister to be informed about the number of these people. It turned out that their number is more than 62. Now our military is dealing with this issue, cooperating with the military of Armenia and Azerbaijan to clarify the names of the missing persons,” Lavrov said.

Russia urges international organizations to work in Karabakh

We want other international organizations, including UNESCO and the UNHCR, to work there in addition to the ICRC. “Now they are coordinating with Yerevan and Baku on the issue of their assessment missions related to the status of Karabakh,” he said.

The only international organization working in Nagorno Karabakh is the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Lavrov calls the inclusion of Karabakh in Russia “exotic”

Lavrov called the statements about the inclusion of Karabakh in Russia as “exotic”. “No one, including Armenia, has recognized the independence of Karabakh. The thought hasn’t even crossed our minds. We believe that all issues should be resolved by the countries of the region, in this case – Armenia and Azerbaijan. We will contribute to those efforts that will be aimed at strengthening security and peace in the region,” he said.

Zara Poghosyan

Nagorno-Karabakh: Putin hosts talks between Azerbaijan, Armenia leaders

Jirair Kafian
France 24
Jan 12 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday brought together the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for the first time since a war last year over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, in an effort to resolve problems that risk undermining the deal that ended the conflict.
 
 
A Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement in November halted the six-week conflict between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces, locking in territorial gains for Azerbaijan.
 
But tensions persist, with low-level sporadic violence, prisoners of war still held by both sides, and ambiguity about how a prospective transport corridor through the region will work.
 
Putin said the ceasefire deal, which saw Moscow deploy peacekeepers, was being implemented without serious incident and the talks had been useful.
 
“We were able to agree and sign a joint declaration on developing the region,” he said. “I’m talking about concrete steps to build economic links and to develop (transport) infrastructure projects.”
 
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said it had not been possible to broker an exchange of remaining prisoners however.
 
But he, and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, indicated progress in other areas, with both talking positively about economic and infrastructure prospects.
 
Aliyev said his country would have a rail link for the first time in over three decades with Nakhchivan, an Azeri exclave that borders Turkey and Iran, and that landlocked Armenia, via Azeri territory, would get rail links with Russia and Iran.
 
The atmosphere at the talks was frosty. Pashinyan and Aliyev did not shake hands, only exchanging curt greetings when they sat down in the Kremlin opposite Putin.
 
Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but ethnic Armenians and Azeris both regard it as part of their historic homelands and fought a much bigger war in the 1990s that left tens of thousands dead.
 
For Russia, the latest conflict highlighted the rising influence of close Azeri ally Turkey in the South Caucasus, an area Moscow traditionally sees as its own sphere of influence.
 
But by brokering the deal and getting Russian peacekeepers on the ground, Putin has thwarted a stronger Turkish presence for now while expanding Moscow’s own military footprint.
 
(REUTERS)
 

Top 10 tax payers pay more in 2020 than in 2019

Jirair Kafian

Save

Share

 18:47,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, ARMENPRESS.  The list of top 10 tax payers is led by Grand Tobacco Company in 2020. The top 10 tax payers paid more taxes in 2020 than in 2019, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee Edvard Hovhannisyan told ARMENPRESS.

The 2nd tax payer is Gazprom Armenia, the 3rd is Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine and the 4th is Geopromining Gold.

‘’The top 10 tax payers paid more taxes in 2020 than in 2019. The difference is not so big, but given the hardships of 2020 we assess it quite satisfactory’’, Edvard Hovhannisyan said.

Armenia’s Prosecutor General Raises POW Issue With Azeri, Russian Counterparts

Jirair Kafian

January 12,  2020



Prosecutors General of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia meet on Jan. 12

Armenia’s Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan emphasized the need for a speedy implementation of the 8th point of the November 9 agreement, which calls for the return of Armenian POWs and other persons kept in Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Davtyan told his Russian and Azerbaijani counterparts on Tuesday that the return of POWs and civilian captives will become an important guarantee for the implementation of the other provisions of the November 9 agreement and will strengthen peace in the region.

In this context, Davtyan also raised the issue of preventing the spread of international terrorism in the region and taking joint actions against it.

Russia’s Prosecutor General had convened the meeting in an effort to establish further contacts in the field of international law, to discuss necessary conditions for that, as well as discuss a number of pressing issues.

Catholicos of All Armenians issues a message on Feast of Holy Nativity and Theophany Jesus Christ

Jirair Kafian

Catholicos of All Armenians issues a message on Feast of  Holy Nativity and Theophany Jesus Christ

Save

Share

 12:09, 6 January, 2021

YEREVAN, JANUARY 6, ARMENPRESS. Catholicos of All Armenians issued a message on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ at Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral of Yerevan.

ARMENPRESS reports His Holiness particularly said,

”In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

”The true light, which enlightens everyone,

was coming into the world.”

(John 1: 9).

 

Beloved Sons and Daughters in the homeland and diaspora,

On the feast of the Nativity and Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ, with a prayerful spirit, united in our holy churches, we bless the newborn Savior. On this blessed day of Christmas, the true Light emanated from the manger of Bethlehem to enlighten the souls of humanity. “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world,” says the Evangelist.

Like the Evangelist, the hymnologist compares the Nativity of the Son of God, incarnated for the salvation of the world, to the origin of the sun, and says: “Arose from the Father to enlighten the creatures, the Sun of Righteousness, Lord, glory be to You” (Hymn of the Nativity). The Son of God came to dispel the darkness of sin and death, to lead mankind to its Creator. From the humble cave of the Savior’s Nativity radiated the dawn of spiritual renewal, a spiritual power.

From the day Jesus was born, he was persecuted. The Savior and His family became refugees from His birthplace when Herod, wanting His death, organized the massacre of children; believing that He had killed the newborn Son of God and defeated Him. But the real victory was Christ’s, who through the glorious victory of the resurrection crowned the path of suffering by His saving mission. Going through all the hardships, the Lord brought hope to the fallen man and salvation to mankind, immersed in the darkness of iniquity and idolatry. Throughout history, “Herods” have caused disaster, destruction, and misery to mankind; they have wielded opposition and enmity under the influence of evil; alongside progressive achievements there has been poverty, oppression and injustice. Even today, people, burdened with sins, turn away from God, the world is plagued by political intrigues, the materialism that leads to polarisation has taken over societies, and justice with truth have become relative rather than absolute values. In this contradictory and troubled world, Jesus Christ rises as the Sun of Righteousness, the true Light to illuminate humanity’s way through life.

Beloved ones, the miraculous birth of Christ is a source of hope and consolation for our heartbroken people, especially during these grievous days, when we consider that our lives have also not been free from destructive mistakes and sins. Necessary vigilance was not shown in the face of the threats of an unstable peace and war, the interests of the homeland and the people were subordinated to individual aspirations and goals. God-rejecting spirit and alien ideologies and habits permeated our society. Our lives were not far from the lies, insults, intolerance, hatred and enmity that were spreading and continue to spread in various ways, dividing us, drying up the love of Christ in us. And the Gospel testifies: “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand” (Matt. 12:25). The catastrophic consequences of the Artsakh war have overwhelmed the souls of the sons and daughters of our nation with feelings of despair, anxiety and uncertainty. The loss of a large part Artsakh, the martyrdom of our heroic sons, the pain and grief of tens of thousands of displaced brothers and sisters in dire need of shelter and material supplies, of thousands of soldiers wounded, in captivity and missing, have plunged our national life in the homeland and diaspora into the grip of a gloomy night. It is in this darkness, in this nightmarish reality, that the Sun of Justice shines brightly today, to illuminate our national life and homeland, to provide healing to the wounded soul of my nation with its warming power.

Dear faithful, relying on the endless love and the grace of salvation of the incarnate Son of God, we have overcome the sufferings of wars, disasters, despair, and had victories in our lives over the centuries. These days our faith is alive with the same confidence. We are able to strengthen and enrich our homeland once again and turn a new awakening of our life into reality by uniting the potential and efforts of Armenians around the world, with a joint and harmonious society of Armenia and Artsakh, a developed economy, science, and education, and a highly efficient army equipped at its best. As in the alarming days of the war, our hearts must beat with the love of the homeland, our thoughts and cherished feelings must be tied to the sacred soil of the homeland. Every commitment and every sacrifice is needed to keep the stability of the national life, to not lead the country into dangers, to overcome the existing crises, and to stop the catastrophe of emigration. Let us stand strong in the face of the lethal test for our nation and people with hope and faith; girded with the life-giving power of the Lord; let us gain strength to rise from disasters, to dispel this heavy darkness that is forced upon us with heavenly support, and to illumine the new horizons of our lives.

On this soul-renewing day of the Nativity and Epiphany, let us ask so that that we may go towards the realization of our aspirations, relying on the grace of God’s salvation and the crowning of the victory of our just rights. Let us pray that the vault of our national life will be illuminated with the heralding light of Christmas, that the Armenian church will eternally be enhanced through the dedicated and fruitful ministry of our clergy and the committed life of our faithful people, so that Armenia may be filled with the love and hope of the incarnate Savior. May the Lord grant peace to the entire world, to the souls of the people, and keep in peace and safety our country – Armenia and Artsakh, and to grant a prosperous life to the Armenian people all over the world, today, always, forever. Amen.

 

Christ is born and revealed,

Great news for you and for us!”




Armenia: Ban on Turkey imports to take effect on December 31

Jirair Kafian
Post Online Media
Dec 26 2020
 

CHRISTIAN FERNSBY ▼ | December 26, 2020

The State Revenue Committee of Armenia once again reminds that the ban on the import of goods of Turkish origin that are on the list defined in the appendix to a government decision shall be in force in Armenia as of December 31, and for six months.

TURKEY   Armenia
But this ban on such goods that are imported before December 31 shall not apply only if customs clearance is carried out on these goods before December 31.

Topics: ARMENIA TURKEY

This import ban applies to the aforementioned goods of Turkish origin that are imported into Armenia from all countries. ■


RFE/RL Armenian Report – 01/01/2021

Jirair Kafian 
                                        Friday, 
Russia Allocates $12 Million For Karabakh Refugees
ARMENIA -- Children refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh hug each other in Dilijan, 
some 120 kilometers from Yerevan, October 8, 2020
Russia has allocated 10 million euros ($12.2 million) in financial assistance to 
thousands of ethnic Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh who fled to Armenia 
during the recent war.
The office of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian reported this week that the 
sum will co-finance the Armenian government’s ongoing aid programs for the 
refugees remaining in Armenia nearly two months after Moscow brokered an 
Armenian-Azerbaijani agreement to stop the war.
The government has helped the refugees both during and after the six-week 
hostilities that displaced the majority of Karabakh’s population. According to 
Grigorian’s office, the government has spent about 15 billion drams ($29 
million) for that purpose since November 16.
The aid has included compensations of between 250,000 and 300,000 drams 
($480-580) paid to those Karabakh families whose homes were destroyed by 
shelling or who lived in areas occupied by Azerbaijani forces. On December 17, 
the government also decided to create temporary jobs for refugees, finance paid 
internships for them and pay monthly benefits to families in Armenia hosting 
them.
ARMENIA -- Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh stay at a hotel in the Armenian border 
city of Goris, October 5, 2020
According to Karabakh officials, at least 90,000 civilians making up around 60 
percent of Karabakh’s population fled their homes during the war that broke out 
on September 27. Most of them took refuge in Armenia. At least 47,000 Karabakh 
Armenians have reportedly returned home since the November 10 truce.
Later in November, the Russian government opened in Stepanakert a “center for 
humanitarian reaction.” The center coordinates ongoing Russian-led demining 
operations in Karabakh and is also tasked with helping to rebuild homes and 
public infrastructure destroyed or seriously damaged during the hostilities.
Russia’s Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergencies says that it has sent more 
than 1,500 tons of construction materials, household appliances and other relief 
supplies to Karabakh so far.
Armenian PM Prioritizes Closer Ties With Russia
Armenia -- President Armen Sarkissian (second from right) visits a 
Russian-Armenian border guard post on Armenia's border with Turkey, July 4, 2020.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has announced plans to further deepen Armenia’s 
relations with Russia, saying that his country needs “new security guarantees” 
after the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“The very first minutes of 2021 should be the ‘zero point’ for us to usher in 
the outset of our new national rise,” Pashinian said in a televised address to 
the nation aired on New Year’s Eve.
“What do we need for this? First of all, to furnish a new security environment, 
the most important component of which is the launch of army reforms and the 
strengthening of relations with our primary security partner, Russia, and the 
creation, in this context, of new security guarantees,” he said.
Armenia already has close political, economic and military ties with Russia. It 
hosts a Russian military base and has long received Russian weapons at knockdown 
prices and even for free.
Moscow also deployed 2,000 peacekeeping troops to Karabakh as part of a 
Russian-brokered agreement that stopped the Armenian-Azerbaijani war on November 
10. In addition, it dispatched Russian soldiers and border guards to Armenia’s 
Syunik region southwest of Karabakh to help the Armenian military defend it 
against possible Azerbaijani attacks.
Armenia -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian (R) and Russian President 
Vladimir Putin meet in Yerevan, October 1, 2019.
Pashinian again praised the Russian peacekeepers, saying that their presence 
provides “substantial security guarantees” for Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian 
population.
The vast majority of Armenian opposition forces, including the formerly 
pro-Western Bright Armenia Party (LHK), also support closer ties with Russia, 
saying that is the only realistic way to counter Azerbaijan’s military alliance 
with Turkey.
LHK leader Edmon Marukian called last week for the opening of a second Russian 
military base in Armenia. Marukian said the base should be stationed in Syunik.
Former President Robert Kocharian likewise made a case on December 4 for 
Armenia’s “much deeper integration” with Russia. Kocharian, who has a cordial 
rapport with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that only Russia can help 
his country rearm its armed forces and confront new security challenges in the 
aftermath of the Karabakh war.
“I am convinced that the further development of multifaceted Russian-Armenian 
ties meets the fundamental interests of our two brotherly peoples,” Putin said 
in a New Year and Christmas message to Pashinian sent earlier this week.
He said that in the course of 2020 Moscow and Yerevan “became fully convinced of 
the significance of friendly, allied relations between our countries.”
Reprinted on ANN/Armenian News with permission from RFE/RL
Copyright (c) 2021 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Inc.
1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.

Why there are so many problems with the Armenia-Azerbaijan ‘new-old border’

Jirair Kafian
JAM News
Jan 1 2021
 
 
 
Shahin Rzayev, Baku
 
 
 
The trilateral agreement signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia stopped the war in Karabakh on November 10, 2020 and drew the general outlines of a future peace treaty.
 
However, both sides immediately began to interpret the text of the statement in their own way.
 
The main dispute has erupted around the question: where is the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia? The solution to another important problem depends on the answer to this question: to which borders should Armenia now withdraw its troops?
 
The problem of the state border between Azerbaijan and Armenia has turned out to be quite complicated due to several problems, primarily related to history.
 
Let’s analyse each one.
 
History of the Karabakh conflict
 
After the first Karabakh war (1989-1994), seven regions of Azerbaijan around Nagorno-Karabakh came under the control of Armenian forces. For the next 30 years, the border between Armenia and the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was conditional, and checkpoints were established quite arbitrarily.
 
Borders between republics in the Soviet Union were drawn based on the borders of the Russian Empire
 
Within the Soviet Union, administrative boundaries were never constant. The boundaries of the subjects of the USSR, that is, the union republics, were mainly drawn on the basis of the boundaries of the provinces and counties of the Russian Empire. And how they were drawn, perhaps only God and the Russian Tsar knew.
 
After the split of the empire, several states were formed on its ruins that declared their independence, including Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
 
1980s map.
 
From the very first day, all three countries began presenting territorial claims against one another, because the old borders of the imperial districts of the 19th century did not take into account the ethnic composition of the population.
 
In particular, Azerbaijan and Armenia argued over three regions: Nakhichevan, Zangezur and Karabakh.
 
After the intervention of the Red Army in 1920-21, all the countries of the South Caucasus returned to Russia again, but under a new ‘brand’ – the USSR. And the territorial disputes were quickly and in their own way resolved by the Bolsheviks.
 
Nakhichevan and Karabakh went to Azerbaijan as autonomous republics.
 
The Zangezur district of the former Elizavetpol (Ganja) province was divided between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The eastern part became part of Azerbaijan. And Western Zangezur, with a predominantly Armenian population, after a tough armed struggle, became part of Armenia.
 
But the problems didn’t end there.
 
Formal and non-permanent administrative boundaries in the USSR
 
Administrative boundaries between the subjects of the Soviet Union were largely formal. Often, Moscow, in its own way, acting with political or economic considerations in mind, created new union republics or abolished old ones, changed the borders between them, raised or lowered the status of autonomous areas.
 
This happened with Abkhazia, which initially received the status of a union republic, and then was changed to the status of an autonomous republic within the Georgian union republic.
 
And Crimea was transferred from the Russian Union Republic to the Ukrainian one.
 
The exchange of territories between neighboring Union republics was carried out simply, since in Moscow they thought: “What’s the difference if the country is one and the same?”
 
Such a correction of the administrative boundary between Azerbaijan and Armenia was carried out three times: in 1929, 1935 and 1984.
 
This was justified by the desire to “optimize” agricultural management.
 
After the creation of collective farms in the USSR, it sometimes turned out that the village was on the territory of Armenia, and the lands cultivated by the peasants were on the territory of Azerbaijan. And vice versa.
 
This is how the enclaves of Artsvashen / Bashkend, Voskepar / Askipara, Kyarki / Tigranashen appeared.
 
The territories of the Gazakh region were transferred to Armenia, the territories of the Goris region – to Azerbaijan.
 
How do Azerbaijan and Armenia propose to get out of this multilevel problem?
 
Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers in their new posts after the second Karabakh war. There are several tens of meters between them.
 
Baku – return to maps of the Soviet period
 
Now, after Azerbaijan has regained control over these areas according to the military results of the war and a tripartite statement, Baku insists that Armenian troops should withdraw to the borders of 1988 – that is, return to the administrative border between the Armenian and Azerbaijani republics within the Soviet Union.
 
Yerevan – take into account new realities and investments made in the development of districts
 
Armenia claims that over the past years, villages have expanded, new roads have been built, and the development of minerals has begun. Yerevan proposes these new realities be taken into account.
 
Russia has not offered solutions yet
 
So far, it seems that the third party, Russia, turned out to be somewhat unprepared for this turn of events. The November 10 statement said nothing about the state border.
 
Both sides, together with Russian peacekeepers, are trying, using old Soviet topographic maps and GPS devices, to mark on the ground the “old” border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which should become the “new” one in the future and be officially recognised by the two independent states.
 
But this process requires clarifications and changes, and is accompanied by many excesses. In particular, one of the Armenian villages will actually be divided in half.
 
Similar situations with the Azerbaijani-Russian and Azerbaijani-Georgian borders
 
Several years ago there were similar problems on the Azerbaijani-Russian border.
 
Two villages were administratively on the Azerbaijani side of the border, but were subordinate to the Dagestan state farm.
 
In 2010, Azerbaijan and Russia completed the process of border delimitation and both villages remained in Azerbaijan.
 
But with Georgia, Azerbaijan is still unable to complete the delimitation process. The main controversy surrounding the monastery complex David Gareji / Keshikchidag.
 
 

Armenian, Russian Ministers of Emergency Situations discuss humanitarian programs in Artsakh

Jirair Kafian

Save

Share

 18:39, 23 December, 2020

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia Andranik Piloyan received on December 23 Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters Yevgeny Zinichev who is in Yerevan on an official visit.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Ministry, the sides discussed a number of issues related with the humanitarian programs carried out in Artsakh. Russia has already sent 290 tons of humanitarian aid to Artsakh, another 90 tons will be delivered in the near future. Yevgeny Zinich noted that a great volume of works will be implemented for assisting the people that have appeared in a harsh situation.

The Minister of the Emergency Situations of Armenia thanked the Russian side, once again emphasizing the importance and scale of the works being done.

Armenian, Russian FMs discuss NK issue in the context of implementation of trilateral declaration

Jirair Kafian

Save

Share

 15:57,

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with Foreign minister of Armenia Ara Ayvazian, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Russian MFA.

The sides exchanged views on bilateral, regional and international agenda. A special attention was paid to the discussion of Nagorno Karabakh issue in the context of the implmentation of the provisions of the declaration signed on November 9 by the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.