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Civil Contract presented its candidates for elections to local self-government bodies

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ARMINFO
Armenia –


Alexandr Avanesov

ArmInfo.The ruling “Civil Contract” party of Armenia has presented its candidates to the local self-government bodies, who will lead the proportional lists in the  elections to be held in September this year.

 By decision of the board of the party, the lists will be headed by:  Alagyaz – Anzor  Urusyan Alaverdi – Aren Mkrtchyan Akunk – Hunan Rubenyan Areni – Usik  Sahakyan Berd – Vahram Sukiasyan Byureghavan – Vladimir Vardevanyan  Gyulagarak – Khachik Vardanyan Jrvezh – Robert Petrosyan Yeghegis –  Artur Stepanyan Kajaran – Armen Arakelyan Lori Berd – Arayik  Nersisyan Sisian – Armen Hakobjanyan Talin – Tavros Sapeyan Tashir –  Arman Vardanyan Tsaghkahovit – Norayr Hakobyan Charentsavan – Artur  Galstyan The elections will be held on September 25. 

AW: KorniTun: Raising Hope at Our Borders

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All For Armenia co-founder and in-country director Matthieu Sahakian (left) at KorniTun with Shahen Zeytourtchian (right), philanthropist, retired surgeon, founder of Mirhav Hotel in Goris, and an early believer in the KorniTun project

The All For Armenia (AFA) nonprofit organization has announced that it is preparing to start renovations on its latest project in Armenia’s border village of Kornidzor, the last village at the gates of Artsakh, overlooking the Berdzor/Lachin corridor on the Syunik side.

The project, named KorniTun – a combination of Kornidzor and “tun” (“home” in Armenian) – will function as both a community center and community home: the former as an after-school educational hub and the latter as lodging for AFA volunteers, teachers and guests.

Renovations of the abandoned building – bombed during the First Artsakh War – which will house KorniTun are slated to begin in July. AFA is now launching the second phase of its fundraising campaign to raise the remaining 25,000 USD, half of the total funds needed. All interested parties are encouraged to visit the KorniTun section on the AFA website to learn more about and donate to this trailblazing project. Donors can have their name or a message of their choice displayed on a stone on the entrance wall of KorniTun (the Wall of Gratitude). There are also several sponsorship opportunities available until November 1, 2022.

“KorniTun has already filled our village with much-needed hope in the longevity of our community, encouraging our youth especially to be proud of their home,” says Lusine Qaramyan, former mayor of Kornidzor and town council member. Locals are encouraged by the prospect of Diasporans and friends of the Armenian nation coming to KorniTun for leisure, to work remotely, or even to give classes in language, computer science, graphic design, art and other topics of interest. Indeed, AFA firmly believes that investing in these strategic border communities is an act of faith in the future of the Armenian homeland. 

KorniTun is the first installment in AFA’s scalable SahmanaTun concept. The SahmanaTuns (literally, “Border Homes”) will be a network of houses located in Armenia’s most vulnerable border villages. The goal is to promote financial and cultural investment in these strategic areas and encourage a change in the prevailing mentality toward these communities and extend development beyond the capital city Yerevan. SahmanaTuns will add value to these regions, thereby securing their defense, preservation and development as a priority for the Armenian nation.

In these times of turmoil and uncertainty for the Armenian nation, AFA draws inspiration from the resilience and courage of these border communities to invest in a brighter and sustainable future for the homeland. AFA calls upon Armenians worldwide to join in its efforts to preserve and strengthen these most vulnerable communities.

Street view of KorniTun

Armenian parliament issues statement on Vanetsyan’s resignation

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Panorama
Armenia –


Speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly Alen Simonyan released a statement on opposition MP Artur Vanetsyan’s resignation.

Vanetsyan, head of the opposition Pativ Unem faction, submitted resignation on Tuesday.

Under the parliament statute, he is entitled to withdraw his resignation within one week.

If the deputy withdraws his resignation within a week, the parliament speaker will issue a statement to that effect. Otherwise, his resignation will be considered accepted and a protocol will be made on the termination of his powers, the statement said.

South Caucasus part of Black Sea geopolitical agenda – Sergey Markedonov

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ARMINFO
Armenia – June 15 2022
David Stepanyan

ArmInfo. The European Union (EU) is seeking independent activities in the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Sergey Markedonov, Leading Researcher  at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), said in  an interview with ArmInfo.

“Brussels failed to accomplish the set task by itself either in the  Balkans or in Ukraine. The USA’s interference was needed in both  cases. This is the reason for the EU’s desire to show its own ability  to settle conflict at least in the South Caucasus. And Brussels  obviously has its own motives for and interests in it, which are, no  doubt, in conflict with Russia’s interests,” Mr Markedonov said. 

The launch of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine triggered  activities only on the part of the EU in the South Caucasus.  Specifically, Brussels is now actively involved in preparing border  delimitation and demarcation and a peace agreement between Armenia  and Azerbaijan. Certain processes got underway in Transdniestria, and  Tbilisi’s refusal to support the anti-Russian sanctions caused  problems in the Georgian – Ukrainian relations. 

“In other words, the Caucasus agenda is part of the Black Sea  geopolitical agenda – and it is extremely important. By and large,  the EU not being interested in Russia growing stronger does not give  rise to any questions. Rather, what causes questions is the EU’s  desire to ‘skim the cream off’ Moscow’s previous steps to establish  peace in Karabakh. The very same President of the European Council  Charles Michel prefers pretending that Russia is not at all involved  in Karabakh, whereas it was Russia that ended the war and ensured the  trilateral agreements to establish peace in the South Caucasus.  Moscow and Brussels are not in outright confrontation with each other  over Nagorno-Karabakh in contrast to that over Georgia and Ukraine.  They are just trying to ignore Russia,” Mr Markedonov said. 

Aliyev speaks of "verbal agreement" to not raise status of Karabakh

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PanArmenian
Armenia – June 16 2022
June 16, 2022 – 14:24 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has said that there has been a “verbal agreement” that the issue of status of Karabakh would not be raised.

Aliyev called on Armenia to stop raising the topic of the status of Karabakh, Interfaz.az reports.

“But unfortunately, we have been hearing statements from the Armenian government about the “status” of the so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh”, which is absolutely counterproductive,” Aliyev told the IX Global Baku Forum on Thursday, June 16.

Aliyev claimed that Nagorno-Karabakh doesn’t exist and “therefore, any mention of status will only lead to new problems.”

According to him, if Armenia calls into question the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, it thereby forces Baku to take similar steps in relation to its territory.

The Second Karabakh war lasted 44 days and ended when Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev signed a ceasefire statement on November 9, 2020. Under the deal, the Armenian side returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities.

Putin says "interested" in stabilization of situation in Armenia

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PanARMENIAN
Armenia –
– 12:15 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturian on Friday, June 17 that Russia understands everything that is happening in Armenia and what the situation in the country to be stable.

“We understand everything that is happening today in Armenia, around Armenia. We are determined to develop our partnership relations. We are interested in the situation in the country being stable and guaranteeing progressive development,” Putin said, according to RIA Novosti.

He noted that Armenia is a strategic ally of Russia: “We appreciate that.”

The two Presidents met on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Tech Week Gyumri 2022 to launch in Armenia’s second largest city on July 2

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YEREVAN, JUNE 17, ARMENPRESS. Tech Week Gyumri 2022 in Armenia’s second largest city to combine the efforts of ICT companies in promoting the community development.

The event will launch in Gyumri on July 2-4.

The main purpose of the event is the continuous proportionate community development, the creation of new teams in Gyumri, and the discovery of new opportunities and capacities.

“The official opening of the event is expected to take place on July 2. A number of major events will take place during the Tech Week: professional conferences, ggRace, the entire proceeds of which will be directed to community development projects, Koriz competition of ideas, the winners of which will receive grants, Armenia Software Testing Cup and other events”, PR manager of the event Anna Danielyan said.

Last year the first event in such a format was held in Stepanakert, Artsakh.

 

Reporting by Armenuhi Mkhoyan

Newspaper: US ambassador invites leaders of 2 opposition factions in Armenia parliament to meeting

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Armenia –
09:59, 17.06.2022

YEREVAN. – Hraparak daily of Armenia writes: Yesterday, US Ambassador Lynne Tracy requested a meeting with the leaders of the two opposition factions in the National Assembly [(NA)], separately, to convey the invitation to meet with the US Congress members.

Let us note that a US Congress delegation will be in Armenia, from June 30 to July 2, and from today already invitations are being sent to the [Armenian] political forces for a meeting [with this delegation].

But using the opportunity, US Ambassador Lynne Tracy also invited the head of the NA [opposition] “Armenia” Faction, Seyran Ohanyan, and the head of the [opposition] “With Honor” Faction, Artur Vanetsyan, to separate meetings to personally pass the invitation to them and, in parallel, to talk about various matters.

Apparently, the ambassador also had a long-term goal: to gauge the mood of the opposition and persuade [them] to weaken the fight against [PM] Nikol Pashinyan, who “enjoys” their “patronage,” so that the latter would go along the road they had outlined and sign all possible documents.

In a conversation with us, the head of the “Armenia” Faction, Seyran Ohanyan, confirmed the information about the meeting (…).

Armenian FM meets with families of POWs illegally held in Azerbaijan

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YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the parents and relatives of the Armenian prisoners of war who are still illegally held in Azerbaijan, the ministry said.

Minister Mirzoyan touched upon the works aimed at presenting the issue of the release of the POWs and other persons held to international high-ranking officials, parliamentarians, human rights organizations and then answered to the questions of the meeting participants.

Ararat Mirzoyan reaffirmed that the Foreign Ministry makes all possible efforts for the quick release and repatriation of the POWs.

Arayik Harutyunyan and Mikhail Shvydkoy discuss issues related to Armenian-Russian cooperation in humanitarian direction

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YEREVAN, JUNE 10, ARMENPRESS. Arayik Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Armenia, received Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on International Cultural Cooperation, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.

During the meeting, the interlocutors discussed issues related to bilateral cooperation in the humanitarian spheres and promising directions.

The sides referred to the “Armenian Culture Days in Russia” and “Russian Culture Days in Armenia” programs. The “Armenian Culture Days in Russia” event will take place on June 10-11, 2022 in Moscow and on June 13 in Kislovodsk. The event “Russian Spiritual Culture Days in Armenia” is planned in autumn of 2022.

The interlocutors attached importance to holding the above-mentioned events and stressed that they will contribute to the strengthening of the centuries-old friendship between the Armenian and Russian peoples.