Author: Kalashian Nyrie

 15:24, 6 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Ministry of Healthcare has approved the Russian single-component Sputnik Light vaccine against coronavirus, the Russian Direct Investment Fund said in a statement.

“Sputnik Light vaccine based on human adenovirus serotype 26 is the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine. Immunization with Sputnik Light will help Armenia to significantly reduce the infection rate in the country and create herd immunity in a short time frame. In February 2021 the two-dose Sputnik V vaccine was also approved in Armenia”, the statement says.

 20:48, 6 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan held a phone conversation with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Wendy Morton on September 6.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, the interlocutors discusses a broad scope of issues related to regional security and stability. Minister Mirzoyan stressed that a lasting and stable peace in the region can be achieved through a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the basis of known principles and elements. Wendy Morton, in turn, noted that the United Kingdom supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

The Foreign Minister stressed the need for the immediate repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held in Azerbaijan.

Ararat Mirzoyan also presented to Wendy Morton the situation created as a result of the provocative actions of Azerbaijan, in particular, the penetration of Azerbaijani troops into the sovereign territory of Armenia. He stressed that such a behavior by Azerbaijan undermines efforts for regional security and stability.

Accepting his colleague’s congratulations on assuming the post of Foreign Minister, Ararat Mirzoyan expressed the readiness of the Armenian side to develop cooperation with the UK in areas of common interest.

In the context of coordinating the efforts of the countries against climate change, the interlocutors highlighted the effective holding of the 26th summit of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, UK in November this year, as well as the participation of the Armenian side in the conference.

 18:35, 2 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Russia has recorded and taken note of the recent positive signals between Armenia and Turkey, ARMENPRESS reports representative of the Foreign Ministry of Russia Maria Zakharova said in a press conference.

‘’As you know, Russia has always advocated for normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations. By the way, it’s necessary to remind that in the past we directly participated in mediation efforts. We contributed to the signing of Zurich protocols in 2009. Those protocols assumed stage by stage normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, without preconditions’’, Zakharova said.

According to the Russian MFA representative, Russia not only played the role of a mediator, but also made practical and effective steps which gave positive results.

‘’But in the future the sides did not implement them, but that was the will of the sides. Now we are ready to contribute to the rapproachment of the two neighboring countries by all means, based on mutual respect and considering the interests of one another’’, Zakharova said.

In a meeting with foreign Ambassadors to Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that if Armenia takes positive steps to establish peace in the region, Turkey will respond respectively. In response to that statement, during the Government sitting, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan noted that Armenia will evaluate the positive signals from Turkey, will respond to those signals with a positive signal.

 11:23,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 30, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian National Football Team left for Skopje on August 30 for the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier against North Macedonia scheduled for September 2.

The team has left for Skopije with the following squad:

Goalkeepers:

David Yurchenko – Alashkert
Anatoly Ayvazov – Urartu
Arsen Beglaryan – Urartu

Defenders:
Kamo Hovhannisyan – Kairat (Kazakhstan)
Arman Hovhannisyan – Pyunik
Taron Voskanyan – Alashkert
Hrayr Mkoyan – Ararat
David Terteryan – Ararat-Armenia

Midfielders:
Tigran Barseghyan – Astana (Kazakhstan)
Khoren Bayramyan – Rostov (Russia)
Solomon Ime Udo – Atyrau (Kazakhstan)
Eduard Spertsyan – Krasnodar (Russia)
David Davidyan – Khimki (Russia)
Artak Grigoryan – Alashkert
Wbeymar Angulo – Ararat-Armenia
Zhirayr Shaghoyan – Ararat-Armenia
Erik Vardanyan – Pyunik

Forwards:
Alexander Karapetyan – Noah

The football federation said that André Calisir, Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Vahan Bichakhchyan, Arshak Koryan and Sargis Adamyan will join the team later today in North Macedonia, while Stanislav Buchn, Artyom Avanesyan, Ishkhan Geloyan will join the team tomorrow, and Varazdat Haroyan on September 2.

 12:32, 29 July, 2021

YEREVAN, JULY 29, ARMENPRESS. The ministry of healthcare of Armenia is preparing packages for boosting the COVID-19 vaccinations and imposing some restrictions as the new cases are gradually growing, caretaker minister of healthcare Anahit Avanesyan said at the Cabinet meeting today, adding that the packages will soon be submitted to the government.

“As we see, all countries are using certain tools for both the restrictions and the vaccinations, they are trying to ensure that as many people as possible are getting vaccinated. If in case of the previous strains of the virus 65% was chosen as a targeted figure for the population, the current Delta variant is spreading rapidly and the World Health Organization advises the countries to raise the overall vaccination rate to more than 75%”, she said.

The caretaker minister said the coronavirus situation in the region is quite tense, but that situation in Armenia is stable. “Although we are recording a little growth every week. Therefore, we need to do everything to avoid drastic increase in new cases”, Anahit Avanesyan said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan