Author: Kalashian Nyrie

UK supports efforts of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs – Wendy Morton

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 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.




Russia ready to contribute to Armenian-Turkish rapproachment – Zakharova

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 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.




Armenian national football team off to North Macedonia for FIFA World Cup qualifier

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 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.

4 more soldiers’ bodies found in Artsakh search operations

Kalashian Nyrie
Panorama, Armenia
Aug 2 2021

Artsakh rescuers on Monday found the remains of 4 more Armenian soldiers as a result of their search operations for the 2020 war casualties.

The remains were retrieved from the Varanda (Fizuli) region, the State Service of Emergency Situations of Artsakh’s Interior Ministry reported.

The bodies are yet to be identified through a forensic medical examination.

The State Service of Emergency Situations will provide further information on the upcoming search operations.

Since the end of hostilities, a total of 1,623 bodies of Armenian soldiers and civilians have been found and recovered from the Artsakh territories temporarily occupied by Azerbaijan as a result of the 44-day war unleashed by it.

Armenian ministry of health prepares packages for increasing COVID-19 vaccinations, applying certain restrictions

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 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

Pashinyan proposes Russian border posts along entire Armenia-Azerbaijan frontier

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July 30 2021






By Neil Hauer in Yerevan July 30, 2021
Following clashes, Pashinyan as proposed Moscow secure the whole border.


Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has suggested that Russian border posts be placed along the entirety of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to secure its safe demarcation, with simmering tensions between the two South Caucasus nations threatening to boil over once more.

On July 28, three Armenian soldiers were killed in what was the deadliest clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan since the end of last autumn’s Nagorno-Karabakh war. Clashes have become more frequent along the border since mid-May.

Speaking at a government session on July 29, Pashinyan also said that observers from the member states of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) could also monitor the border, adding that the Minsk Group of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and other formats could be acceptable alternatives to secure a peaceful border delimitation.

Internationally mediated negotiations involving the Minsk Group co-chaired by Russia, the US, and France have been unable to produce a lasting settlement of the conflict.

“As a member of the CSTO, Armenia, which will take over the chairmanship in the organisation in September, fully understands its responsibility to avoid threats to the CSTO’s security and stay away from involving allies in armed conflicts, and I officially exclude any provocative actions from Armenia’s armed forces,” Pashinyan said. The CSTO groups Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow shortly after Pashinyan’s statement that “Russia continues contacting Yerevan and Baku to secure the implementation of the three-party agreements”. The Russia-brokered agreements brought the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan to an end last November.

Fighting ended with Baku regaining control over parts of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and all seven adjacent districts that were under ethnic Armenian control for almost 30 years. Under the ceasefire deal, around 2,000 Russian peacekeeper troops were deployed to in and around Nagorno-Karabakh to keep the peace.

The war claimed at least 6,900 lives.

 

World Chess Cup: Armenia’s Hayk Martirosyan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan make it to 2nd round

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News.am, Armenia

Out of Armenia’s representatives playing at the play-offs for the World Chess Cup taking place in Sochi, Hayk Martirosyan and Hovhannes Gabuzyan made it to the second round.

During the tie-break in the 1/128 final, Martirosyan defeated Zambian Chitumbo Mvali in both matches of rapid chess and will compete with Turkish chess player Mustafa Yilmaz during the 1/64 final.

Gabuzyan also won the tie-break after defeating Algerian Bilel Belahsene 2-0. Gabuzyan’s next opponent will be Egypt’s representative Basem Amin.

Levon Aronian will start competing during the 1/64 final and will face off against Turkish-Australian Bobby Chang, who defeated Vahap Sanal.

During the women’s tournament, Armenia’s only representative Elina Danielyan made it to the 1/64 final after defeating Paraguayan Gabriela Vargas in two classic games. In the second round, Danielyan’s opponent will be Romania chess player Irina Bulmaga.

The second round is set to kick off on July 15.

Appeal over cases of seven Armenian POWs submitted to ECHR

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 15:40,

YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. The International and Comparative Law Center (ICLaw) in partnership with the Armenian Legal Center for Justice and Human Rights (ALC) has filed seven new cases to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) requesting to apply “interim measures” for Armenian prisoners of war taken captive by Azerbaijan in violation of international humanitarian law and the 2020 November 9 trilateral ceasefire statement, the Armenian Weekly reports.

“Azerbaijan’s continued failure to acknowledge the existence of all Armenian POWs is an outrage and yet another example of its depraved indifference to human life,” stated ALC chairperson Kenneth Hachikian. “It is time for the international community to stop emboldening dictator Aliyev and demand that Azerbaijan comply with its obligations under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.”  

Having gathered strong direct evidence of identity and continued captivity, ICLaw’s application for interim measures represents the first step in forcing Azerbaijan to acknowledge the captive existence of these Armenians and ensuring that they have access to international humanitarian organizations while in captivity, including visits by the International Committee for the Red Cross.  

As a result of the partnership of two companies based in Yerevan and Washingon, cases of nearly 100 Armenian POWs have been filed to the ECHR. Recently, ICLaw, with the support of ALC, gathered information on 90 additional POWs held by Azerbaijan. The companies will continue to pursue both the freedom and the right to life of all Armenian POWs.

Armenian students win 3 medals at International Olympiad in Informatics

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Panorama, Armenia

The Armenian team of school students won three medals at the 33rd International Olympiad in Informatics, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport reports.

The Olympiad was held online at the Yerevan State University on June 19-25. The competition, which brought together 355 schoolchildren from 88 countries, was organized by Singapore.

Alexander Abelyan, a 12th grade student from Quantum College in Yerevan, won silver, while Emil Kostanyan, a 12th grade student from the Physics and Mathematics Specialized School named after Artashes Shahinyan, and Arayi Khalatyan, an 11th grade student from Quantum College, were awarded bronze medals.

The team was led by Armen Andreasyan, a lecturer at the YSU Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, and Levon Muradyan, a Master’s student of the same faculty.

The Armenian team earlier won two medals at the European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics, which was held for the first time. The competition, organized by Switzerland, took place online on June 13-19.

Ani Khachatryan, a 12th grade student from the Physics and Mathematics Specialized School, won silver and Amaras Nazaryan, an 11th grade student from Quantum College, won a bronze medal.