Author: Kanayan Tamar

 17:15,

ALEPPO, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan arrived in the quake-hit Aleppo, ARMENPRESS correspondent reports.

The Armenian FM will conduct a visit in the disaster zone.

Before traveling to Aleppo, the Armenian FM met with the Syrian President and Foreign Minister in Damascus.

Mirzoyan is visiting Syria to express solidarity and supervise the delivery of the third batch of humanitarian aid.

 14:52,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, ARMENPRESS. The European Union is launching today the EU civilian mission in Armenia (EU Mission in Armenia / EUMA) under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), the Council of the European Union said in a press release.

The EUMA was formally established by a Council Decision on 23 January 2023. Through its deployment on the Armenian side of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the objectives are to contribute to stability in the border areas of Armenia, build confidence and human security in conflict affected areas, and ensure an environment conducive to the normalisation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan supported by the EU.

The total – exclusively civilian – staff of the EUMA will be approximately 100, including around 50 unarmed observers.

The Operational Headquarters of the mission will be in Yeghegnadzor, in Armenia’s Vayots Dzor province. EEAS Managing Director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) Stefano Tomat will serve as the Civilian Operation Commander, while Markus Ritter will serve as the Head of Mission.

Background

In a letter to the High Representative received on 27 December 2022, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia invited the EU to deploy a civilian CSDP mission in Armenia.
On 23 January 2023, the Council adopted a decision establishing EUMA. EUMA is a neutral and non-executive mission which will have a 2-year mandate.

EUMA was preceded by an EU Monitoring Capacity in Armenia (EUMCAP). The latter had deployed EU observers from the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia from 20 October until 19 December 2022.

 12:51,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will participate in the official opening ceremony of the Munich Security Conference, his office said Thursday.

PM Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan will travel to Munich, Germany on February 16-19.

As part of the Munich Security Conference, the Armenian Prime Minister will have a number of bilateral meetings with foreign colleagues.

A meeting between Anna Hakobyan and Silvana Koch-Mehrin, the President and Founder of Women Political Leaders (WPL) is also scheduled.

 11:20, 3 September 2022

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. Armenian chess player Aram Hakobyan scored a victory at the 7^th round of the Dubai Open Chess International Tournament and now has 5,5 points. Hakobyan is only 0,5 points behind the leader of the tournament.

Over 170 chess players are participating in the 22^nd Dubai Chess International Tournament.

The final round is set for September 4.

 15:24, 2 September 2022

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Celebrations on the 875th anniversary of Moscow will take place in Armenia, starting September 5 in Yerevan.

The events are organized by the Dom Moskvi (House of Moscow) Cultural-Business Center.

The celebrations will start at the Pushkin public school in Yerevan with the opening of a Moscow Corner, followed by a I Love Moscow flashmob, a checkers tournament and a Russian song concert program, as well as a photography exhibition.

Dom Moskvi CEO Vahram Karapetyan said that the inauguration of a Russian Center will take place in the town of Hrazdan. “This is already the 8th center, after Yerevan, Vanadzor, Armavir, Kajaran, Ijevan and other towns. The purpose is to contribute to the deepening of Armenian-Russian relations. It is a platform for children where free classes are offered,” he said.

Russian Centers are planned to be opened in Goris, Meghri, Tsaghkadzor and Yeghegnadzor.

Special literature will be gifted to visually impaired children.

Celebrations also include sports events. A chess tournament will be held for the third time.

Founding Director of the Armenian Chess Academy Smbat Lputyan said that chess grandmasters and international masters will participate in the 2-round tournament.

Russian sabre fencer, six-time team European champion, two-time team world champion, 2016 individual Olympic champion, and 2016 team Olympic champion Yana Egorian will be the special guest at the fencing tournament.

A hockey tournament will conclude the celebrations.

Armenian Deputy PM highlights UN engagement in works on addressing needs of NK population 

 21:20, 1 September 2022

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan received UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Miroslav Jenča, the Deputy PM’s Office said. 

The meeting was also attended by Acting UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Lila Pieters Yahia. 

Issues relating to the regional developments were discussed at the meeting. 

Touching upon the humanitarian consequences of the 2020 44-Day War, Deputy PM Grigoryan highlighted the UN ’s engagement in the works on addressing the needs of the population of Nagorno Karabakh.

 15:14,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 31, ARMENPRESS. The National Security Service conducted anti-terrorist training drills on August 31 at the Sasuntsi Davit metro station and adjacent areas in Yerevan, as well as on board the Yerevan-Tbilisi passenger train.

“The results of the training exercises were assessed as positive, all necessary objectives were completed,” the NSS added.

“We call on everyone to treat the law enforcement agencies’ activities with understanding and provide possible assistance and use exclusively official news. At the same time, display vigilance and pay attention to unattended items in public areas and vehicles and notify law enforcement agencies,” the NSS said.