Author: Kanayan Tamar

President Armen Sarkissian holds meeting with Justice Minister

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 17:11, 11 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian had a working meeting today with Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

The President and the minister discussed the agenda of Armenia’s constitutional amendments, judicial reforms, anti-corruption fight, human rights, the international cooperation in these fields, as well as a number of other issues.

The justice minister introduced the activity of the professional commission for constitutional amendments to the President.

President Sarkissian highlighted the constitutional reforms and stated that the Constitution is a legal document living and developing under the challenges of the time. He said any change, improvement in the Constitution should be based on the principle of the rule of law by contributing to the peaceful and normal development of the state.

Armen Sarkissian also introduced his visions and approaches on the constitutional amendments. He highlighted the participation of broad public in the development process of the main law of the country as much as possible. The President said his administration is ready to cooperate both with the ministry and the professional commission with its proposals and capacities.

Both sides highlighted the importance of such meetings.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




GeoProMining implements large-scale gasification project of schools

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 15:19, 2 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 2, ARMENPRESS. GeoProMining company is completing a large-scale project of construction of heating systems in the educational institutions of the regions of its presence in Armenia – Gegharkunik and Ararat regions. The first stage of the program provides for gasification and installation of heating systems in five schools, where earlier, for almost 30 years, the task of heating of the classrooms was solved with the help of “burjuykas” and liquid fuel.

At the first stage of the program, construction of the heating systems in three schools of the city of Vardenis has already been completed. Local heating systems based on natural gas have already been connected.

Installation of heating systems in the schools and pre-school institution in the village of Sotk and in one of the schools of Ararat are nearly completing, and it is planned to put them into operation in March 2020.

Ruzanna Grigoryan, Coordinator of the program, Head of the department of external communications and social policy of “GeoProMining” stated: “As a result of the program, modern and safe heating systems are installed. Local gas pipeline of 1,350 meters is built, and also heating systems with a total area of 15,000 square meters. Total cost of the program amounted to 160 million drams, of which 50 million drams were provided by the schools from their savings, and 110 million drams (230 thousand dollars) was invested by GeoProMining company”. We have been working on the preparation and implementation of this program for two years, and we are very pleased to have it successfully completed. Warm and comfortable study conditions for our children are the result of the collective efforts of our partners and contractors, who supported us in the implementation of the project”.

President of the “GeoProMining” company Roman Khudoliy said: “Social investments in educational infrastructure is one of the main priorities of our company corporate and social responsibility policy. In our social activities we focus on having an educated and healthy young generation. This cannot be achieved without comfortable conditions for organizing those processes, and also motivation. Without education and sports it is impossible to bring up a strong and effective future generation, and in relation to these issues, we always support healthy initiatives of the citizens and local authorities. Given the successful experience in implementing the first phase of the program, we intend to continue this process. We will resolutely help to ensure comfortable educational conditions in all schools and preschool institutions in the regions of our presence in Armenia”.

Governor of the Gegharkunik region of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan noted: “The issue of organizing modern and civil heating of our schools was a really difficult one. Unfortunately, local budgets did not allow implementation of such big projects. Every year we were buying fuel for heating, and all the same, the accumulated funds were not providing comfortable learning conditions for our children. It is difficult to overestimate the financial assistance of GeoProMining in solving this problem. It has moved the solution from a standstill, which has been in the air for many years. In addition, the company is working on a number of other social issues existing in the region, thus ensuring enormous social support to our borderline towns and villages”.

Armenia rejects Turkey’s participation in Karabakh conflict settlement process

Kanayan Tamar
JAM News
March 3 2020
JAMnews, Yerevan
Artur Xachatryan
March 3, 2020

This is a response to the statement of the Turkish Foreign Minister about the need to active the OSCE Minsk Group to resolve the conflict

Turkey cannot play any role in the process of peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, says the Armenian Foreign Ministry in response to the statement of the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Ankara.

On March 2, Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that the OSCE Minsk Group should be more active in resolving the conflict.

“The decision should be within the framework of respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan,” the Turkish Foreign Minister wrote on Twitter after a meeting with the Minsk Group co-chairs and personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

 The response of the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry was not long in coming.

Zohrab Mnatsakanyan responded on Twitter:

“The advice of the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, to the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, leads one to read Luke 4:23: Doctor, heal yourself.”

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan commented on the Minister’s response to Armenian journalists:

“With an unfriendly policy towards Armenia and the Armenian people, which is also expressed in the context of the Karabakh conflict by unilateral military-political support of Azerbaijan, Turkey cannot play any role in the process of the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.”

Armenian PM, Georgian President hold meeting in Tbilisi

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 14:08, 3 March, 2020

YEREVAN, MARCH 3, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili in Tbilisi on the sidelines of his official visit, the PM’s Office told Armenpress.

The Georgian President highly valued the friendly relations of the two countries and stated that the issues and initiatives discussed during today’s meetings will give a new impetus to the further development and strengthening of the ties.

Nikol Pashinyan said he is happy to meet with Mrs. Zourabichvili during his official visit in Georgia to discuss the prospects of further deepening and developing the relations of the two states. “It’s a pleasure to once again meet with you. I can state that the Armenian-Georgian relations have recorded a positive development since our first meeting”, the Armenian PM said.

The Armenian PM and the Georgian President continued discussing several issues of the bilateral agenda. Thereafter, their discussion continued around a luncheon.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




Azerbaijani press: Azerbaijan’s consul general meets governor of U.S. State of Idaho

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Fri 06 Mar 2020 06:33 GMT | 10:33 Local Time

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During his visit to the State of Idaho, Consul General of Azerbaijan Nasimi Aghayev met with the Governor of Idaho Brad Little on March 5, 2020.

Idaho Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, Idaho House of Representatives Majority Leader Mike Moyle, Assistant Majority Leader Jason Monks, Idaho Department of Commerce Director Tom Kealey, Idaho Department of Agriculture Director Celia Gould and other officials joined the meeting.

At the meeting, prospects of Azerbaijan-Idaho cooperation in various fields were discussed. Informing the Governor about Azerbaijan’s steady development as a free and independent nation, Consul General Aghayev stressed the great potential for fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation in a number of areas such as agriculture, technology, transportation, manufacturing, education, science, culture, etc.

Highlighting also his country’s long-standing traditions of interfaith and interethnic harmony and multiculturalism, the Consul General spoke of the peaceful coexistence of various religions and ethnicities in Azerbaijan. He expressed his hope that in light of the recent increase in religious and ethnic intolerance and violence in different parts of the world, Azerbaijan’s successful and internationally appreciated model of coexistence would inspire many others to follow towards a better and more peaceful world.

During his visit, Consul General Aghayev also met with the Mayor of Idaho’s capital city of Boise, Lauren McLean, as well as many State Senators, House Representatives and other officials.

Lavrov tells Cavusoglu that situation around Sputnik Turkiye must be resolved swiftly

Kanayan Tamar
Panorama, Armenia
March 2 2020

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for immediate measures to settle the situation around Sputnik Turkiye employees, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday after Lavrov’ telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu. 

“The Russian side stressed that the situation around journalists and employees of Sputnik news agency in Ankara must be resolved the soonest possible. He also demanded their security be ensured,” the ministry said, according to TASS. 

Editor-in-Chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group, RT and Sputnik Margarita Simonyan wrote on her Telegram channel earlier on Sunday that the police was searching the agency’s Istanbul office under an official warrant. She also wrote that the three Sputnik Turkiye employees, who had been detained earlier, were taken to the Palace of Justice for questioning. According to Simonyan, practically all Spitnik Turkiye employees are Turkish nationals.

On Saturday night, Simonyan wrote that unidentified persons had broken into the apartments of three Sputnik employees in Ankara, accusing them of high treason because of their work for a Russian mass media outlet.

Later, the Sozcu newspaper said that the police had detrained these three journalists over a publication on the news agency’s website titled “The Stolen Province: Why Turkey Was Given A Corner of Syria By France 80 years ago.” The province of Hatay became part of Turkey in 1939 under an agreement with France when Syria was ruled by the French mandate.

Pashinyan pays tribute to memory of Sumgait pogrom victims in Yerevan memorial

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 10:00,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the tragedy that took place in Sumgait on February 27-29, 1988.

The PM was accompanied by deputy prime minister Mher Grigoryan, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Artak Davtyan, acting Police Chief Arman Sargsyan and other top officials.

February 28 marks the 32nd anniversary of the massacres and deportation of the Armenian population conducted by Soviet Azerbaijan at the state level.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




Armenian parliamentary committee discusses bill on repatriates

Kanayan Tamar
News.am, Armenia
Feb 26 2020

21:18, 26.02.2020
                  

Armenia is offering to extend the customs privileges for repatriates and facilitate the existing procedures. This is what author of the bill on making amendments and supplements to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On customs regulation”, deputy of the My Step faction of the National Assembly Sisak Gabrielyan said during a discussion on the bill held by the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs of the National Assembly today.

According to him, based on the existing legislation, repatriates who have returned to the homeland for permanent residency may benefit from customs privileges, if they have not lived in the territory of Armenia over the past 5 years.

“This provision is actually acceptable for citizens who not only haven’t been in Armenia over the past five years, but also lack Armenian citizenship and registration in the territory of Armenia,” Gabrielyan said. This means that if a person who left Armenia 10 years ago, didn’t sell his or her apartment and is still registered at any address in the territory of Armenia, he or she can’t benefit from this privilege. However, the bill states that if the relevant authorized body (Department of Passports and Visas) truly establishes that the particular person hasn’t been in Armenia over the past five years, he or she will be issued a certificate stating that he or she does not have a permanent residence in the territory of Armenia.

Later, the citizen can address the customs service on the ground of the issued certificate and can, in the course of 18 months, import his or her assets to the country without paying taxes. However, the person can only import from the country from which he or she had intended to move to Armenia for permanent residency.

The bill was approved by the Committee after rather long discussions.

Bilateral meetings, discussion on NK conflict: Armenian PM’s visit to Germany continues

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 11:14,

MUNICH, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Germany on a working visit, will continue the third day of his visit in Munich where he is scheduled to have several bilateral meetings, Armenpress correspondent reports from Munich.

The Armenian PM will firstly meet with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić. The PM is also scheduled to meet with President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah, Norway’s PM Erna Solberg. A hand-shaking ceremony with President of Latvia Egils Levits is also expected.

In the past days the most discussed topic in the context of the Armenian PM’s visit to Germany was his possible meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The meeting will most probably take place, according to the website of the Munich Security Conference. The leaders of the two countries will participate in a panel discussion on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. It will take place on February 15 from 20:30 to 21:15 Yerevan time.

The 56th Munich Security Conference kicked off on February 14. The Armenian PM, as well as President Armen Sarkissian are attending the Conference.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan




France ratifies protocol on readmission agreement signed with Armenia

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 13:30,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, ARMENPRESS. France has ratified the protocol on implementing the agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on the readmission of persons residing without authorization, the French migration service said.

“France has ratified the protocol signed between the French and Armenian governments in Paris on October 27, 2016 on implementing the “Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on the readmission of persons residing without authorization” signed in Brussels on April 19, 2013”, the statement says.

Armenia’s Migration Service said the protocol defines the technical details, timeframes of the readmission process and the cooperation format. Armenia has ratified that protocol on September 14, 2017.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan