Author: Maral Chavushian

Government tries to find tools to curb inflation, minister of economy says

Maral Chavushian

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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, ARMENPRESS. The government is very concerned by the current level of inflation in Armenia and is trying to find tools to curb it, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan told reporters after the Cabinet meeting today.

“Both in the domestic market and with the partners of the Eurasian Economic Union we are trying to find tools in order to be able to curb inflation. The EAEU has set privileged customs tariff quotas for certain goods, and it will allow the inflation to be restrained in case of these products”, the minister.

He informed that the works continue with the Central Bank and the Competition Protection Commission in order to curb inflation with the use of existing tools.

“I would like to state that we have a real economic growth this year, which is much higher than expected, and this allows to say that our citizens live better even under such a high inflation than one or two years ago”, the minister said.

Turkey’s ex-Ambassador to US to be appointed special envoy for normalization of relations with Armenia

Maral Chavushian
News.am, Armenia
Dec 15 2021
Turkey’s ex-Ambassador to US to be appointed special envoy for normalization of relations with Armenia
23:02, 15.12.2021

Former Ambassador of Turkey to the United States Serdar Kilic will be appointed a special envoy for normalization of relations with Armenia, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu said during his visit to the United Arab Emirates, writes Hurriyet.

Earlier, Cavusoglu had said Ankara and Yerevan will appoint special envoys to consider the process of normalization of relations and that Turkey will coordinate all the steps for this with Baku.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has confirmed that an agreement has been reached on the appointment of special envoys.

Armenpress: Ararat Mirzoyan, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne sign “Armenian-French economic cooperation roadmap”

Maral Chavushian

Ararat Mirzoyan, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne sign “Armenian-French economic cooperation roadmap”

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 20:18, 9 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. The first joint sitting of the Armenian-French economic cooperation working group took place on December 9 in Paris. The Armenian delegation was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, the French delegation was headed by the Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. The Armenian delegation also included the Deputy Ministers of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Economy, Finance, High-Tech Industry, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and other officials.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, Minister Mirzoyan thanked Secretary of State Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne for the warm reception and contributing to the organization of the effective discussions, emphasizing that the session is the result of the nearly one year of mutual consistent work and the efforts and agreements at the top level of the two countries.

Ararat Mirzoyan stressed that it is necessary to carry out purposeful work to implement the agreements reached by the top leadership of the two countries aimed at the intensification of economic relations, which will correspond to the level of privileged relations between Armenia and France.

During the discussions, the sides highlighted the diversification of the Armenian-French trade and economic relations, the need to enrich the cooperation with new economic programs, and the activation of mutual investments. The interlocutors also noted the need to intensify contacts between the business circles of France and Armenia, in particular, through mutual visits of delegations and organization of economic events. The current activity of the French Development Agency in Armenia was emphasized, the implementation of new programs was highlighted.

Within the framework of the sitting, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and the French Secretary of State Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne signed the “Armenian-French Economic Cooperation Roadmap for 2021-2026”. The main goal of the document is to create a strategy and framework for bilateral economic programs between Armenia and France for the next five years, which will include infrastructure, urban development, energy, agriculture, tourism, innovation, high technology, healthcare and other promising areas.



COVID-19: Armenia reports 419 new cases, 25 deaths in one day – 12/04/2021

Maral Chavushian

COVID-19: Armenia reports 419 new cases, 25 deaths in one day

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 11:34, 4 December, 2021

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. 419 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 340,396, the ministry of healthcare reports.

7438 COVID-19 tests were conducted on December 4.

963 patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 320,439.

The death toll has risen to 7669 (25 death cases have been registered in the past one day).

The number of active cases is 10,834.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Azerbaijan opens fire near Karabakh civilian settlement

Maral Chavushian
PanArmenian, Armenia
Dec 2 2021
December 2, 2021 – 15:50 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The Azerbaijani military on Thursday, December 2 opened fire from their positions near Karmir Shuka community of Martuni region, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), which lasted for about 10-15 minutes, Karabakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan reveals.

Stepanyan said the Azeri troops used mainly firearms, with shots heard in the residential part of the community and bullets reaching the gardens of civilians. No cases of human or material damage were reported as a result of the shootings, the Ombudsman said.

“The Azerbaijani side, violating the ceasefire established by the Trilateral Statement, continues its criminal actions against the rights of the people of Artsakh, violating the right to life of the civilian population, psychological & physical inviolability,” Stepanyan said.

“After the establishment of the ceasefire, we have repeatedly stated that with such criminal actions the Azerbaijani side seeks to intimidate the people living in Artsakh, to achieve the eviction of Armenians from Artsakh by creating an atmosphere of fear and despair.”

The Human Rights Defender believes that in order to curb the criminal actions of the Azerbaijani side, the immediate removal of the Azerbaijani armed positions from the vicinity of the peaceful settlements of Artsakh, and the introduction of impartial investigation mechanisms of ceasefire violations is an “urgent need”.

Deputy PM Matevosyan meets with President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan

Maral Chavushian

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 18:34, 26 November, 2021

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 26, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Hambardzum Matevosyan had his first meeting in the new status with the President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Congratulating Hambardzum Matevosyan on assuming the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the President of Artsakh wished success and achievements in his activities for the benefit of Armenia and Artsakh.

During the working meeting, issues of bilateral cooperation, the ways of solving the existing socio-economic problems were discussed. The sides also touched upon issues related to Nagorno Karabakh conflict and security.

Scylla: Armenian AI company puts $4.9 million into global expansion of its solutions

Maral Chavushian
Public Radio of Armenia
Nov 23 2021
, 12:38

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Scylla, a leader in real-time physical threat detection solutions, has increased its product enhancements and hiring plans in the US and Armenia with the $4.9 million Seed Round fundraised money earlier this year. The investment will be used to fuel Scylla’s global expansion and make the proprietary AI-powered technology even more precise and versatile.

The Seed Phase investors Mucker Capital, BAJ Accelerator and the Hustle Fund support Scylla’s growth strategy.

Scylla’s technologies are used in the world’s leading manufacturing plants, stadiums, schools, hospitals, airports. For example, Daimler, Major League Basketball, Chicago Cubs, CCSD, Oman Airports Management Company, etc.

“We are steadfast committed to empower the private security industry with more accurate and powerful physical threat detection solutions that help address critical issues and be proactive, rather than reactive when times matters,” stated Albert Stepanyan, CEO of Scylla. “The investment will allow us to accelerate our growth and bring our technology to more clients.”

”We backed up Scylla and their founders as we believe in the team and their mission,” said William Hsu, Co-Founder & Partner of Mucker Capital. “Scylla truly is a game-changer in the private security sector whose technology enables more effective public safety and homeland security. Scylla solutions have unparalleled accuracy, impressively filtering up to 99% of false positives.”

Scylla technology empowers the private security industry with next-generation AI-powered solutions, including object detection, anomaly detection, object tracking in real-time, behavior recognition, perimeter intrusion detection, face recognition, thermal scanning, drone security, and more.

Scylla’s Armenia office employs more than 60 professionals. With the aim of expanding the team, the company announces the creation of new jobs for: DevOps Engineers, .NET Software Developers, Senior C++ Developers, Front-End Developers, Back-End Engineers, and Tech Support experts.

Founded in 2018, Scylla develops AI-powered real-time physical threat detection solutions that help organizations augment their security infrastructure, optimize operations, save costs, and increase their situational awareness. Using its proprietary technology, Scylla delivers its solutions with exceptional accuracy and performance, minimizing false alarms by up to 99%.

Since officially launching its solutions to the market in 2018, Scylla has experienced a major revenue growth and is now one of the leading real-time physical threat detection solutions on the global market.



UN calls on Azerbaijan, Armenia to show restraint

Maral Chavushian
TASS, Russia
Nov 16 2021
We want to avoid any return to the sort of escalation we had earlier, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said

UNITED NATIONS, November 16. /TASS/. The United Nations calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to demonstrate restraint and use peaceful means to settle problems between themselves, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said on Tuesday.

“We are following with concern the reports of this latest violence. And we’ll need to verify those reports. And at this point we urge all sides to exercise restraint, to act in accordance with the ninth of November and 11th of January trilateral statements and address any related concerns peacefully through dialogue. We want to avoid any return to the sort of escalation we had earlier,” he said.

Azerbaijan, Armenia take measures to stabilize situation — Russian defense ministry

Maral Chavushian
TASS, Russia
Nov 16 2021
Following telephone talks with the Azerbaijani and Armenian defense ministers conducted at the initiative of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides took measures to stabilize the situation

MOSCOW, November 16. /TASS/. The Azerbaijani and Armenian defense ministers have taken measures to stabilize the situation at the border after their telephone talks with their Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoigu. The situation near Mount Kilisali has normalized, the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday.

“Following telephone talks with the Azerbaijani and Armenian defense ministers conducted at the initiative of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides took measures to stabilize the situation. Hostilities near Mount Kilisali have been stopped, the situation has normalized and is under control,” it said.

According to earlier reports, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke over the phone with his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts and called on them to stop actions that might further escalate the situation.

Armenia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that several Armenian soldiers were killed and wounded following an offensive staged by the Azerbaijani army in the eastern direction. According to Chairman of the Armenian Security Council Armen Grigoryan, the country has called on Russia “to protect Armenia’s territorial integrity.” Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toganyan told TASS that Russia and Armenia were in consultations via military and diplomatic channels over the current escalations of the situation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

​Russia Says Armenia-Azerbaijan Fighting Stopped After Talks

Maral Chavushian
Bloomberg
Nov 16 2021

By 

Zulfugar Agayev

 and 

Sara Khojoyan
November 16, 2021, 5:32 PM GMT+2 Updated on November 16, 2021, 8:21 PM GMT+2
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    Armenia says truce took effect at 6:30pm following negotiation
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    Combat in Caucasus region resumed after 44-day war last year

Armenian soldiers patrol a checkpoint outside Agdam, Azerbaijan to let vehicles leave the region as the territory is due to be returned to Azerbaijan as stipulated in a Moscow-brokered peace deal signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan, in 2020. 

 Photographer: Karen Minasyan/AFP/Getty Image

Russia brokered a truce between Armenia and Azerbaijan Tuesday after deadly clashes prompted Yerevan to ask Moscow for military assistance in a new flare-up between the Caucasus neighbors that fought a 44-day war last year.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that fighting had stopped in the area after negotiations with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Tass reported. Armenia’s Defense Ministry said a truce took effect at 6:30pm local time.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the crisis in a phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Kremlin said.

That call came after Armenia appealed for Russian assistance under a 1997 mutual-defense treaty. There was no immediate official response from Moscow.

Armenia’s Defense Ministry said it lost two military positions and one soldier was killed. Another 12 were captured by Azeri forces, it said.

The Azeri Defense Ministry said Armenians were leaving their military positions “in panic.”

Tensions remain high between Azerbaijan and Armenia after six weeks of fighting last year that killed over 6,000 troops on both sides. Azerbaijan reclaimed control of parts of the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding territory before Russia brokered a cease-fire a year ago, deploying 2,000 troops to maintain peace.