Author: Nahapetian Samvel

Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces, Head of the ICRC delegation refer to repatriation of Armenian POWs

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 19:14,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 30, ARMENPRESS. On August 30, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, First Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General Edward Asryan received Thierry Ribo, head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, during the meeting, the issue of the speedy release and repatriation of the Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held hostage in Azerbaijan was discussed, as well as the work being done to find the missing persons.

A number of issues of cooperation were discussed, an agreement was reached to continue the participation of representatives of the Armenian armed forces in international humanitarian law courses.

Sports: Armenian gymnasts snatch gold, silver at European Championships

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PanARMENIAN
Armenia – Aug 22 2022
– 14:00 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian gymnasts Harutyun Merdinyan and Artur Davtyan won gold and silver medals, respectively, on the final day of the European Championships on Sunday, August 21, the country’s Gymnastics Federation said.

The 38-year-old Merdinyan regained the European title on pommel horse that he first earned in 2016. His other top results earlier in his lengthy career included second at the 2015 Europeans, third at the 2015 Worlds, third at the 2017 Europeans, fifth at the 2017 Worlds and seventh at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Merdinyan said he owes his achievement-filled longevity to persistence, International Gymnast reports.

“I don’t know how I’m doing it, but I’m always trying to stay in shape and I go for it,” he said. “It pays off.”

Davtyan, meanwhile, won silver title on the vault after recording an average score of 14.983 to tie for the top spot with English gymnast Jake Jarman, who was awarded gold based on achieving the highest individual score, The Mail revealed.

Vahagn Davtyan and Artur Avetisyan came fourth and eighth on the rings, while Gagik Khachiyan secured a chance to participate in the World Championships.

Armenia government to allocate around $6K to design sketches of customs officers’ new uniforms

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NEWS.am
Armenia – Aug 18 2022
14:14, 18.08.2022

Sketches of the new design for the uniforms of the Customs Service of Armenia will be approved in the context of reform in this service. Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned about this from the unreported matters at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting of the government.

A total of 2,500,000 drams (approx. US$6,232) will be allocated to develop the aforesaid sketches of these new uniforms. And based on the requirement of the legal regulation, the above-mentioned work is planned to be completed in a short period of time; that is, within a maximum of ten days after the contract to be signed with the respective design company comes into force.

The government informs that the purchase will be made from one person because such a short period will not be met in any other way.

Thus, sketches of the summer and winter festive and everyday uniforms of Armenia’s customs officers will be designed.

Terrorism ruled out with “99% certainty” in Yerevan market blast

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YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations is “99% certain” that the explosion in the Surmalu market was not an act of terrorism, the Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Pambukhchyan told reporters.

“Looking at the footage of the moment of the blast it becomes obvious that there can be no talk about an act of terror because first of all there is some fire, smoke rises, then only the blast. Meaning there was some volume of fire which then spread out on the explosive materials. According to the ministry of emergency situations this is 99 percent accurate,” he said.

Speaking about the bomb threats which targeted various structures in Yerevan following the blast, Pambukhchyan said all threats were fake and reminded that hoax bomb threats have become more and more frequent. 

Initially it was reported that the building which exploded was a fireworks warehouse. 

61 people were hospitalized after the blast, but as of August 15 most of them were treated and discharged with 21 still receiving treatment.

15 people are missing.

The death toll in the explosion stands at 6.

The prosecution earlier said the investigators are looking into all possible versions. However the criminal case is opened on Violation of Fire Safety Rules Causing Deaths and Violating of Safety Rules for Storing, Transporting, Using or Supplying Flammable or Incendiary Materials Causing Death.




Turkish press: Azerbaijan prepares to retake control of Lachin

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Ruslan Rehimov   |16.08.2022


BAKU 

Azerbaijan will retake control of the city of Lachin and some villages on the route between Khankendi and Armenia at the end of this month in accordance with a joint declaration signed by Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Russian troops and the Armenian population will leave the areas along the route known as the “Lachin corridor,” where Lachin and the villages of Zabuh and Sus are located and which was temporarily put under Russian control in accordance with the tripartite declaration signed between the three countries on Nov. 10, 2020.

According to the declaration, Azerbaijan would build a new road passing outside Lachin which the Armenian population in Karabakh would use on their way to and from Armenia within three years. Azerbaijan completed the 32-kilometer (20-mile) road earlier than planned.

Russian forces providing security on the route of the old Lachin corridor will also move the checkpoints to the new road.

Lachin and its villages were occupied by the Armenian army in 1992, and then Armenians brought from Syria and Lebanon were settled here in the following years. Throughout the process, Azerbaijan has declared that it sees this as a war crime and violation of the Geneva Conventions.

According to information from the Armenian press and social media, the Armenian population that settled in Lachin and Zabuh and Sus was warned to leave the region by Aug. 25. They will be able to settle in either Armenia or Khankendi and will receive financial assistance from Yerevan.

Although Armenians who leave the region were warned not to burn their homes or harm the environment, images have been circulating on social media showing some Armenians burning their houses and nearby forests.

While both the Armenian and Western press have been portraying Armenians to be expelled from Lachin in a disadvantaged position, they did not touch on the issue of when they settled there and who lived in these lands before. The reports did not include the information that there was no Armenian population there before the occupation and that Azerbaijanis had to leave their homeland.

Speaking to Azerbaijan state television on the evacuation of Armenians from Lachin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said he ordered the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons to contact the original inhabitants of the city of Lachin and the villages of Zabuh and Sus and to start work to return them to their ancestral homeland.

Relations between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Upper Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions.

As new clashes erupted in September 2020, a 44-day conflict saw Azerbaijan liberate several cities and over 300 settlements and villages that were occupied by Armenia for almost 30 years.

The fighting ended in November 2020 with a deal brokered by Russia that saw Armenia cede chunks of the territory it had occupied for decades.

In January 2021, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia agreed to develop economic ties and infrastructure for the benefit of the entire region.

*Writing by Seda Sevencan

Azerbaijan`s ethnic cleansing of Artsakh areas clear violation of Rome Statute of International Criminal Court – ANCA

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ARMINFO
Armenia – Aug 9 2022
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Aghavno, Berdzor, and other areas of Artsakh represents a clear violation of Article 7, Section 1(d) of the Rome Statute of  the International Criminal Court – prohibiting the “deportation or  forcible transfer of population,” ANC reports. 

Azerbaijan has presented an ultimatum demanding resettlement of the   Berdzor, Sus and Aghavno residents until August 25, planning to close   the highway running along the Lachin corridor, while an alternative  highway has not yet been constructed. So Artsakh is facing complete   isolation. Azerbaijan’s ultimatum is in conflict with Point 6 of the  trilateral statement Azerbaijan itself is referring to. The   international community is silent about that.  Earlier, Artsakh   Minister of Territorial Administration Hayk Khanumyan discussed   evacuation of the Aghavno, Sus and Berdzor residents with the   Kashatagh residents and local authorities. However, the local   residents will not leave. 

Berdzor Mayor Narek Aslanyan reported that the Aghavno, Sus and   Berdzor residents will receive housing certificates – AMD 8mln in   case of moving to Yerevan and AMD 10mln in case of moving to other  Armenian regions. Those wishing to purchase housing in Artsakh will   receive AMD 12mln. 

Under the circumstances, 56 residents of Aghavno applied to the OSCE   Minsk Group co-chairs for immediate and active interference and   mediation by France and the United States for the village to be  relocated in the new corridor zone (just 1,200 meters of the area) to   avert a humanitarian disaster, which could deprive them of their way   of life, homeland and even lives. 

Poor challenge from Aliyev! He met with Turkish-Cypriot occupation leader in Turkey

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Aug 10 2022

by ATHENS BUREAU

The  leader of the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus, Ersin Tatar, met with the genocidal dictator of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, in Ikónion (Ἰκόνιον, Turkish: Konya), Turkey.

According to the Turkish-Cypriot leader’s written statement, Tatar traveled to Ikónion to attend the Opening Ceremony of the 5th Islamic Solidarity at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Tatar had a meeting with Aliyev, which lasted about 40 minutes. During the meeting, Tatar informed Aliyev about Cyprus and said that they follow a harmonious policy with Turkey.

Noting that the meeting took place in a very frank atmosphere, Tatar emphasised that assessments were made on the development of mutual relations between the two countries.

Simply put, the dictator, murderous and corrupt Aliyev, legitimised the pseudo-state.

Time for Greece to finally sanction this murderer, who has seared Western consciences by handing out at least three billion dollars in bribes to Western politicians and officials, according to News Break.

‘We have no right to leave our soldiers alone’, says opposition MP

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Panorama
Armenia – Aug 5 2022

MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition Pativ Unem faction has hailed Armenian soldiers for successfully performing their combat tasks in a difficult post-war situation despite the “authorities’ failures and conspiracies against the homeland”.

“It is very hard for soldiers standing guard on the frontline to realize that there is no state and no politically responsible leader having their back and, at the same time, to focus on the service and the country’s defense with excessive strain. We have no right to leave our troops alone and wash our hands of them,” the deputy wrote on Facebook on Friday.

“In such situations, our servicemen should know that no matter what happens, a large part of society will always support the homeland defenders.

“I myself know many servicemen who are tirelessly fulfilling their service amid heightened tensions and are ready to do anything to protect the homeland and all of us.

“Eternal glory to those who fell for the defense of the homeland! Wishing patience and fortitude to our military!” Abrahamyan said.

Charles Aznavour’s son Nicolas Aznavour celebrates birthday today

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 13:08, 5 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 5, ARMENPRESS. Nicolas Aznavour, son of late renowned French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, the co-founder and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Aznavour Foundation, is celebrating his 45th birthday today.

In a statement on social media, the Aznavour Foundation congratulated Nicolas Aznavour on birthday and quoted his words about his father, Charles Aznavour:

“My father never gave advices, not even to his children. He taught by example. It was by example that he conveyed to us the importance of hard work.

In my father’s life, the ability to share what he had and express empathy towards people was of key importance, that’s why he wanted to see those who also carry these values united around the Aznavour Foundation. It is a great honor and responsibility for me to be able to continue his humanitarian mission through the Foundation”.

Sports: Armenian shooter wins bronze at Children of Asia Games in Russia

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Panorama
Armenia – Aug 2 2022

SPORT 15:16 02/08/2022 ARMENIA

Armenian shooter Gagik Nikoghosyan won a bronze medal at the 7th Children of Asia International Sports Games being held in Vladivostok, Russia, from July 27 to August 8, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports reports.

The athlete, who participated in an international tournament for the first time, took the bronze medal in the 10m rifle event.

The Armenian shooting team also includes Armen Gevorgyan, Nare Melkumyan and Edita Manucharyan.

The Armenian beach volleyball team finished fifth in the tournament.