Author: Tambiyan Samvel

 12:08,

YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan during their official visit to Armenia.

President Nausėda laid a wreath at the memorial and flowers at the Eternal Flame in honor of the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė then visited the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

In a Twitter post, President Nausėda shared photos from the visit and wrote: “Paying tribute to the victims of Armenian genocide. It is a dark moment in human history that shall never be forgotten. Հիշատակը հավերժ է [Eternal Memory].”

Lithuania officially recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2005.

 17:18,

YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan received Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Armenia Bedrich Kopecky, the ministry said in a news release.

During the meeting the engagement of Czech companies into energy and transportation sectors was discussed.

The sides emphasized the importance of the cooperation of the Armenian NPP with the Czech companies in the field of nuclear technologies.  

The discussion also focused on the issue of production of small aircrafts by the Czech Balus Tech company in Armenia’s Stepanavan town. The Czech Ambassador highly appreciated the readiness of Armenia to cooperate with the Czech companies.

Other issues of mutual interest were also discussed.

Lebanon's new parliament to have 6 ethnic Armenian members according to preliminary results

 11:57,

YEREVAN, MAY 16, ARMENPRESS. The preliminary results of the parliamentary elections held in Lebanon on May 15 have been announced. Editor-in-chief of the Lebanon-based Azdag daily Shahan Gantaharyan told Armenpress that there will be 6 ethnic Armenian MPs in the parliament of Lebanon.

“3 of the ethnic Armenians elected to the parliament are the candidates of the ARF – Hagop Pakradouni, Hagop Terzian and George Bouchikian. They were elected by the lists of the electoral bloc formed with different political forces of Lebanon. Jihat Pakradouni was elected by the list of the Lebanese Forces party. Jean Talouzian will take the seat reserved for the Armenian Catholic community, Paula Yacoubian was elected by the list of the public movement. I want to repeat that these are very preliminary results, as the official results are not published yet”, Shahan Gantaharyan said.

Armenian Minister of Finance participates in EBRD annual meeting

 10:51, 12 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Finance of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan participated in the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from May 9 to 12, the ministry said in a news release.

The actions taken so far within the frames of the EBRD activity and the registered results were summed up during the meeting. The governors were introduced on the details of implementation of the EBRD’s 2021-2025 strategic and capital program.

During the official visit in Morocco, minister Khachatryan met with the top officials of the EBRD, discussing the latest developments of the global economy and the existing challenges, touching upon Armenia’s cooperation with the Bank. The sides attached importance to the ongoing EBRD-funded infrastructure projects in Armenia, as well as outlined the prospects of expanding the future cooperation.

The Armenian minister also met with the representatives of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and discussed the opportunities of the bank’s partnership with Armenia.

 14:21,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. The construction of the Friendship Bridge on the Armenian-Georgian border’s Sadakhlo-Bagratashen border crossing point is in the final phase.

The construction of the bridge is a joint Armenian-Georgian program, funded by the EBRD and the governments of Armenia and Georgia.

The bridge will ease traffic and facilitate passenger and cargo movement.

 16:32,

GYUMRI, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian city of Gyumri and Norway’s town of Kragerø became Sister Cities.

Kragero Mayor Grunde Knudsen was on an official visit to Gyumri on April 25 and the memorandum declaring Gyumri and Kragero Sister Cities was signed at the Gyumri City Hall by Gyumri First Vice Mayor Artur Papikyan and Knudsen.

The decision was developed earlier in 2018 by then-mayor of Gyumri Samvel Balasanyan and then-mayor of Kragero Jone Blikra.

“As Sister Cities, the first cooperation will be in the areas of culture and education, but we are planning business cooperation in the future as well. Rather good cooperation is expected,” Knudsen told ARMENPRESS.

He said that one Armenian family resides in Kragero now.

“This is my first visit to Armenia, I hope that after next year’s election I’ll have the chance to visit Armenia again, a country that surprised me with its rich historical and cultural heritage. I really received very positive energy from Armenia, I am touched by the attitude of people, you are very open and warm people. I am happy and proud that we signed the memorandum between the two cities, for the benefit of development of the two cities,” he said.

In turn, the Gyumri Vice Mayor said he is hopeful that a productive cooperation will take place.