Today, the RA Prosecutor General’s Office has received the decision of the Appellate Court about the release of Robert Kocharyan.
Spokesperson for the Prosecutor General’s Office Arevik Khachatryan told the aforementioned “A1 +.”
“After receiving the decision, the Prosecutor’s Office prepares the complaint.”
Code 3 Angels is a non-profit organization founded in 2016 to bring emergency medical services skills and training, including but not limited to CPR and first aid, to people in developing nations such as Armenia as well as underprivileged communities throughout the United States.
“Our motto is ‘every life counts’ and our vision is to implement sustainable programs that improve pediatric and adult rapid assessment and resuscitation skills among health care providers” said Joseph Krikorian, founder and chairman of Code 3 Angels.
Code 3 Angels has provided basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, automated external defibrillator (AED) and first responder training to individuals, groups, and healthcare professionals in Armenia, Lebanon, Mexico and the United States. Code 3 Angels’ certified instructors trained local firefighters, doctors, lifeguards and hotel staff in Riviera Maya, and in Beirut held CPR and AED training sessions throughout the region.
Joseph has been an active member in the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) and various organizations in the Armenian community in Pasadena, and participated in relief efforts in Armenia and Artsakh where it became evident to him that he should also bring these much needed life saving techniques to his homeland.
In fall of 2017, Code 3 Angels embarked on its first lifesaving mission to Armenia and conducted general first responder and pediatric emergency care training in Yerevan, Gyumri, Dzaghgatsor and Artsakh. These free training sessions were held at Tumo centers in Yerevan and Stepanakert, medical facilities in Vanatsor and Dzghgatsor, and the Shirvanian Youth Center in Gyumri where various community members and organizations attended. The Code 3 Angels program was well received and trained over 300 people throughout the region.
In May, Joseph and the Code 3 Angels staff and volunteers returned to Armenia and Artsakh to continue educating and training various communities and medical professionals. On May 30, 2018, they trained students at Yerevan State Medical University in basic life support. During the morning of June 5th they trained officers and support staff at the police department in Talin then returned to the Shirvanian Youth Center in Gyumri where they conducted similar sessions for the community members. The following day on June 6th at the Aram Manoukian Youth Center in Yerevan, they trained more community members, primarily comprised of youth.
In Code 3 Angels’ continued efforts to assist Artsakh, Joseph and his team met with Artsakh’s Defense Minister and Minister of Health to implement a collaborative country-wide plan to train all school nurses in basic life support and all teachers in first aid and CPR. “We will put together a plan and work closely with the minister to go from region to region to successfully complete this mission, after which we will continue to work with the Minister to assess needs and add additional training programs,” said Raffi Senekeremian, Operations Manager for Code 3 Angels.
Joseph also met with Sassoun Sarukhanyan, Chief of the Stepanakert fire department where they discussed a comprehensive department-wide fire and rescue training program to be implemented by Code 3 Angels in the near future. Meanwhile, Code 3 Angels will work on providing supplies on an as needed basis.
“We look forward to continuing to provide these much-needed lifesaving trainings free of charge to Armenia and Artsakh,” said Joseph Krikorian as he went on to explain “since our training began in various cities in Armenia, more lives have been saved.”
For more information and to find out how you can help or sponsor, contact Code 3 Angels at [email protected] or visit the organization’s website at https://www.code3angels.org/
Code 3 Angels is non-profit organization founded in 2016 by Joseph Krikorian, owner of Code 3 Life, to bring emergency medical services skills and training to people in developing nations and underprivileged communities throughout the United States.
Armenia continues taking all possible measures for the safe and quick return of citizen Karen Ghazaryan who is currently in the Azerbaijani captivity still for unknown circumstances, Armenian foreign ministry’s acting spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan told reporters at a briefing on August 14.
“Regarding the case of Karen Ghazaryan, I want to repeat that this issue is in our agenda. Intensive works are underway on this path. We continue taking all possible measures to return our citizen to the homeland safely and as soon as possible”, she said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has discussed the Karabakh settlement process with the chair of the United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Devin Gerald Nunes, according to a statement posted on the Azerbaijani presidential website.
"Aliyev and Nunes exchanged opinions on regional security issues and the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Karabakh conflict," the statement said.
They also conferred on Azerbaijan's active support for the peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan and expressed confidence that Azerbaijan will continue fighting international terrorism.
Russian-Georgian war began ten years ago this day, which lasted for 5 days. On the the 10th anniversary of the so called “August war,” Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that Georgia’s accession to NATO would have catastrophic consequences. Georgian Studies specialist Joni Melikyan considers Medvedev’s statement symbolic.
“This old idea, which is regularly voiced by Russia, was once again aimed at showing Tbilisi and Brussels that all such actions will not remain unanswered,” Joni Melikyan told “A1 +.”
The expert believes that Georgia’s membership to NATO will last long, and a security environment in the region will be changed after joining them, and Russia is trying to prevent it.
Georgia wants to become NATO member for security guarantees. Joni Melikyan is convinced that after receiving this guarantee, the security environment of other countries in the region, including Armenia, will also change.
“We are a member of the CSTO, we have a Russian military base, we have deep strategic relations with Russia, and today there is neighbor Turkey, which is a member of NATO, there is Iran, which already has serious problems and America restored sanctions against it,” the Georgian Studies specialist said.
According to Georgian Studies specialist, the strained relations between Russia and Georgia will have a direct impact on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, but there will be no military actions.
Joni Melikyan is sure that the changes in the region will not affect the Armenian-Georgian relations. The cooperation between the two countries will continue.
Mr Kocharyan (pictured above) has denied the charges, claiming that they are politically motivated, instrumented by Armenia’s new prime minister Nikol Pashinyan.
“These charges are fiction, fabricated, unjustified and have a political implication,” he said. “I am prepared to go to prison.”
Following the 2008 vote the opposition held protest rallies, contesting the results of the election and claiming that their candidate, Levon Ter-Petrosyan had won. The protests were violently dispersed by security forces, and 10 people were killed in clashes with police. Armenia’s Constitutional Court upheld the election results.
Mr Kocharyan has repeatedly defended the post-election crackdown in 2008, saying that it prevented a violent of seizure of power by the Ter-Petrosian-led opposition. Earlier this year, he blamed Pashinyan for the bloodshed.
The arrest of the former president has caused a great deal of controversy, not confined to within Armenia’s borders.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is “concerned” that Armenia’s new leadership is making what he called politically motivated moves against former leaders who have been targeted in an anti-corruption campaign.
“The events of the last few days…contradict the recent declarations of the new Armenian leadership that it was not planning to pursue its predecessors on political grounds,” said Mr Lavrov.
Mr Pashinyan was swept into office on earlier this year following weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism.
At the initiative of the Ministry of Diaspora, one participant of the Step Towards Home program will be hosted at the residence of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for ten days.
“We are gladly planning to host one of the children. Hopefully we’ll be able to provide good time and spend time with the child,” Pashinyan’s wife Mrs. Anna Hakobyan said in an online video posted by Minister of Diaspora Mkhitar Hayrapetyan.
The minister said nearly 500 teenagers from the Diaspora will visit Armenia this year to participate in the summer project. He called on families in Armenia to be hospitable and host the children.
Azerbaijani armed forces have made nearly 150 individual ceasefire violations in one week (July 15 – July 21) in the line of contact, Artsakh’s defense ministry said in a statement.
Artsakh’s military said Azerbaijani forces fired more than 1300 rounds at their positions during the week.
Artsakh said their military controls the tactical-strategic situation and continues its service “confidently”.
ՀՀ ոստիկանության կազմակերպված հանցավորության դեմ պայքարի գլխավոր վարչությունում քաղաքացու կողմից հաղորդում և բացատրություն է ստացվել այն մասին, որ 2017թ. օգոստոսի կեսերին, Ն. Սարգսյանի անվտանգության պետ Ա. Պետրոսյանի թիկնազորի 2 աշխատակիցներ Երևան քաղաքի Թումանյան-Նալբանդյան փողոցի խաչմերուկի վրա գտնվող սրճարանի դիմացից բռնություն գործադրելու եղանակով առևանգել են իրեն, տեղափոխել Ն. Սարգսյանի բնակության շենքի նկուղ, որտեղ մի քանի ժամ իր կամքին հակառակ պահելով՝ ենթարկել են ծեծի:
Ըստ հաղորդման՝ նշված նկուղում ներկա է գտնվել Ն. Սարգսյանը, ով ատրճանակով սպառնալիքներ է տվել իրեն, ապա գազայրիչով վառել է իր մարմնի տարբեր մասերը՝ պահանջելով գիշերային ակումբ աշխատեցնելու բիզնեսով չզբաղվել, այդ նպատակով չվարձակալել Երևան քաղաքում գտնվող «Օպերա» ակումբը և այնտեղ չծավալել ձեռնարկատիրական գործունեություն:
Այնուհետև վերը նշված անձինք քաղաքացուն տեղափոխել են Երևան քաղաքի Շենգավիթ վարչական շրջանում գտնվող «Սկանյա» բեռնատար մեքենաների սպասարկման սրահի վարչական շենք, 2-3 ժամ ապօրինի պահել այնտեղ, ապա Ն. Սարգսյանը մի քանի այլ անձանց հետ կրկին ծեծի է ենթարկել քաղաքացուն, ապա պահանջել է հեռախոսով բարձրախոսով «Օպերա» ակումբի սեփականատիրոջը հայտնել, որ հրաժարվում է այդ ակումբում գործունեություն ծավալելուց: Ն. Սարգսյանի պահանջը կատարելուց հետո քաղաքացուն ազատ են արձակել:
Նկատի ունենալով, որ վերը նկարագրված փաստական տվյալներն առերևույթ պարունակում են հանցագործության հատկանիշներ, ՀՀ գլխավոր դատախազության հատկապես կարևոր գործերով քննության վարչության դատախազի որոշմամբ ՀՀ քրեական օրենսգրքի 131-րդ հոդվածի 2-րդ մասի 1-ին, 2-րդ և 7-րդ կետերի հատկանիշներով հարուցել է քրեական գործ:
Նախաքննությունը հանձնարարվել է ՀՀ ԱԱԾ քննչական վարչությանը:
The defense ministry of Artsakh is dismissing Azerbaijani media reports about a non-combat explosion in one of its military position.
Azerbaijani online media outlets reported fake news today alleging that 10 people have been injured in an explosion which occurred in a military base of Artsakh. “The report is false and is another bright result of the adversary’s propaganda imagination,” the Artsakh defense ministry said in a statement.
“The defense ministry of Artsakh is announcing that no incident has occurred in the Defense Army. At the same time, we urge to follow official statements and not give in to Azerbaijani information provocations,” the ministry said.