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Armenian, Indian FMs discuss a wide range of economic and security issues

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 18:17,

YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in New Delhi to participate in the Raisina Dialogue conference, met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on April 25.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, Ministers Mirzoyan and Jaishankar expressed satisfaction with the high level of political dialogue between the two countries. Ararat Mirzoyan stressed that strengthening relations with India is one of the priorities of Armenia’s foreign policy.

The interlocutors discussed the process of implementation of the agreements reached during the Indian Foreign Minister’s visit to Armenia in the fall of 2021. The prospects for further development of relations in the fields of information technologies, aviation, education, culture, tourism and other spheres were touched upon. The parties stressed the effectiveness of the work done in recent months, expressed mutual readiness to continue the deepening of cooperation.

Ararat Mirzoyan stressed that he is visiting India accompanied by representatives of Armenian business and investment circles, whose meetings with their Indian partners will be an additional impetus for the activation of Armenian-Indian trade and economic cooperation, which has a great potential.

Prospects for deepening cooperation in the field of transport communications were touched upon.

Issues related to regional and international security and stability were also discussed.

The Armenian side presented the situation in the South Caucasus region and Armenia’s position on the processes aimed at establishing regional peace and stability, and on negotiations on a comprehensive peace treaty with Azerbaijan. Minister Mirzoyan expressed satisfaction with India’s position on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The mediating role of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in pushing forward the peace process was emphasized.

Minister Mirzoyan also briefed his interlocutor on the developments in the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey.

During the meeting, the Armenian Foreign Minister reaffirmed Armenia’s support for India in the issues of Jammu and Kashmir.

Explosions rock the Ministry of State Security building in Transnistria

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 20:00,

YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. Several explosions rocked the building of the Ministry of State Security in the Transnistrian city of Tiraspol, ARMENPRESS reports RIA Novosti informs that according to eyewitnesses, loud voices were heard. The windows of the adjacent buildings were damaged.

It is noted that the traffic near the ministry building is completely suspended. Police, ambulance, rescue and fire service personnel are working on the spot.

Yerevan’s Cafesjian Center hosts ‘Tereza Mirzoyan 100’ retrospective exhibition

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Panorama
Armenia –

Yerevan’s Cafesjian Center for the Arts announces the opening of the retrospective exhibition, Tereza Mirzoyan 100 in Eagle Gallery of the center on April 22, dedicated to the centenary of the celebrated sculptor, the Cafesjian Center told Panorama.am.

Tereza Mirzoyan (1922-2016) was one the significant artists who had an enormous input in the Armenian sculpture of the 20th century. Unfortunately, her name is not that famous amongst a broader society in Armenia. Nevertheless, not only she left a rich artistic heritage, but also had a priceless impact on the development of Armenian sculpture, being one of the first lecturers at the Fine Arts Academy of Armenia and working there for nearly sixty years.  

Summing up Tereza Mirzoyan’s oeuvre, the show gives an opportunity to reveal the wide range of layers in her aesthetical approach, artistic language, varied techniques and media, as well as themes.

“Tereza Mirzoyan was one of the few female sculptors in Armenia in the 20th century, which makes it even more actual today to reveal and present her work,” states Vahagn Marabyan, the Executive Director of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts.

Tereza Mirzoyan 100 retrospective exhibition will be open to the public from April 22 to June 19, 2022. The admission is free.

107th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide to be Marked Across L.A. County

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PASADENA NOW
CITY NEWS SERVICE
Published on Saturday,
Armenian-Americans will gather at several events throughout Los Angeles County Sunday to mark the 107th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide — the mass killing of Armenians by Turkish forces during World War I.

Los Angeles County is home to the largest population of Armenian-Americans in the United States, with an estimated 214,628 living in the county, according to the 2011 American Community Survey.

To honor the county’s Armenian residents and their culture, the Board of Supervisors last month proclaimed April as “Armenian History Month” — and, this week, also passed a motion declaring April 24 as “Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in Los Angeles County.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom has also issued a proclamation declaring April 24, 2022 “A Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide” in the State of California.

“As we remember the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide, we also honor the strength and resilience of the Armenian people,” the proclamation said, in part. “Forced to build new lives in all corners of the globe, Armenians bravely forged ahead in the face of unimaginable tragedy. Thousands made their homes in California, and we are greater for their contributions.”

April 24 is also observed throughout the Armenian diaspora and is a holiday in Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh.

In Los Angeles, at 3 p.m. Sunday, the Armenian Youth Federation will hold a protest outside the Turkish Consulate at 8500 Wilshire Blvd. to demand the Turkish government acknowledge the genocide and stop its support of Azerbaijan in the Artsakh, a region fought over by Azerbaijan and Armenia.

The Armenian Genocide began in 1915 and resulted in the deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in a campaign blamed on Turkey’s Ottoman government. While the genocide has been chronicled by historians, who often view it as ethnic cleansing, Turkey has denied it occurred, saying the deaths of Armenians was a function of the chaos of World War I, which also claimed Turkish lives.

Until President Joe Biden in 2021 officially called the killings a genocide, American presidents had also declined to do so, instead classifying the deaths at the hands of the Ottoman Empire an atrocity, but not a genocide.

This week’s Remembrance Day motion by the L.A. County Supervisors — co-introduced by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Hilda Solis — said, in part, “Despite overwhelming evidence, the Turkish government still denies the occurrence of an Armenian Genocide. Many international and American leaders and elected officials from local, state, and federal governments have condemned the atrocities committed against the Armenians and are calling on Turkey to acknowledge the genocide and its participation in it.”

The motion went on to say, “On April 24, 2021, President Joe Biden officially recognized the Armenia Genocide. That was a huge victory for the diaspora and the result of decades of tireless efforts to have the highest level of our government call this genocide by its name.”

Said Barger, who represents Pasadena: “The month of April and the celebration of Armenian culture culminates in our Day of Remembrance, a day to mourn and remember the loss of over 1.5 million innocent lives. I am heartened that my Armenian constituents are a resilient people — determined, focused and dedicated to persevering.”

Last year, following Biden’s declaration, Rep. Adam Schiff — whose district includes sections of West Pasadena and Glendale — said, “For Armenian-Americans and everyone who believes in human rights and the truth, today marks an historic milestone: President Biden has defied Turkish threats and recognized the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians for what it was — the first genocide of the 20th century. In so doing, he has cast aside decades of shameful silence and half-truths, and the broken promises of so many of his predecessors, and spoken truth to power.”

Secretaries of Security Council of Armenia, Russia sign agreement on cooperation in the field of information cooperation

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 21:18,

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, ARMENPRESS. Within the framework of the official visit of the governmental delegation headed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to Moscow, Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia Armen Grigoryan met with Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolay Patrushev on April 19.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Security Council of Armenia, during the meeting, the parties signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of information security between the Governments of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation.

The direction of further bilateral cooperation will include the investigation of crimes related to the use of information and communication technologies for terrorist and other criminal purposes.

The interlocutors also discussed a number of issues related to the regional security situation.

Armenian opposition group launches campaign to oust Pashinyan

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Panorama
Armenia,

Armenia’s “5165” opposition movement led by Karin Tonoyan on Tuesday launched a campaign to remove Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his cabinet.

Members of the movement first joined the indefinite anti-government protest being staged in Yerevan’s Liberty Square since Sunday evening.

Afterwards, they started a march through the central streets of Yerevan holding a long red ribbon. The protesters also tied red ribbons around their sleeves, saying they symbolize the “red lines” that the Armenian authorities have crossed.

Edgar Ghazaryan, a member of the movement, urges all those seeking Pashinyan’s ouster to wear red ribbons at work, in school and elsewhere as a symbol of protest.

The protest action, according to organizers, will be long-lasting.

Armenian Genocide: Yerevan’s torchlight procession set for April 23

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PanARMENIAN
Armenia –
– 15:39 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The traditional torchlight procession commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will be held on April 23 – on the eve of the day Armenians honor the memory of the innocent victims each year.

This annual procession is the symbolic part of the struggle for the global recognition of the mass killings.

Prior to the launch of the march, which usually involves thousands of participants, the youth usually pay tribute to the 1.5 million innocent victims of the first Genocide of the 20th century with a moment of silence.

This year, the procession will start from the Republic Square in downtown Yerevan.

Greek FM: Humanity’s duty is to recognize Armenian Genocide

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NEWS.am
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Greek FM: Humanity’s duty is to recognize Armenian Genocide
18:34, 17.04.2022

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias stated the need for further international recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

“This year in Greece we remember the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Our thoughts are with the Armenians living in our homeland and around the world. Expanding the geography of international recognition of the Genocide is a duty of humanity,” Dendias wrote on social media.

He posted a photo of himself taken in October 2020 during a visit to Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan, where the minister laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims of the Genocide.

Registration of refugees forcefully displaced from Azerbaijan and living in temporary shelters starts in provinces

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YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. The government of Armenia approved N283 decision on March 10, 2022, according to which the implementation of the housing program for families, who have been forcefully displaced from Azerbaijan in 1988-1992 and live in temporary shelters, will launch in the provinces of Armenia, the Migration Service told Armenpress.

According to a study conducted in 2013, 254 families in provinces are considered to be the potential beneficiaries of the program. Currently, the process of re-registration of potential beneficiaries living in provinces is underway. The representatives of the Migration Services and the Governorates visited the refugee families registered in the temporary shelters in Armavir and Aragatsotn provinces. Since March, the re-registration is carried out in Ararat province and will also be conducted in Kotayk from April.

There are potential beneficiary families in all provinces of Armenia, mostly in Ararat, Kotayk and then Armavir. The registration process will be followed by the stage of notifying the potential beneficiaries about the program. After being notified, the refugee must submit the required documents and application to the Migration Service within a month. The inter-agency commission examines the submitted cases and whether the potential beneficiary is in accordance with the program criteria or not. If approved, the apartment purchase certificate to be provided is valid for a year. 1.4 billion drams have been allocated for conducting the 4th phase.

It is reported that 453 potential beneficiaries have been registered within the frames of the program implementation in Yerevan, and they have been notified about the participation to the program.

362 applications for participation to the program were received from these beneficiaries. As a result of discussions, 270 families received house purchase certificates. House purchase certificates worth 3.7 billion drams (budget allocation – 5.8 billion drams) have been actually provided as a result of the implementation of the program in Yerevan only. 187 out of the families, who received the certificates, used them and purchased apartments /actual spending was 2.5 billion drams/. The house purchase process for the beneficiaries of 2nd and 3rd phases continues.