ArmInfo. . Such a statement was made yesterday on his Facebook page by the wanted son-in-law of the third president of Armenia, Mikael Minasyan. He noted that there is no justice in Armenia, and a number of people, on the orders of the Prime Minister, found him guilty, and are ready to arrest him without trial. But he still intends to return to his homeland.
ArmInfo.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh published a commentary on the 29th anniversary of the large-scale operation “Ring” on the deportation of the Armenian population of the border villages of Artsakh.
In particular, the report says that the operation was carried out with the direct organization and coordination of the central authorities of the USSR and Azerbaijan, which finally transferred the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict to the military plane, launching the subsequent full-scale aggression of Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic).
On April 30, 1991, a massive shelling of Getashen and Martunashen villages of the Shaumyan region launched Operation Ring, during which tanks, combat helicopters, and artillery were used for the first time against civilians. Azerbaijani special police units (OMON), with the support of units of the internal troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Soviet Army, broke into Armenian villages formally supposedly for , but in reality for killing, robbery, terror against the Armenian population with subsequent deportation>, in the source. As a result of military-police actions, dozens of Armenian villages of Northern Artsakh, as well as the Shahumyan, Hadrut and Shusha districts were destroyed, almost ten thousand people were deported, more than 100 were killed, several hundred people were taken hostage. The fate of many of them remains unknown until now.
09:48, 30 April, 2020
YEREVAN, APRIL 30, ARMENPRESS. A 94-year-old woman in Armenia has recovered from COVID-19 and was discharged from a Yerevan hospital on April 29, the medical center’s director Gevorg Simonyan said on social media.
He said the woman is so far the oldest patient to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in Armenia.
Editing and translating by Stepan Kocharyan
13:06,
YEREVAN, APRIL 28, ARMENPRESS. The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has risen by 6,411 over the past 24 hours reaching 93,558 in all regions of the country, TASS reports citing the data provided by the anti-coronavirus crisis center.
“A total of 93,558 coronavirus cases (+7.4%) have been recorded in Russia’s 85 regions. Over the past day, 1,110 people have been discharged from hospitals, the total number of recoveries is 8,456. Seventy-two coronavirus patients have died over the past 24 hours, with the death toll climbing to 867”, the crisis center said.
It noted that 2,609 new patients (40.7%) had no symptoms.
In late December 2019, Chinese authorities notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, central China. WHO declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and named the virus COVID-19.
According to the data of the World Health Organization, coronavirus cases have been confirmed in more than 210 countries and territories.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 23
Trend:
The statement made by the Armenian Foreign Ministry that the country has not been conducting the negotiations since 2018 based on the phased settlement of the conflict [the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict], is ridiculous, even given that it was made to calm the local community, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
“It would be more correct for the Armenian Foreign Ministry to truthfully inform the population of its country about the process of peaceful settlement of the conflict,” the message said.
“After the power change in this country in 2018, as many as ten meetings were held at the level of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, including the latest videoconference.
“According to Armenian Foreign Ministry’s logic, it turns out that the two countries’ ministers alongside with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and foreign ministers of the three co-chairing states have been meeting just to talk and spend time together, as if they have nothing to do?!
“Azerbaijan has always expressed its position on the conflict’s settlement process and basic negotiation principles from the highest tribunes. At the same time, OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs carrying out mediation mission, have openly expressed their position in their statements, including the statement dated March 9, 2019.
“All these statements clearly highlight the elements of the phased settlement. Moreover, the negotiations continue in the same format and with the same agenda. Otherwise, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, having voiced a notorious statement on April 21, would not have participated in the videoconference and would not have joined the discussions.
“Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia would better take steps towards preparing the population of his country for peace as agreed with him,” said the ministry.
Over 1 billion AMD donated to Armenia’s anti-coronavirus efforts
21:30,
YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Finance informs that a total of 1 billion and 32 million drams has been donated to the Armenian government for its anti-coronavirus efforts, ARMENPRESS reports the government said.
The treasury account (900005001947) was opened on March 17th for citizens and organizations willing to make donations.
The government said a total of 3871 payments were made since.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
In partnership with PCF, the ARS delivered free groceries to home-bound clients
PASADENA (PCF)—For decades, Armenian Relief Society Social Services has supported low-income seniors in Pasadena, with a unique capacity to serve clients who are recent immigrants or refugees and may not seek help elsewhere. The ARS Pasadena office is a one-stop center for maintaining independent living, including medical enrollment, nutritional support, needs assessments, case management, and coordination with public benefits, and provides multi-lingual services to clients.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and Pasadena’s “Safer at Home” order, new needs quickly emerged among ARS’s clients. Living on fixed incomes and at high risk for contracting COVID-19, vulnerable seniors were suddenly unable to shop for groceries, and many were reporting their need for food. The organization’s deep comunity relationships helped the ARS staff quickly assess the extent of this new food insecurity and, with the help of an emergency grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation, launch a new partnership to deliver free groceries to their now home-bound clients.
In mid-March, shortly before the city issued its official “Safer at Home” order, Director of Operations Talar Aintablian had already stopped in-person appointments at the Pasadena ARS Social Services office. She was aware of the significant danger that COVID-19 posed to her senior clients and transitioned to telephone appointments in order to protect them and continue to provide vital services. New and existing clients kept calling, requesting help with public assistance benefits, Section 8 housing renewals, Medi-Cal enrollment, unemployment, stimulus checks, and more.
As the ARS case manager continued to provide assessments and services over the phone, they began to hear pleas for help with food. Seniors themselves, and concerned neighbors and family members, called to ask for help – how could they get food with no money, and no means to leave the house? In addition to referring them to local services, ARS Social Services reached out to its own neighboring organizations, who had formed the Pasadena Armenian Center Covid-19 Emergency Task Force for crisis response.
In collaboration with the Armenian Relief Society Sosse Chapter, the Armenian Cultural Foundation Lernavayr Chapter, Code3Life, St. Sarkis Church, Hamazkayin Shahan Shahnour Chapter, and Homenetmen Azadamard Chapter, ARS is now aiding in a volunteer-run food distribution effort in their community. ARS staff help coordinate requests for food, and volunteers do the shopping, bag assembly, and contact-free drop off. Food deliveries started on April 7th, and 52 households of older adults ages 65-95 have already received full bags of groceries. Pasadena Community Foundation awarded ARS a $10,000 emergency COVID-19 response grant to cover program costs, including the purchase of food for distribution to their clients.
“As we reviewed how social service organizations across Pasadena were responding to the pandemic, the PCF team recognized that ARS had anticipated the need for food among their home-bound senior clients and wanted to extend their services to meet it,” said Jennifer DeVoll, PCF President and CEO. “By leveraging their existing relationships with clients and community partners, ARS was able to organize an efficient and collaborative community-based response that PCF is proud to support.”