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Armenpress: Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Poland highlight resumption of NK peace talks

September 23, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Poland highlight resumption of NK peace talks

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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in New York to participate in the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, met with Foreign Minister of Poland Zbigniew Rau on September 22. The Ministers touched upon a number of issues on the bilateral and multilateral agenda, expressing mutual readiness to take practical steps to strengthen cooperation.

As ARMENPRESS was informed form the press service of the MFA Armenia, within the framework of the Armenia-EU Partnership, the Ministers discussed issues related to the implementation of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, as well as the deepening of the Eastern Partnership cooperation based on common values.

The parties exchanged views on cooperation in the forthcoming Polish OSCE Chairmanship. Minister Rau briefly presented the general priorities of the Polish chairmanship.

Referring to the issues of regional security and stability, Minister Mirzoyan presented the steps taken to eliminate the consequences of Azerbaijan’s aggression against the people of Artsakh, particularly emphasizing the imperative of repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held in detention in Azerbaijan.

Minister Mirzoyan also drew his counterpart’s attention to the preservation of the Armenian historical and cultural heritage of Artsakh and the involvement of relevant international organizations in that issue.

Both sides expressed confidence that it is necessary to resume the peace process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair’s format.

Azerbaijanis stop microbus transporting children of Artsakh, very obscenely tell them to get off

September 18, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

News.am, Armenia

Sept 17 2021

19:38, 17.09.2021

Azerbaijanis stopped a microbus transporting children of Artsakh in the Vorotan sector of the Goris-Kapan road of Armenia today. This is what Deputy Mayor of Goris Karen Kocharyan said during a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“The logo of Artsakh, the picture of a monument (“Papik-Tatik”) and the national flag were seen on the bus. There were about 25 children in the bus. The Azerbaijanis stopped the bus, told everyone to get off in a very obscene manner and started inspecting the bus. Luckily, Russian border guards noticed the children and saw them off,” Kocharyan said.

Deputy Mayor Kocharyan didn’t know whether the microbus was moving towards or coming from Artsakh.

After placing a police checkpoint in the Vorotan section, the Azerbaijanis have been stopping Iranian truck drivers and letting them go after inspecting them and charging money. Two days ago, Azerbaijanis detained two Iranian drivers, and today they stopped a driver who was taking bread to soldiers. The driver continued the road with the accompaniment of Armenian and Russian border guards.

Karabakh Ombudsman accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack on a village

September 9, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

Caucasian Knot, EU

Sept 7 2021

A house of a resident of the Tagavard village in the Martuni District has been damaged during a shelling attack by the Azerbaijani armed forces, and no people were injured, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that in August, shelling attacks on the line of contact between the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops became as regular as on the eve of the autumn war in 2020, but the sides are not using heavy weapons now.

“As a result of shelling attacks from the Azerbaijani positions in the direction of the villages of Karmir Shuka (the Azerbaijani name is Qırmızı Bazar, – note of the ‘Caucasian Knot’) and Tagavard in the Martuni District, the house of one of the residents of the Tagavard community has been damaged … Six civilians live in the house, including a child,” Gegam Stepanyan, Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh, wrote on Facebook.

He also adds that “after the midnight, Azerbaijan continued shelling in the direction of the village.” The Ombudsman notes there are no casualties among the civilians.

“The Azerbaijani positions near peaceful villages and towns of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) pose a direct threat to the lives, health, and the rights of the people of Artsakh and disrupt the everyday activities of the civilians living in the villages and towns,” Gegam Stepanyan claims in his statement.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 7, 2021 at 08:07 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

See earlier reports:

Azerbaijan reports shootout near Shusha, Armenian contract soldier killed at border with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan blames Armenia for border shelling.

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‘Armenians are appreciated people in Iraq’, FM Hussein tells Ambassador Poladyan

September 8, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

11:12, 7 September, 2021

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. On September 6, on the occasion of the completion of the diplomatic mission, Ambassador of the Republic Armenia to Iraq Hrachya Poladyan met with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq Fuad Hussein, the Armenian Embassy reported.

At the meeting the FM thanked the Armenian Ambassador for the productive cooperation, wishing success in his future diplomatic service. He stated that the Consulate General of Armenia, the Armenian Cultural House opened in Iraq thanks to the efforts of Ambassador Poladyan. The Foreign Minister noted that both sides have conducted a productive work in recent years aimed at developing the bilateral relations.

“Armenians in Iraq are appreciated people and are always in safe hands”, the Iraqi FM said.

In his turn the Armenian Ambassador thanked for the warm reception and appreciation.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Fly Arna is Armenia’s national airline

September 6, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

UAE – Sept 1 2021

Muzaffar Rizvi

The Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) and Air Arabia Group on Wednesday announced that the new national airline to be launched by their joint venture company will be named Fly Arna.

The new national airline of Armenia will operate as a low-cost passenger airline with Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport as its base.

“The company will apply for the airline operation certificate in the coming weeks. More details about the launch date, fleet, and destination network will be announced in due course, according to a statement issued on Wednesday.

ANIF and Air Arabia Group had announced the agreement to launch Armenia’s new national airline in July 2021.

Adel Al Ali, group chief executive officer of Air Arabia, said Fly Arna will mark the beginning of a new era for Armenia’s aviation sector.

“The new brand will also create a significant value to the economy by boosting the tourism, hospitality and business sectors,” Ali said.

Name selection

The name was chosen by the board of directors of the joint venture company from over 500 suggestions received in response to the ‘Name the Airline’ competition announced in July 2021.

Following a comprehensive review, the name of the airline was chosen as ‘Fly Arna’ — with the word ‘Arna’ being derived from the name Armenian National Airlines by combining the first two letters of the words ‘ARmenian’ with the first letter of ‘National’ and the first letter of ‘Airlines’.

“I thank everyone for the active participation in the contest. It is both inspiring and a sign of a shared vision of a successful endeavour we all aspire for the project,” said David Papazian, CEO of ANIF.

“Despite the current challenges of the pandemic, we are confident of the new opportunity that exists for Fly Arna to deliver a winning proposition that will benefit the nation and our people,” he said.

“The new name represents the aspirations of the people of Armenia and is the result of a national competition, underlining how the joint venture company prioritises the interests of the community,” Adel Al Ali said.

More than 800 participants suggested the 500 names via email and on ANIF’s social media pages. The name was chosen to be most inclusive and reflecting the spirit of the joint venture company to transform the aviation sector of the country.

AW: Dr. Shant Shekherdimian appointed inaugural associate director for healthcare outreach for the Promise Institute

September 5, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

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Dr. Shant Shekherdimian

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dr. Shant Shekherdimian, a pediatric surgeon at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), has been appointed the inaugural associate director for healthcare outreach at the Promise Armenian Institute (PAI) at UCLA.

In this role, Dr. Shekherdimian will conduct public health research, develop health-related education and research opportunities for UCLA faculty and students, facilitate healthcare initiatives that involve UCLA and explore alternative models for UCLA Global Health engagement for healthcare improvement in Armenia. In pursuing these activities, Dr. Shekherdimian will serve as a senior advisor to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia.

“Part of the Promise Armenian Institute’s mission is to coordinate interdisciplinary research and public impact programs between UCLA and the Republic of Armenia, and this new position will accomplish just that in the medical and healthcare arena,” said professor Ann Karagozian, inaugural director of the Promise Armenian Institute. “We are grateful to Dr. Shekherdimian for his extraordinary dedication to PAI’s mission and the improvement of healthcare in Armenia.”

“I am honored to serve as the associate director for healthcare outreach for the Promise Armenian Institute, and very much look forward to supporting and expanding the scope of healthcare-related activities with which UCLA is involved in Armenia,” noted Dr. Shekherdimian. “I am excited for this opportunity to collaborate with UCLA faculty and students, as well as our colleagues in Armenia, to work on developing solutions to some of the challenges Armenia’s healthcare system faces.”

Dr. Shekherdimian is an associate professor of pediatric surgery at UCLA DGSOM. For many years, he has been actively involved in various initiatives in Armenia’s healthcare sector, including efforts to improve post-graduate medical education, introducing quality improvement programs and developing multidisciplinary care teams.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent war in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh in late 2020, Dr. Shekherdimian has been one of the leads in UCLA’s Operation Armenia, an initiative that provides immediate medical disaster relief and long-term humanitarian aid and infrastructure support to Armenia and Artsakh. While continuing to expand these efforts, the research he will conduct as associate director for healthcare outreach will provide additional insights for the Ministry of Health to help further strengthen the overall healthcare system in Armenia.

“Dr. Shekherdimian has a proven track record of service in Armenia, and we are very pleased to welcome him in this new capacity as senior advisor,” said Armenia’s Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan. “Dr. Shekherdimian’s expertise and support are especially welcome now, in view of the strain placed on the healthcare sector of Armenia by the recent war on Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to continuing our work with Dr. Shekherdimian and expanding UCLA’s engagement in the improvement of Armenia’s healthcare sector.”

“We are continuously working to engage and attract highly qualified diaspora specialists to work in Armenian state institutions. The appointment of Dr. Shekherdimian as a senior advisor to the Minister of Health is an important step in an ongoing partnership with the Ministry of Health, and what we hope will be a fruitful initiative to attract more qualified specialists to high-ranking positions in various ministries and state institutions. We are grateful to the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA for its partnership and commitment to the improvement and development of the Armenian public sector,” stated High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan.

The Promise Armenian Institute (PAI) was established at UCLA in late 2019 as a hub for world-class research and teaching on Armenian Studies and for coordinating Interdisciplinary Research and Public Impact Programs across UCLA, and with the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora.

Officer charged with Azerbaijan’s capturing of 62 Armenia soldiers in Artsakh: They were forces 15 times greater

August 31, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

News.am, Armenia

Aug 30 2021

15:00, 30.08.2021

I do not agree with the charges; they are even ridiculous. Lieutenant Colonel Arsen Ghazaryan, who is charged with Azerbaijan’s capturing—in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)—62 soldiers from Shirak Province of Armenia, said this at a press conference Monday.

“The personnel, the servicemen, the unit consisting of reservists, who walked with me on the battlefield during the [44-day Artsakh] war [last fall], have unconditionally fulfilled the tasks given by the superior. Everyone knows me, and knows that I am not an officer who leaves the soldiers alone on the battlefield,” Ghazaryan noted.

He said that ever since December 9, Azerbaijan had deployed large numbers of troops in Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd villages of Artsakh, about which he had informed his superior command via mobile phone.

“On December 11, we received information that an open attack was carried out by the adversary on the left side of them. We had wounded, we tried to provide medical assistance to the wounded. As the place was high [elevation], it was not possible to climb by car; they climbed on foot. And after the December 11 attack, the left wing personnel and they were evacuated from Khtsaberd by their superior command and Russian by peacekeepers”, he added.

Ghazaryan said that during the open attack on December 13, the Armenian side had two wounded, and its ammunition was run out.

“It was not even possible to keep that area. They were forces 15 times greater. We performed a tactical trick to evacuate the two wounded, to occupy more favorable positions, to contact the superior, to try to ask for help. [But] there was no help; we were left alone,” Lieutenant Colonel Arsen Ghazaryan added.

Iran hopes Armenia and Azerbaijan will resolve border crisis peacefully

August 30, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

16:10, 27 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 27, ARMENPRESS. Iran hopes that the latest disputes in the Syunik Province border zones and especially in the Kapan-Goris road section will be resolved in a way that the implementation of the goal of reopening the transportation routes and unblocking won’t be disrupted, the Iranian Embassy in Armenia said in response to an inquiry from ARMENPRESS.

The Iranian embassy said that since the new delimitation issue between Armenia and Azerbaijan entered the agenda Tehran has been hopeful that the sides will urgently reach the kind of a mutually-acceptable solution that would ensure the normal course of relations between Armenia and its neighbors, with minimum consequences. The embassy mentioned that the reopening of regional transportation routes and unblocking was one of the main clauses of the Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan statements.

Tehran hopes that the disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over delimitation will be solved in peaceful atmosphere without any tension or disruption in communication routes.

“We hope that the sides will resolve the latest disagreements in the Syunik province’s border zones and especially the Kapan-Goris road section in a way that the implementation of the goal of reopening of transportation routes and unblocking won’t be disrupted. Unfortunately, in the past two days we are witnessing a disruption of transit through this road as a result of the latest developments in the Syunik province, which has caused problems not only for the normal life of Armenia’s civilian population, but also a number of Iranian cargo vehicles carrying out shipments from Iran to Armenia. Due to the difficulty of the existing situation at this road’s 21 kilometer section it is required for the sides to make efforts within the framework of goodwill principle in the direction of ensuring normal course of communication and transit, until reaching an exact and concrete situation over this matter. Thus, we still hope that the disputes related to the general delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be solved in a peaceful environment without any tension or disruption in communication routes,” the Iranian embassy said.

In relation to the importance of guaranteeing the normal course of communication, the Iranian side stressed that they have always expressed their viewpoints to the authorized bodies of Armenia.

“We are hopeful that parallel to the ongoing negotiations over solving the existing disputes regarding the use of the Kapan-Goris route, the improvement and development works of alternative routes will swiftly take place, so that the conditions return to normal both from perspective of Armenia’s citizens and our commercial relations with Armenia,” the Iranian embassy said.

The Azeri military is keeping the Karmrakar-Shurnukh section of the Kapan-Goris Armenian interstate highway blocked since August 25. The Azeri forces also blocked the Goris-Vorotan road.

The National Security Service of Armenia said on August 27 that the Armenian Border Guards and the Russian Border Guards are holding joint negotiations with the Azeri military to reopen the road.

The roadblock has also impacted Iranian cargo shipments. Economy Minister of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan told reporters that Iranian cargo trucks have problems in reaching Yerevan because of the roadblock.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Azerbaijani forces open fire in Sotk direction

August 30, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

Aug 29 2021

On August 29, starting from 00:20, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired from different caliber firearms at the Armenian positions in the Gegharkunik region, particularly in the Sotk section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Ministry of Defense reports.

The Armenian forces undertook retaliatory actions, which was followed by two hours of shootout.

At 02.25 an ambulance approached the Azerbaijani positions, after which the Armenian side stopped the firing, allowing the enemy to evacuate the wounded.

Pashinyan officially appointed Armenia’s prime minister

August 3, 2021March 12, 2026 Yeghisabet Arthur

CTV News, Canada

Aug 2 2021

The Associated Press Staff

Published Monday, August 2, 2021 10:06AM EDT

YEREVAN, ARMENIA — Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been officially appointed to the post by the country’s president after Pashinyan’s party won an early parliamentary election in June.

The newly elected parliament convened for the first time on Monday, and Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party, which has the majority of the seats, nominated him to be the prime minister. Shortly after, Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree to that effect. In accordance with the country’s constitution, a cabinet must be formed within 15 days.

Pashinyan’s party won 71 seats in the June 20 election, while 29 went to a bloc headed by former President Robert Kocharyan. A different bloc that formed around another former president, Serzh Sargsyan, won seven seats.

Those blocs and two smaller parties appealed the election results, arguing to the Constitutional Court that they should be declared invalid because of alleged voting violations, but the court rejected the appeal and upheld the results last month.

Pashinyan called the early election after months of protests demanding his resignation because of a November peace deal he signed to end six weeks of fighting with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The peace agreement saw Azerbaijan reclaim control over large parts of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas that had been held by Armenian forces for more than a quarter-century. Protesters in Armenia denounced the deal as a betrayal of national interests,

Pashinyan stepped down as prime minister, as required by law to hold the election, but has remained in charge as the country’s acting leader.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/pashinyan-officially-appointed-armenia-s-prime-minister-1.5531783

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