Category: 2017

During the nine months of the current year, 1 million 172.4 thousand tourists visited Armenia. Compared to the same period last year, the increase was 21%. Most of all, tourists from Russia, Georgia, Iran, Ukraine and the USA visited Armenia. Zarmine Zeytuntsyan, the chairman of the State Tourism Committee, announced this at the year-end press conference.

According to the official, first of all, the increase in the number of tourists was influenced by the facilitation of the visa regime with a number of countries, private-public sector cooperation and many other factors. But even today, the problem of making Armenia known to the world remains a priority, and the question of where Armenia is is still raised today.  

It was noted that in 2018, the amount allocated to the development of tourism in the state budget doubled to 400,000 dollars.

Earlier, VERELQ reported that tourism from Russia to Armenia increased by one third in 2017.

The new agreement with the EU is one of the cornerstone documents of Armenia, which must be implemented. During the 17th session of the EU-Armenia parliamentary cooperation committee held in the National Assembly, Armen Ashotyan, the chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly, announced this.

The latter noted that the new RA-EU agreement can be an additional factor of stability and peace in the region. He noted that the European Union plays an important role in all areas of Armenia, but the focus of political cooperation is the creation of a long-term and stable peace environment for us.

President of the National Assembly Ara Babloyan also stated that since independence, Armenia has always said that close cooperation with the European Union is one of the primary directions of the country. The European Union is first and foremost a community of values ​​that Armenia protects and shares.

“Building and strengthening the statehood of Armenia on the European model is our conscious choice, and this process is irreversible. This agreement will enable us to give new momentum to the joint efforts aimed at the modernization of our state and society. It will advance a far-reaching reform agenda. I believe that the firm steps taken in this direction by our partners in Armenia and the European Union will lead to closer rapprochement of our societies. We must combine our efforts to work effectively in this new phase of EU-Armenia cooperation,” he said.

Referring to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Ara Babloyan said that the desire of the Armenian side to achieve peace and stable development in the region is united with its European partners. And in this sense, it is important that the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Extended Partnership Agreement once again reaffirms the commitment of the European Union to support the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

“Although Azerbaijan constantly tries to distort the nature of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its peaceful settlement, all the same, its settlement is based on three international principles: non-use of force or the threat of force, territorial integrity and the right of peoples to self-determination, which are the basis of the declarations of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the only structure with an international mandate dealing with the settlement of the conflict. The position of the international community regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is also expressed in the statements made by the leaders of the tri-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group. In this sense, the resolution of the conflict is impossible without realizing the right of free self-determination of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia has always been and remains faithful to its vision of strengthening peace and sustainable development,” he added.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Karen Nazaryan In his speech, he also mentioned that Armenia hopes to ratify the EU agreement in the parliament by spring.

The RA Personal Data Protection Agency issued a statement warning about a new application that threatens the protection of personal data.

“Recently, the application called GetContact has gained wide popularity in Armenia. It allows you to see under what names the mobile phone number is registered with other people, which makes it possible to identify the number.

The mentioned application increases the database of phone numbers thanks to the registered participants, because each registrant allows to use the phone numbers registered in his address book. That is, by downloading the application, the data of all persons registered in the address book of your phone becomes available to the application, endangering the right to protection of personal data of other persons.

Therefore, we advise you not to register in this system, so that the phone numbers registered in your address book do not become publicly available.

It is possible to remove the phone number from the GetContact database. To do this, you need to go to this link and delete it.”

President Serzh Sargsyan received Rafael Minasbekyan, the general director of the film and television group of Gazprom-media holding. The chairman of the board of the Armenian Public Television and Radio Company Ruben Jaghinyan was also present at the meeting.

Rafael Minasbekyan presented to President Serzh Sargsyan about the intentions of cooperation with the Public Television and Radio Company of “Gazprom-media holding”, including in the field of joint film production, which will be aimed at strengthening the centuries-old Armenian-Russian friendship by presenting the joint achievements, the path and common values ​​of the two peoples.

The President of the Republic welcomed and valued such initiatives aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and expressed his willingness to support their implementation as much as possible.