RA Prime Minister Nikol Nikol Pashinyan will soon go to Moscow and meet with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Pashinyan himself announced this live on Facebook.
According to him, it will be his third visit, during which many issues will be discussed.
“I am not saying that all issues have been resolved, but our cooperation continues and I am sure that it will continue normally,” Pashinyan said.
Councilmember Paul Krekorian with Ani Boyadjian, Los Angeles Public Librarian John Szabo and Aram Kouyoumdjian during Los Angeles City Council Meeting in Los Angeles City Hall, John Ferraro Council Chamber.
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian on Friday hosted a special City Council presentation to honor the life and legacy of William Saroyan, one of the great American writers of the 20th Century. During the presentation, Krekorian discussed some of the touchstones of Saroyan’s storied career, including winning the Pulitzer Prize and the Academy Award.
From left: LA Public Librarian John Szabo, Ani Boyajian, Aram Kouyoumdjian and Councimember Paul Krekorian
Krekorian also spotlighted two important cultural events happening in Los Angeles and the people who put them together. This month through October 7, the Los Angeles Public Library is debuting a new exhibit at the Central Library that features images of Saroyan taken by photographer Boghos Boghossian, focusing on the author’s visit to Armenia shortly before his death in 1981.
On September 15, the city is hosting the world premiere performance of Saroyan’s unpublished “Diasporan” plays, also at the Central Library. Krekorian and his wife, Tamar, helped bring these events to fruition, along with Research and Special Collections librarian Ani Boyadjian, and acclaimed playwright and producer of the September 15 performance, Aram Kouyoumdjian.
President of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Bako Sahakyan has congratulated the Armenian people on Artsakh Republic Day.
“On behalf of the Artsakh authorities and personally myself I extend my cordial congratulations to you on the Day of the Artsakh Republic.
September 2 of 1991 is an extremely significant and memorable day in our people’s lives since the proclamation of the free and independent republic has thoroughly and radically changed the course of our history.
Our fate was in our hands then and we were the masters and creators of our future. Our generation has assumed a tremendous responsibility both in front of the memory of our ancestors and for the future of the generations to come, our Motherland and the entire Armenian people.
It is this sense of responsibility that has helped us throughout all these years to overcome ineffable difficulties and trials, build a democratic, legal and social state, protect our homeland that has found itself in war, restore the destroyed economy, implement various programs aimed at solving citizens’ social issues, improving people’s living conditions. This very sense of responsibility obliges us be stronger and more solid, united and consolidated, do everything for strengthening and prosperity of our Motherland, fulfillment of our national goals.
This is required by the blood shed by our heroic sons and the expensive price the Armenian people paid for their freedom and independence. Dear compatriots, I once again congratulate you on this memorable holiday wishing peace, sound health and new victories to our people and Motherland,” Sahakyan said in the address as reported by his office.
Russia will continue to invest in Azerbaijan’s economy, while Azerbaijan will continue to buy weapons from Russia
18. ArmInfo, Alexander Avanesov. In the Armenian-Iranian relations there is a great potential for bringing economic ties to the level of political interaction. This was the day before, during the meeting with the members of the Mejlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran representing the Iran- Armenia parliamentary friendship group, RA Minister of Economic Development and Investments Artsvik Minasyan stated. According to him, the ministry’s press service reports, the visit of the Iranian deputies to Armenia will help in resolving many issues. The Minister presented the guests the economic reforms in Armenia. The head of the parliamentary friendship group, Ramazan Ali Sobanifar, expressing gratitude for the reception, presented a number of issues that are of interest to Iranian entrepreneurs. In particular, we are talking about the full-scale use of the free economic zone “Meghri”, energy, tourism, freight traffic, investments, etc.
During the meeting, the parties once again confirmed their intention to translate into practice all the issues discussed and carry out consistent work to fulfill their commitments.
Alexander Avanesov. Moscow received an official request from Yerevan for the extradition of ex-Defense Minister of Armenia Mikael Harutyunyan, who is in the interstate search for CIS countries in the criminal case on the events of March 1, 2008 in Yerevan, an informed source told Interfax. “The request for the extradition of ex-Defense Minister of Armenia Arutyunyan, who was declared an interstate wanted list, went to the law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation and is currently under consideration,” the source said. “The preliminary decision was made that extradition will be refused, since it is established that since 2002 Mikael Harutyunyan has a Russian passport,” the source said, reminding that under the Constitution, Russian citizens are not extradited to foreign countries, including for bringing to criminal responsibility .
The source did not disclose the details of the correspondence of the competent authorities of the Russian Federation and Armenia, saying only that the request was received by the NCB of Interpol in Russia.
Earlier in August of this year, Armenian police chief Valery Osipyan reported that Harutyunyan is on interstate wanted list. “So far, we do not see the need to declare him on international wanted list.” His whereabouts are still unknown, “he told journalists on August 21. According to him, the brother of the ex- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan Levon, the niece of Ani Sargsyan and Harutyunyan were announced in the interstate search of the CIS countries in July.
The spouse of the ex-head of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, for her part, informed the journalists that Harutyunyan is in Moscow. According to the Armenian media, the former president’s brother and his daughter are also in Russia. Former Defense Minister Lieutenant-General Mikael Harutyunyan is accused of trying to “overthrow the constitutional order” during the dispersal of mass demonstrations in March 2008, when supporters of former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan protested against the results of the presidential elections, which were won by Serzh Sargsyan. The protest riots broke out on March 1-2 in riots and clashes between protesters and law enforcement forces, which killed ten people, injuring about 200 people.
As part of this case, charges were brought against Harutyunyan, CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, who served in 2008 in the Armenian Armed Forces, and ex-President Robert Kocharian. Khachaturov was released on bail, Harutyunyan was put on the wanted list inside the country, Kocharyan was arrested. The defense of the latter appealed against the arrest in the appellate court, which quashed the decision of the first instance court in connection with the inviolability of the former president.
Alexander Avanesov. Armenia’s attitude towards Georgia is special, and bilateral relations should not be affected geopolitical factors. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with Georgian journalists present in Yerevan, reports the Georgian TV channel of Pirveli Archi.
The prime minister recalled that in May of this year he made the first international visit to Georgia, which, he said, was successful. “I always, being still an oppositionist, said that our relations with Georgia should be special, and we must work to protect them from geopolitical influence, this is my view on our relations with Iran,” Pashinyan said.
He recalled that during his visit he visited the region Samtskhe-Javakheti. “There are many Armenians living in Samtskhe-Javakheti and the main message of the visit was that Georgia and Armenia are friends and neighbors. “We are fraternal peoples and nothing should shade our relations, the Georgian people should be sure that there is no understatement and negative element in Armenia’s actions towards Georgia,” he said.
It should be noted that the journalists of the leading Georgian TV channels were in Yerevan these days within the framework of the press tour.
Recall, the first official visit of the Armenian delegation to Georgia led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place on May 30-31 this year.