Category: 2020

 17:44, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan held today a farewell meeting with Ambassador of Italy Vincenzo del Monaco, the PM’s Office told Armenpress.

The PM highly valued the activity of the Italian Ambassador in Armenia during which the bilateral relations have recorded an efficient development. In this context he considered important his official visit to Italy in 2019 and thanked the Ambassador for his personal contribution to promoting the Armenian-Italian agenda.

The Ambassador of Italy thanked Armenia’s PM for appreciating his work and stated that he has invested the maximum efforts to further raise the level of the bilateral cooperation.

The sides stated that Armenia and Italy have a great cooperation potential and highlighted taking constant steps for fully utilizing it.

At the meeting the officials also discussed the war unleashed by Azerbaijan and Turkey against Artsakh. The Italian Ambassador expressed his condolences over the deaths of soldiers and peaceful civilians in the military operations and reaffirmed his support.

Pashinyan said the Armenian people are united and decisive in overcoming this difficult situation and achieving the political settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with the support of leading international partners.

Nikol Pashinyan wished success to the Ambassador in his future activities.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

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 16:28, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Armenia is ready to continue the practical steps within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in forming favorable conditions for expanding prospective directions of mutually beneficial cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said during the online session of the CIS Council of Heads of Government.

“As it is known, every economic instability at a global level is a stimulus for new approaches, innovations and capitalization of scientific achievements. In this respect we highlight the cooperation of CIS participating states in innovative, educational, information and other spheres. The Armenian side expresses its readiness to deepen the cooperation within the frames of high technology development programs, taking into account the fact that digitization, innovation and technology development are priority directions in our country. In this context the Armenian side highlights the adoption of the innovative cooperation inter-state program of CIS states by 2030 and the signing of an agreement on information cooperation of the CIS states in the field of digital development.

The Armenian side also supports the adoption of documents proposed at the session which regulate and aim at improving the already existing cooperation mechanisms in different areas, such as creation and development of joint air defense system, use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, ensuring security of international transportation in the territories of CIS states.

We view the adoption of a priority action plan in cooperation in the humanitarian field as another step for strengthening the ties in this sphere and expanding the contacts for the next two years.

We attach importance to the adoption of action plan aimed at implementing the economic development strategy of the first five years for developing economic and inter-state cooperation. The action plan also includes measures aimed at reaching the negative consequences of the pandemic for the economies of CIS states to minimum.

Respectively, we specifically highlight the cooperation in healthcare, public health preservation, restoration and improvement fields”, the Deputy PM said in his remarks delivered at the session. “To sum up, I want to once again express our readiness to harmonize our efforts with the CIS states in the fight against the pandemic and raise its efficiency”, he added.

He stated that the main goal of the CIS remains ensuring favorable conditions for the further development of inter-state cooperation in economic, humanitarian, security and political partnership sectors. Grigoryan said Armenia welcomes the cooperation initiatives in these areas and is ready to assist in the effective fulfillment of the adopted decisions. “I am sure that our future efforts aimed at enriching the existing agreements with a concrete content will raise the CIS real investment in strengthening and expanding the multilateral cooperation of our countries within the frames of the organization”, Mher Grigoryan stated.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 16:46, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan has discussed the current situation and issues relating to adoption of possible political decisions with the factions of the parliament.

“Dear compatriots, I have just met with the factions of the National Assembly of Artsakh. We have discussed the current situation and issues relating to adoption of possible political decisions deriving from this situation. At this moment the joint and harmonious work of all state structures is highly important for the sacred work of the defense of the Homeland”, the President said on Facebook.

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 17:46, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, 6 NOVEMBER, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 6 November, USD exchange rate down by 0.13 drams to 493.74 drams. EUR exchange rate up by 2.86 drams to 585.18 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.01 drams to 6.36 drams. GBP exchange rate up by 4.38 drams to 648.68 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price up by 600.03 drams to 30771.16 drams. Silver price up by 9.35 drams to 390.03 drams. Platinum price up by 377.32 drams to 14239.07 drams.

 18:27, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani armed forces again targeted Stepanakert and Shushi cities of Artsakh, inflicting serious material damage, ARMENPRESS reports the State Service of the Emergency Situations of Artsakh said.

‘’Azerbaijan continues war crimes against civilian population. During the day cluster warheads were fired against Stepanakert. There are a lot of destructions.

The warheads dropped on residential houses and nearby areas, damaged roofs, and broke windows. Fortunately, there are no casualties among the civilians.

The next target of the adversary is Shushi. The destructions and damages in the cultural center of Artsakh as a result of the Azerbaijani aggression are uncountable’’, reads the statement.

 19:42, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Mayor of Artsakh’s Shushi city Artsvik Sargsyan assures that the city is in reliable hands because Artsakh-Armenia-Diaspora trinity stands for its protection.

The Mayor, who is in defense positions of the city, told ARMENPRESS that Shushi will definitely continue speaking in Armenian and the bells of Ghazanchetsots Church will continue to ring. ‘’They spread false photos that allegedly they have raised a flag on a mosque, but an examination shows that it’s a fake photo. They should never think that Shushi can belong to them, it will never happen. We have to win, we will live in Shushi’’, Sargsyan said.

Artsvik Sargsyan emphasized that Azerbaijanis have always fled from the battlefield, seeing Armenians. ‘’In all the wars I have participated they fled from us, they fled in a way we were unable to hunt them. There were times when we met in peaceful moments they told as that when we decide to attack, we should inform them so that they can flee. Yes, today they don’t fight, the mercenaries fight instead of them, because if they don’t do that, they will be shot from behind. But this is a temporal thing, in the near times we will celebrate our victory”, Sargsyan said.

Shushi Mayor assured that during the clashes for Shushi the adversary has suffered serious losses and continues to suffer.

Van Novikov

 19:08, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. Archaeological camp of Artsakh’s Tigranakert town has been significantly damaged by a targeted Azerbaijani strike. Two of the four cottages have been destroyed, the others have been damaged, Tigranakert’s expedition leader Hamlet Petrosyan told ARMENPRESS.

Days ago someone had seen this atrocity and informed Petrosyan. Later a group of volunteers that tries to examine the situation of the monuments of Artsakh, visited the place and saw that the bomb had landed near the cottages, destroying two and damaging the other two cottages.

According to Petrosyan, they visit there only in the summer. He thinks Azerbaijanis targeted it deliberately, thinking that there might be people there. ‘’An 18^th century citadel is next to it, which is a museum and is much better seen. I think they might have thought that there might be people in the cottages’’, Hamlet Petrosyan said.

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 18:04, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. French Beringer Aero company has suspended supplies of parts to Turkish UAV producers after learning that its production was used for the production of military UAVs used against Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh, ARMENPRESS reports the company said on its Facebook page.

‘’Beringer Aero suspends all deliveries to Turkish UAV manufacturers after having found out about its products mounted on drones equipped with weapons and deployed over the Nagorno- Karabakh region to fight against the Armenian forces.

The company wants to stay in line with its ethical policy and has never allowed the use of its products on vehicles that could threaten human life’’, reads the statement.

BERINGER products are designed and manufactured in France for General Aviation and civilian purposes. They are sold worldwide through different channels and are standard off the shelves for all vehicles, including UAVs.

 22:24, 6 November, 2020

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS.  Intensive and heavy clashes took place at the settlements near Shushi and the roads leading to Shushi. The clashes continue up till now but the intensity has significantly dropped, ARMENPRESS reports representative of the MoD Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in a press conference.

‘’The operation of neutralization of reconnaissance and sabotage groups, separate platoon tactical groups, mercenary bandits continues. On the roads to Shushi dozens, if not hundreds of bodies are left’’, Hovhannisyan said.

He added if the clashes in the direction of Shushi still continues, the Armenian artillery has already defeated the Azerbaijani artillery.

Hovhannisyan noted that during the last two days the situation near Shushi was quite complicated, but added that those hardships have already been overcome, not ruling out that in the future there can be again hard days.

He said that soon photos and footages showing the excellent job of the Armenian forces will be released.