Category: 2020

 11:09,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. 557 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 30,903, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

709 more patients have recovered. The total number of recoveries has reached 18,709.

11 people have died in one day, raising the death toll to 546.

The number of active cases stands at 11,471.

The number of people who had a coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 177 (7 new such cases).

So far, 129,166 people have passed COVID-19 testing.

Reporting by Anna Grigoryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 12:10,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s national football team will hold a friendly match with the national team of Kuwait in November in Yerevan, the Football Federation of Armenia reported.

Earlier the FFA reported that the football federations of Armenia and Albania reached an agreement on holding a friendly match between the national teams which will take place again in Yerevan on October 7.

Reporting by Varvara Hayrapetyan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:40,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. 124 citizens of Armenia are returning to homeland from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Armenia’s Consulate General to Rostov-on-Don said on Facebook.

From March 15 to June 30 nearly 8000 Armenian citizens, who were unable to return to homeland due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, have been transported to Armenia with the efforts of the Commandant’s Office and the ministry of foreign affairs.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 14:20,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. The ministry of foreign affairs of the Netherlands made a decision to provide 200,000 Euros to Armenia to purchase much-needed equipment for fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Armenian foreign ministry said.

According to the July 9 agreement signed between the Dutch foreign ministry and the Armenian ministry of healthcare, the money provided within the framework of the assistance will be spent for purchasing three PCR testing devices, 100 hospital monitors and 1 biological safety camera.

The Armenian ministry of healthcare has already ordered the afore-mentioned equipment which will be delivered to Armenia in the nearest future.

557 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 30,903, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

709 more patients have recovered. The total number of recoveries has reached 18,709.

11 people have died in one day, raising the death toll to 546.

The number of active cases stands at 11,471.

The number of people who had a coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 177 (7 new such cases).

So far, 129,166 people have passed COVID-19 testing.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 15:52,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian arrived in the Republic of Artsakh on a working visit on July 10, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.

President Sarkissian met with President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan in Stepanakert.

President Sarkissian once again congratulated and wished success to Arayik Harutyunyan, expressing confidence that he will successfully continue serving the homeland with his experience and knowledge. “I also want to congratulate the entire people of Artsakh because the presidential and parliamentary elections were held in a democratic way”, Armen Sarkissian said. “Please convey my congratulations also to the other participants of the presidential election, who didn’t win personally, but won together, showing to the world that Artsakh is not only a firm, strong, but also is a democratic country, as well as a free country where free elections are being held. They should be proud of as they had their contribution to this process. I want to first of all wish you and all citizens of Artsakh good health. I am confident that we will overcome this difficult situation and will move on, strengthening both Armenia and Artsakh”.

In his turn the President of Artsakh thanked for these words and stated that most of the candidates who participated in the presidential election are part of the current political leadership, adding that he is ready to ensure the country’s progress and development, and those, who are not involved, also continue their activity for the sake of Artsakh. Arayik Harutyunyan thanked Armenia’s authorities for assisting the practical programs aimed at the development of Artsakh. “I want to note that together we will manage not only to overcome the current situation, but also ensure progress in the development of our homeland”, he said.

The meeting also touched upon a number of ongoing and prospective programs directed for the strengthening and development of Artsakh.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 15:28,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s deputy prime minister Tigran Avinyan and Executive Director of the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) Geof Giacomini have signed remotely a new grant agreement aimed at assisting Armenia during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the deputy PM’s Office told Armenpress.

According to the agreement, in addition to the assistance provided to Armenia’s protected areas, the Fund will provide a budgetary support worth half a million Euros to the Armenian government. The grant will be mainly directed for the funding of the Dilijan national park, Lake Arpi national park, Khosrov Forest State Reserve and Zangezur biosphere complex SNCOs.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 16:28,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. The new National Security Strategy of the Republic of Armenia has been published and will replace the one adopted in 2007.

The new Strategy is based on three fundamental principles.

The first principle is the creation of a strong and prosperous Armenia as a guarantor of its own security.

“There is no alternative to the strength and prosperity of the Armenian state for ensuring Armenia’s security. As a state, that is interested in the preservation of peace and stability and is constantly developing its capacities on this direction, Armenia will continue making efforts for having its decisive role in ensuring regional peace, security and stability. At the same time, Armenia will continue participating in ensuring international security through the engagement of Armenian peacekeepers to the international peacekeeping missions, not only as a consumer of the international security, but also as a provider of it”, stated in the document.

The second fundamental principle is that with its logic the Strategy aims at contributing to the long-term goal of ensuring the eternity of the Armenian statehood, preparing us to resist possible dangers sometimes threatening our statehood.

According to the third principle, in the constantly changing world it’s a priority to develop Armenia’s domestic and external resilience to be always ready for the new, unpredictable challenges and responding them effectively.

The 40-page document consists of introduction, 6 chapters and concluding provisions. The Strategy presents Armenia’s security environment, national interests, the goals and principles of the Strategy.

“Since the adoption of the first National Security Strategy of Armenia in 2007, the international and regional security environment has undergone major changes, making the challenges facing Armenia more complex and multi-layered. Armenia has also changed. With the implementation of the peaceful, Velvet, people’s Revolution in Armenia in 2018, the citizen of Armenia has set a high bar for ensuring the state’s security, development and welfare. In the new context the key of Armenia’s security policy is the democratic system of governance which creates a firm base for the strengthening of the country’s economic, political, intellectual, therefore also military potential. These realities require from us to have a new, more ambitious National Security Strategy”, stated in the document.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:58,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan had an online discussion with the Support Armenia Fund’s initiative group, the ministry told Armenpress.

The ministry contacted the Fund to express its readiness in assisting them to support the small and medium businesses as a result of the fundraising organized by the Fund.

Minister Khachatryan welcomed the group’s initiative and assured that his team is ready to assist the Fund in effectively organizing the works. He introduced the government’s anti-crisis policy. The minister said on the sidelines of the government’s third anti-crisis measure, assistance has been provided to nearly 900 economic entities. The minister mentioned the fields most affected by COVID-19.

Member of the initiative Olivia Zhamkochyan thanked minister Khachatryan for the readiness to assist and presented the activity and future programs of the Fund. He said they are going to firstly assist small family businesses in tourism field.

The discussion participants praised the fact that American-Armenian reality TV superstar Kim Kardashian also joined the awareness raising campaign on this fundraising.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 17:09,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. Head of the ruling My Step faction of the Parliament Lilit Makunts and MP Alexei Sandikov met with Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin.

Makunts said on Facebook that they have discussed with the Ambassador issues relating to the development of the Armenian-Russian relations.

“As head of the My Step faction I introduced the Ambassador on the ongoing domestic political developments in our country. The meeting touched upon the ongoing legislative changes. In the context of promoting the bilateral ties we highlighted the role of the parliamentary diplomacy. We also highlighted the importance of joint efforts of Armenia and Russia in fighting the novel coronavirus”, Lilit Makunts said.

She added that during the meeting they also exchanged views on the actions taken to ensure the return of the Armenian and Russian citizens to their home countries under the absence of regular flights these days.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 17:24,

YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian met with the top leadership of Artsakh – Speaker of Parliament Artur Tovmasyan, State Minister Grigori Martirosyan, Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan, Secretary of the Security Council Samvel Babayan and others, during his official visit in Stepanakert, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.

At the meeting the programs aimed at the mutual partnership of Armenia and Artsakh, the development of Artsakh were discussed.

Before this meeting the Armenian President had already met with President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan