Category: 2020

 20:43, 2 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenia became global leader for “Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality” action coalition of the UN-led Generation Equality Forum on July 1, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia.

Convened under the auspices of the United Nations, the Generation Equality Forum was established upon the initiative of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), co-hosted by the Governments of France and Mexico, in partnership with civil society. The process aims to boost cooperation between governments, international organizations and the civil society in the context of the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration. The Forum is structured around six thematic action coalitions that are aimed at promoting gender equality and women’s rights in the areas of economic empowerment, healthcare and climate, prevention of gender-based violence, feminist movements and leadership.

The global leaders of the Action Coalitions comprise 20 countries, selected entities of the United Nations system, international organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations. The selection of the coalition leaders was made on the basis of the level of the demonstrated commitment of the candidates, the progress achieved in the priority area and other criteria. Armenia’s nomination for coalition leadership in technology and innovations stems from the priorities of the Government of Armenia for advancing gender equality, political and economic empowerment of women, as well as progress achieved in the ICT industry.

The Action Coalition on technology and innovations will be led by Armenia, Finland and Tunisia – the three countries that have been selected to steer global action in cooperation with the UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union.

The Generation Equality Forum will also launch an innovative Compact for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action to drive action and resources towards peace, security and humanitarian action. The Compact will strengthen coordination between existing initiatives and partnerships to ensure that women and youth are at the center of peace, security and humanitarian action, twenty years after the landmark UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.

 10:19, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian had a telephone conversation in the evening of July 2 with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.

The Armenian President congratulated his Belarussian counterpart on the national day – the Independence Day of Belarus celebrated on July 3.

President Sarkissian highly valued the developing mutual partnership and productive cooperation between the two countries in political, economic and humanitarian spheres.

He highlighted the experience of Belarus in high technologies and a number of other branches of the economy.

The Armenian and Belarussian Presidents exchanged views also on the cooperation prospects and the implementation of joint projects.

President Sarkissian expressed his gratitude to President Lukashenko for assisting to provide a land for the construction of an Armenian church in Minsk.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 10:24, 3 July, 2020

STEPANAKERT, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan approved today a number of decisions of the Government, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

Accordingly:

Tigran Tsatryan was appointed first deputy minister of Territorial Administration and Development of the Artsakh Republic.

Hamlet Apresyan was appointed deputy minister of Territorial Administration and Development of the Artsakh Republic.

Hasmik Minasyan was appointed deputy minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Artsakh Republic.

Dima Arstamyan was appointed deputy minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Artsakh Republic.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 10:21, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. Minister of territorial administration and infrastructures Suren Papikyan received on July 2 new Ambassador of Iran to Armenia Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri, the ministry told Armenpress.

Congratulating the Ambassador on appointment, the Armenian minister expressed confidence that Mr. Zohouri’s activity will contribute to the expansion and deepening of the Armenian-Iranian relations. The minister said the existing high level of mutual partnership is demonstrated especially in the joint infrastructure development programs between the two countries.

The Iranian Ambassador thanked the Armenian minister for the welcome and in turn reaffirmed the readiness of the Iranian side to give a new quality to the bilateral multi-sectoral cooperation and fully use the existing potential in the economic relations.

At the meeting the sides discussed the implementation prospects of joint programs in the regional partnership, transportation and energy infrastructure sectors. They also exchanged views on the actions to be taken to respond to the challenges of the novel coronavirus pandemic and overcome the economic crisis.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:07, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. 662 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 27,320, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

448 more patients have recovered. The total number of recoveries has reached 15,484.

10 people have died in one day, raising the death toll to 469.

The number of active cases stands at 11,211.

The number of people who had a coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 156 (3 new such cases).

So far, 118,102 people have passed COVID-19 testing.

Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:24, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. 4 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in the Republic of Artsakh in the past one day, bringing the total number of cases to 129.

The number of recovered patients is 101, the healthcare ministry said.

At the moment the number of active cases is 28.

85 citizens are quarantined.

So far, 2,014 COVID-19 tests have been conducted.

No death cases have been recorded in the Republic.

Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 12:17, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe resigned on July 3 ahead of a government reshuffle by President Emmanuel Macron, Reuters reports.

The Elysee Palace said in a statement that Philippe would handle government affairs until a new cabinet was named.

In French government reshuffles, the prime minister tenders his or her resignation ahead of cabinet appointments but can still be re-named to the position. It was not immediately clear whether Philippe would be called upon to form the new government.

Macron’s move to refashion his centrist government comes after voters punished the former investment banker and his party in nationwide municipal elections.

The elections revealed surging support for the Green party and underlined Macron’s troubles with left-leaning voters.

 11:19, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian sent a congratulatory letter to writer, publicist Razmik Davoyan on the occasion of the 80^th anniversary of birth, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

“Your literature is the spiritual bread thanks to which the reader is communicating with a real and imaginary world for decades”, the President said in his letter, wishing the renowned writer good health, optimism and all the best.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 12:36, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. The representative of the Armenian Parliament submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court requesting to delay the examination of the case scheduled on July 7 on determining whether Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code [2^nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan is charged under this article] complies with the Constitution, Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan said on Facebook.

“The representative of the Parliament to the Constitutional Court submitted a petition to the Court requesting to postpone the examination of the case scheduled on July 7, provide to the Parliament the Armenian translations of the ECHR and the Venice Commission advisory opinions, as well as give a reasonable timeframe for getting acquainted with these opinions”, the Speaker said.

On July 18, 2019, the Constitutional Court of Armenia made a decision to suspend the proceedings of the cases on determining the compliance of the Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code to the Constitution based on the applications submitted by the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction and Robert Kocharyan. The Court also applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the Venice Commission for receiving opinions. The two international structures have already provided their response.

The examination of applications of 2^nd President Kocharyan and the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on determining the compliance of the Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code with the Constitution is scheduled on July 7, at 11:00.

However, few days ago, Kocharyan’s attorney withdrew their application submitted to the Constitutional Court.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:31, 3 July, 2020

YEREVAN, JULY 3, ARMENPRESS. Wife of the Lithuanian president Diana Nausėdienė sent gifts to Armenian children who are infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Armenian Embassy in Lithuania said.

The gifts were sent to Armenia on July 3 via a Lithuanian military aircraft.

Recently the Lithuanian government sent a medical team to Armenia, as well as provided medical items and equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan