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Armenpress: Pashinyan visits Aragatsotn province

Hambardsumian Paul

Pashinyan visits Aragatsotn province

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 10:35,

YEREVAN, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has arrived in the Aragatsotn province for community visits, the PM’s spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan said on Facebook.

“Meeting-discussions are expected with the residents of the province.

The Prime Minister will also pay tribute to the memory of fallen servicemen and will meet with the families of our soldiers fallen at the recent Artsakh War”, Mane Gevorgyan said.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Armenian Defense Minister visits Central Military Hospital

Talar Tumanian

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 21:13, 19 March, 2021

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, ARMENPRESS. Defense Minister of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan visited on March 19 the Central Clinical Military Hospital.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, Vagharshak Harutyunyan toured in some of the departments of the hospital, discussed the existing problems with relevant Defense Ministry officials and the heads of the hospital.

During the visit Defense Minister Harutyunyan also met with the servicemen who had been injured during the Artsakh war unleashed by Azerbaijan in September, 2020, inquired about their health situation, treatment process and wished them speedy recovery.

Deputy PM Avinyan presents gender equality policy of Armenia to UN Commission on Status of Women

Emil Lazarian

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 20:12, 19 March, 2021

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan participated in a teleconference on March 18 in the sidelines of the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women of the UN. As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Deputy PM, Avinyan particularly said,

”Dear Chairperson,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I’m honoured to address the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The key theme of the session provides an opportunity to thoroughly discuss the existing inequalities and discrimination faced by women in political and public life, and the impact of the pandemic on violence against women, including domestic violence.

Protection of women’s rights and addressing the discrimination against women and girls is one of the fundamental priorities of Armenia being also a key pillar of our Human Rights Council 2020-2022 membership.

In this context, a broad range of programs aimed at the promotion of gender equality are currently carried out in Armenia along with the legislative reforms. The Gender Policy Implementation Strategy of Armenia for 2019-2023 sets the government’s priorities for equal participation of women in decision-making processes achieving gender equality in science, education and socio-economic spheres.

Within the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic response and rehabilitation programs, the Government of Armenia has undertaken targeted actions to mitigate the implications of the crisis on the most vulnerable groups with a special focus on the needs of women and girls.

In Armenia, the implementation of gender equality policy is institutionalized at the national, provincial and community levels. As a coordinating mechanism, the Council on Women’s Affairs of the Republic of Armenia is committed to ensuring the equal participation of women and men in political and socio-economic processes. Emphasizing the significance of the SDG 5 and its main targets Armenia has also undertaken reforms to ensure equal access of women to economic resources and creating favourable conditions for the economic empowerment of women.
The recent aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, with the involvement of foreign terrorist fighters posed an existential threat to the population of Artsakh, making the issue of their protection an urgent priority. Azerbaijan’s indiscriminate and disproportionate military attacks, shelling and bombardments have resulted in civilian casualties and mass displacement and heavily affected the region’s civilian infrastructures, including a maternity hospital and other healthcare institutions.

Safe and unhindered humanitarian access to the civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh is crucial to address the life-saving needs of women and girls. There is an urgent necessity to implement individual social and rehabilitation programmes targeting all women affected by the conflict, including those who were forced to flee to Armenia.

Another pressing humanitarian issue is the immediate return of the Armenian prisoners of war and civilian hostages, including women captured in war and post-war period by Azerbaijan.

Distinguished delegates,

Armenia will continue taking innovative approaches to the promotion of women’s rights and achieving gender equality. As a leader of the “Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality” Action Coalition of the “Generation Equality” Forum, Armenia will utilize modern technologies to promote gender equality.

Armenia is committed to full and inclusive participation of women in public life, protection and promotion of their rights for building back better, transforming the world and shaping a bright future for the generations to come”.

Turkey withdraws from Istanbul Convention

Aram Torosian

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 11:18,

YEREVAN, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS. Turkey has withdrawn from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, according to the decree signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Resmi Gazete reports.

Turkey joined the Istanbul Convention in 2011.

The country’s Family, Labor and Social Services Minister Zehra Zumrut Selcuk said on Twitter that the Turkish legislation will protect women’s rights.

The Istanbul Convention is a human rights treaty of the Council of Europe against violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Coronavirus: Armenia reports 1071 daily cases

Torgomian Varazdat

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 11:22,

YEREVAN, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS. 1071 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 183,127, the ministry of healthcare reports.

459 patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 167,977.

The death toll has risen to 3332 (12 death cases have been registered in the past one day).

5959 COVID-19 tests were conducted in one day.

The number of active cases is 10,963.

The number of people who had coronavirus but died from other disease has reached 855 (4 new such cases).

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

Chess: GM Iniyan wins silver at FIDE World University meet; Haik Martirosyan wins gold

Arsine Chaltikian
Times of India

GM Iniyan wins silver at FIDE World University meet

Prasad RS | TNN | Updated: Mar 21, 2021, 21:04 IST
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CHENNAI: The 1st FIDE World University online blitz chess saw India’s P Iniyan win silver in the open section. Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan won gold while Russia Mikhail Antipov bagged bronze. The event saw 960 student players from 84 countries featuring in it. The results of the event, which concluded on March 18, was officially announced on Sunday after a fair play analysis conducted by the organisers.

Grandmaster Iniyan, representing Bharathiar University, scored 8.5 points from 10 games to top his group and qualify for the final stage of the event. The 8-player final phase saw Iniyan start with a loss in round 1 to Chinese GM Xu Yinglun. The 18-year-old, who hails from Erode, quickly regrouped to notch up 5.5 points in the last 6 games. “The start in the final phase wasn’t great but I was able to set aside the loss and focus on the next set of matches. It feels great to be winning a medal in this prestigious event,” Iniyan told TOI on Sunday. Iniyan is currently pursuing his BBA at PSG College in Coimbatore, affiliated toBharathiar University.After the conclusion of the final phase, Iniyan was tied for the first place with Martirosyan, but the latter won gold due to better tie-break scores.

The women’s section of the tournament was won by Armenia’s Anna Sargsyan.

The event didn’t start the way it was planned. Due to technical problems the organizers had to nullify the results of the first four rounds played on Day 1 and restart the blitz championship the next day after slightly changing the format.

OOPS! Armenia Acquired Russia’s Su-30 Fighter Jets Without Missiles Prior To War With Azerbaijan

Ani Kharatian
Eurasian Times

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PM Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that Armenia had purchased Russian Su-30SM fighters without missiles back in May 2020, months before the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Former Chief of Armenia’s army General Staff Movses Hakobyan said in November that the fighters were without missiles intended for them, as Russia prohibits the sale of missiles for the Su-30SM to other countries. The Armenian authorities remained silent about this matter until recently.

“Yes, we bought the fighter, it was delivered in May [2020] and yes, we did not have time to buy the missiles before the war [in Karabakh]. Would you buy planes so that we could buy missiles? Why did the 26-year-old state [Armenia] not have fighters?” Pashinyan said at a Saturday meeting with residents of the country’s Aragatsotn region.

At the end of September 2020, hostilities resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh, which became a continuation of the long-term conflict and led to casualties among the civilian population. The sides made several attempts to sign a truce, but only the tripartite agreement reached overnight to November 10, 2020, turned out to be successful.

With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to completely ceasefire and exchange prisoners and bodies of the dead. Yerevan also transferred the Kalbajar, Lachin and Agdam districts to Baku. Russian peacekeepers were stationed in the region.

The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh began in February 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its secession from the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic.

During an armed confrontation in 1992-1994, Azerbaijan lost control of Nagorno-Karabakh and its adjacent areas. Since 1992, talks were ongoing on peaceful settlement of the conflict with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group, led by Russia, the United States and France.


Iran, Armenia Discuss Closer Cooperation on All Fronts

Edgar Tavakalian
Iran Front Page
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IFP Editorial Staff

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The top Iranian diplomat also visited the southernmost Armenian province of Syunik on the border between the two countries.

During a meeting between Baharvand and Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Ghondyan, the two sides discussed the enhancement and promotion of bilateral ties, including in the domains of legal cooperation, continuing work on the documents being reviewed by the two sides and updating some other documents, as well as the status of the Aras river.
The two officials also exchanged views on regional issues where they rejected the presence of terrorist groups in the region and stressed they should leave the region.

Baharvand also held talks with Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs Artak Apitonian on Tehran-Yerevan cooperation in international circles.

Also on the agenda of the talks were regional affairs, human rights issues, cultural cooperation and war on terror.

Meanwhile, in a meeting between the senior Iranian diplomat and Armenian Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan, the two sides discussed issues related to the ministry in light of recent regional developments, especially provisions pertaining to the removal of the blockade of communications routes in the region highlighted in a trilateral statement issued by Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan Republic.

The two side also exchanged views on mutual cooperation on the construction of a North-South route on Armenian soil, plans drawn up by regional countries to establish a suitable route linking the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea, transportation and infrastructure.

On his way back home from Armenia via road, Baharvand had a stopover in the town of Kapan where he met Syunik Governor Melikset Poghosyan.

They discussed issues such as the status of communications roads between the two countries, the inauguration of a free zone and the enhancement of economic cooperation between the border provinces of the two sides.