Category: 2021

 11:11,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. 601 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 272,957, the ministry of healthcare reports.

5814 COVID-19 tests were conducted on October 10.

891 patients have recovered in one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 249,158.

The death toll has risen to 5575 (26 death cases have been registered in the past one day).

The number of active cases is 16,997.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 11:27,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. The Football Federation of Armenia released the Armenian National Football Team’s starting lineup for the October 11 match against Romania for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

David Yurchenko

Davit Terteryan

Varazdat Haroyan

Taron Voskanyan

Artak Grigoryan

Alik Arakelyan

Khoren Bayramyan

Eduard Spertsyan

Lukas Selarayan

Erik Vardanyan

Tigran Barseghyan

Anatoly Ayvazov

Kamo Hovhannisyan

Jordy Ararat

Hrayr Mkoyan

Stanislav Buchnev

Solomon Udo

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Ishkhan Geloyan

Alexander Karapetyan

Karen Muradyan

Sargis Adamyan

Zhirayr Margaryan

 12:36,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan received today Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Aleksandr Konyuk, the ministry said in a press release.

Minister Mirzoyan and Ambassador Konyuk discussed issues relating to the bilateral relations, highlighting the importance of high-level mutual visits, consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries, as well as the expansion of the existing legal-contractual base.

In the context of boosting the commercial ties, the officials discussed the activity of the joint Armenian-Belarusian inter-governmental commission on economic cooperation.

They also exchanged views on regional affairs.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:16,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will pay a working visit to the Russian Federation on October 12, his Office said in a statement.

Nikol Pashinyan will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The parties will discuss issues related to the implementation of the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021, as well as further steps to strengthen stability, resumption of economic ties and current developments in the region.

Nikol Pashinyan and Vladimir Putin will also discuss issues on the agenda of Armenian-Russian allied relations, as well as further cooperation in integration unions.

 13:34,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church Karekin II will visit Russia on a two-day trip on October 11 to meet with Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus’ Kirill in Moscow.

The Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin said the Catholicos will also participate in a trilateral meeting of the region’s spiritual leaders.

Editing by Stepan Kocharyan

 14:11,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is planning to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan in the nearest future, Mehr news agency reports.

“Focusing on neighbors, including the northern neighbors, is one of the foreign policy priorities of the new Iranian government”, FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an interview with the Russian television channel. “Armenia and Azerbaijan are two good neighbors of the Islamic Republic of Iran, so we cannot work against each other. Iran’s foreign policy is a balanced foreign policy”, the minister said, adding that he will “visit the two countries at the appropriate time”.

 15:32,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Regional challenges will be on the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the spiritual leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, Head of the Information Department at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Fr. Yesayi Artenyan told Armenpress.

“We are not familiar with the agenda, we will provide additional information when the meeting takes place. I can only state that the meeting will touch upon our regional challenges of today”, he said, however, he couldn’t tell the exact date of the meeting, as it’s not clear yet.

Earlier today the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin reported that Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II will visit Russia on a two-day trip on October 11 to meet with Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus’ Kirill in Moscow. According to the statement, the Catholicos will also participate in a trilateral meeting of the region’s spiritual leaders.

 

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 16:52,

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Pope Francis received this morning in audience the President of the Republic of Armenia, His Excellency Mr. Armen Sarkissian, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, Vatican News reports citing the Holy See Press Office’s statement.

“During the cordial discussions, appreciation was expressed at the development and strengthening of bilateral relations between the Holy See and Armenia, a country of ancient Christian tradition.

The parties went on to focus on other matters of international and regional policy”, the statement says.

 

 17:33,

YEREVAN, 11 OCTOBER, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 11 October, USD exchange rate down by 0.59 drams to 478.71 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 1.21 drams to 553.20 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.03 drams to 6.68 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 1.14 drams to 651.91 drams.

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

Gold price up by 138.18 drams to 27291.88 drams. Silver price down by 2.59 drams to 347.06 drams. Platinum price up by 750.98 drams to 15837.22 drams.