Category: 2021

 08:35, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. Human Rights Defender of Armenia Arman Tatoyan calls the blocking by the Azerbaijani servicemen of the interstate road leading from Goris to Kapan in Syunik province a “pre-planned crime against the civilian population of Armenia”.

In a statement on social media the Ombudsman said that he will special reports over the incident to the relevant international organizations.

“For more than 3 hours, 50 or more Azerbaijani servicemen have blocked the interstate road leading from Goris to Kapan near the village of Davit Bek. They are refusing to open the road.

These actions are criminal, restricting the free movement of people, the entire civilian population, including children, women, and the elderly. We have received alarms confirming all of this from civilians, and we have verified everything.

I warn so very much about this danger and state that the state should act and do so urgently. The presence of Azerbaijani armed servicemen on the roads between Syunik communities of the Republic of Armenia is criminal act, period. It, in and of itself violates people’s right to life, to free movement, and to other internationally guaranteed vital rights.

It is obvious to me from the facts that this is a pre-planned and an openly and hostile act. It is a crime against the civilian population of the Republic of Armenia.

I am aware that the Russian border guards, Armenian border guards conducted negotiations on the spot to open the road, and through their efforts civilian cars were taken out of the roadblock.

According to the verified data, the negotiations will continue in the morning. Thus far they continue to refuse opening the road.

Early in the morning, special reports on this incident will be sent to the relevant international bodies”, the statement says.

Editing by Aneta Harutyunyan

 10:00, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Parliament resumed today the debate of the government’s 2021-2026 action plan.

Four speeches and one speech from each faction are expected today.

In the end Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will deliver concluding remarks.

Then, the government’s action plan will be put up to voting.

 10:53, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of Environment has introduced a bill seeking to include Mount Karmir Katar of the Geghama Ridge in the list of natural monuments.

Citing its scientific and recreational significance, the ministry said the move will enable authorities to preserve the valuable geological area and its aesthetic and geological look.

The 3530 meter mount has a 300 meter wide crater with a crater lake.

It is a top destination for mountaineers and eco-tourism enthusiasts.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 11:20, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. An Azerbaijani soldier has been placed under arrest by Artsakh authorities after unlawfully crossing the border and breaching into an apartment in the town of Martakert, the Artsakh prosecution said.

The Azerbaijani serviceman, identified as Jamil Babayev, was apprehended by Artsakh police and national security service officers in an apartment on Teryan Street in Martakert on August 25.

Babayev is arrested and charged with illegal border crossing, threatening to kill the children in the apartment and espionage.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 11:24, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. The Armenia faction of Parliament will not participate in the voting of the government’s action plan, faction head Seyran Ohanyan said during today’s session.

“Given the rather poor directions in the action plan, the Armenia bloc thinks that you will adopt that action plan, therefore, we will not take part in the voting of that action plan”, he said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 12:10, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. The Pashinyan Administration’s action plan for 2021-2026 passed parliament 70-0-0.

The two opposition blocs boycotted the vote and didn’t participate. But the ruling Civil Contract’s votes were enough for the action plan to pass.

Editing by Stepan Kocharyan

 12:12, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. 3702 Armenian troops were killed in last year’s Artsakh war, and another 243 servicemembers are currently classified as missing in action, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. He said that the war also claimed the lives of 75 civilians.

“I am releasing the numbers which are confirmed by death certificates,” Pashinyan told lawmakers in parliament.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

 12:29, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani armed forces have blocked the road leading from Goris to Vorotan in Armenia’s Syunik province, Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan said in a statement.

“This is an inter-state road that ensures the normal movement of the Armenian civilian population and is directly connected with people’s normal life.

These criminal acts of the Azerbaijani armed servicemen violate people’s right to free movement and have completely distorted their normal life. Their presence on that roads itself is a violation of people’s right to life and other international guaranteed vital rights”, Arman Tatoyan said.

The Azerbaijani military blocked the Karmrakar-Shurnukh section of the Kapan-Goris interstate road around 23:00, August 25.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:02, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. Armenia has improved its position in the 2021 Index of Economic Freedom by 2 more points, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said in a statement on Facebook.

“We are the 32^nd now. It’s worth noting that we strengthen the position of a country having the best business climate in the EAEU space. But we are not satisfied with the results, a lot needs to be improved for doing business, which we have promised by the new action plan of the government”, the minister stated.

Armenia’s economic freedom score is 71.9.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:16, 26 August, 2021

YEREVAN, AUGUST 26, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Ambassador to Canada Anahit Harutyunyan has been concurrently appointed Ambassador to Dominican Republic.

The respective decree has been signed by President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan