Category: 2022

 14:37, 12 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS. (FFA Press Release) UEFA U-14 Development Cup match between Armenia U-14 and United Arab Emirates U-14 teams took place in Yerevan on May 12. Armenia won with a score of 1:0 and with 6 points became the winner of the UEFA U-14 Development Cup. UAE is the second with 3 points, and Lebanon finished last with 0 points. In this tournament Armenia scored 4 goals, UAE and Lebanon 1 goal each.

Best striker of the tournament is Sargis Gasparyan with 2 goals and the best player is Ruben Karapetyan.

 12:27,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Russia on May 16 to take part in the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), his office said.

The leaders of the CSTO states will gather in Moscow on May 16 for a summit on the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20^th anniversary of the founding of the organization.

Lukashenko is expected to have a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 13:56,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan received today Minister of Sport of Russia Oleg Matytsin. The meeting was also attended by president of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpischev, the Presidential office said.

Highlighting the expansion of cooperation and implementation of joint projects with Russia in sports field, the Armenian President presented the opportunities of Armenia in conducting joint sports trainings and expanding the partnership in different types of sport. Khachaturyan said that the visit of the Russian minister of sport to Armenia is important and will give an additional impetus to the expansion of joint programs and new opportunities.

President Vahagn Khachaturyan said Armenia attaches great importance to the development of sport and takes consistent efforts in implementing large-scale sport programs.

Oleg Matytsin thanked for the reception and said that they are very happy to see Armenia’s great efforts in the development of sport and significant achievements in different international tournaments. The Russian minister said they are ready to do everything possible to expand and deepen the relations between the two brotherly countries.

 14:08,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. President of France Emmanuel Macron will depart for the United Arab Emirates to mourn the death of President, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, TASS reports citing BFM TV.

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan died at the age of 73 on May 13.

 14:17,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. No precipitation is expected in Armenia in the daytime of May 14, in the night of May 15, 17-19, the ministry of emergency situations said.

Rain is possible in some regions in the daytime of May 15, 17-19.

Air temperature will gradually rise by 4-6 degrees on May 14-15.

 16:41,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. Chair of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Aleksei Kudrin and his delegation visited today the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.

Aleksei Kudrin arrived in Armenia on a working visit.

Chairman of the Audit Chamber of Armenia Atom Janjughazyan accompanied the Russian delegation.

Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan welcomed the guests and introduced them on the history of the creation of the memorial. He also introduced the guests on the history of the three cross-stones stationed in the territory of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial, which are dedicated to the memory of Armenians killed during the ethnic cleansings carried out against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan at the end of the past century.

The Russian delegation members laid flowers at the eternal flame and paid tribute to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims with a moment of silence.

The guests also toured the Museum, got acquainted with the permanent and temporary exhibits.

At the end of the visit Aleksei Kudrin planted a silver fir tree in the Memory Park.

 16:45,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan received today Chair of the Accounts Chamber of Russia Aleksei Kudrin, the Presidential office said.

The prospects of the economies of Armenia and Russia were discussed. Both sides attached importance to the strategic cooperation between Armenia and Russia, including in the economic sector.

Issues relating to the economic reforms of the two countries were touched upon. In this respect the Armenian President highlighted Mr. Kudrin’s interesting approaches and ideas over economic reforms.

 17:07,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. The body of Olga Sanikova, a citizen of Russia living in Stepanakert, Artsakh, who has been missing since May 9, was found in the River Karkar of Stepanakert on May 14, at 12:30, the Artsakh State Emergency Service said.

The rescuers of Artsakh removed the body from the river.

Armenia wants to give strategic nature to relations with Georgia – expert

 17:28,

YEREVAN, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS. Armenian and Georgian experts overall highly value the inter-state relations and particularly the political dialogue between the two countries ahead of the 30^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

During a press conference today, convened on this occasion, senior expert at Orbeli analytical-research center Johnny Melikian highlighted the necessity of deepening the Armenian-Georgian relations and raising them to a strategic level.

“We need to make greater efforts for the development of the relations between the two countries, Armenia and Georgia. The two Christian nations must stand by one another and support each other in this big and complex region. I not only mean the South Caucasus, but also the broader region”, he said.

The expert noted that at this new period of the inter-state relations the political dialogue between Armenia and Georgia has always been active and dynamic, but in the past one and a half month the Armenian-Georgian mutual visits have been activated in an unprecedented level. In particular, the delegation led by the Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri arrived in Armenia, the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan visited Georgia, the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili arrived in Armenia on an official visit, the conference of the Armenian and Georgian justice ministers was held in Tbilisi.

“This shows that on the one hand we are making friendship, and on the other hand we study each other’s experience, particularly, the reforms carried out in Georgia. The political dialogue between Yerevan and Tbilisi is on a high level, the mutual relations are friendly as it is stated in conceptual documents. But it is very important to note that in the past years the leadership of Armenia announces that the Armenian-Georgian relations have a strategic significance. With this Yerevan hints to its partners of Tbilisi that Armenia wants to give a strategic nature to those relations”, he said.

Georgian political scientist Vasily Papava said that in fact the relations between the Armenian and Georgian nations have a history of 30 centuries, in other words about three thousand years, which, according to him, is a very serious base for the development of the inter-state ties in all areas. The Georgian expert positively assesses the current trends of the high-level political dialogue and the intensification of the mutual partnership in commercial, transportation sectors.

“The mutual visits of the high-ranking officials are the vivid proof of the trust between the leaderships of the two countries, the establishment of closer relations in different areas and the readiness to implement new projects”, Vasily Papava said.

The diplomatic relations between Armenia and Georgia were established on July 17, 1992.

Reporting by Aram Sargsyan