Category: 2022

 14:15,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. Newly-appointed Ambassador of Armenia to Kazakhstan Armen Ghevondyan presented the copy of his credentials to Deputy Foreign Minister Yermukhambet Konuspayev, the Embassy of Armenia in Kazakhstan reported.

The sides exchanged ideas about the current situation of the Armenian-Kazakh mutual partnership and the development prospects, including within multilateral and integration unions.

They also discussed the timetable of contacts over bilateral inter-state cooperation mechanisms.

The relevant issues of the regional and international agenda were also touched upon.

The Kazakh deputy foreign minister wished the Armenian Ambassador success in fulfilling the priorities of Armenia’s diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan.

 14:21,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. The construction of the Friendship Bridge on the Armenian-Georgian border’s Sadakhlo-Bagratashen border crossing point is in the final phase.

The construction of the bridge is a joint Armenian-Georgian program, funded by the EBRD and the governments of Armenia and Georgia.

The bridge will ease traffic and facilitate passenger and cargo movement.

 14:53,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. The Kazakh FlyArystan airline announced starting flights from Almaty to Yerevan.

The roundtrip flights will be carried out on Mondays and Thursdays starting June 2.

 15:10,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. Three people are hospitalized with various degree gunshot wounds after a shooting incident in Yerevan’s suburbs in what investigators believe was attempted murder.

The shooting took place around 00:50, May 13 in the Nor Nork 4 district, according to preliminary reports issued by the Investigative Committee.

A Porsche SUV with bullet holes, multiple bullet cases, 2 bullets and an unfired cartridge were found at the scene.

 15:13,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died at the age of 73, CNN reports citing state media WAM.

“The Ministry of Presidential Affairs mourn the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nations, and the whole world. The leader of the nation and the patron of its march, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, passed away to the Lord’s side today, Friday, May 13”, WAM said.

 16:03,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan of Armenia met with the representatives of the French Development Agency (AFD), the ministry said in a press release.

The meeting aimed at discussing the development prospects of railway infrastructures in Armenia.

Welcoming the guests, Armen Simonyan said that during the previous meeting the issue of creating railway infrastructures from Vanadzor to Fioletovo was discussed and now the guests can get acquainted with that section.

The AFD representatives wanted to know about the reasons of the absence of railway infrastructures in areas favorable for them, the subsidy provided by the government and the development of passenger and cargo transportation with the neighboring countries, particularly Georgia.

They said that the results of research in this field are important for future activities and in order to have major investments, a substantiated commercial strategy program will be necessary.

The deputy minister presented in detail Armenia’s resources in railway sector, the priority directions for development and answered the questions of the meeting participants.

An agreement was reached to meet after the end of the research in order to organize the further works based on their results.

 16:24,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met with Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin in Dushanbe, the Armenian foreign ministry said in a press release.

The Armenian and Tajik FMs praised the level of the bilateral cooperation based on mutual understanding and mutual trust. The sides noted that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Tajikistan and called this a good occasion to sum up the registered achievements and outline new directions for expansion of partnership.

In terms of strengthening the political ties between the two countries, the officials highlighted holding consultations between the two foreign ministries.

Making efforts for the full use of the potential of the commercial partnership was also emphasized, and in this respect the sides attached importance to intensifying the activities of the Armenian-Tajik inter-governmental commission.

The sides also discussed issues relating to the cooperation between Armenia and Tajikistan in multilateral platforms.

 16:58,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. Despite being disused for many years, the Hrazdan Stadium in Yerevan is ready to host the highly anticipated concerts of 50 Cent, Zaz and Led Zeppelin Symphonic this summer.

The organizer of the concerts, the Haya Festival, says the stadium is being renovated and prepared for the events. 

Haya Festival was founded in 2022 by Sona Hovhannisyan, the Co-Founder and General Manager of Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival.

Hovhannisyan said at a press conference that the Haya Festival will open a new chapter for Armenia’s cultural, economic and other areas.

“This festival is a new institute, a new mechanism to hugely promote Armenia, to show our country as a peaceful, sustainably developing and blossoming country that has a glorious future where thirty, fourty and fifty thousand people arrive for concerts and listen to artists whom many people dream of seeing,” Hovhannisyan said.

French pop singer Zaz will perform on June 25th, American hip-hop artist 50 Cent will take the stage on July 1, and Led Zeppelin Symphonic will perform on July 9.

Hovhannisyan said they’ve seriously studied the territory of the Hrazdan Stadium. “Perhaps it requires huge investments for sports events, but we viewed it as a concert venue capable of hosting 54 thousand people. There is no other place like that in our country. We’ll need an area like this again when for example we’ll announce the Jennifer Lopez or Enrique Iglesias concerts. I’m happy that we will give back the stadium to the city in new colors,” she said.

Haya Festival doesn’t rule out the possibility of holding the festival in other cities of Armenia in the future.

Tickets for the concerts are already available both locally and internationally.

 17:27,

YEREVAN, 13 MAY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 13 May, USD exchange rate down by 4.19 drams to 455.94 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 6.56 drams to 473.68 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.05 drams to 7.07 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 5.57 drams to 556.29 drams.

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

Gold price down by 467.89 drams to 26928.97 drams. Silver price down by 14.66 drams to 307.62 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.

 17:41,

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. Local Armenian political parties will participate in the May 15 parliamentary elections in Lebanon with their own candidates, editor-in-chief of the Lebanese “Azdak” daily Shahan Kandaharian told ARMENPRESS.

“Armenian political parties have formed an alliance with other Lebanese political forces and participated in forming the lists. Dashnaktsutyun nominated 5 candidates, Hunchakian party – 1 candidate. Apart from Armenian political parties, there are also Armenians who individually participate in elections with lists of civil movements. I think there is a wide choice,” Shahan Kandaharian said.

According to him, the current legislation has components form proportional, rank and community elections. Shahan Kandaharian noted that it is a complicated, tangled approach, which in a democratic sense does not correctly ensure the presence of the people.

“The elections are being held in a difficult financial and economic situation for the country. Initially, the expectations were that the turnout would not be high. However, as the election campaign intensifies, we see an increase in public interest. There are observations that it is possible, in any case, to have an active participation,” Shahan Kandaharian said.