Category: 2022

 11:38, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. The Shushi-Berdzor-Goris road rection of the interstate highway connecting Artsakh with Armenia is open for two-way traffic, the Ministry of Interior of Artsakh said.

In a statement, the ministry added that the free and safe passage of citizens entering Artsakh or traveling to Armenia is ensured by the Russian peacekeepers.

In early August, it was announced that the residents of the town of Berdzor and the village of Aghavno in Artsakh must evacuate by August 25 because Azerbaijan completed the construction of the new corridor from its side that would connect Artsakh with Armenia and demanded the corridor be relocated to a new route.

On August 17, the counselor-envoy at the Russian embassy in Armenia Maxim Seleznyov told RFE/RL’s Armenian service in an interview that the Russian peacekeepers will not move from their current deployment positions in Lachin corridor until the new road is commissioned.

On August 23 Artsakh lawmakers had a meeting with the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. Citing the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement, the Russian peacekeepers said that the new route will have the same legal status of a corridor and all security components will be maintained, starting from the 5km security zone and the deployment of Russian peacekeeping checkpoints.

 12:06, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan received the delegation led by National Academy of Sciences of Armenia President Ashot Saghyan, the Artsakh presidency said in a press release.

Issues related to the development of education and science in Artsakh were on the discussion agenda.

The President expressed his satisfaction with the effective cooperation of the institutes of the highest scientific institution of Armenia with the Artsakh Scientific Center, emphasizing the pivotal role of scientific and educational progress in the development and strengthening of the Artsakh Republic.

Artsakh Republic Minister of Education, Science and Sports Anahit Hakobyan and other officials partook in the meeting.

 12:45, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan arrived in Kyrgyzstan on a working visit, his Office said.

PM Pashinyan will participate in the session of the Eurasian Inter-governmental Council in the town of Cholpon-Ata.

 13:04, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. Amid an ongoing investigation into the explosion at the Surmalu trade center, the Prosecutor of Yerevan Sevak Hovhannisyan filed motions to the Urban Development, Technical and Fire Safety Inspection Agency to determine and eliminate the circumstances which contributed to the crime.

The investigations into the 2021 fire at Surmalu and the 2022 explosion revealed that the Urban Development, Technical and Fire Safety Inspection Agency’s Director ordered inspections in 2021 in the Yerevan Canning Factory CJSC (Surmalu trade center). 16 technical and fire safety violations were registered and the company was given deadlines to eliminate the risks.

The probe also revealed that some businesses at the Surmalu trade center were illegally storing and selling pyrotechnics.

Documents confiscated from the Urban Development, Technical and Fire Safety Inspection Agency showed that no inspections or preventive measures were taken by the agency at the Yerevan Canning Factory CJSC after the deadline of eliminating the violations registered earlier. Numerous fire safety violations were recorded in Surmaly trade center, which caused the fire.

The Yerevan prosecutor recommended authorities to swiftly launch inspections at all major trade centers, especially where the buildings are reconstructed on premises that were used for other purposes in the past, to enforce the ban on trade of pyrotechnics in trade centers and crowded areas, and to cease the operations of the Yerevan Canning Factory CJSC until the company eliminates the fire safety violations.

The August 14 explosion in Surmalu trade center killed 16 people and injured over 60 others. One person is presumed missing in the blast.

The criminal case is opened on Violation of Fire Safety Rules Causing Deaths and Violating of Safety Rules for Storing, Transporting, Using or Supplying Flammable or Incendiary Materials Causing Death.

 13:12, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. The trilateral meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Council Charles Michel is scheduled in Brussels on August 31, the Armenian PM’s Office said.

 13:27, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. The “Road Department” Fund has announced a selection procedure for Completion of construction of about 34 km of highway M1 Yerevan-Gyumri-Bavra (from km 37+545 to km 71+435) in scope of North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Tranche 2 project. 

The Contractor shall carry out the Works in accordance with the detailed design and the requirements of the technical specifications, which are part of the Bidding Document to be provided by the Employer. International Competitive Bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single Stage – Two-Envelope without prequalification bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible countries as described in the Bidding Document.

The deadline for applications is October 06, 2022(04.00 p.m., Yerevan time).

Further information can be obtained at the following link: 

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 13:50, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan and Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev will meet on August 30 in Moscow, the Office of Mher Grigoryan said.

The first meeting of Mher Grigoryan and Shahin Mustafayev in the format of the joint work of commissions on delimitation and border security was held on May 24, 2022 at the inter-state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

 13:52, 25 August 2022

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. An Iranian citizen is under arrest after attempting to illegally cross the Armenian border into Iran, the National Security Service (NSS) said in a press release.

The citizen, identified by the NSS only by their initials H.Z., bypassed on August 19 the Meghri border crossing point of Armenia, crossed the barrier in the area patrolled by Russian border guards and attempted to cross the border without documents and procedures into Iran.

The Russian border guards detained the Iranian. The suspect is in custody of Armenian NSS amid a criminal investigation.

 14:08, 25 August 2022

STEPANAKERT, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS. An explosion occurred in a building in Stepanakert after a fire broke out, the Artsakh ministry of interior said.

Circumstances are being determined.

Other details weren’t immediately clear.