Category: 2022

Finland’s accession to NATO can be resolved within a month

 19:57, 6 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 6, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin stated that the issue of his country’s accession to NATO can be resolved this month, ARMENPRESS reports the Prime Minister of Finland said in an interview with the Japanese “Nikkei” newspaper.

“The decision on that will be made this month. The decision to join NATO will be made in the near future,” said the Prime Minister of Finland.

Earlier, Finland and Sweden discussed the possibility of renouncing long-term neutrality and joining NATO amid hostilities in Ukraine.

 12:17, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. During today’s Cabinet meeting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan commented on the rumors about how the government became the owner of the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine.

“Some consider this a suspicious, corruption deal. This is very surprising. If any ruler or a ruler’s cousin became the owner of that property with offshore, no one would worry, as it always happened, but when the state acquired property seems doubtful, I don’t know why.

What is suspicious? An investor, who acquired share from the old shareholders, decided to make a donation to Armenia, and Armenia gratefully accepted that donation”, the PM said.

Recently in the Parliament the Prime Minister said that “the Republic of Armenia, the people are the owner of the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine”.

 12:37, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. Trade turnover in Armenia amounted to more than 1 billion dollars from January to April 20 of 2022, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

“Of course the inflation has some role here, but all our studies show that the role of inflation here can be 15 to 20 percent, not more. This means that we’ve had more than one billion dollars in trade turnover in the three months of this year, plus the 20 days of April. This is very important and it conveys some optimism,” Pashinyan said.

 12:41, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. The government’s task remains the same: the capital expenditures envisaged by the 2022 budget must be fully implemented, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting today.

He informed that he had a working discussion on this topic with Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan on May 4.

“The biggest part is implemented by your ministry. And concrete tasks are put there, including in road construction sector. Yesterday we agreed, and it’s clear that not everything is done easily, and everything has its complexity, but there is a task to build 500 kilometers, therefore, in the end of the year you must report to me that the 500 km road has been constructed so that we can solve our problems”, the PM said.

 12:47, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan said that there’ve been no discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan on enclaves.

Speaking to reporters, Grigoryan said that the opposition’s claims that there is a danger of possible “transfer of enclaves to Azerbaijan” are unfounded and fake.

“No issue of enclaves was raised so far. We can say that there are enclaves from both sides, and their territories are nearly equal, both sides are silent on this matter and it hasn’t been discussed. Our hope and a possible option for solution is that Armenia leaves the enclave to Azerbaijan, while the Azerbaijani enclaves that are in Armenian territory remain to Armenia. Of course, there is a question on how these were created, and we continue studying this, but the general long-term option is this,” Grigoryan said.

 13:08, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. Commenting on the question whether a new meeting is planned between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan told reporters today that there are still issues, and they will start discussing the potential meeting of Pashinyan and Aliyev only after having the answers to these questions.

Before the meeting with the assistant to the Azerbaijani president Hikmet Hajiyev in Brussels on May 2, Mr. Grigoryan said that if the meeting is held in a constructive environment, it will be followed by the meeting of Pashinyan and Aliyev.

“There are issues, and we will start discussing the possible meeting of the leaders of the countries only after their answers. We still continue the discussions. And when the discussions reach some stage and the possible meeting is outlined, a public statement will be made”, he said.

 13:19, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. Discussions around the bilateral commission on border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan are still ongoing, the Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan told reporters when asked whether or not the commission has already been formed and if a meeting could take place given the agreements reached in Brussels.

“Discussions around this continue. Of course we hoped that it would be possible to find solutions and move forward by the end of April. But I can say that now intensive discussions continue and there is hope that a the meeting could take place soon. The discussions are around the approaches regarding the working group, and there are questions on other matters as well and we haven’t found the final answers to them so far. As soon as we find the answers, there will be a public statement and a meeting will take place,” Grigoryan said.

 13:41, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan commented on the recent statements of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev according to which the process of clarifying the borders with Armenia will be implemented on the basis of all the maps of 1918 and the once that existed before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and that according to some of the maps of 1918 to 1920, Yerevan and Syunik were allegedly part of Azerbaijan.

Speaking to reporters, Grigoryan said that he is not going to make any statement over the maps or the historical excursion, adding that all maps and historical facts exist, any member of the society both in Armenia and Azerbaijan can get acquainted with the maps and know whom which territory historically belonged to.

Armen Grigoryan said that one of the issues of the possible peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan is the recognition of each other’s territorial integrity.

“Of course, we note that in 1992 Armenia and Azerbaijan recognized each other’s sovereign territories and sovereignty within the CIS, but you also know that other developments have taken place in the future, but Armenia and Azerbaijan continue recognizing each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Of course, such statements do not contribute to the formation of a peace agenda and to working in a calm environment. We hope that such statements will be as few as possible”, he said.

 14:12, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan says he hasn’t seen Azerbaijan publicly rejecting Armenia’s 6-point proposal.

Speaking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Grigoryan reminded that Armenia submitted to Azerbaijan a 6-point proposal in response to Baku’s 5-point proposal.

“Azerbaijan’s proposed points were not unacceptable for Armenia. With its 6 points Armenia proposed that there should be a resolution also to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in order for comprehensive peace to be possible. Now, our approach is that these two packages, 5+6 points must be joined with each other and start negotiations over a peace treaty in order to find a long-term solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” Grigoryan said.

He reiterated Armenia’s position on prioritizing a solution to the security, defense and rights of Armenians living in Artsakh and that the status of Nagorno Karabakh should be developed in accordance.

“I haven’t seen a public rejection of this package. There is an understanding in our discussions that these two packages should be joined and that negotiations should start. Both the Azerbaijani side and all other international partners have this understanding. Starting negotiations over the 5+6 points is a legitimate approach and we’ve seen that understanding,” Grigoryan said.

 14:15, 5 May, 2022

YEREVAN, MAY 5, ARMENPRESS. A demonstrator in Yerevan’s France Square died from cardiac arrest, the Yerevan State Medical University Chief of Staff Shushan Danielyan said in a statement.

“A short time ago, an unidentified person with cardiac arrest was hospitalized by ambulance from one of the tents in France Square. All necessary cardiopulmonary resuscitation measures were immediately taken in the hospital, but unfortunately the efforts of the medics failed and the patient was pronounced dead,” Danielyan said.