Category: 2022

 12:23,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan received today Ambassador of China to Armenia Fan Yong, the Presidential Office said.

The Chinese Ambassador congratulated Vahagn Khachaturyan on assuming office and wished a joint productive work for the benefit of the strengthening and deepening of the Armenian-Chinese relations.

The agenda of the bilateral relations, the prospective cooperation directions and the opportunities of expanding the mutual partnership in different areas were touched upon during the meeting.

 12:40,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Ucom and Solara introduce a new offer within the framework of which both new and existing corporate subscribers of Ucom’s fixed services have a possibility to install Solara photovoltaic solar system and get an opportunity to benefit from Ucom’s fixed network services with the limit of up to 400.000 AMD. 

“The purpose of the partnership between our two companies is to have high rates in renewable energy sources and savings. We suggest all the entrepreneurs operating in the country not only to decrease the level of expenses, but also care for the environment by minimizing the emission of harmful substances into the environment”, said Ara Khachatryan, Director General at Ucom. 

“Being one of the leaders in our fields of activity, we have initiated a distinguishing cooperation which will stimulate the increase of the renewable energy volume in Armenia. The use of solar energy is both environmentally and economically beneficial. The initiative-offer makes the economic efficiency of solar energy more accessible to our customers. With our partners from Ucom we have developed a complete offer, which will enable businessmen to gain many benefits in the field of telecommunications, in addition to zero energy costs. I am sure that this initiative will yield the desired results”, mentioned Hayk Petrosyan, Director General at Solara. 

By purchasing a Solara solar system with a minimum capacity of 20kW, the corporate customers will have an opportunity to benefit from 40 Mbps fixed internet during six months, as well as have annual power saving of 1 350 000 AMD. And in the case of acquiring a solar system with 300 kW capacity, customers will benefit from a 40 Mbps fixed internet during twelve months, in addition, they will also receive a 10% discount on the solar photovoltaic system, and will also be able to save on electricity in the amount of 20 250 000 drams per year. The package provides choices designed for the stations with a capacity of 500kW, 1 or 1.5MW and more, out of which, for example, by choosing a 1.5MW photovoltaic solar station, an entrepreneur gets an opportunity to save around 101 250 000 AMD per year.

The special offer is applicable to any business, regardless of the field of activity.

 12:52,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. A photo exhibition about “Armenian Mets Yeghern and Cultural Genocide” was held in the Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, near the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, the Armenian Embassy in Georgia said.

The exhibition was organized by the Armenian Community of Georgia NGO.

The Embassy said that this initiative will continue, and exhibitions on the same topic are expected to be held in different districts of Tbilisi before April 24 – the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

 13:14,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan met in Berlin with Niels Annen, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Security Council of Armenia said in a press release.

The sides discussed the further development prospects of the Armenia-Germany economic and technical partnership.

Both sides emphasized the importance of constant development of Armenia’s democratic institutions. They agreed to continue the contacts on matters of bilateral and multilateral interest.

 14:08,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. The Armenians of Ukraine aren’t abandoning efforts to help residents of Mariupol, a representative of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine Ruben Makaryan told AnalitikaUA.net.

Makaryan said they are bringing food and fuel in all possible ways to the city. Humanitarian aid is brought to the city, and residents are evacuated on the way back.

“Risking their lives under fire, people are using their own cars to bring necessary supplies. There is especially shortage of fuel,” Makaryan said, adding that those willing to help residents of Mariupol can contact the representatives of the Donetsk Oblast local self-governing body.

 14:27,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter of condolences to Premier of China Li Keqiang on the occasion of the crash of an aircraft in Guangxi province, the Armenian PM’s Office said.

“On behalf of the government of Armenia and myself personally I express condolences to you, the government of the People’s Republic of China and the good people of China on the occasion of the crash of the China Eastern Airlines aircraft in Guangxi province.

I wish patience to the families and relatives of the victims for surviving this heavy loss”, the Armenian PM said in his letter.

 14:45,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. The Human Rights Defender of Armenia Kristinne Grigoryan and the Human Rights Defender of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan issued a joint statement, calling on international human rights organizations to pressure Azerbaijan and eliminate its gross and continuous human rights violations against the Armenians of Artsakh.

“An instrument of “petty revenge” has been discovered for the Azerbaijani policy of ethnic cleansing of Armenians of Artsakh.

Yesterday at night, yet again the Azerbaijani side deliberately stopped the operation of the only gas pipeline supplying gas from Armenia to Artsakh. The gas supply of Artsakh was disrupted for the first time on March 8, due to an alleged accident, Afterwards, the Azerbaijani side did not allow experts from Artsakh to approach the area of the “accident”, which was located under their (Azerbaijani) control. From that moment on it has become obvious that the state policy of Armenophobia of Azerbaijan had discovered yet another method to pressure the Armenians of Artsakh.

The analysis of reliable facts reveals that during the reconstruction works or under their guise, the Azerbaijani side has installed a valve on the gas pipeline to terrorize the peaceful population of Artsakh and to leave them without heating, hot water, and other basic conditions necessary especially during cold weather conditions, by closing it at any given time. 

The gas supply that was restored on March 18 lasted less than 3 days. In these severe winter weather conditions, children, older persons, the sick and displaced persons of Artsakh are deprived of heating. People are facing undefinable difficulties. The humanitarian crisis in Artsakh is ongoing. 

It is beyond doubt for us that the Azerbaijani side is deliberately continuing the state policy of terrorizing and pressuring the population of Artsakh. The goal is the same –  annihilation and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh from its indigenous Armenian population.

This shameful “revenge” towards more than 100,000 Armenians is unacceptable. This state policy best describes the false and empty essence of the theses of “tolerance” declared by Azerbaijan.

We strongly condemn this ongoing practice of ethnic hatred and revenge by Azerbaijan towards the people of Artsakh.

We call on international human rights organizations and actors to put pressure on the Azerbaijani side in order to eliminate this gross and continuous human rights violation,” reads the statement.

 16:18,

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Two Armenian boxers entered the finals at the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championship in Croatia after defeating their opponents from Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Ruslan Aslikyan (57kg) and Artur Shakhpazyan (63,5kg) will fight for gold during the March 23 finals.

In the semi-finals, Aslikyan defeated Tahir Akkoyun of Turkey and made it to the finals, while Shakhpazyan scored a 4:1 victory over Jalal Gurbanov of Azerbaijan.

Shakhpazyan will face Turkey’s Ozmen Kerim while Ruslan Aslikyan will face Italy’s Michele Baldassi in the finals. 

In the women’s division, Armenian boxer Elida Kocharyan (60 kg) won bronze.

 17:34,

YEREVAN, 22 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 22 March, USD exchange rate up by 0.09 drams to 488.86 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 1.81 drams to 537.94 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.01 drams to 4.68 drams. GBP exchange rate up by 3.88 drams to 645.93 drams.

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

Gold price down by 6.19 drams to 30413.59 drams. Silver price down by 3.07 drams to 393.48 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.