Category: 2022

Presentation of Greek historian’s book about Armenian Genocide held in Athens

 09:39,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. The presentation of the book titled “Nation and National Minorities: Study of Armenian Genocide” by Greek historian Alexandros Pigadas was held in Athens.

The presentation was attended by Armenia’s Ambassador to Greece Tigran Mkrtchyan, the Embassy said.

In his remarks the Ambassador welcomed the work of the historian and highlighted its importance. He particularly outlined the fact in the book on to what extent the Armenian Genocide affected the formation of the Greek-Armenian community.

The book touches upon the painful pages of the history of the Armenian people, the events and circumstances before the Genocide, the formation process of the Armenian Diaspora, as well as the efforts aimed at the international recognition and condemnation of the crime of genocide.

 09:49,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian pavilion at the annual MITT Moscow tourism expo is of big interest to travel agencies, governmental organizations and potential tourists.

Gayane Ayvazyan, the PR and Digital Marketing expert at the Armenian Tourism Committee told ARMENPRESS from Moscow that they’ve had meetings with tourism representatives from the Russian capital, St. Petersburg, Sochi, as well as representatives of Rostourism and the Association of Tour Operators of Russia and media outlets.

“There is rather big activeness, both individuals and tourism representatives display big interest towards the Armenian pavilion. We’ve had a number of meetings with representatives of the sector. We mostly talked about the importance of cooperation especially in the current conditions [Russian-Ukrainian conflict]. There is big interest from Russia to expand cooperation, they are eager to work more effectively with Armenia. We even talked about proposals on Yerevan becoming a hub from where it will be possible to connect with the world, especially when Russia is under sanctions,” Avyazyan said.

According to Ayvazyan, most of the questions raised during the discussions related to flights. The work of Armenian airlines was highlighted.

13 travel agencies from Armenia are participating in the event.

One of the participants, the Armenia-based Just Travel agency, is presenting tour packages offering adventure, cultural and gastro tourism.

“In this difficult situation, when many countries have shut down the opportunity of visits for Russian citizens, Armenia is one of the few countries where Russian tourists can come,” Just Travel representative Naira Tovmasyan said.

She added that Armenia is a very convenient place also for corporate tourism.

Russia is Armenia’s biggest and primary tourism market. In 2021, more than 350,000 Russian tourists arrived in Armenia, making Russia the top inbound country of origin of tourists.

Anna Gziryan

 10:10,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. On March 17, Armenian-Russian consultations in the inter-departmental format were held in Moscow regarding the implementation of the bilateral inter-governmental memorandum on partnership on ensuring biological safety which was signed in 2021, the Russian foreign ministry said.

An exchange of views took place regarding the threats to biological safety in the CIS territory.

The course of implementation of the bilateral memorandum on biosafety was discussed, including concrete directions of future cooperation.

Issues of optimization and raising of effectiveness of implementation of the memorandum clauses through the development of a relevant advisory mechanism were discussed.

The common approaches of Armenia and Russia on biological safety issues were confirmed during the consultation.

The need for close coordination and constructive partnership was noted in both bilateral and specialized multilateral platforms.

 10:22,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. Ambassador of Armenia to Japan Areg Hovhannisyan met on March 18 with Deputy Director-General at the European Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Shuichi Tokuda, the Embassy said on social media.

During the meeting the Armenian Ambassador presented the latest developments around the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, touched upon different issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, as well as the geopolitical developments around Ukraine.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan, Ambassador Hovhannisyan gifted a batik souvenir specially made in Armenia symbolizing the Armenian-Japanese ties and friendship, to Shuichi Tokuda.

 11:15,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. 52 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past one day, the ministry of healthcare reported.

The total number of confirmed cases in the country has reached 422,254.

The COVID-19 recoveries rose by 149 in a day, bringing the total to 409,196.

The death toll has risen to 8592 (3 death cases in past day).

2396 COVID-19 tests were conducted on March 17. 

The number of active cases is 2822.

 11:33,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the PM’s Office said.

The message runs as follows,

“Your Excellency,

I warmly congratulate you on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus.

March 18 marks the consolidation of interstate relations based on centuries-old Armenian-Cypriot ties and strong friendship, common values, mutual respect and sympathy.

Armenia values the warmest interstate relations and effective cooperation established between our two countries over the past three decades, which are the evidence of the unwavering brotherhood and mutual support of the Armenian and Cypriot peoples.

It is no secret that Cyprus is one of the EU member states with which Armenia enjoys high mutual trust and strategic cooperation.

I am convinced that the rich experience and the multifaceted bilateral agenda gained during these years provide wide opportunities for revealing and comprehensively utilizing the full potential of the Armenian-Cypriot cooperation, giving a new impetus to the bilateral relations, raising them to a qualitatively new level.

The vibrant Armenian community gives a special content and warmth to the Armenian-Cypriot relations with its contribution to the political, economic and cultural life of the country, which has always been highly appreciated by the Government of Cyprus.

I once again congratulate all of us on the occasion of the 30th anniversary, wishing our countries and brotherly peoples prosperity, peace, fruitful cooperation full of jubilees.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration”.

 11:40,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan visited the Province of Syunik on March 17, the Ministry of Defense said in a press release.

Papikyan visited a military base and during a meeting with officers addressed the recent incidents that happened in military units. The Minister of Defense underscored that the incidents are a result of improper level of discipline in certain units as well as improper level of morale of individual servicemembers.

After being briefing on the incidents by the officers in charge, the Minister of Defense issued instructions and directives to the army corps commander to take necessary measures to rule out such cases.

Papikyan also visited the border zone adjacent to the Nerkin Hand community where Major-General Artak Budaghyan, the Commander of the Army Corps, presented the current situation.

Papikyan was also briefed on the ongoing construction of a military base.

 12:15,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Hambardzum Matevosyan chaired today the session of the Council on fight against human trafficking and exploitation, the deputy PM’s Office said.

The deputy PM welcomed the session participants and said that Armenia has registered significant achievements in the fight against human trafficking and exploitation, which, according to him, turned into reality thanks to the efforts of the Council and the working group attached to the Council.

The deputy PM also emphasized the high level of the inter-agency cooperation as one of the guarantees for the progress in the fight against this phenomenon, as well as the efforts of Armenia’s partners – the Council of Europe, the US government and international organizations, NGOs.

“Despite the progress in the field, the challenges facing Armenia lead us to make more efforts and work more actively for improving the positions”, the deputy PM said, wishing a productive work to all the participants.

According to the agenda, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Tatevik Stepanyan presented the activities carried out in 2021 in the fight against human trafficking and stated that all 19 actions envisaged by the 2020-2022 national program have been implemented.

Then, Head of the Migration Service of the ministry of territorial administration and infrastructure Armen Ghazaryan, who is also the secretary of the Council, presented the current challenges of the field, the actions on resisting them.

Representative of World Vision Armenia Tigran Hovhannisyan presented the goals of the program “Together Against Human Trafficking” and the activities done so far.

 13:00,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. The trolleybus fleet of Yerevan will soon be replenished with 10 new modern vehicles, the Yerevan City Hall’s Electric-Transportation CJSC Director Harutyun Yeremyan told ARMENPRESS.

“The electric transportation of the city will not be shut down, definitely. We will work and develop,” he said.

Currently the trolleybus fleet comprises 51 vehicles, but only 43 are operational. “Ten to twenty thousand people use electric transportation in Yerevan daily. We serve five trolleybus routes,” Yeremyan said.

The electric transportation is now the most affordable transportation in Yerevan, with the ticket priced only 50 drams. However, the modernization of the fleet could lead to the increase of ticket prices.

“I don’t think now the prices will increase, but in the future when the fleet gets replenished this issue could be discussed,” Yeremyan said.

 14:04,

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Cultural Days will be held in Monte Carlo on March 25-27 within the framework of an international art festival.

There will be a premiere of ballet. The authors of the music are composers Michelle Petrosyan and Aram Hovhannisyan.

New works will be performed, the Sergey Parajanov Museum, the Gurdjieff Ensemble, pianist Vardan Mamikonyan, soprano Karine Babajanyan and others will perform during the event.

During a press conference in Armenpress today, composer Michelle Petrosyan said this festival is one of the most important cultural events in Monaco. The director of the festival included something new in the festival this year, focusing also on the Armenian culture.

“It can be said there is going to be an Armenian weekend. The Armenian painting art and music will be presented. This festival has never paid such a focus on the Armenian culture. This year’s approach speaks about an important step and a special attitude”, the composer said.

“The creative process was quite hard as we were dealing with a branch close to the art. Music itself can talk about many things, but when it deals with ballet, other approaches are needed. Therefore, that work was quite a serious experience for us”, composer Aram Hovhannisyan said.

The ballet will also be presented in Armenia this year in November.

Gurdjieff Ensemble artistic director Levon Eskenyan in turn said that they will focus on Komitas during the upcoming festival.

The Sergey Parajanov Museum will be presented at the festival through the Color of Pomegranates movie. There will also be a photo exhibition of Parajanov’s works.

The international art festival in Monte Carlo kicked off on March 11 and will last until April 3.