Category: 2022

 14:25,

YEREVAN, 12 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced that during the meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, they both reaffirmed their readiness to continue the process of normalization of relations without preconditions, ARMENPRESS reports Mirzoyan told the rpeorter after the meeting.

He thanked Minister Çavuşoğlu for the invitation. “I think the invitation was quite a positive message, and I consider it necessary to respond to that message in the same positive way. During our meeting, we reaffirmed the readiness of both sides to continue the normalisation process in order to establish relations and open the borders without any preconditions,” Mirzoyan said.

He noted that the representatives of Armenia and Turkey are working in that direction, expressing hope that the positive results will be visible in the near future.

“I am glad to see that all the peoples of the region, all the states are trying to build peace and stability in our region.

And I want to say that there is that readiness on the part of Armenia to have a peaceful and stable region,” Mirzoyan concluded.

 15:45,

YEREVAN, 12 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. In Parukh community of Artsakh’s Askeran region, a shell fired by Azerbaijan from a 60 mm mortar exploded in the yard of a community building, causing property damage, ARMENPRESS reports, the Artsakh Prosecutor’s Office informed. Adding that the law enforcment bodies continue gathering facts and proves of Azerbaijan’s criminal acts.

“As it has already been reported, in recent days in different parts of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani line of contact, the Azerbaijani armed forces fired from different caliber firearms at the communities of Khramort, Parukh and Khnapat in the Askeran region of Artsakh. The law enforcement bodies of the Artsakh Republic continue the process of documenting the criminal acts against the Armenians of Artsakh. During the fact finding works, another case was registered in Parukh community of Askeran region, a shell fired from a 60 mm mortar exploded in the yard of a building belonging to the community, causing property damage,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

 15:56,

YEREVAN, 12 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph Borrell on March 12, within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, ARMENPRESS was informed from the MFA Armenia.

The interlocutors expressed satisfaction with the dynamic development of the Armenia-EU partnership.

Reference was made to the humanitarian situation in Artsakh. In this regard, Minister Mirzoyan stressed the need for the unconditional repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held hostage in Azerbaijan, the unimpeded access of international humanitarian organizations to Nagorno Karabakh, and the need to preserve the Armenian cultural and religious heritage in the territories that have passed under Azerbaijani control.

Ararat Mirzoyan presented the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan, drew the colleague’s attention to the attempts of the Azerbaijani side to exert psychological pressure on the civilian population in Artsakh, to the creation of artificial obstacles for restoring vital infrastructure.

Both sides attached importance to taking measures to de-escalate the situation.

The parties exchanged views on the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey.

The interlocutors also touched upon regional and international security and stability issues.

 16:40,

YEREVAN, 12 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The Foreign Ministry of Armenia issued a press release over the meeting between Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

“On March 12, on the margins of the Antalya Diplomatic forum Foriegn Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan met with the Foriegn Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu.

Minister Mirzoyan thanked Minister Cavusoglu for the invitation.

The Foriegn Ministers reiterated  their willingness to conduct the process aimed at full normalization and good neighbourly relations between Armenia and Turkey without preconditions. They also agreed that normalisation is needed for the entire region.

The two Ministers expressed their support to the works of the Special Representatives of the two countries to that end”, reads the press release.

 16:44,

YEREVAN, 12 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan is trying to take advantage of the extremely tense international situation to aggravate the situation both on the border with Armenia and in Nagorno Karabakh, ARMENPRESS reports Armenian Ambassador to Greece Tigran Mkrtchyan said in an interview with TV100 Thessaloniki, one of the largest Greek TV channels, referring to the recent ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

Speaking about the adoption of the resolution “On the destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno Karabakh” by the European Parliament, the Ambassador highly appreciated the involvement of Greek and Cypriot MEPs in its adoption.

Answering the journalist’s question on the Armenia-Turkey normalisation process, Ambassador Mkrtchyan noted that two meetings of special representatives have already taken place, and the parties agreed to continue the negotiations aimed at a full normalisation without preconditions.

Ambassador Mkrtchyan referred to the current level of relations between Armenia and Greece, noting that they can be considered sufficient, at the same time emphasizing the need for continuous work in all possible spheres.

In his speech, Ambassador Mkrtchyan also presented the centuries-old cultural ties between the two countries, the progress made in Armenia in recent years in various fields, spoke about the opportunities for scientific cooperation and tourism, and praised the role of the Greek-Armenian community in developing relations between the two countries.

The EU supports normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey. Toivo Klaar

 17:32,

YEREVAN, 12 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The European Union fully supports the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey, ARMENPRESS reports EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar wrote on his Twitter page.

Referring to the March 12 meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, he wrote, “The meeting of Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Ararat Mirzoyan within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum is promising. The European Union fully supports the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia”.

On March 12, Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. The Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their readiness to carry out the process of full normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey and the establishment of good-neighborly relations without preconditions. They agreed that the normalisation is necessary for the whole region.

 11:08,

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. 128 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed over the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total number of confirmed cases to 421,842, the Armenian Ministry of Healthcare reported.

5 people died from COVID-19 complications, raising the death toll to 8568.

350 people recovered (total recoveries: 407,933).

2759 tests were administered (total tests: 2,930,081).

As of March 11 the number of active cases stood at 3707.

 11:45,

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan participated in the opening of the AgriteQ 2022 international agriculture expo together with Abdulla bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie, the Minister of Municipality of Qatar.

Kerobyan also toured the pavilion of Armenia at the expo.

After touring the AgriteQ 2022 expo, Kerobyan and Abdulla bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie held a meeting and addressed the importance of the issues of food security and in this context the opportunities of Qatari investments in Armenia.

Minister Vahan Kerobyan invited the Qatari side to visit Armenia to explore investment opportunities, especially in the agricultural sector, and to specify directions for cooperation. The Qatari side expressed interest regarding the opportunity of importing lamb meat from Armenia. As an interesting direction for investments Minister Kerobyan pointed out the establishment of greenhouses and intensive gardens, noting that these are currently rapidly developing directions in Armenia.

The sides also signed a memorandum of intent on cooperation.