Category: 2022

 14:39,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. Justice Minister of Armenia Karen Andreasyan and his delegation met with Vice President of Iran for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehghan in Tehran, the ministry said in a press release.

The sides discussed the Armenian-Iranian cooperation in legal and economic areas.

The full protection of rights of Iranian nationals convicted in Armenia was emphasized during the minister’s visit.

Completing the construction of the Iran-Armenia 400 kW power transmission line, organizing the 6th meeting of experts for approving the positions of the two countries over the Persian Gulf-Black Sea multilateral deal, and many other issues were discussed.

Both sides agreed to make more efforts to develop the Armenian-Iranian relations.

 15:18,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. The exercise of the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination is inevitable, Member of Parliament of Armenia from the opposition “I Have the Honor” faction Hayk Mamijanyan said at the joint meeting of the committees of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Yerevan.

“Creativity is always welcome. Azerbaijan has its brand of creativity, Azerbaijan’s brand of solving the problem is to ignore its existence. According to Azerbaijan, there is no Nagorno Karabakh conflict, there are no prisoners of war, no banned weapons were used during the war, there is no elimination of cultural heritage and it doesn’t continue, there haven’t been terrorists in Artsakh, there haven’t been armed forces and there are no such forces in the sovereign territory of Armenia. This is a very interesting brand of solving the problem – to ignore the problems”, he said.

The lawmaker said ignoring, denying the problems has no future.

“The exercise of the right of the Artsakh people to self-determination is inevitable”, the MP said.

On behalf of former President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is currently in Azerbaijan’s wanted list, the lawmaker said that Artsakh will never be part of Azerbaijan.

 15:33,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. Ambassador of Armenia to the Netherlands Tigran Balayan met on February 21 with Member of the European Parliament from the Reformed Political Party (SGP) Bert-Jan Ruissen and SGP party representatives of the province of Overijssel, the Embassy said in a news release.

The meeting took place in Almelo at the initiative of the Chairman of the Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church Onik Gelici and at the presence of representatives of many Armenian organizations.

Issues relating to preventing the illegal actions of the Azerbaijani authorities, returning the Armenian prisoners of war and preserving the Armenian heritage were discussed during the meeting.

The MEP considered unacceptable the criminal steps of the Azerbaijani authorities and assured that he will make additional efforts for holding the perpetrators of these acts accountable.

The Armenian Ambassador also visited the construction site of the Homenetmen Almelo sports center to get acquainted with the ongoing works.

 15:52,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev kicked off today in Moscow, TASS reports.

Earlier the Kremlin press service reported that the Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents will discuss the implementation process of the 2020 November 9 and 2021 January 11 trilateral agreements over Nagorno Karabakh, the unblocking of economic and transportation communications in the South Caucasus, as well as issues relating to the further development of bilateral relations in political, commercial and humanitarian areas.

According to the statement of the Kremlin press service, a declaration on allied partnership will be signed as a result of talks.

 15:57,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan met with Ambassador of the Netherlands to Armenia Nico Schermers, the Ombudsman’s Office said in a press release.

Arman Tatoyan presented the programs implemented over the past 6 years relating to the rights of children, women and persons with disabilities, the fight against stereotypes, the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, the freedom of speech and the professional work of journalists.

Issues relating to the protection of human rights were discussed during the meeting.

The Armenian Ombudsman presented the violations of rights of Armenia’s border residents by the Azerbaijani armed forces and the urgency of creating a security zone.

 17:33,

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not fully settled yet, but there is progress, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Moscow today, RIA Novosti reported.

At the meeting Putin said agreements have been reached over the development of trade and economic ties in Nagorno Karabakh.

The Russian leader said there are disputes, but Moscow will do the utmost to ensure the peaceful nature of the settlement process.

“Certain agreements have already been reached on ensuring not only the security of all the people living there, but on developing trade and economic ties, unblocking transport communications. I know that disputes continue and there is much to be done, but, on our part, we will do our utmost to ensure the peaceful nature of this process and to satisfy all the parties involved in this process”, he said as quoted by TASS.

 18:32,

YEREVAN, 22 FEBUARY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 22 February, USD exchange rate down by 0.27 drams to 478.43 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 2.12 drams to 541.68 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.23 drams to 5.99 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 2.90 drams to 649.76 drams.

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

Gold price down by 3.37 drams to 29140.2 drams. Silver price down by 0.74 drams to 365.09 drams. Platinum price down by 209.43 drams to 16581.67 drams.

Zelenskyy thanks Erdogan for supporting Ukraine’s position

 18:43,

YEREVAN, 21 FEBRUARY, ARMENPERESS. The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with the President of Turkey, thanking Recep Tayyip Erdogan for supporting Ukraine’s position, ARMENPRESS reports, the president of Ukraine announced on his Twitter page.

“I had a telephone conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I thank him for supporting Ukraine’s position over Russia’s recent provocative decisions. I also thanked him for supporting the initiative of holding a summit of the permanent members of the UN Security Council with the participation of Ukraine, Turkey and Germany”, Zelenskyy said.

Russia recognized the independence of tow self-proclaimed republics – Donetsk and Lugansk on February 21.

White House announces Russia’s move is an invasion

 18:48,

YEREVAN, 21 FEBRUARY, ARMENPERESS. The US administration considers Russia’s recent steps towards Ukraine as “the beginning of a Russian invasion”, ARMENPRESS reports, “RIA Novosti” said, referring to the statement of the Deputy National Security Adviser to the US President Jonathan Finer.

The statement was made by the high-ranking White House official the day after Russia announced its recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk.

“We believe that this is the beginning of the invasion. And you have already witnessed our response, which, as we said, will be consistent and tough,” Finer said, commenting on the recent steps of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine.

 18:57,

YEREVAN, 21 FEBRUARY, ARMENPERESS. Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko has submitted to the parliament a draft decision to suspend diplomatic relations with Russia, ARMENPRESS reports, Ria Novosti informs.

The relevant draft resolution was registered on the website of the Verkhovna Rada on February 22.

“Ukraine must end its diplomatic relations with Russia. Today I submitted an urgent resolution to the Verkhovna Rada. Year after year, the Russian Federation only intensifies its aggression against Ukraine. Putin first occupied Crimea, then started a war in the Donbass. And now he continues to apply pressure. He recognized his puppets, the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk, as independent. By yesterday’s statement Putin himself cut off diplomatic relations with us,” Honcharenko wrote in the Telegram. He offered to urgently discuss this decision.

Russia recognized the independence of two self-proclaimed republics – Donetsk and Lugansk on February 21.