Armenia beats Israel 9:2 in Futsal friendly
10:08, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. The first friendly match between Armenia and Israel Futsal national teams took place in Beer Sheva on February 1.
Armenia beat Israel 9:2.
Goalscorers: Rozenski, 7, Vitinho, 13, Melkonian, 15, 31, Khromykh, 18, Nevedrov, 23, Mashumyan, 29, 36, Melikyan, 33 (Armenia), Barel, 14, 26 (Israel).
The teams will have another friendly match on February 2, the FFA said.
11:14, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. 3956 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Armenia in the past one day, the ministry of health reported.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country has reached 374,878.
The COVID-19 recoveries rose by 5276 in a day, bringing the total to 341,355.
The death toll has risen to 8060 (4 death cases in past day).
9658 COVID-19 tests were conducted on February 1.
The number of active cases is 23,923.
11:27, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. The opposition “Armenia” and “I Have the Honor” factions of the Parliament continue discussions over the issue on whether nominating or not nominating a candidate for the President of the Republic.
“I cannot say anything about the decision yet, but the discussions continue, and we will keep informed about the decision on nominating or not nominating a candidate for the president within the proper timeframes”, MP from the “Armenia” faction Gegham Manukyan told Armenpress.
Asked whether discussions over this matter were held with the “I Have the Honor” faction, the lawmaker said official discussions have not taken place yet.
Secretary of the “I Have the Honor” faction Hayk Mamijanyan said that the faction doesn’t have enough number of lawmakers for nominating a candidate for the President, but added that at this moment they are holding consultations with the “Armenia” faction.
“We will definitely inform about the results”, he said.
Yesterday, on February 1, the ruling Civil Contract party announced that it has nominated minister of high technological industry Vahagn Khachaturyan for the President of Armenia. Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan is currently serving as Acting President of Armenia because President Armen Sarkissian’s resignation took effect on February 1.
11:56, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. The tête-à-tête meeting of Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria Alexander Schallenberg was held in Yerevan today, the Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on social media.
The spokesperson added that the conversation of the two FMs will be followed by the meeting in enlarged format.
12:11, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Spokesperson and Chief Advisor to the President of Turkey, Ibrahim Kalin, held a telephone conversation on February 1, discussing also the current process of normalizing the relations between Armenia and Turkey, the NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement.
According to the statement, Jake Sullivan and also Ibrahim Kalin “discussed regional issues, including efforts by Turkey and Armenia to normalize relations”.
13:20, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria Alexander Schallenberg and his delegation visited today the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, accompanied by Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute said.
Director of the Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan introduced the guests on the history of the creation of the Memorial.
The Armenian and Austrian Foreign Ministers laid wreaths at the Memorial and flowers at the Eternal Flame, by paying tribute to the memory of the innocent victims with a moment of silence.
13:25, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria Alexander Schallenberg discussed the bilateral relations and the regional, international developments during their private meeting in Yerevan.
The Armenian FM shared his information about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Armenian-Turkish dialogue with his Austrian counterpart.
“I must praise the fact that Mr Schallenberg , definitely, welcomes and supports the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship format and the efforts of the Co-Chairs aimed at the settlement of the still unresolved Nagorno Karabakh conflict, as well as expresses his support to the solution of all existing humanitarian problems, such as the issue of the Armenian prisoners of war and the preservation of and access to the cultural monuments”, the Armenian FM told reporters today.
The Austrian FM arrived in Armenia on a working visit on February 2. He is scheduled to meet also with Armenia’s Prime Minister and Speaker of Parliament.
14:16, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs still has no decision whether or not Armenia will participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey, the Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan said when asked by a reporter at a joint press conference with visiting Austrian FM Alexander Schallenberg.
However, Mirzoyan underscored that the Antalya Diplomacy Forum is not a bilateral format event and it shouldn’t be viewed in the context of the Armenian-Turkish relations.
“Indeed, me and Ruben Rubinyan received an invitation to participate at the Antalya event. By the way, we discussed the event with Mr. Schallenberg today. The Armenian foreign ministry doesn’t have a decision in this regard so far, the issue is under discussion. But it is important to underscore that it’s not a bilateral visit and it shouldn’t be viewed in the context of bilateral relations. This is an international diplomatic event which Armenia could decide to take part in. I won’t see any problem, moreover I think that even if we were to connect it with the Armenia-Turkey dialogue the event would convey nothing but positive tones,” FM Mirzoyan said.
The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced on January 20 that Armenia is invited to the Antalya Diplomacy Forum which is scheduled to take place March 11-13, 2022 in Antalya.
15:04, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. One athlete and two members of the Armenian Olympic delegation tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of their planned departure to Beijing for the Winter Olympics.
Armenian Ski Federation President Gagik Sargsyan told ARMENPRESS that the members of the delegation were getting tested as required, for three consecutive days before departure.
Sargsyan, alpine skier Harutyun Harutyunyan and coach Arsen Nersisyan tested positive.
“We are therefore deprived from the Olympics,” Sargsyan said. “Even if a few days later we test negative we won’t be able to reach Beijing because there’s an issue of flights. Olympic teams fly charter flights and the last flight was on January 31. We’ve asked the National Olympic Committee of Armenia to somehow send our alpine skier to Beijing, whose first performance was scheduled for February 12,” Sargsyan said.
Other members of Team Armenia – skiers Mikayel Mikayelyan, Katya Galstyan and Angelina Muradyan and coaches Artur Mikayelyan and Alla Mikayelyan are already in Beijing.
15:36, 2 February, 2022
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk arrived in Armenia on a working visit.
He already met with Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan, Mr Grigoryan’s Office said.
The meeting was also attended by the General Director of the Russian Railways OJSC Oleg Belozyorov and Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin.
The sides discussed the agenda of the Armenian-Russian bilateral relations, including the commercial cooperation. Both emphasized the key role of the Russian Railways for Armenia’s economy and discussed a number of issues relating to the further development of the cooperation with the company within the framework of a concession agreement.
The meeting also touched upon the issues on the agenda of the Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan deputy prime ministerial working group, as well as the prospects of unblocking the transportation communications in the South Caucasian region.