Category: 2023

 17:01, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and President of the European Council Charles Michel will hold a meeting in Granada despite Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev cancelling his participation, TASS reported citing a European official.

The leaders will discuss the current situation and EU’s steps in the direction of further work for normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as practical steps to advance and strengthen the EU-Armenia agenda.

 20:11, 5 October 2023

A quadrilateral meeting of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Council President Charles Michel took place in Granada within the framework of the third meeting of the European Political Community.

Based on the results of the meeting, a joint statement was adopted, which particularly reads as follows,

“The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz met in Granada with Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia.

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz underlined their unwavering support to the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of Armenia.

They also expressed their support to the strengthening of EU-Armenia relations, in all its dimensions, based on the needs of the Republic of Armenia.

They agreed on the need to provide additional humanitarian assistance to Armenia as it faces the consequences of the recent mass displacement of Karabakh Armenians. They stressed that these refugees must be free to exercise their right to return to their homes and their places of living, without any conditions, with international monitoring, and with due respect for their history, culture and for human rights.

They remain committed to all efforts directed towards the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, based on mutual recognition of sovereignty, inviolability of borders and territorial integrity of Armenia (29.800 km2) and Azerbaijan (86.600 km2), as mentioned in President Michel’s statements of 14 May and 15 July 2023. They called for the strict adherence to the principle of non-use of force and threat of use of force. They stressed the urgent need to work towards border delimitation based on the most recent USSR General Staff maps that have been provided to the sides, which should also be a basis for distancing of forces, and for finalizing the peace treaty and addressing all humanitarian issues.

They called for greater regional cooperation and for the re-opening of all borders, including the border between Armenia and Türkiye, as well as for the opening of regional connectivity links based on full respect of countries’ sovereignty and jurisdiction, as well as on the principles of equality and reciprocity.

The European leaders called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to release all detainees, and to cooperate to address the fate of missing persons and to facilitate demining work”.

 19:04, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. A quadrilateral meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Council President Charles Michel is underway in Granada.

As "Armenpress" reports, the Prime Minister of Armenia has posted a video.

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 17:12, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, 5 OCTOBER, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 5 October, USD exchange rate down by 10.62 drams to 418.52 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 10.45 drams to 440.28 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.11 drams to 4.20 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 12.08 drams to 508.21 drams.

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

Gold price down by 669.35 drams to 24475.30 drams. Silver price down by 6.52 drams to 283.98 drams.

 17:09, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a brief conversation on October 5 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Granada, Spain, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a press release.

In a post on X, Zelenskyy said he discussed with Pashinyan the security situation in the South Caucasus.

“During our first-ever meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and I focused on the security situation in the South Caucasus. Ukraine is interested in the region’s stability and friendly relations with its nations. We also discussed our bilateral cooperation and interregional economic projects,” the Ukrainian President said on X.

 18:02, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. In Granada, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

The Prime Minister's office stated in a press release,that issues related to the situation created by the forced displacement of the Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, the regional situation and the Armenia-European Union cooperation agenda were discussed.

Ursula Von der Leyen emphasized that the EU is ready to provide the necessary support to Armenia to help to solve the humanitarian issues of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. It was said that the European Commissioner for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid will arrive in Armenia to assess further needs.

At the same time, the parties referred to the process of democratic reforms carried out in Armenia and further cooperation in that direction.

 18:17, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. On October 5, Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan received Tomaz Lovrecic, director of the Slovenian organization “Enhancing Human Security” (ITF).The organization has been hosting children from Nagorno-Karabakh as well as border communities of the Republic of Armenia for the second year.  

According to the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs press release,within the framework of the program children had the opportunity to participate in various educational and training projects and events at the Youth health and summer resort of Slovenia Red Cross.

Minister Mkrtchyan expressed gratitude to Mr. Lovrencic for hosting the children, noting that the provision of socio-psychological rehabilitation services had a positive effect on the children. At the same time, the minister proposed to include in the new phase of the project the children of the families forcibly displaced from NK and affected by the explosion in NK, the press releasereads. 

Tomaz Lovrencic presented the projects currently being implemented by their organization and in that context attached high importance to the activities aimed at the full inclusion of children of vulnerable groups.

 18:07, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS.The observers of the European Union Mission in Armenia are talking to local people to report to the EU how the conflict is affecting people’s daily lives, the EUMA announced this on its X page.

As part of human security patrols, EUMA monitors regularly talk to local population, such as a shepherd from Navur village, to report to the EU how the conflict affects their day-to-day life. EUMA contributes to human security of local population at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border areas, the statement of the EU civil mission reads.

 19:13, 5 October 2023

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS. Representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan applied to the European Court of Human Rights on October 4, based on Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, to ensure the protection of the rights of all representatives of the former and current leadership of Nagorno Karabakh, guaranteed by Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention, also demanding to oblige Azerbaijan to release them immediately.

"Armenpress" learned from the Facebook page of the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters that, based on a number of videos circulated on social networks, he asked the Court to oblige Azerbaijan to provide informationand complete data about the prisoners of war and civilians who are under its control.