Category: 2023

Armenians hope to improve Israel ties, citing similar history

Garo Vardanian

Israel –
Emily Schrader
While Christians, including Armenians, have come under attack by extremist religious Jews, officials in Armenia express admiration for Israel and hope to see ties grow despite concerns over Israeli weapons arming neighboring Azerbaijan in their military conflict.

For thousands of years the Jewish people have had close relations with the Armenian people and not for no reason — Armenians have had a presence in the land of Israel for thousands of years, with an entire quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem being named after their civilization in the holy land.
Much like Israel, modern Armenia is a functioning democracy, home to Christians, Muslims, and Jews, and it is also closely affiliated with Christianity as Armenia was the first Christian nation in history.

Historically, their fate is strikingly similar to Jews: they suffered a genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks — a genocide in which Armenians were brutally raped, tortured, robbed, sent on death marches, drowned, burned, and humiliated for no other reason than that they were Christians.

Approximately 1.5 million Armenians were murdered in the Armenian Genocide, across the Turkish Empire, a crime against humanity which the modern successor of the Ottomans, Turkey, has never taken responsibility for. Sadly, genocide recognition has become a political ploy for Turkey to blackmail and harass allies into silence for fear of retribution from Turkey. For that reason, Israel — the nation state of the people who suffered the Holocaust, has not recognised the Armenian Genocide in a truly disgraceful moral failure.
As a result of the Genocide, the need for independence and survival has been a core value in the ethos of Armenian society – similar to Israel.
Armenia’s challenges, social structure, values, diaspora community, territorial disputes, and even the existential threats are all similar to Israel, so much so that Armenians — from the president himself to the average citizen, say that Israel is a profound inspiration for how to overcome challenges as a targeted minority. President Vahagn Khachaturyan said publicly that he gave a copy of Start-Up Nation, a book describing the rise of Israel's high-tech industry, to every minister in the government to be used as inspiration.

Armenia is a young nation that became independent only after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has a conservative society but is a democracy despite being surrounded by authoritarian regimes. And like Israel, it has a large, close-knit diaspora spread around the world.
Armenians view an independent nation-state, as a necessity for the survival of the Armenian people after they had suffered national tragedies. Some in society admire the Israeli model so much, that they established a program to bring people of Armenian heritage to the country much like Israel's Birthright outreach program to Diaspora Jews, and anyone with one Armenian grandparent is eligible for citizenship as well as a host of benefits — as Jewish immigrants to Israel enjoy.

In the case of Azerbaijan, the Shia Muslim nation has launched multiple wars over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region within the post-Soviet territory of Azerbaijan, adjacent to modern Armenia, which contains a majority Armenian population that has been targeted for ethnic cleansing by the Azeris.
Azerbaijan has waged a war of words and weapons against Armenia with incitement against Armenians, and the military operations which Azerbaijan fought against Armenia in 2020 and 2022, as a result of Israeli weapons sold to Azerbaijan, saw Azeri war crimes targeting Armenian churches and civilian locations as well as invading and occupying sovereign Armenian territory in multiple locations.
Today, as a result of Armenia losing the war in 2022, there is a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the Azeri blockade which does not permit Armenians to return to Nagorno-Karabakh if they leave. There are currently peace talks taking with international brokers, but the truth is that Azerbaijan has not kept its word in previous ceasefires and Armenians have almost no faith in their Azeri counterpoints due to the incitement and continued violence against Armenians, including the killing of 4 Armenians by Azeri troops just a few days ago during the negotiations.
Jermuk is situated near the Azeri border where Azerbaijan invaded sovereign Armenian territory in 2022, and continues to illegally occupy the land. Marine, an Armenian who was present when Azerbaijan invaded in 2022, told Ynet, “I know that Azeris and Turks – they're normal people…I'm sure that they also don't want to have war. But why are they doing that [bombing Armenia]? I don't know. But Armenians were strong, are strong, and will be strong. I'm living here, my friends are living here…and we just want to live and create in peace.”
“It's our land and we don't want to leave this beautiful city or our beautiful Armenia,” she said.
There is a certain sorrow in Armenians when it comes to Israel. They are visibly pained when talking about Israel and many of them report a feeling of betrayal over the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan. In almost every Armenian I spoke to, the sentiment was the same.
Unfortunately, much like Israel, Armenia has bad luck with neighbors: closed borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan, and only Georgia and Iran on the other sides. As Armenia is not naturally resource rich, they’ve been dependent upon Iran and Russia for their ability to survive — despite the fact they are a democratic Christian nation which wants to partner with the West over warmongering terrorist regimes if given the opportunity.
While government officials understand the importance of Israel’s relations with Azerbaijan due to the Iranian threat, it is still Armenian civilians who are paying the price. While Armenia has to do what’s necessary to survive as a state, it’s also incumbent upon the West to foster relations that enable Armenia to be stronger internally and reduce dependence on neighbors like Iran and Russia.
The United States must pursue deeper bilateral relations with Armenia to strengthen its democracy which is under existential threat. Whenever and where ever possible, the US must maintain good relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey, but must not be hesitant to call out and even sanction Azerbaijan for war crimes if needed.
In the case of Israel, ties with both Turkey and Azerbaijan are critical to the security of the Jewish state — but that security shouldn’t be at the expense of selling weapons to Azerbaijan. If that requires reducing Israel’s dependence on Azeri oil, which provides 40% of Israel’s energy, then so be it.
Beyond military issues, Israel must do more to build technological and R&D ties with Armenia — especially in the fields of alternative energy and establish cultural exchange programs to expose Israeli society to Armenian society and vice versa.
Finally, Israel must formally recognize the Armenian genocide and stop allowing Turkey to blackmail them into silence. Whenever Turkey has made threats over the Armenian Genocide recognition, nothing happens in the end. Israel has an ethical obligation to right the historic wrong of refusing to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
The future can be one of mutual security and success for Armenia and Israel, but only if both parties take significant steps to advance modern relations between the two nations. We already have thousands of years of friendship and every logical reason to stand with Armenia – it’s time to act on our principles.

https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hjgucfxd2

"Element of a hybrid war" – a political scientist on attempted military coup in Armenia

Jirair Kafian
  • JAMnews
  • Yerevan

Gabrielyanov on coup attempt

“Russia no longer has the resources for the hybrid war with Armenia and is reusing agents it has already used,” political scientist Ruben Mehrabyan says, commenting on a Facebook post by Russian journalist and publisher Aram Gabrielyanov.

He wrote that after the defeat of Armenia in the Karabakh war of 2020, he personally met the Chief of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan and said that “serious people from Moscow are proposing to take the army to the streets and transfer power to the provisional government.” According to Gabrielyanov, the Chief of the General Staff of Armenia replied that he would withdraw the army in the event of a “direct order.”

According to Mehrabyan, the statement of a Russian journalist recognized in Armenia as persona non grata almost three years after the end of the war proves that “Moscow is trying to strike at the current government of Armenia.”

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The Russian media tycoon with Armenian roots and founder of the News Media holding talked about his proposal to Onik Gasparyan. This was at a time when Gasparyan served as head of the general staff.

“I told Onik that serious people from Moscow are proposing to take the army to the streets and transfer power to the interim government. And I will provide information support. Onik replied – let Moscow give a direct order and I will withdraw the army. I said – no one will give a direct order, and with that they parted ways. Then you know.”

He concludes that Gasparyan’s cowardice made it possible to “strangle Armenia to the delight of Pashinyan and his vile clique.”

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Political scientist Ruben Mehrabyan believes that Gabrielyanov’s statements should be treated with great reservations, given his “personal qualities.”

“Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not. Explanations should be given by Onik Gasparyan himself. On the other hand, I have no doubt that, yes, Moscow’s goal was to change the government in Armenia from 2018. Do not be shy in choosing means and methods. And now, in this way, an attempt is being made to strike at the current government. This is another provocation directed against the Republic of Armenia,” he told JAMnews.

According to Mehrabyan, Moscow will continue to do everything to “defile the atmosphere”, as Russia is worried and unnerved by the position of Armenia, which:

  • invited European observers to monitor its border with Azerbaijan,
  • is negotiating with Baku in the States,
  • participates in tripartite formats with Russians without enthusiasm,
  • makes critical statements against the Russian military bloc CSTO and de facto froze its participation in it,
  • discusses the issue of ratification of the Rome Statute.

Ratification of the Statute would have grave consequences for both Russia and Armenia

According to the political scientist, the purpose of such statements is to preserve and expand the Russian “pathetic presence” in Armenia as long as possible.

“And this will be implemented exclusively through the collapse of the Armenian statehood. This is what the hybrid war that Russia has been waging against Armenia for many years and up to today is aimed at. And it will be so until Russia gives up its great imperial goals.”

Commenting on the role of Russia in the region, he recalled that a commission has been set up in the Armenian parliament to study the circumstances of the last Karabakh war. The commission invited high-ranking military officers, including Onik Gasparyan, to testify. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also spoke here with a live broadcast of his testimony:

“In fact, all this is very unnerving for Russia, because, I have no doubt, the role of Russia in the unleashing and further course of the 44-day war will be revealed here. And this is one of the reasons why Moscow is trying to split Armenia with such statements.”

https://jam-news.net/gabrielyanov-on-coup-attempt/


Armenia’s “Stonehenge”: Predating Egypt’s Pyramids by Three Millennia

Karapet Navasardian
Ivan Petricevic


Hidden in modern-day Armenia, an ancient enigma stands – Karahunj, also known as Armenia’s Stonehenge. With some rocks portraying odd beings with elongated heads and almond-shaped eyes, it’s an archaeological wonder that has been shrouded in mystery since its discovery.

Situated in Armenia, the site of Karahunj, also referred to as Zorats Karer or Armenia’s Stonehenge, is believed to precede England’s Stonehenge by a whopping 3,500 years and Egypt’s Pyramids by a staggering 3,000 years. This ancient expanse covers over seven hectares and boasts enigmatic carvings crafted by early civilizations thousands of years ago.

Many visitors draw parallels between this awe-inspiring ancient site and Stonehenge, due to the intriguing circular stone formations. The stones’ purpose, however, remains an unsolved riddle to archaeologists. Theories range from an astronomical observatory to a ceremonial complex, yet the lack of historical records leaves room for speculation.

Armenia’s Stonehenge, predating England’s version, consists of similar unrefined boulders arranged in two overlapping elliptical circles. Remarkably, several boulders at Karahunj feature peculiar holes, reminiscent of megalithic boulders discovered in ancient Egypt. The presence of these mysterious holes led researchers to hypothesize that they were used for astronomical observations thousands of years ago.

When dissected, the name Karahunj or Carahunge reveals its Armenian roots: “kar” translates to stone and “hunge” or “hoonch” means sound, hence “Speaking Stones”. This title reflects the stones’ unique feature to whistle on windy days, a phenomenon attributed to the number of prehistorically drilled holes under different angles.

In 2004, the site officially became the Karahunj (Carahunge) Observatory through a Parliamentary decree.

Numerous expeditions have explored this ancient site, with the most comprehensive studies conducted by Paris Herouni and Elma Parsamyan of the Biurakan Observatory. Herouni suggested that the site functioned as “a temple with a large and developed observatory, and also a university.” He further proposed that some of the stones mimic the largest star of the Cygnus constellation – Deneb.

Interestingly, some parallels have been drawn between the Karahunj (Carahunge) Observatory and Gobekli Tepe in modern-day Turkey, with suggestions that both represent the Cygnus constellation.

Among the numerous boulders, some boast remarkable carvings on their surfaces, depicting humanoid beings eerily reminiscent of contemporary depictions of Grey Aliens. Some figures at Karahunj exhibit elongated heads, almond-shaped eyes, and appear to be holding artifacts with wheels, adding another layer of intrigue to this already compelling site.

https://curiosmos.com/armenias-stonehenge-predating-egypts-pyramids-by-three-millennia/

Baku, Yerevan reach agreement on several provisions of draft peace treaty — ministry

Emil Lazarian
TASS
Russia –
The Ministers and their teams continued progress on the draft bilateral Agreement on Peace and the Establishment of Interstate Relations

BAKU, June 30. /TASS/. Azerbaijan and Armenia have come to terms regarding several provisions of the draft Agreement on Peace and the Establishment of Interstate Relations, the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan said in a statement on Friday.

"The Ministers and their teams continued progress on the draft bilateral Agreement on Peace and the Establishment of Interstate Relations," the ministry said after talks between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan in the US.

"They reached an agreement on additional articles and achieved mutual understanding on the draft agreement, meanwhile acknowledging that the positions on some key issues require further work," the statement says.

Both ministers expressed their appreciation to the US side for hosting the negotiations.

Bayramov and Mirzoyan met in Washington on June 27-29. Earlier, the top diplomats met in the US capital in early May.

Rift widens between Armenian Church, government

Yeghisabet Vorskanian
Arshaluis Mgdesyan Jun 30, 2023

The Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian government don't get along. They practically don't even speak to each other.

The rift between the country's key institutions has been widening since Armenia's defeat in the Second Karabakh War in 2020. 

And as Armenia pursues a comprehensive peace agreement with neighbor and rival Azerbaijan, the Church is breaking with past tradition and making bold political demands including for the prime minister's resignation.

Senior Church figures are accusing the government of surrendering the country's national interests in the talks and are openly siding with the opposition. 

The authorities have responded by accusing the clergy of meddling in the governance of the secular state and mused about taxing some of the Church's property. 

Church condemns PM's position on Karabakh

"Currently there is no relationship as such between the church and the government. It simply does not exist. For the church, the approach of the authorities to resolving the conflict, which boils down to recognizing Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] as part of Azerbaijan, is unacceptable," Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan, head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Church, told Eurasianet.

His remark echoed a statement issued by the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church on May 23, the day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia was ready to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan in exchange for security guarantees for the region's Armenian population. 

In April the head of the Church, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II (aka Garegin II), said the government and clergy had had only "protocol relations" for some time. 

And many have noticed that the prime minister and senior members of his government have been absent from major church events, such as the Christmas liturgy, since at least 2021. Earlier, the political elite occupied a prominent place at such ceremonies. 

Seeds of mistrust

The conflict between the Church and government dates back to the beginning, when Pashinyan and his allies came to power following a wave of street protests in 2018. 

The "velvet revolution" swept away the old guard that had ruled the country for two decades and had enjoyed good relations with the Church. 

For a brief moment, it seemed the revolutionary fervor might bring down the country's ecclesiastical elite as well. 

A group of disaffected priests launched a campaign under the slogan "New Armenia – New Patriarch" which demanded the ouster of the head of the church, Catholicos Karekin II, and a number of bishops for their alleged involvement in the former government's corrupt ways. 

At the time the new authorities distanced themselves from the uprising in the Church, which ultimately failed. Many established clerics were convinced that Pashinyan was out to get them, however. 

Political scientist Hrant Mikaelyan agrees. Moving against the church would have been in line with the revolutionary authorities' fight with the broader entrenched establishment in Armenia, he told Eurasianet. 

"He [Pashinyan] consistently subjugated the government, then the parliament, then the courts and wanted to make a revolution against the church, which did not work," Mikaleyan said, citing as evidence the fact that one of the leaders of the would-be Church insurrectionists was appointed as rector of Gyumri University.

Later, Armenia's defeat in the 2020 Second Karabakh War with Pashinyan as commander-in-chief created an opening for his opponents, who include politicians associated with the old regime and distrustful clerics. 

A month after the war's end, the Church joined the opposition's call for Pashinyan's resignation. Relations between the country's leading political and spiritual institutions reached their lowest level in the country's three-decade history. While Armenia is a secular state, its constitution recognizes the "exclusive mission of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the national church in the spiritual life of the Armenian people."

Spat intensifies

The Church and the government have exchanged sharp barbs over the past few months in particular.

In April, Karekin II, the catholicos, took umbrage at Pashinyan's earlier remark that "there are clergymen in our country who do not believe in God."

"A person who does not believe in God cannot be a clergyman," the top cleric said. 

Pashinyan then doubled down, saying, "If the relationship between the Church and the government is not good, then the Church does not have a good relationship with God."

The prime minister also clearly puts little stock in Karekin II's assertion that "the Church is not involved in political processes" and is ready for dialogue with political leaders on "pressing issues."

In May, the prime minister invited the Church to officially enter the political fray. 

"If the church wants to carry out political activities, Armenia is a democratic country, and it is possible to carry out political activities. Nothing is stopping them from creating a party and launching political activities within this party. This would be more honest: they will be on the same plane with voters and political rivals," he said at a meeting with schoolchildren.

He also suggested that the paraffin the Church imports for making candles could be subjected to the customs duties it is currently exempt from because of its status as a charity item.

Also in May, the government removed the teaching of "the History of the Armenian Church" as a separate subject from the public school curriculum. Karekin II called that decision "short-sighted". He invited the authorities to discuss the issue with Chruch representatives but was rebuffed. 

Church authority grows

Political analyst Hrant Mikaelyan believes that the Church currently has the upper hand in the rivalry, particularly since the government explicitly stated its willingness to recognize Azerbaijani rule over Karabakh. 

He cited a recent poll that found a narrow majority of Armenians with a positive view of the Church, contrasted with a 14 percent approval rating for Prime Minister Pashinyan (it should be pointed out in fairness that no individual politician had a higher rating). 

"In this situation, Pashinyan does not have the power to delegitimize the church," Mikaelyan said.

Stepan Danielyan, an analyst and scholar of relations between religious and secular authorities, concurs. 

"Until 2018, I was one of the critics of the church, because it was merged with the authorities. Now the paths of the church and the authorities have diverged, which can be welcomed. This led to the growth of the authority of the church. And this happened for the reason that earlier led to the fall of its authority. Now, the church is perceived as a completely sovereign institution, one that echoes the concerns of the public and one does not share responsibility for the authorities' mistakes," Danielyan told Eurasianet.

Arshaluis Mgdesyan is a journalist based in Yerevan.

https://eurasianet.org/rift-widens-between-armenian-church-government

After fresh round of talks with Azerbaijan, Armenian foreign ministry reveals key issues that still require work

Hambik Zargarian

 12:55,

YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov held bilateral negotiations on June 27-29 at the George Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.

While in Washington they met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

The Ministers and their teams continued progress on the draft bilateral “Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations”. They reached an agreement on additional articles and advanced mutual understanding of the draft agreement, meanwhile acknowledging that the positions on some key issues require further work.  Both Ministers expressed their appreciation to the US side for hosting negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and their commitment to continue their negotiations.

Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan told reporters on June 30 that the issues that still require work are the delimitation issues and the withdrawal of forces from the border, as well as the rights and security of the Nagorno Karabakh people.

“One of the issues pertains to the delimitation issues, which implies commitment around the 1975 map. The other relates to the withdrawal of forces from the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. And one of the issues pertains to duly addressing the issues of rights and security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh under an international mechanism,” Badalyan said.

Azerbaijan is delegitimizing U.S.-mediation with its actions on the ground, warns Armenian analyst

Jhanna Virabian

 14:48,

YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan has always resorted to escalating the situation ahead of negotiations with Armenia, but the June 28 attack on Nagorno Karabakh amid ongoing foreign ministerial talks in Washington D.C. was truly unprecedented, according to political analyst Tigran Grigoryan.

“The negotiations were taking place amid Azerbaijani gunshots in the past as well, but it’s difficult to recall a single high-level meeting in the past decade ahead of which Azerbaijan had resorted to such kind of an escalation. This time Azerbaijan used artillery and UAVs in Artsakh, killing four Defense Army soldiers. Baku’s goals are clear in this case. Azerbaijan was relaying messages to Armenia and mediators that if Armenia doesn’t accept Azerbaijan’s demands at the negotiations table it would force these demands on the ground,” Grigoryan warned.

Grigoryan believes that Azerbaijan’s second message pertains to its desire of achieving a disarming of the Defense Army of Artsakh and that seemingly Baku has made it a precondition in the talks. Thus, by initiating the escalation, it tried to bring this issue to everyone’s attention, having pre-planned the attack with a disinformation campaign falsely accusing the Artsakh Defense Army of opening fire.

“With its actions Azerbaijan is willingly or unwillingly delegitimizing the Washington mediation itself, which is clear for everyone. The State Department issued a statement, but it was rather weak with its content because it was once again calling on both sides to refrain from provocations, although it’s clear that Azerbaijan was the one violating the ceasefire. Azerbaijan is skillfully using the American-mediated ongoing process. Baku well realizes that the American side doesn’t want the peace process to fail but that it’s not going to take unilateral actions against Azerbaijan either,” Grigoryan said.

He warned that the mediators ought to understand that it’s senseless to speak about comprehensive peace in such an atmosphere, and if mediators don’t take preventive actions Azerbaijan will present its demands to Armenia with force.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov held bilateral negotiations on June 27-29 at the George Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.

While in Washington they met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

The Ministers and their teams continued progress on the draft bilateral “Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations”. They reached an agreement on additional articles and advanced mutual understanding of the draft agreement, meanwhile acknowledging that the positions on some key issues require further work.  Both Ministers expressed their appreciation to the US side for hosting negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and their commitment to continue their negotiations.

Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan told reporters on June 30 that the issues that still require work are the delimitation issues and the withdrawal of forces from the border, as well as the rights and security of the Nagorno Karabakh people.

“One of the issues pertains to the delimitation issues, which implies commitment around the 1975 map. The other relates to the withdrawal of forces from the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. And one of the issues pertains to duly addressing the issues of rights and security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh under an international mechanism,” Badalyan said.

 

 

Manvel Margaryan

Red Cross evacuates 14 patients from blockaded Nagorno Karabakh

Garnik Tadevosian

 15:31,

YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the transfer of 14 patients together with their attendants from Artsakh to Armenia for treatment, the Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Ministry of Healthcare reported.

The ICRC plans to transfer 7 other patients together with their attendants – who have completed treatment –  back to Artsakh from Armenia on June 30.

The Artsakh healthcare authorities said that 34 children are hospitalized in the Arevik clinic. 3 of them are in neonatal and intensive care. Another 85 patients are hospitalized at the Republican Medical Center. 9 of them are in intensive care, with 7 assessed as critical.

The Lachin Corridor has been blocked by Azerbaijan since 12 December 2022. 

The United Nations’ highest court – the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – ordered Azerbaijan on February 22 to “take all steps at its disposal” to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions.  Azerbaijan has been ignoring the order ever since.

Lachin Corridor is the only road linking Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia and the rest of the world.

Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals – 30-06-23

Sonya Jalatian

 17:15,

YEREVAN, 30 JUNE, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 30 June, USD exchange rate down by 0.26 drams to 386.06 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 3.22 drams to 418.95 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.10 drams to 4.34 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 0.87 drams to 488.10 drams.

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

Gold price down by 125.17 drams to 23578.06 drams. Silver price up by 2.54 drams to 283.37 drams.