Category: 2023

 09:37, 9 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on March 8 in Cairo, Egypt.

The discussion revolved around the Armenia-Jordan bilateral agenda and prospects of developing the mutually beneficial cooperation in various areas, the foreign ministry said in a read-out.

FM Mirzoyan and FM Safadi discussed issues related to expanding political dialogue, highlighting high-level mutual visits and active partnership in international platforms.

Regional and international security issues were also discussed.

FM Mirzoyan presented Armenia’s efforts aimed at the settlement of relations with Azerbaijan and establishing peace and stability in the region. FM Mirzoyan and FM Safadi stressed the necessity for resolving conflicts exclusively through negotiations and dialogue.

In context of the security situation in South Caucasus and the existing challenges, the Armenian FM described Azerbaijan’s manipulations of the religious factor as well as its groundless attempts to disrupt the traditional warm relations between Armenia, the Armenian people and the Arab world  to be “inadmissible”.

Speaking about the blockade of Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan, FM Mirzoyan emphasized the imperative of resolving the humanitarian situation in Nagorno Karabakh resulting from the blockade and reopening the corridor in compliance with the terms of the 9 November 2020 statement.

 10:14, 9 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. The Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir accepted Armenia’s invitation to participate in the Women’s Role in Promoting Democracy, Peace and Security conference which is scheduled to take place in October 2023.

The invitation was conveyed to PM Jakobsdóttir by the Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Narek Mkrtchyan during a meeting in New York City.

The Women’s Role in Promoting Democracy, Peace and Security conference is a joint initiative by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s wife Anna Hakobyan and the Women Political Leaders organization.

During the meeting with PM Jakobsdóttir in New York, Minister Mkrtchyan expressed gratitude for the support by Icelandic companies during the 2020 war in Artsakh, the cooperation and the visit by a group of Members of Parliament from Iceland to Artsakh, the ministry said in a read-out. 

They also discussed possibilities for cooperation in labor and social protection, as well as exchange of experience.

Speaking about the protection of women’s rights and the necessity for increasing the role of women, Minister Mkrtchyan presented details on the Women’s Role in Promoting Democracy, Peace and Security conference organized jointly by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s wife Anna Hakobyan and the Women Political Leaders organization.

The Prime Minister of Iceland welcomed the initiative and accepted the invitation to visit Armenia in October to participate in the conference.

 10:18, 9 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. The total number of confirmed cases of measles in the ongoing local outbreak in Armenia has reached 43, the Armenian Ministry of Healthcare reported Thursday.

11 patients recovered while 17 others are hospitalized. Two of them are in serious condition.

40 of the 43 patients are unvaccinated, while the three others had skipped their second dose of the vaccine, according to the healthcare ministry. 

Healthcare authorities recommend children get two doses of the measles vaccine, starting with the first dose at 12 through 15 months of age, and the second dose at 4 through 6 years of age. The Armenian healthcare ministry advised parents to get their children vaccinated if they’ve missed the immunization schedule.

At the same time, unvaccinated direct contacts of confirmed cases should also get vaccinated, healthcare authorities said.

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases. It is spread by coughing and sneezing, close personal contact or direct contact with infected nasal or throat secretions.

The virus remains active and contagious in the air or on infected surfaces for up to 2 hours. It can be transmitted by an infected person from 4 days prior to the onset of the rash to 4 days after the rash erupts.

Unvaccinated young children are at highest risk of measles and its complications. Unvaccinated pregnant women are also at risk. Any non-immune person (who has not been vaccinated or was vaccinated but did not develop immunity) can become infected.

The first sign of measles is usually a high fever, which begins about 10 to 12 days after exposure to the virus, and lasts 4 to 7 days. A runny nose, a cough, red and watery eyes, and small white spots inside the cheeks can develop in the initial stage. After several days, a rash erupts, usually on the face and upper neck. Over about 3 days, the rash spreads, eventually reaching the hands and feet.

 11:22, 9 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. United States Congressman Brad Sherman urged the House Appropriations Committee to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), who are now blockaded by Azerbaijan.

Congressman Frank Pallone in turn earlier called for $100 million in aid to Armenia and $50 million in aid to Artsakh.

 11:29, 9 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday again called for the deployment of an international fact-finding mission to Nagorno Karabakh and Lachin Corridor, emphasizing the increasing urgency for doing so in context of the latest Azerbaijani provocations.

Pashinyan made the remarks during the March 9 Cabinet meeting where he spoke about the Azerbaijani ambush in Nagorno Karabakh (NK) on March 5 that left three NK police officers dead and one wounded.

“In this context the deployment of an international fact-finding mission to Nagorno Karabakh and Lachin Corridor is becoming more and more urgent in order to prevent a new aggression by Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan’s explicit preparations for committing ethnic cleansing and genocide against the people of Nagorno Karabakh, which are manifested by the non-compliance with the rulings of international courts, closure of the Lachin Corridor and launching military provocations and acts of terrorism,” PM Pashinyan said.

PM Pashinyan reiterated Armenia’s commitment to the peace agenda and aspiration to achieve peace in the region.