15:26, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. The President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan has met with International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin within the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The effective cooperation that has been developed as part of the ITU and ongoing projects in Armenia were discussed at the meeting, Khachaturyan’s office said in a readout.

Khachaturyan and Bogdan-Martin discussed the possibilities for enhancing the technical assistance given to Armenia by the ITU in telecommunication and high technology sectors.

President Khachaturyan said that the high technology sector is a priority direction for Armenia’s development and the government keeps the area under focus.

The sides also discussed the possible impact and consequences of AI on the economy, public life and global realities. They expressed readiness to continue steps aimed at deepening cooperation.

 15:38, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. The so-called Zangezur corridor has never been discussed within the framework of the trilateral agreements between Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

“The Zangezur Corridor has never been discussed as part of the agreements that were made by President Putin, President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan on November 9 in 2020,” he said at a press briefing. 

Speaking about unblocking regional connections, Lavrov said the three countries have decided during trilateral task force meetings that the countries will retain sovereignty and jurisdiction over routes which will be unblocked through their territory. This was agreed and discussed with Putin during his Yerevan visit for the CSTO summit, Lavrov said.

Lavrov said the agreement wasn’t realized for unknown reasons.

“I remember quite well, how positively this was accepted, but then it just went away….I don’t know what hindered the implementation of the agreements on opening connections between Azerbaijan proper and Nakhijevan,” the Russian FM said.

 16:08, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan has held a meeting with Ambassador of Austria to Armenia Thomas Mühlmann.

A readout issued by the parliament’s press service said Rubinyan and Mühlmann discussed the Armenian-Austrian cooperation, as well as the situation in the region.

 16:45, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. French retired football player Nicolas Anelka visited the F.C. Pyunik Academy in Yerevan on Thursday during his Armenia trip.

Anelka toured the academy and watched the training of F.C. Pyunik Yerevan II.

He then met with the young players of Pyunik and was gifted the club’s shirt with his name.

 17:36, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, 18 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 18 January, USD exchange rate down by 0.24 drams to 405.25 drams. EUR exchange rate up by 0.59 drams to 441.48 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.01 drams to 4.57 drams. GBP exchange rate up by 0.06 drams to 514.18 drams.

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

Gold price down by 359.69 drams to 26211.27 drams. Silver price down by 3.37 drams to 297.13 drams.

 18:08, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS.  French retired football player Nicolas Anelka and the President of the Football Federation of Armenia Armen Melikbekyan discussed the prospects of establishing a football academy in Armenia, the Football Federation of Armenia said.

On January 18, Nicolas Anelka visited the FFA Technical Center/Football Academy and familiarized himself with the infrastructures.

 18:20, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. On January 18, the Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan in Germany met Niels Annen, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany.

According to the ministry, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Federal Republic of Germany also attended the meeting.

The parties discussed the agreements reached as a result of the negotiations and the process of their implementation.

Vahan Kerobyan presented the "Crossroads of the World" project developed by the Armenian government to his German colleague, highlighting the opportunities for economic and infrastructural development.

 19:46, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. Deputies of the National Assembly of Armenia will head to Strasbourg on January 21-25 to participate in the "Protection of Human Rights in Biomedicine" project.

According to the corresponding order of the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Chair of the Armenian National Assembly Standing Committee on Health Care Narek Zeynalyan, MPs Lusine Badalyan, Emma Palyan, Armenuhi Kyureghyan, Rustam Bakoyan, Marina Ghazaryan, Tigran Parsilyan, Zemfira Mirzoeva, Arsen Torosyan and Tatevik Gasparyan will head to France to participate in the project on "Protection of Human Rights in Biomedicine".

 20:16, 18 January 2024

YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. The Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS that French Ambassador Pierre Levy has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday.

"In connection with the destruction of the foreign fighters' temporary deployment point in Kharkiv by the Russian Armed Forces, among whom were several dozen Frenchmen, the French ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry," Tass quoted Maria Zakharova as saying.

 12:04,

YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. North Korea has carried out a test of a newly developed “underwater nuclear weapon system,” its armed forces have said, calling the move a response to joint military drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan, RT reports citing a statement from Pyongyang.

A military spokesperson announced the test in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) early on Friday morning, citing “provocative military exercises” held around the Korean peninsula in recent weeks.

“In response, the Underwater Weapon System Institute under the DPRK Academy of Defence Science conducted an important test of its underwater nuclear weapon system ‘Haeil-5-23’ under development in the East Sea of Korea,” the statement said, adding that the test helped to develop Pyongyong’s “underwater nuke-based countering posture.”

Pyongyang carried out several similar tests last year, including a “nuclear unmanned underwater attack boat” in March, which it had previously dubbed a “secret weapon.” Unnamed military officials said the naval drone could create a “radioactive tsunami” using underwater explosions and “annihilate enemy ship groups” without detection.

It was not immediately clear whether the latest trial involved a newer model of the same weapon.