Author: Varos Paboojian

Reference News Network reported on July 6 that according to a report by the US “New York Times” on July 5, US President Biden told Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristsson at the White House that day that he was “anxiously looking forward” to Sweden’s withdrawal from NATO. accept. According to reports, there is now less than a week before Biden and other NATO leaders will travel to Vilnius, Lithuania to participate in the NATO summit, and Sweden is still unlikely to join NATO due to continued opposition from Turkish President Erdogan. According to reports, the issue of Sweden’s “accession” is of…

Armenians marched in the capital Yerevan on Sunday, commemorating the mass murder of 1.5 million Armenians more than a century ago under the Ottoman Turkish rule. The march was taken out from the central square to the memorial complex erected in memory of the victims of the genocide in 1915. Armenian activists who took part in the march burned the flags of Turkey and Azerbaijan, the Associate Press reported. Some 10,000 people participated in the night-time march, holding torches. The public march was held a day before Armenia formally observed Genocide Remembrance Day on Monday. What is Armenian Genocide? According to Encyclopedia Britannica,…

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. French Senator Pierre Ouzoulias has said that the Azerbaijani checkpoint in the Lachin Corridor is a violation of international law. “Azerbaijan violated international law by installing a checkpoint in the beginning of Lachin Corridor. This step adds on to the long list of perfidious steps that Baku has already taken. The international community must immediately support Armenia,” the French Senator tweeted. Azerbaijan installed a checkpoint on Lachin Corridor on April 23 in violation of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement. The U.S., France, Russia and the EU have expressed concern over the checkpoint. Source: armenpress

The specific timeframe and details of the meeting between the ministers of foreign affairs of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan that was postponed in December are being discussed with the Russian side. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia in response to a written inquiry by Armenian News-NEWS.am. We had asked whether a new meeting was expected between Armenian foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov. “In case of clarity on the matter, the public will be properly informed, as before,” the Armenian MFA added. The Armenian side had proposed to postpone the…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 26. Azerbaijan and Bulgaria are negotiating to relaunch the direct flights, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Azerbaijan Rouslan Stoyanov said in an exclusive interview with Trend. He pointed out that there is a potential for the development of cooperation in the field of tourism. “To strengthen tourism ties the Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism has proposed to host a meeting of the Bulgaria-Azerbaijan Tourism Working Group in 2023 with a view to elaborating a joint action plan for the period 2023-2025. Just a few numbers: In 2022 5 040 tourists from Azerbaijan have visited Bulgaria, which is an…

The Turkish aviation authorities announced without prior warning that they canceled the permission operate flights to Europe for FlyOne Armenia. Board of Directors Chairman of the company Aram Ananyan told Armenpress. “For reasons unknown to us and without any clear grounds, the Turkish aviation authorities have canceled the permission operate flights to Europe through Turkish airspace. The authorities canceled the permit without prior notice, putting our passengers in an uncomfortable situation,” FlyOne Chairman Aram Ananyan says. He said the company FlyOne Armenia was working with passengers of canceled flights and would report on current developments in the near future. Source:…

YEREVAN, APRIL 14, ARMENPRESS. The delegation headed by President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan is participating in the plenary sessions of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS participating states in St. Petersburg. As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the parliament of Armenia, Alen Simonyan delivered an extended speech at the plenary session, which was preceded by the speech of the Speaker of the Milli Mejlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Gafarova. Gafarova built her speech with famous Azerbaijani-style provocative rhetoric, accusing the Armenian side of not cooperating and creating various obstacles for Azerbaijanis.…

Field experts and leading specialists highlighted regional experience and cooperation at a conference in Armenia to mark World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March 2023. The event, Tuberculosis – a Modern Health Challenge, presented updates on the current epidemiological situation in Armenia, diagnosis and detection of TB in the country, pharmacovigilance, and scientific research. It also served as a platform to launch the new Tuberculosis Action Plan for the WHO European Region 2023–2030. Armenia, supported by WHO, is developing national guidelines on systematic screening for TB and TB preventive treatment to improve prevention and timely detection of new TB and multidrug-resistant…

Azerbaijan seeks to conclude a peace agreement with Armenia, Assistant to the First Vice-President Azerbaijan Elchin Amirbayov assured in a statement. The Azerbaijani official, whose government does not hide its hatred of Armenians and Armenia, suddenly became expresses concern over the fate of Armenia, saying that the country suffers most from the lack of a peace agreement, including due to closed borders with Azerbaijan and Turkey. Although he seems to have forgotten to mention that it was Turkey that unilaterally closed the border with Armenia in the 1990s. At the same time, according to Azerbaijani media, Amirbayov expressed doubts about…

Moscow on Monday expressed “serious concern” over fresh tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and warned against ceasefire violations between the foes, who have been locked for decades in a territorial conflict. The comments came a day after Azerbaijan set up a checkpoint on the only land link to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking anger from Armenia. Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars over the mountainous enclave of Karabakh that have left tens of thousands dead. The majority ethnic Armenian region is still internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan despite breaking away after the fall of the Soviet Union,…