On 29 January Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received head of the General Staff of the Republic of Armenia Armed Forces Artak Davtyan. Issues related to army building and cooperation between the two Armenian states in the sphere were on the discussion agenda.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held a meeting in Geneva with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Stéphane Visconti (France), Andrew Schofer (US) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, foreign ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan said on Facebook.
”Legal Education and Control” NGO strongly condemns today’s’ events of bringing into investigation the founder of ”VETO” movement Narek Malyan, “Adekvad” party head Arthur Danielyan and other members, the Chairman of ”Civil Consciousness” NGO Narek Samsonyan. In a state governed by the rule of law, any case of deprivation of liberty must be adequately justified, proportionate and non-discriminatory. Moreover, all the safeguards provided by the Constitution and regulations of the Republic of Armenia should be protected. However, hitherto the police have not provided any convincing justification whether they have safeguarded the legal guarantees. Besides, they have not presented any persuasive explanation on the circumstances of investigation.
The Armenian Army was born and formed in the heroic fights of our modern liberation struggle. It restored the glory and reputation of our soldiers had had starting from ancient imperial times up to Sardarapat, to the Second World War where the brave sons of our people, starting from Marshals, Generals to soldiers, wrote their names in the pages of the history of the Great Victory with golden letters.
President Armen Sarkissian, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan, joined by Cabinet members, other officials and Catholicos Garegin II, visited the Yerablur Military Pantheon on the occasion of Army Day to pay homage to the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for the independence of their country.
The arsenal and capabilities required for the military to carry out its mission on a high level have been increased, Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan told reporters.
On behalf of the Artsakh Republic authorities and myself personally I extend my most heartfelt congratulations to you on the Homeland Defender’s Day.
Top figures of the Armenian sport offered condolences over the death of US basketball legend Kobe Bryant.
ilot of the helicopter that crashed in the city of Calabasas, California, killing 9 people on board, including US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, was Ara Zobayan of an Armenian descent, CBS Los Angeles reported.
Starting from January 29 the nighttime cold weather will greatly mitigate in Armenia, Gagik Surenyan, head of the meteorological center of the Hydromet Service, said on Facebook.
