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Forbes includes Ruben Vardanyan, Eduardo Ernekian, Kim Kardashian in the list of the richest people in the world
... tons). In 2022, he began construction of a private railroad from the coal fields of Yakutia to a future port on the Sea of Okhotsk, the Pacific Railroad. Its length is about 500 kilometers. Eduardo Ernekian - 1,072nd place, $3.4 billion fortune The son of Armenian immigrants in Argentina, he first worked in the textile industry. In the 1980s, he got into cable television. In the 1990s, he earned $750 million from the sale of Cablevision, an Argentine television company. As part of his Corporacion ...
04/02/2025Winner of “My Ameria, My Home” draw highlights benefits of Ameriabank
... experience it. I had heard that Ameriabank was holding a drawing, but I didn't know I was participating or that I had promo codes,” Sargsyan shared her feelings. According to her, upon learning of her win, the first thing she did was hug her two-year-old son and call her husband. “The children reacted very strongly. My daughter tells everyone, ‘Ameriabank is the best bank, it gave my mom an apartment,’” Sargsyan said. She shared that she has been a client of Ameriabank for more than five years....
03/28/2025Son of rich Armenian businessman put on international wanted list
Armenian law enforcement agencies have put Nver Tsarukyan, son of one of the richest Armenian businessmen Gagik Tsarukyan, on international wanted list, the Armenian Prosecutor General's Office reported. YEREVAN, January 24. /ARKA/. Armenian law enforcement agencies have put Nver Tsarukyan, son of one ...
01/24/2025Several petrol stations in Armenia fined 220 million drams for selling low-quality fuel
... one individual entrepreneur for selling gasoline that does not meet required standards. According to the regulator's press service, the petrol stations owned by these companies and the individual entrepreneur in the Kotayk (Edo-Sarukh LLC, Father and Son Haroyan LLC, Edgar Oil LLC), Ararat (Edo-Sarukh LLC), Vayots Dzor (Tig Group Oil LLC) regions, and in Yerevan (Gaz-Propane LLC, Karen Fambukyan) were selling products that did not meet the standards for motor gasoline of their respective brands. In ...
12/25/2024MP from ruling Armenian party defies PM Pashinyan's request to resign
... conclusions by communicating with numerous friends, and with your permission I will make a statement. Dear citizens, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has asked me to resign my mandate as a deputy of the National Assembly for all known reasons. I note with deep regret that I am forced to reject the Prime Minister's request,’ Aghazaryan told 24News. According to him, two factors pushed him to make the ‘hardest decision’. Firstly, during the hearings in the National Assembly Mr Kyaramyan ...
12/02/2024Pashinyan expects MP Hovik Agazaryan to resign his mandate at his request
... resigned at his request, just as Argishti Kyaramyan, the head of the Investigative Committee, also resigned. According to him, he made a similar request to Hovik Agazaryan. "I expect that my request will not go unanswered. The problem is not personal, but systemic. We need to reconsider our approaches, attitudes, and perceptions towards our state institutions in a specific way. And this concerns all of us," the prime minister noted. During a heated exchange at the parliamentary hearings ...
11/23/2024Armenian version of Aznavour's book ‘Life through the eyes of Charles’ presented
... Armenia. I hope that especially the youth, after reading the book, will familiarise themselves with the values left by Aznavour and learn the same for themselves. I am sure Aznavour would have read this book with interest,’ said Nicolas Aznavour, son of Charles Aznavour. Tatevik Ghazaryan, Director of Marketing and Communications Department of Aznavour Foundation, in her turn, noted that any project becomes possible with the help of partners. 'The exclusive partner of this book is Acba ...
10/15/2024Armenia, Vietnam plan to launch direct flights between countries
Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam, Suren Baghdasaryan, met with Vietnam's Foreign Minister, Bui Thanh Son, to discuss the possibility of establishing direct flights between the two countries, the Armenian Embassy in Vietnam announced on Monday YEREVAN, August 12. /ARKA/. Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam, Suren Baghdasaryan, met with Vietnam's Foreign ...
08/12/2024Armenia’s anti-corruption court orders to confiscate around AMD 1.3 bn, property from family of Gagik Tsarukyan
The court order may be appealed within 30 days YEREVAN, July 2. /ARKA/. Armenia’s anti-corruption court ordered to confiscate over 1.286 billion drams in cash, real estate property and shares of corporate stock from the daughter and the son-in-law of Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the Prosperous Armenia party and one of the country’s richest people, the court reported on Tuesday. Karapet Guloyan, Tsarukyan’s son-in-law and the former mayor of Abovyan, and his wife Roza Tsarukyan ...
07/02/2024Armenian Defense Ministry official accused of taking $28,000 in bribes
... office in the southern Syunik region received bribes of $28,000 for patronizing conscripts. In particular, G. G., a resident of Yerevan, agreed with the aforementioned official that in exchange for a $23,000 bribe he would assist in recognizing his son, who was to be drafted in the summer of 2023, as unfit for service on the basis of a fictitious disease. In another case, through intermediaries, the official received $5,000 from a couple in Kapan whose son was deferred from conscription. The official ...
02/09/2024Germany indicts two ex-MPs for receiving bribes from Azerbaijan
... US$2.9 billion slush fund to, among other things, offer free trips and expensive gifts to European MPs who would, for example, vote in Baku’s favor and beautify PACE’s human rights reports at a time when the country threw dozens of political prisoners in jail. The investigation conducted and published by OCCRP and the Süddeutsche Zeitung exposed Lintner and a third PACE member, Karin Strenz, as those who benefited from the tactic. Strenz died unexpectedly in 2021, but prosecutors announced ...
01/30/2024Former Gyumri mayor accused of money laundering and illegal alienation of real estate
... the assistance of a number of officials, initiated alienation of 24 real estate objects, including plots of public parks, with a total cadastral value (at the time of alienation) of about AMD 35.7 million in 2006-2011. In collusion with a group of persons, including his brother and son, Vardan Ghukasyan legalized 4 of the illegally acquired real estate objects with a cadastral value of about AMD 16.1 million. Two more relatives of Ghukasyan were involved in the fraud. The ex-mayor of Gyumri is accused ...
12/18/2023Wings of Tatev cable car in Armenia wins World Travel Award
.... The Armenian cable tramway competed with cable cars from Bolivia, Brazil, Vietnam, Canada, New Zealand, the SA and the South African Republic. The award ceremony took place on 1 December 2023, in Dubai. The award was handed to David Vardanyan, the son of Ruben Vardanyan, the founder of the Wings of Tatev project, the IdeA Foundation's press service reported. The Wings of Tatev was named the best cable car in the world for the second time: the first award went to Armenia in 2021. "This award ...
12/04/2023What is happening to Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine's shareholders: ARKA news agency looks into the situation
... YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. The Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC) released a statement to the press on Thursday about the changes that have taken place in the composition of its shareholders. According to the statement, Gleb Trotsenko, the son of a Russian billionaire Roman Trotsenko, who has been on the US sanctions list since November 3 this year is no longer the beneficial owner of the company following the sale of his entire indirect ownership stake in ZCMC on October 27, 2023. The ...
11/24/2023Court in Yerevan extends for 2 months the arrest of ex-president Kocharyan's son
A court in Yerevan has extended for 2 months the arrest of Levon Kocharyan, the son of former President Robert Kocharyan, Levon Kocharyan's lawyer Alexander Kochubayev said in a Facebook post. YEREVAN, October 19. /ARKA/. A court in Yerevan has extended for 2 months the arrest of Levon Kocharyan, the son of former President ...
10/19/2023Armenian court allows one-month arrest of ex-president's son
A court in Yerevan has allowed law-enforcers to arrest Levon Kocharyan, the son of Armenia's ex-president Robert Kocharyan, for a month, Kocharyan's lawyer Alexander Kochubayev said. YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. A court in Yerevan has allowed law-enforcers to arrest Levon Kocharyan, the son of Armenia's ex-president Robert ...
09/25/2023ANIF’s “Entrepreneur + State Anti-Crisis Investments Fund” Makes its First Exit from a Portfolio Company, Sells its Shares Back to the Partner
“Entrepreneur+ State Anti-Crisis Investments Fund” a subsidiary of the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF), sells shares of its jointly owned company with Yeremyan Projects group of companies (Father and Son Yeremyans LLC) “From Seed to Farm” to the same company. YEREVAN, August 4. /ARKA/. “Entrepreneur+ State Anti-Crisis Investments Fund” a subsidiary of the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF), sells shares of its jointly owned company ...
08/04/2023Armenian customs officers thwart attempts of illegal import of medicines
Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) said its officers thwarted two attempts of illegal import of medicines by two citizens of Armenia - father and son S.G. and A.G., who arrived at Bagratashen checkpoint on the Georgian-Armenian border in their own cars. YEREVAN, June 23. /ARKA/. Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) said its officers thwarted two attempts of illegal import of medicines ...
06/23/2023Members of NGO who reportedly tried to kidnap prime minister Pashinyan's son detained
Gari Galeyan, the father of Mkhitar Galeyan, who was killed in the 6-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 autumn, denied a report by the daily ‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ alleging that he and other members of Call of Sons NGO tried to kidnap today Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's son Ashot. YEREVAN, May 17. /ARKA/. Gari Galeyan, the father of Mkhitar Galeyan, who was killed in the 6-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 autumn, denied a report by the daily ‘Haykakan ...
05/17/2023Former Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan accused of money laundering on a large scale
... income Abrahamyan bought real estate. A criminal case has been filed, it said. In March 2023, the Office of Prosecutor General filed a lawsuit with the Anti-Corruption Court demanding that a string of assets be seized from Hovik Abrahamyan, his wife, son, daughter and others related persons. Under a law enacted by the Armenian government in 2020 prosecutors can seek asset forfeiture in case of having “sufficient grounds to suspect” that the market value of an individual’s properties exceeds ...
04/18/2023Breaches found by Food Safety Inspection Body in production of cottage cheese eliminated
... Investigative Journalists unveiled March 23 the results of a study of ten kinds of cottage cheese, produced by Armenian dairy companies, namely Tamara, Marianna, Biokat, Chanakh, Ashtarak kat, Arzni kat, Ani, Marila, Bonilat and Yeremyan Father and Son. YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Food Safety Inspection Body had the quality of a string of dairy products checked after the Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists unveiled March 23 the results of a study of ten kinds of cottage cheese,...
04/04/2023Hetq initiates examination of 10 types of cottage cheese produced in Armenia: only two meet standards
... of Investigative Journalists has unveiled the results of a study of ten kinds of cottage cheese, produced by Armenian dairy companies, namely Tamara, Marianna, Biokat, Chanakh, Ashtarak kat, Arzni kat, Ani, Marila, Bonilat and Yeremyan Father and Son. YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. The Hetq Association of Investigative Journalists has unveiled the results of a study of ten kinds of cottage cheese, produced by Armenian dairy companies, namely Tamara, Marianna, Biokat, Chanakh, Ashtarak kat, Arzni ...
03/17/2023General Prosecutor's Office demands confiscation of 59 properties and tens of millions of dollars from former Armenian Prime Minister
Armenia’s Office of Prosecutor General has filed a lawsuit with the Anti-Corruption Court demanding that a string of assets be seized from Hovik Abrahamyan, his wife, son, daughter and others related persons. YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Office of Prosecutor General has filed a lawsuit with the Anti-Corruption Court demanding that a string of assets be seized from Hovik Abrahamyan, his wife, son, daughter ...
03/17/2023Two ethnic Armenians killed in Aleppo by powerful earthquake
... in Syrian Aleppo by a powerful earthquake that hit in the early hours of Monday southeast Turkey and northern Syria. Ethnic Armenian member of the Syrian parliament Jirayr Revisyan told Armenpress news agency that the killed Armenians are mother and son Myrna and Alper Tenkechian. "The situation in the city remains tense. The destruction of 34-35 buildings in Aleppo l has already been officially confirmed," Armenpress news agency quoted Revisyan as saying. According to reports from Turkey ...
02/06/2023Prosecutors seek to seize almost $10 million worth assets from ex-president Serzh Sargsyan’s brother
A department of Armenian Office of Prosecutor General in charge of confiscation of assets deemed to have been acquired illegally said today that money as well property owned by ex-president Serzh Sargsyan's brother Levon Sargsyan, his son Narek and daughter Ani in the total amount of $9.4 million are of illegal origin and are subject to confiscation. YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. A department of Armenian Office of Prosecutor General in charge of confiscation of assets deemed to ...
02/02/2023Fresh criminal charges brought against ex-president’s chief bodyguard and his wife
... Committee. According to the General Prosecutor's Office, in June 2017, Ghazaryan, his spouse and the director of the Yans restaurant extorted 40 million drams (about $100,000) from the restaurant's chief accountant, threatening otherwise the latter and his son with physical assault. The chief accountant was forced to sell his gold jewelry, borrow money from relatives, sell his apartment and give the money the Ghazaryans. Earlier, in 2020, Ghazaryan was already a defendant in a number of criminal cases, ...
11/21/2022Success of the family business based in Tavush: from a home to a guesthouse and a small winery (video)
... numerous guests from all around the world come here. YEREVAN, November 19, /ARKA/. The nature of Tavush and warm family welcome are the business cards of Berkri guesthouse in Yenokavan; numerous guests from all around the world come here. The son of the Avetisyan family – Davit, decided to make their home a guesthouse. In 2018, he started the construction, added rooms, built an open café and made the house an enjoyable place for guests. The whole family works here; everyone has their contribution ...
11/19/2022Armenian police promise reward for information about brutal murder of mother and her two children
Armenian police have announced a cash reward for information that will help solve the brutal murder of 31-year-old Zarina Meliksetyan, her 12-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. YEREVAN, November 11. /ARKA/. Armenian police have announced a cash reward for information that will help solve the brutal murder of 31-year-old Zarina Meliksetyan, her 12-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son. This particularly grave crime ...
11/11/2022Armenian SRC thwarts attempt of import of medical gloves and masks at price much lower than market one (video)
... August 31. /ARKA. Acting on a tip the Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) thwarted an attempt to import medical gloves and masks from an EEU country at a price several times lower than the market one. The gloves and masks were imported by father and son Margaryans via Medex Group LLC by two trucks. After the trucks, which entered Armenia through Bagratashen customs check point, were checked at the customs warehouse, it emerged that the real cost of the masks and gloves was about 460 thousand dollars,...
08/31/2022Top ten Armenian banks according to Russian edition of Forbes
... international markets. The bank has 51 branches: 50 in Armenia and one in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Оwners: Beglaryan family is the key shareholder of the bank. Barsegh Beglaryan owns 22.63% directly, another 72.73% through the oil company Flash LCC. His son, Sanasar Beglaryan, owns 4.28% of the bank. -0-
07/26/2022Yuri Khachaturov’s son may be put behind bars for 5 years
... completed the investigation of a criminal case against Igor Khachaturov. Igor YEREVAN, June 29. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Investigative Committee said it has completed the investigation of a criminal case against Igor Khachaturov. Igor Khachaturov is the son of a former chief of staff of the Armenian Army and ex-CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov. Igor Khachaturov is charged with using violence against the policeman during the opposition campaign of disobedience (part 1 of Article 316 of the Criminal ...
06/29/2022"Wine is a living being": Acba bank assists Matevosyan Wine on all stages of production (VIDEO)
... black grapes, which will appear on the market a month later. The director of the company Vazgen Matevosyan said that ‘Matevosyan Wine’ is a family business. The father of the family is responsible for the quality of the wine at the factory, as the son is being educated in the field of winemaking. They cannot do otherwise: wine is a member of their family. Matevosyan Wine was founded in 2001 and over these 21 years has earned its place and name in the field. In hindsight, they can't forget that ...
06/06/2022ANIF Releases its Triennial Report
... subsidiary «Entrepreneur + State Investment Fund» continues to support local businesses through equity investments. To date, the Fund has implemented a total of investments of about $10 million in 6 companies, that will create around 170 jobs. «Father and Son Yeremyans», «Amber Capital», «Food Republic», «Apaga Projects», «Global Connect» are partner companies, with whom ANIF has started new business projects. The purpose of the Fund is to stimulate the inflow of private capital into the economy,...
05/24/2022ANIF subsidiary “Entrepreneur + State Anti-Crisis Investments Fund” continues to support Armenian business projects
... invested about 10 million USD in several projects, expanding existing businesses and creating opportunity for more than 200 additional jobs. The fund implements joint programs with a number of local successful business partners such as “Father and Son Yeremyans”, “Food Republic”, “Apaga Projects”, “Global Connect” and invested in the EU-Armenia SME Fund managed by Amber Capital. We firmly believe, that one of the most efficient use of public money is investment in economically viable ...
03/25/2022Scandal around ex-president of Armenia is gaining momentum: publication about Sarkisian's citizenship of St. Kitts and Nevis sent to NSS
... the Republic of Armenia, he was not an Armenian citizen, (as required by the law) but had the citizenship of St. Kitts and Nevis, a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean Sea. “In his statement yesterday, Armen Sarkissian noted some reasons for his abrupt departure from the presidency, but we believe they have little to do with his resignation. We think the reason for his resignation is just the one: he was a citizen of another country before he became the president,” Hetq.am writes....
01/25/2022Armenian government approves appointment of two new provincial governors
... Aragatsotn regions. YEREVAN, January 13. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has approved today the appointment of two new provincial governors for Ararat and Aragatsotn regions. Sedrak Tevonyan has been appointed governor of Ararat marz (province). He is the son of ex-governor Razmik Tevonyan. Razmik Tevonyan was appointed governor on December 10, 2020. He resigned on September 9, 2021 without explaining why. Sedrak Tevonyan was a parliament member from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party ...
01/13/2022Thirteen people in Yerevan hospitalized after visiting Burgery and Yerevan Pandok
... as mild and moderate. It said an epidemiological investigation revealed that on November 16-18 they all visited the Burgery (located on Amiryan street in Yerevan and Pandok Yerevan, also located on the same street), owned and run .by the Father and Son Yeremyan LLC. On November 17-20 they suffered from clinical symptoms typical of an intestinal infection/food poisoning: nausea, vomiting, increase in temperature to 38-40 degrees and diarrhea. Samples were taken for laboratory tests, including biological ...
11/24/2021Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See opens in Armenia
... people. Another demonstration of the strong solidarity between Armenia and the Holy See is the confession of the honorary title of "Doctor of the Ecumenical Church" and as one of the 36 greatest thinkers of the Catholic Church to the genius son of the Armenian people - St. Gregory of Narek, as well as the solemn opening of the statue of St. Gregory of Narek in the Vatican Gardens. I should also mention the Mekhitarist Congregation, which has a significant role in the development of the educational,...
10/27/2021Wanted son of Syunik governor turns himself in
Karen Poghosyan, the son of the governor of southeastern Armenian province of Syunik, who was wanted by the country’s law-enforcement bodies, turned himself in to the Investigative Committee and was transferred to Armavir penitentiary, the Investigative Committee spokesman ...
09/23/2021Parents of the servicemen, buried in Yerablur cemetery protest outside government building
... relatives of the servicemen, who were killed in last autumn’s 44-day war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and buried in the Yerablur cemetery in Yerevan protested today outside the government building, accusing the authorities of dismantling their sons’ gravestones. YEREVAN, August 31. /ARKA/. The parents and relatives of the servicemen, who were killed in last autumn’s 44-day war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and buried in the Yerablur cemetery in Yerevan protested today outside ...
08/31/2021Azerbaijani troops steal 120 sheep of Armenian border community resident bought with loan money
... post. According to Tatoyan, the credit organization demands that Baghdasaryan continue paying off the loan, and there are still 3 years left to repay it. The woman is currently experiencing difficulties in obtaining an interest-free loan, since her son has delayed a monthly payment during last autumn’ war. Baghdasaryan told the human rights defender that she had applied to the Syunik administration for compensation and received only 100 thousand drams (about $200) for 120 sheep. "But these ...
08/19/2021President appoints Aleksandr Tsakanyan as commander of third army corps
... President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on Thursday to appoint Aleksandr Tsakanyan as commander of the third army corps of the Armenian Armed Forces. Tsakanyan has replaced Grigory Khachaturov, who was sacked in early July. Grigory Khachaturov is the son of ex-CSTO Secretary General (2017-2018) and ex-Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces (2008-2016) Yuri Khachaturov, who was prosecuted in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan together with ex-president Robert ...
08/05/2021Grigory Khachaturov dismissed as commander of army corps
... corps of the Armenian Armed Forces. YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on Thursday to dismiss Grigory Khachaturov as commander of the third army corps of the Armenian Armed Forces. Grigory Khachaturov is the son of ex-CSTO Secretary General (2017-2018) and ex-Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces (2008-2016) Yuri Khachaturov, who was prosecuted in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan together with ex-president Robert ...
07/08/2021Amendments toughen scale of administrative responsibility for violations of burial requirements
... set of amendments to the law on the organization of funerals and the operation of crematoriums and cemeteries. MP Nikolay Baghdasaryn from the ruling My Step alliance, who has authored the amendments, said the amendments determines the circle of persons who have the right to be buried in a family burial ground. According to him, the circle includes parents, children, adoptive parents and adopted children, siblings or stepbrothers, grandparents, grandchildren, as well as a spouse, parents of a spouse,...
05/27/2021Pashinyan, Sarkissian discussed border crisis and border delimitation
... territory. On May 20, Pashinyan announced his readiness to sign a "secret document" on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border that was 'declassified' the day before by former Armenian ambassador to the Vatican, Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law Mikael Minasyan. The latter claimed that under a secret deal between Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Armenia would hand over some of its territory to Azerbaijan. Speaking at parliament on May 20 Pashinyan denied Minasyan's claims.-0-
05/21/2021Armenia's Security Council secretary on 'secret' Armenian-Azerbaijani agreement on border demarcation
... Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his readiness to sign a "secret document" on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border that was declassified the day before by former Armenian ambassador to the Vatican, Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law Mikael Minasyan. Asked about the 'secret document,' Grigoryan said it is only about the creation of three separate national delegations (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia) on demarcation and delimitation issues, about their composition and the ...
05/21/2021Armenian parliament declined opposition-drafted statement calling on Pashinyan not to sign border demarcation document
... another deal with Azerbaijan that was kept secret until an opposition news site Armlur.am revealed its contents, first circulated in social networks by Armenia’s former Ambassador to the Vatican, Mikael Minasyan, who is former president Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law, wanted by Armenia law-enforcement authorities on criminal charges. The Bright Armenia's statement was backed by 25 opposition MPs, the rest of the parliamentarians controlled by Pashinyan's My Step alliance did not participate in the voting....
05/21/2021Armenian opposition alliance demands publication of 'secret' document that calls for demarcation of Armenian border with Azerbaijan
..., Azerbaijan and Russia) to deal with demarcation of Armenian-Azerbaijani border and which Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is going to sign. The document was earlier circulated in social networks by Mikael Minasyan, a former ambassador and the son-in-law of Serzh Sargsyan. According to Minasyan, this document provides, in particular, for handover of 6 Armenian villages (5 in Tavush and 1 in Ararat regions) to Azerbaijan. The Pativ Unem alliance said in a statement that the incursion of Azerbaijani ...
05/20/2021Armenian president not involved in process that reportedly resulted in document that calls for creation of border demarcation commission
... parties," the statement said. Armenia's Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today he was ready to sign a document that was 'declassified' the day before by former ambassador to the Vatican, Mikael Minasyan, who is ex-president Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law. Minasyan circulated in social networks what he called a "secret document" on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, whereby Armenia is to hand over a number of Armenian villages to Azerbaijan. According to Minasyan,...
05/20/2021FactInfo: Armenia's caretaker foreign minister plans to resign after learning about secret border demarcation document
... Pashinyan's administration is making attempts through diplomatic channels to make Ayvazyan reverse his decision. Nikol Pashinyan announced today that he was ready to sign a document that was earlier 'declassified' by Mikael Minasyan, a former ambassador and son-in-law of ex-president Serzh Sargsyan. Minasyan claims that under the documents Armenia will hand over several villages in Tavush and Ararat regions to Azerbaijan. According to FactInfo, Nikol Pashinyan negotiated the controversial document in strict ...
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