Armenia: Catholicos taking "certain steps" in POW issue December 16, 2020 - 17:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II has been taking "certain steps in the issue involving the Armenian prisoners of war", said Father Vahram Melikyan, the Catholicos's spokesman and the Director of Information Services at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Father Vahram said many hours after the emergence of evidence of Azerbaijani troops capturing, disarming and murdering more Armenian POWs, the nation is still waiting for the authorities to provide comprehensive explanation about the whereabouts of the Armenian servicemen. According to him, one of the monks of the Mother See, Abegha (Hieromonk) Mkrtich Karapetyan, is among the missing persons, having joined the fighting as a volunteer from the first days of the war. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side has returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
