Armenia receives 27,500 AstraZeneca doses donated by LithuaniaSeptember 3, 2021 - 19:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 27,500 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Lithuania have reached Armenia, the EU Delegation to Yerevan reports. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated in order to support the transportation of the vaccine cargo. Lithuania’s Ambassador to Armenia Inga Stanytė-Toločkienė, the Chargé d'affaires a.i. at the EU Delegation to Armenia Jan Plešinger, and the RA Deputy Minister of Health Lena Nanushyan officially received the donation in the National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. “The donation by Lithuania and activation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism is a very good example of Team Europe spirit, which embodies cooperation of the EU Member States’ Embassies, the EU Delegation to Armenia and the Armenian authorities. On behalf of the EU Delegation, we would like to thank Lithuania for its donation and we hope it will contribute to the fight against the Covid-19 infection that is again spreading across Armenia. Vaccination remains the most important tool in this fight and we hope trust will eventually be built within Armenian society that will help to slow down the pandemic through vaccination, ” said chargé d'affaires a.i. at the EU Delegation to Armenia Jan Plešinger. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |