"From Russia To Iran" - Levison Wood visits Armenian highlandsSeptember 11, 2017 - 18:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the clip package at the start of "From Russia To Iran: Crossing The Wild Frontier", British explorer, writer and photographer Levison Wood has visited Armenia too. In the green highlands of Armenia, he met a gloomy shepherd who belonged to the country’s 30,000 strong Yazidi community. “I’m pretty sick of it actually,” he said. “That’s what happens when you do one job for 25 years.” In the series, Wood undertakes a 2600-mile trek across the mighty Caucasus mountains, on the tense frontier between Europe and Asia. In Episode 4, the exploerer travels through Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, before heading into Iran towards the Caspian Sea and the journey's end. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |