Armenia closes land border, limits air traffic with IranFebruary 24, 2020 - 14:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is sealing its land border and limiting air traffic with Iran for two weeks after reports of coronavirus cases there, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday, February 24. Pashinyan revealed on Sunday that the country would suspend traffic and air contact with the Islamic Republic and confirmed the decision after a meeting of the committee for the prevention of the coronavirus. According to the Prime Minister, freight transportation will continue without restrictions, but special measures will be taken to control the situation with the drivers. Pashinyan said Armenian and Iranian citizens will face no problems when planning their trips back to their countries. A staggering 50 people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new coronavirus this month as of Monday. An official from Qom, Ahmad Amiriabadi Farahani, was quoted in ILNA saying that more than 250 people are in quarantined in the city. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |