Second group of Lebanon Armenians land in YerevanAugust 19, 2020 - 11:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The second group of Lebanon Armenians landed in Yerevan on Tuesday, August 18, Hovhannes Aleksanyan, Head of the Repatriation Division of the Office of the Chief Commissioner of the Diaspora, said in a Facebook post. Around 100 people, including 21 children, were among Armenians from Syria and the United Arab Emirates to be repatriated. The first 100 Armenians arrived from Lebanon one week after the devastating explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4. The blast is believed to have been caused by a fire that ignited a 2,750-ton stockpile of highly volatile ammonium nitrate. The material had been stored at the port since 2013 with few safeguards despite numerous warnings of the danger. Hundreds of people were killed, thousands were injured, while many are still missing. 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. |