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  On the “Law on the Ratification the Council of Europe Convention on the “Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse” The “Law on the Ratification the Council of Europe Convention on the “Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse” was presented for the President’s signature on May 12, 2020. Before the Law was adopted by the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court examined it and in its decision dated March 31, 2020 ruled that obligations assumed under the Convention do not contradict the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia. The Convention...
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  05, 2020

  Regulations coherent with our national system of values should be adopted as a result of future public discussions: President Sarkissian spoke with the education expert Anahit Bakhshian about his concerns related to the Lanzarote Convention President Armen Sarkissian hosted the education expert Anahit Bakhshian who sent an open letter to the President and expressed her concerns related to the ratification by the National Assembly of the Lanzarote Convention. Before taking up this topic, Armen Sarkissian once again spoke about the coronavirus pandemic and again urged the citizens to be alert and maintain the mandatory rules. “I feel obligated to use this opportunity and appeal once again to all our citizens, urging them...
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  05, 2020

  President congratulated the RF People’s Artist, sculptor Georgi Frangulian: Your unique sculptures continue to transcend borders of time and countries President Armen Sarkissian sent a congratulatory message to the RF People’s Artist, full member of the Russian Academy of Arts, sculptor Georgi Frangulian on his 75th birth anniversary. “Your unique sculptures continue to transcend borders of time and countries. Through them, many famous individuals and momentous happenings receive new life, while events and deeds thanks to your talent appear in a very unique interpretation. Not surprisingly, your works are praised and you...
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  05, 2020

  President Armen Sarkissian at the Sardarapat Memorial paid tribute to the memory of the victims the heroic battle President Armen Sarkissian visited today the Sardarapat Memorial and together with His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, Speaker of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan, President of the Republic of Artsakh Araik Harutyunian participated at the event dedicated to the Republic Day. A wreath on behalf of the President of Armenia was laid at the Memorial dedicated to the Sardarapat battle. President Sarkissian paid tribute to the memory of...
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  05, 2020

  Message by President Armen Sarkissian on the occasion of the Republic Day Dear Compatriots, Today, we are celebrating the Republic Day – the anniversary of the creation of the First Republic of Armenia. Armenian statehood was reestablished in the most complex international situation, when the World War I was still raging, and Armenia – with its Eastern and Western parts – became one of its most ferocious frontlines. Under the disguise of the war, Ottoman Turkey had already deported and massacred millions of Armenians and put into...
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  05, 2020

  President Armen Sarkissian had another distant conversation with the students of the Yerevan branch of the Plekhanov University of Economics: future is in your hands, and my task is to assist you Today, President Armen Sarkissian had a distant meeting-conversation with the students of the Yerevan branch of the Plekhanov University of Economics of Russia during which he spoke about the coronavirus pandemic, its consequences, and impact. At the outset, the President urged everyone to be very serious about the pandemic. “It is pretty aggressive. It is possible that it differs a lot from other viruses but since we are living in a totally different world, the chance to get...