Day: January 22, 2025

On January 21, the Rustaveli National Theatre in Georgia’s Tbilisi hosted a concert to mark the 100th anniversary of the legendary French Armenian singer, composer and actor Charles Aznavour, jnews. ge reports. The soloist of the concert was singer, composer, musician and music producer Arpine Ter-Petrosyan, known as Arpi Alto.

The goal of the event was to strengthen cultural ties between the Armenian and Georgian peoples.

During the concert, Aznavour’s most famous songs were performed. The concert was organized by the Armenian Embassy in Georgia. The UNESCO General Conference included the centenary of Aznavour’s birth on the list of anniversaries with which UNESCO will be associated in 2024-2025—with the support of more than 80 Francophone Ambassadors at UNESCO.

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During trading on the ICE London Intercontinental Exchange, the price of Brent oil futures for March 2025 rose marginally by 0.05%, reaching $79.33 per barrel, Azernews reports.

Armenian has extended condolences over the deadly fire at Turkey ski resort.

“Deeply saddened by the tragic fire in Bolu, Turkeu, that claimed dozens of lives. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. Wishing speedy recovery for the injured,” the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a post on X.

Deeply saddened by the tragic fire in #Bolu that claimed dozens of lives. Our thoughts are with the victims & their families. Wishing speedy recovery for the injured. @MFATurkiye

— MFA of Armenia (@MFAofArmenia) January 21, 2025

Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said early Wednesday.

Yerlikaya also reported that the bodies of 45 victims had been handed over to their families, while DNA tests were being conducted to identify the remaining bodies at the forensic institute.

The fire occurred at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in the Bolu mountains.

 
Speaking with Alpha News, Russian political scientist Artur Atayev commented on the US-Armenia strategic partnership agreement and the Russia-Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty.

“Armenia’s current leader clearly sets his course toward leaving the political and military space associated with Eurasian integration and with Russia. He says all this very openly at both the international and domestic Armenian levels. And in my personal opinion, nothing good will come of this for Armenia, because according to Pashinyan’s formula, Armenia stops cooperating with Russia politically and militarily but remains a partner economically. But not everything is so simple, because Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk says that as Armenia enters the Western space more intensively, it will have to leave the EAEU space.

Today it is quite a serious driving force. In this regard, Overchuk’s statement gives reason to believe that Armenia will not win. And now for Armenia, in addition to the military-political factor, the economic factor is one of the key ones. I doubt that Pashinyan would have been able to achieve such a victory if Armenia had not had economic growth. It is important for the Armenian political leadership to keep the interaction with Russia in the sphere of economic development.

It is important for the Armenian Foreign Ministry to secure at some stage that Russia will not impose sanctions. But, unfortunately or fortunately, Russia has no experience in applying economic pressure to its neighbors. Therefore, the concerns of a number of experts and politicians in Armenia are in vain,” Atayev said.

According to the expert, it is quite natural that Iran wants to secure serious support from the global nuclear power, i.e., Russia.

“In the conditions when unprecedented measures of economic pressure and a serious sanctions regime are in effect against Iran and Russia and in the conditions of Trump’s coming to power, it is a completely natural process to consolidate and develop the trends that Iran and Russia have. We are talking, first of all, about economic cooperation. It is growing even in the field of automobile production. But what matters for Iran is that since after the loss of Syria, the level and quality of global challenges and threats to Iran have increased significantly. It is not only about Israel or the United States; we are also talking about part of the Arab-Muslim world.

If Iran weakens, they will start to gnaw at it. Therefore, it is completely natural that Iran wants to gain serious support from a global nuclear power, which now has the number one army, which opposes the entire NATO bloc. In these conditions, this image move is quite understandable,” Atayev said.

The expert also commented on the news that Georgia is proposing a trilateral cooperation initiative to Armenia and Azerbaijan in various areas, as well as what to expect from Trump’s upcoming presidency.

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TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (MNA) – A group of economic activists, entrepreneurs and producers met with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution at the Hussainiyeh of Imam Khomeini.