Armenia

To physically and mentally empower amputees to live fulfilled lives – that is the goal of the Armenia-based NGO Oqni. The organization, which is committed to developing prosthetic technology in Armenia, was founded in 2021 by an interdisciplinary team of Diaspora Armenians.

The year 2022 has been yet another challenging one. Unprecedented pressures, including direct military aggression against Armenia and dramatic shifts in global security architecture make this year’s outcomes something that hardly an observer by the end of the year could have predicted.

On December 19, when the short-term monitoring mission of the European Union on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan ended, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell informed that a ground is being prepared for a longer term EU mission in Armenia.

Baku continues pursuing a genocidal policy towards the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced at the UN Security Council on December 14.

President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Arayik Harutyunyan has signed a decree on a number of measures being taken in the conditions of martial law announced in the territory of the Artsakh Republic since 1992.

On December 14, the National Assembly of Armenia called on Russia to ensure the implementation of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, which guarantees uninterrupted functioning of the Lachin Corridor between Armenia and Artsakh.

Nagorno-Karabakh has switched to energy saving mode due to the closure of the Lachin Corridor and the shutdown of the gas supply, the State Minister of Artsakh Republic Ruben Vardanyan announced on Wednesday December 14th.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed the blockade of the Lachin Corridor in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 12.