On April 26, 2016, at a regular meeting of leaders of the factions represented in the City Hall of the Basque Country (Spain) Gipuskoa Province’s capital city of Donostia (San Sebastian), the following institutsoinal statement was issued, which was later approved by the Mayor on May 5.
Representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Economy and other state structures, the Central Bank of Armenia, Stock Exchange of Armenia, the EBRD, IMF and Asian Development Bank presented reports on the economy, and especially, on investment environment.
Such case was most recently witnessed in early April when Azerbaijan launched large-scale military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, resulting in many killed and wounded, along with gross violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
resident of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Michael Minasyan as Ambassador of Armenia to Portugal (residence in Vatican).
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Arman Kirakosyan as Ambassador of Armenia to Croatia (residence in Vienna).
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Victoria Baghdasaryan as Ambassador of Armenia to Italy.
“It was important that ministers of foreign affairs—Kerry, Lavrov and Desir, were present at the meeting, which showed that the governments highlight this issue, it was a pressure towards both Azerbaijan and Armenia, in particular, towards Baku.”
“Reforms have been carried out in the spheres of tax, customs, protection of intellectual property rights. As a result, large investments were done by American companies, including, I’d like to mention the acquisition of “Vorotan” cascade by “Contour Global” last year, which is the largest American investment in Armenia,” the Ambassador said.
Ambassador says the fact that the sides are ready to work towards the installation of the investigative mechanisms in the Karabakh-Azerbaijani line of contact, shows their goodwill and readiness to that issue.
In recent days, scathing speeches by Armenian and Kurdish deputies in the Turkish Parliament have been circulating on the internet. Last week, I presented the bold speech by Armenian MP Garo Paylan, delivered in April on the Armenian Genocide.
