Zakharova said the military cooperation with Armenia is carried out within the framework of the national export control system taking into account Russia’s international obligations.
“We’ll be able to agree greater part of the texts within these discussions,” Garegin Melkonyan said. The Deputy Minister also said that the document includes more than 10 fields—transparency, issues related to goods, trade, customs issues, trade technical hindrances—certification, sanitary, mental ability protection and other issues, moreover, the Armenian side anticipates to include the issue of investments as well.
“It’s symbolic, that the events week was launched with the meeting, devoted to business development. SMEs provide the majority of employees, thus, economic opportunities provided by SMEs should also be highlighted.”
Last week, the New York Times ran a news story on inflatable jets and missile launchers being added to the Kremlin’s arsenal. Using balloons as weapons of war may sound strange and lead one to think Moscow has concocted a novel method of war. Upon deeper analysis, what the Russians are doing is nothing particularly new.
We have certainly spoken about the tragic situation in Syria which became a humanitarian catastrophe. We noted with pain that the Christians, and not only the Christians, there are being prosecuted and tortured. On behalf of Armenia, I expressed readiness to bring our contribution to the implementation of any initiative which will somehow stop the elimination of the Christians and Christian heritage at the Middle East.
“I know, that Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev is ready to work around negotiations and proposals on the table, as well as he is ready for further discussions with Armenia’s leader. We’d like to follow responsibilities, assumed in Vienna and St. Petersburg, although some details are available towards which it’s necessary to continue the work. We’ll discuss it at the forthcoming presidential meeting,” he said.
The draft on activity of Nairit Plant CJSC and defining a special management regime has been included in this week’s NA session agenda. It has been developed by PAP MPs Mikayel Melkumyan, Naira Zohrabyan and Lyova Khachatryan. The draft was approved by NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs.
The film, “Acts of Conscience,” looks at the Genocide through the lens of Wegner, a German war medic who photographed and documented atrocities against the Armenian Christian minority that were occurring around him in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War—including forced death marches through the desert.
A curious college student in Portland, Ore., has discovered a 1599 Geneva Bible — the Bible of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare — in the basement of his school’s library.
