Much of the money for Azerbaijan has been targeted toward naval forces, to reduce the risk that it could be used against Armenia (which is landlocked) and because of the U.S.’s interest in protecting Caspian energy infrastructure.
“Don’t they want to perceive that this is no more a security zone? And that this is the constitutional territory of Artsakh, and Armenia, as a security guarantor of Artsakh, was obliged to raise that issue in Vienna as well.”
“Assessments may be found in some media outlets, that Russia is losing the South Caucasus and etc. I consider, what happens now tactically can’t be qualified as success for Russian diplomacy, however, I wouldn’t consider this a complete failure, as the response of the Armenian society on armaments selling was rather sharp.”
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.”
