“Of course, we would only welcome that the Armenian-Turkish border was open for free movement of people, goods and services. This will definitely benefit the entire region”, the Russian FM said.
“Putting aside these developments, I can say that this was an initially planned action, it is a conspiracy, and Archbishop Aram Ateshian, as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Armenian hospital of St. Savior in Istanbul Bedros Sirinoglu are involved in this. The general belief is that if Ateshian was elected, this statement would not be issued,” Bagrat Estukian said.
Turkey was not immediately available to comment, but sources said it had blocked NATO’s 2017 rolling program of cooperation with non-EU countries, including political events, civilian projects and military training.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman oversaw the signing of deals worth potentially $65 billion as he began a visit to Beijing on Thursday, as the world’s largest oil producer looks to cement ties with the world’s second-largest economy, Reuters reports.
“There is already a movement of Syrian-Armenians, some families took practical steps and returned to the city. I cannot give exact numbers, but there are people who returned. They are both from Lebanon and the Western countries,” the Armenian lawmaker said.
On March 15 and overnight March 16 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasere regime 40 times by ring more than 550 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions across Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh Republic informed.
