May’s Conservative Party is currently leading the opposition Labour Party by a large margin according to the latest opinion polls. By law, parliament is dissolved 25 working days before an election takes place.
“It was a very constructive phone talk…Very, very positive talk, thorough exchange of views,” Tillerson said. “Let’s see what will happen.”
“Currently, when Turkey and Azerbaijan are intractable states regarding international responsibilities, they don’t hide, current occurrences are a glove to regional security, also to NATO, if such threat becomes a reality, of course, NATO will come across with no less complicated issues.”
Spokesman of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan informed that the Azerbaijani forces also fired shots from small arms towards Armenia’s Tavush province. No casualties were reported.
Based on the investigation results it was revealed that people dealing with illegal business, who regularly crossed the border for trade, imported the agricultural products to Armenia by giving bribes to some workers of SRC Preclearance Control Department in Bagratashen checkpoint so that to avoid customs formulations.
“I do not avoid the elections, but getting ahead the developments will not bring any solution for our problems. If we work in collaboration with respective bodies, everything will go on easier and smoother,” he concluded.
“During the May meeting of the leaders the official inauguration ceremony of the new NATO HQ will take place,” he said. The new building is located just a street away from the current HQ.
“Armenia is represented with 2 ministers in the Eurasian Economic Commission, just like all EEU member countries. All member countries have equal votes. Moreover, our countries have the right to vote in the decision-making in the union.”
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejoined the Justice and Development (AK) Party, the country’s ruling party, after a 33 month hiatus, Hurriyet reported. Erdogan signed his membership declaration during a special ceremony in Ankara on May 2.
In 2017, Armenia’s GDP is expected to grow by 3.2 per cent, says Vardan Aramyan, Armenia’s Minister of Finance. He spoke to Andrew Wrobel about the country’s growing macroeconomic stability and predictability, as well as the reforms that are improving the business climate.
