The World Economic Forum published the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, reports Armenpress. Armenia is ranked 79th in the list of 138 countries. Compared to last year, Armenia improved positions by three points. Last year the country was ranked 82nd.
According to the published data, 93 countries improved their positions while 68 deteriorated. The GPI is being published in the past 11 years. This year for already 9th times Iceland is leading as the most peaceful country in the world.
“Since mid-January 2017 tragic events occur as a result of use of heavy artillery and antitank missiles. A notable escalation took place in May, considering the reports on the use of guided missiles in populated areas along the contact line,” the report says.
“We, in turn have repeatedly noted that by accusing the Armenian sides of violating the ceasefire regime the Azerbaijani authorities, in fact, try to conceal their responsibility for escalating the tensions on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan and undermine the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group cochairs aimed at the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict exclusively by peaceful means.”
An investigation is underway at the General Military Investigation Department to find out the circumstances of the death of subofficer M. Khachatryan.
Russia has been the dominant international player in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for the last ten years. It has been the only global power publicly presenting proposals to the Armenian and Azerbaijan leaderships and reacting instantly to changes in the conflict zone.
“Military exercises, seemingly artillery exercises, are currently underway in Azerbaijan. During these exercises, they install some targets and shoot them. Azerbaijan is presenting these as Armenian targets, just the way they do in other actions,” Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesman of Armenia’s defense minister said. According to him, the border situation is calm, the usual daily few shots happen.
Tigran Sargsyan stated that the goods produced in EAEU member states are recognized in the market, and the fact that the agricultural sector of those states develops at a very high pace, speaks about broader opportunities to increase supplies.
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan signed an order on July 1 on appointing Naira Mkhitaryan as the judge of Lori province’s First Instance Court, the president’s office said.
“Mission of the Minsk Group is undertaking measure ensuring the opportunity to find a solution, however, those finding solutions aren’t the Co-Chairs, but the two sides,” the Ambassador said. Touching upon position of France on the issue, Jean-Francois Charpentier said,
