According to the PM’s February 7 decision, Vardan Yeghiazaryan must have paid a working visit to Belarus to take part in the ceremonies dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Belarus Police from March 2 to 5, 2017.
“It is a significant technical issue but does not constitute a nuclear accident,” Olivier Marmion, director of the prefect’s office, told AFP, adding that the explosion occurred outside the nuclear zone.
President Donald Trump is considering adding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard to the list of prohibited terrorist organizations as part of a wave of new executive orders, the Daily Mail reports.
Ruzvelt Torosyan received a gunshot wound during the Azerbaijani sabotage infiltration attempt overnight May 27-28, 2014 at the southern direction of the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact. He will continue his treatment abroad to recover eyesight related problems.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus for the first time commented on the extradition of Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan, stating that the Belarusian side by this fulfilled its legal obligation, MFA Spokesman Dmitry Mironchik said at a briefing, Sputnik News reports.
“There are reports in media saying the heads of our state agencies and provincial structures are using their administrative resources for campaigning, entering the pre-election stage. I am strictly warning everyone, such services will be considered as disservice, regardless which party it is aimed for. Pay special attention to this issue,” Karapetyan said at the Cabinet meeting.
“If in 2013 we were touching upon rapprochement, integration with the EU, currently we should realize that segmental relations and cooperation are meant, which globally may not have big influence neither on Armenia’s economy, nor on policy, i.e. Armenia was already deprived of its chance in 2013.”
Extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin by Belarus to Azerbaijan will negatively impact those two states and not only in terms of reputation, Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of Armenia told at the National Assembly during parliament-government question and answer session.
“I can’t understand what I’ve done wrong. If it was only about the money, instead of transferring to Borussia I would’ve gone to Anzhi. But I don’t need that. I wouldn’t grow,” Mkhitaryan said as quoted by Bild.
“The Armenian National Committee of Australia calls on the Australian government, as well as all human rights and civil liberty organizations in Australia and internationally, to join us in condemning this blatant act of the Azerbaijani dictatorship in attempting to ‘export’ its repression of freedom of speech.”
