The National Security Service of Armenia has exposed and neutralized a large clandestine group engaged in drug trafficking and sales in Armenia.
The Azerbaijani troops violated the ceasefire regime over 100 times on Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line in the period of October 28-November 3, during which over 800 bullets were fired in the direction of Armenian border guards from different caliber weapons.
It’s a great honor for me to be the first Resident Ambassador of Armenia to Vatican, Mikayel Minasyan wrote on his Facebook page, who was recalled on November 2 from the position of Ambassador of Armenia to the Holy See, the Portuguese Republic and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
The State Revenue Committee of Armenia has published the list of top 1000 tax payers of the third quarter of 2018, according to which over 672 billion AMD has been collected during the first 9 months. According to the state budget of 2018, I trillion and 248 billion AMD is planned to be collected during the entire year.
Mikael Minasyan has been recalled from the position of Ambassador of Armenia to the Holy See, the Portuguese Republic and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta by the decree of the President of Armenia.
By the decree of the President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian Emil Tarasyan has been appointed Chief of Staff of the President’s Office.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, visited the region from 29 October to 2 November.
Armenia doesn’t have a clear decision about nominating or not nominating a candidate for CSTO Secretary General, but it has likely candidates, acting FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told reporters today.
During the discussions relating to regional conflicts at the meeting of the Core Group of the Munich Security Conference in Minsk, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian responded to the statements of an Azerbaijani delegate over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, as well as the latter’s observation according to which “the second and third presidents of Armenia had no right to hold that position because of not being from Armenia in origins”.
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Yuri Khachaturov has been dismissed, according to the CSTO website.
