Russia welcomes the mutual visits of Azerbaijani and Armenian journalists, as well as other humanitarian campaigns aimed at preparing the populations for peace as part of the settlement of the NK conflict, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a news briefing on November 28 in Moscow, according to TASS.
Former Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan, who is involved in the 2008 March 1 case as a defendant, has been declared wanted, the Special Investigation Service’s spokesperson Marina Ohanjanyan told Armenpress.
Former Yerevan Police Chief Major General Ashot Karapetyan has been killed in a gas explosion in Russia. The initial reports do not indicate possible foul play, but this information must yet be confirmed.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan participated in the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Bishkek on November 28. The session was attended by the leaders of the CSTO member states – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The narrow format session of the leaders was followed by an extended format session with the participation of the delegations.
Heads of member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) approved the representative of Belarus Stanislav Zas to the position of the CSTO Secretary General, acting CSTO Secretary General Valery Semerikov told reporters in Bishkek.
Azerbaijan’s ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has decided to dissolve parliament and call early elections, according to Region Monitor news portal.
The session of the CSTO Collective Security Council kicked off today in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, chaired by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
The price of gas for consumers in Armenia will not be increased until April 1, 2020, and the government is currently negotiating with Russia – its supplier of natural gas – for the possible increase afterwards not to become a burden for both consumers and the economy, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan told reporters.
The examination of 2600 years-old bones found in the northern part of Armenia showed that they belong to a woman fighter of Urartu Kingdom. In all probability, she was killed in the battlefield. Researchers suppose that similar women fighters inspired the Greeks to create the image of the Amazons.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian on November 27 signed a number of laws adopted by the Parliament.
