“I will make it very clear to the Turkish president during our talks that it is indispensable for our soldiers to be able to be visited by members of the German Bundestag, as ours is a parliamentary military,” Merkel said as quoted by Deustche Welle.
US President Donald Trump will attend the 43rd G7 summit with leaders of the world’s major economies in Sicily, Italy, on the last leg of his rst foreign trip, BBC reports. A tough debate is expected on issues including trade and climate change.
Police launched criminal proceedings on bribery. The special investigative service is probing the case. Based on gathered evidence, law enforcement agencies arrested the director of a customs broker service company and the head of the Bavra checkpoint.
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has unanimously adopted H.Res.354, introduced by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY), condemning the May 16th attacks on peaceful protesters by Turkish President Erdogan’s bodyguards, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice and measures to be taken to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The Resolution calls for “any Turkish security officials who directed, oversaw, or participated in efforts by Turkish security forces to illegally suppress peaceful protests on May 16, 2017, should be charged and prosecuted under United States law.”
Vache Gabrielyan has been appointed Minister of International Economic Integration and Reforms. By another presidential decree Vache Gabrielyan has also been appointed Vice Premier of Armenia.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan issues a decree on May 25 on relieving Major general Samvel Ghukasyan from the post of the chief of Military Police of Armenia. As 168.am was informed from the press service of the Armenian President’s Office, Colonel Artur Baghdasaryan has been appointed to the post by another presidential decree for a 3-year term.
The president will continue to meet with European leaders to discuss a variety of issues. But President Trump’s priorities will be combatting Islamist terrorism and securing NATO’s official commitment to become a much more active partner in that effort.
“There was a problem in this eld because one of the organizations which was carrying out this process disputed this decision. It is being tried in the judicial body, and there is no condence that disputes won’t happen again,” Asatryan said and proposed to allow organizing procurement of priority volumes, until the nal decision is passed.
“We are systematically beefing up our defense capabilities. I can say that over the past few years, the IRGC has built a third missile plant,” Hajiaadeh said in the city of Dezful, which had been the scene of violent clashes during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988, TASS reports.
