Hovsepyan served in the same position from 2008 to 2016. In 2016 he briefly served as chairman of the state revenue committee. Earlier in his career, he served as deputy minister of territorial administration (2007-2008).

Edward Nalbandian, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, started his press statement on the outcomes of Armenia-EU Council meeting with expressing condolences over the causalities of the Manchester Arena attack.

“The very first risk factor for causing melanoma are ultraviolet rays. People having lighter skin color, hair and eyes are found to be under risk from this perspective, and people above the age of 50 are more vulnerable. By the way, solariums increase the threat of melanoma by 70%,” he said.

The Armenian delegation was led by foreign minister Edward Nalbandian, while the EU delegation was led by Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and VicePresident of the European Commission.

“Through such provocative activities they intend to disorientate the international community and direct the arrow toward Armenia. It’s already a new strategy and shelling their own borders, territories under their control and filming they haven’t thought that we and international organizations have the opportunity to film.”

The World Assembly of OIE Delegates will examine, with a view to adopting, a number of new intergovernmental standards covering animal disease control methods, including those for controlling diseases transmissible to humans, the safety of international trade in animals and animal products, as well as animal welfare.

CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) member states signed a contract on the sidelines of the Milex 2017 defense expo, whereby the sides will cooperate over the creation of a repair chain for Russian-made helicopters, the ‘Russian Helicopters’ holding told TASS.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t participate in the luncheon on the sidelines of the BSEC 25th anniversary summit. The luncheon was served in honor of the heads of states participating in the summit, in the Dolmabahce palace in Isanbul.

“In order to maintain peace and stability in the region Azerbaijan must recognize complete exercise of the Artsakh people’s right to self-determination: as long as Azerbaijan doesn’t recognize that right, the conflict cannot be settled,” Sharmazanov said.

CanadianArmenian Elena Avetisyan, who is one of the victims of the May 18 New York attack, when a man drove his car into pedestrians in the city’s Times Square, is still in coma, New York Post reports.