Decisions on the de-escalation zones in Syria adopted at the talks in Astana are related to Washington’s initiatives on putting an end to violence in Syria put forward at the beginning of this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the MIR TV network on Saturday, TASS reports.
“OSCE is losing its influence on the parties to the conflict, of course, the mandate of conflict settlement isn’t conditioned by local offices, of course, that mandate exists, but let’s comprehend, that mandates of local offices were complementary directions of that mandate, which have implemented various programs—from demining to human rights, civil control of armed forces, fight against corruption and others. This is what I call conflict transformation, so that it had solution.”
World renowned pianist, Honored Artist of Armenia and Russia Maria Ghambaryan will perform on May 17 in St. Petersburg’s state academic capella.
Azerbaijani forces also fired 11 mortar shells (60mm) in the eastern and northeastern sections of the line of contact. The defense ministry of Artsakh told the Defense Army took countermeasures to suppress the Azerbaijani aggression.
If we carefully analyze Azerbaijan’s aggressive rhetoric, coupled with systematic violation of the cease-fire and diversionary actions against the civilian population, we can understand why Armenia purchased the Iskander system from Russia. Green is deeply mistaken that the Armenian side seeks to use these systems against Western energy infrastructure.
In April 2017 the passenger flow in Gyumri’s Shirak airport comprised 5283 people, exceeding the figure of April 2016 by 745.3%. In January-April the passenger flow in Shirak airport increased by 334.5% compared to January-April 2016.
Touching upon implications of closing OSCE office in Yerevan, he stated the toolset of the West is rather miscellaneous, “I don’t observe any issue, that it may have any fatal after-effects, however, I see an issue, that the West, unfortunately, doesn’t have a trusted partner in Armenia on its way of developing cooperation in an alternative mode.”
“The armed units that the CSTO member states have included in the Collective Rapid Reaction Force, are in constant combat readiness, as well as the Russian troops deployed to the military bases in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia. Until this plague (the IS) is stamped out, our priorities will not change,” the Russian top diplomat stressed.
The US and Seoul have not commented. The North’s claim comes amid continued high tension on the Korean peninsula. US President Donald Trump has promised to “solve” North Korea and stop it developing nuclear weapons.
State Revenue Committee of Armenia has published the list of largest taxpayers of the first quarter 2017. 1000 largest taxpayers of the Republic altogether have paid taxes and fees amounting around AMD 175 billion in the first quarter of ongoing year.
