“It’s been a long time Azerbaijani authorities have turned everything into ridicule both the international law and even their internal life,” Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, told reporters today after the Cabinet meeting.

“The year has just started, and I can say, upon our anticipations we’ll record at least 6-7% industrial growth by the end of the year, and in average we’ll record 20-30% export growth,” Suren Karayan, Minister of Economic Development and Investments, told reporters today after the Cabinet meeting.

“It’s not the rst time the European lawmakers: Frank Engel, Eleni Theocharous and Jaromír Štětina raise the issue of the rights of the Nagorno Karabakh people. They embody Europeans who haven’t lost their roots, who continue their activities.”

“It is necessary to show the international community the possible consequences of Aliyev’s decisions for all the remaining countries. Works must be done on this path, it is necessary to do so that Azerbaijan’s such demands are not satisfied at all. MEPs are in the wanted list, I think this issue will be discussed in the agenda of the European Parliament. I am more than convinced that they will criticize Azerbaijan,” he said.

Today’s Cabinet meeting PM Karen Karapetyan started with traditional instructions. The PM commented on the irrigation water loss problem which results from water release from Sevan Lake. The PM said every year water is released from the Sevan Lake for irrigation, but water losses occur during that process and this issue must be solved.

The new version of US President Donald Trump’s migration executive order will b e released next week, Sky News reported citing a source in the White House. “The new executive order on migration will be released during next week,” the report said.

Gor Khudikyan, a 26 year old soldier of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army, was shot dead around 00:45, February 23, in a military base of the Defense Army stationed in the northern direction, in circumstances which are yet to be revealed.

At the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)’s 25th annual Academy Awards Viewing Party to be held on Sunday, February 26, at West Hollywood Park, Sir Elton John and David Furnish will introduce Open Road and Survival Pictures new film – The Promise – which tells the story of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey at the outset of World War I.

First data of 2017 are already known: National Statistical Service of Armenia issued initial macroeconomic indices for January 2017.

“Starting from tomorrow the citizens of Russia will be able to visit Armenia with internal passports,” Balayan writes.