According to Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, by recognizing the Armenian Genocide the Bundestag has put Turkey into a strange situation.

“The Czech President announced that he does not only support, but also will urge the Government and Parliament to start the recognition process. He talked about this issue last year, however, this time he said he will take additional steps for it. Time will show”, Deputy FM said during the briefing.

“It’s crucial by the circumstance, that Germany itself accepted that it’s basically an accomplice to that crime. In this case, when the accomplice accepts the guilt, and the real crime committer denies, it’s becoming at least strange,” the FM said.

“Preferential agreement on military-technical cooperation in CSTO system is the major point. This means Armenia may purchase (in CSTO member countries) armaments from plant-producers with preferential prices,” said Bordyuzha, adding that “there are many working manners” for modernization of Armenian Armed Forces.

Afeyan is CEO of Flagship Ventures, which has boiled the process of biotech startups down to a science. Afeyan has been involved in 38 successful startups over the years, according to Flagship’s site. Successful means they made it out of the startup phase, to a follow-on round or other growth phase, and five are listed as acquired.

Gagik Beglaryan, Minister of Transport and Communication, informed that agreements have been signed, however, we should be able to provide transit from the West to the Black Sea, he stated that this month Iranian specialists will arrive on occasion of the railway, technical survey is ready, however, funds are necessary for its construction.

“2.7% price reduction has been recorded, the dynamics shows that throughout summer months we’ll also record price reduction, and by the end of ongoing year 0% price growth will be recorded,” Vache Gabrielyan, Deputy PM, Minister of International Economic Integration and Reforms.

Laura Bailey, World Bank Country Manager in Armenia, replying to the question said that she believes that they should work with everyone in the room, in the hall, with communities, which they represent. And regarding the role of mining in Armenia’s future, she thinks it’s a decision to be made by Armenian people and the Government, however, they’d like to support, provide as much proof as possible, introduce international experience while making that decision.

For the element with atomic number 118 the collaborating teams of discoverers at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) proposed the name oganesson and symbol Og. The proposal is in line with the tradition of honoring a scientist and recognizes Professor Yuri Oganessian (born 1933) for his pioneering contributions to transactinoid elements research.

A collective security deal on a united regional air defense system in the Caucasus, which should be discussed in the National Assembly these days, in fact, is much more dangerous, than simple concerns, that upon that agreement the right to make decisions in Armenia’s air defense system will be provided to Russia.