The new meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is scheduled in mid-January, Armenian deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters in the parliament, adding that at the moment he cannot provide information on the meeting dates and place.
Famous Armenian basketball player Armenak Alajajian (Armenak Alachachan) passed away at the age of 87 in Toronto, Canada, on December 4th, 2017.
On January 7, at 13:20, Defense Army soldier Vache N. Chilingaryan, born in 1998, was fatally wounded by the Azerbaijani shooting in one of the military units located in the north-eastern direction of the Artsakh Defense Army.
The situation in the line of contact of Artsakh-Azerbaijan can be separated into two parts in 2017.
At the last Cabinet meeting of 2017, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan thanked members of the government for joint work and presented the upcoming tasks for January 2018.
Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov, who also serves as spokesman of the ruling Republican Party, commented on a question on where President Sargsyan will continue his acitivites after his term in office ends in 2018.
Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan highlights toughening the control in prevailing commodity markets ahead of the New Year.
President Serzh Sargsyan has presented his vision regarding the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has commented on whether or not he will continue political activities in 2018.
The government of Armenia approved the bill on amending the “Holiday and Commemoration Days” law, whereby the 3rd, 4th and 5th of January will no longer be considered holidays in Armenia.
