The Armenian Armed Forces today are in a state of combat readiness and are able to fulfill their military tasks, defense minister Vigen Sargsyan said during the Q&A session in the Parliament in response to the question of Yelk faction head Nikol Pashinyan.
He added that the path taken by the government at the moment is sufficient to some extent. At the same time he stated that they are dissatisfied with the implementation process of several programs and would like to have better results.
Russia and Armenia are friends, and this friendship must be whole-heartedly, rather than against anybody, Russia’s Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin said asked whether the Armenian-Chinese military-technical cooperation can affect the Armenian-Russian allied relations.
Over the years we have assisted a number of programs for different groups to meet and jointly discuss the paths to reach lasting peace. We have concentrated on another equally important direction – inter-state debate in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh on peace preparation.
The opposition Yelk bloc’s suggestion on Armenia leaving the Eurasian Economic Union doesn’t comply with the country’s foreign policy and foreign economic interests, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the Armenian parliament Armen Ashotyan said.
The EU-Armenia agreement will open a new chapter in bilateral relations, EU Ambassador to Armenia H.E. Piotr Switalski told a press conference on the sidelines of the Assistance Initiative for Organic Agriculture program in Yerevan.
The Tsarukyan faction of the Parliament will express its opinion over the candidate of Prime Minister of 2018 only when the ruling Republican Party will present its candidate, head of the faction Gagik Tsarukyan told reporters in the Parliament.
Commenting on Aliyev’s statement that Armenians are destroying Islamic monuments, Sharmazanov reminded that the Blue Mosque is operating in downtown Yerevan, which is a symbol of Yerevan.
The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh have expressed their readiness to assist in conducting the monitoring and to ensure the security of the OSCE Mission members.
The Armenian government is optimizing the payment procedure of military pensions. The government adopted the relevant decision during today’s Cabinet meeting.
