Yervand Otyan has a story written in 1898. It’s called “Sword of King Levon.” The story is about the friends, who visit the National Historical Museum (Athens) to see the sword of King Levon V of Lusinyan family of Kilikia Empire.
There is an impression that the function of analysis has been transferred to the press, and the function of respective bodies is justifying the official or making the case sink into the oblivion.
“It seemed after the April war that the sides have sharply alienated and the atmosphere of intolerance has been shaped, however, this meeting dispelled those concerns,” he said. The Russian analyst highlighted representativeness of the meeting, in particular, participation of MFAs of MG Co-chairs.”
“Putin has tried to leave the impression that he is only one that matters, so that’s why he sent Prime Minister Medvedev, MoD Shoygu, MFA Lavrov to Yerevan and Baku right after the fighting, without any coordination at all with Washington and Paris. So, if what you said is true, that’s a bit developing, if Putin wants to work with Paris and Washington. “
The Presidential Administration of Armenia informs the official motto and logo of Pope Francis’s visit to Armenia has been confirmed. The motto is – “Visit to the First Christian country”.
“Assessments may be found in some media outlets, that Russia is losing the South Caucasus and etc. I consider, what happens now tactically can’t be qualified as success for Russian diplomacy, however, I wouldn’t consider this a complete failure, as the response of the Armenian society on armaments selling was rather sharp.”
Representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Economy and other state structures, the Central Bank of Armenia, Stock Exchange of Armenia, the EBRD, IMF and Asian Development Bank presented reports on the economy, and especially, on investment environment.
“It was important that ministers of foreign affairs—Kerry, Lavrov and Desir, were present at the meeting, which showed that the governments highlight this issue, it was a pressure towards both Azerbaijan and Armenia, in particular, towards Baku.”
Ambassador says the fact that the sides are ready to work towards the installation of the investigative mechanisms in the Karabakh-Azerbaijani line of contact, shows their goodwill and readiness to that issue.
Sharp growth has been recorded in the number of visits to Armenian online media outlets due to the April war. In particular, throughout the first week of April the society was reading almost everything.