In the southern, south-eastern and north-eastern directions of the contact line, on April 1 and early morning of April 2, the adversary carried out attack operations, using artillery, armored vehicles, and air force.
Unfortunately, here, in Armenia, it’s impossible to have full halls through this art type. Besides, it’s been scientifically proven that human brain isn’t able to get information for 40 minutes uniterrupted, as it’s a big load for the brain. Conditioned by this and other reasons, I mainly participated in various corporative invitations. In this month I missed an important forum, the only reason for which was indifference towards the genre.
Serzh Sargsyan noted that Armenia is deeply concerned with the actions of the terrorist groups carried out in the vicinity of our country and strongly condemns them. The President mentioned with pain that as a result of the atrocities conducted in Iraq and Syria many Armenians residing there are being killed or become refugees and that centuries old relics of the Armenian spiritual and cultural heritage are destroyed and damaged.
“I don’t think Azerbaijan is ready to withdraw its aggressive behavior, which is apparent in the recent period. However, there is no background for it. Likewise behavior of Azerbaijan pursues a strategic purpose. It tries to change the status quo condition, which throughout years is existent around Karabakh issue settlement, i.e. this is not only simple aggressive policy, pursuing some domestic policy goal, but has strategic purposes within Azerbaijan as well,”
At the same time it’s mentioned that Armenia’s rather rapid process of membership to EEU requires proceeding with the process of approximation of policies and regulations, which will provide Armenia’s businessmen and investors the opportunity to actually feel positive implications of the membership.
“Irreversible were the losses of the genocide that befell the Armenians. The world now recognizes and condemns this atrocious crime, but what is of utmost importance to us is the recognition by Turkey and facing its own history. The Centenary of the Armenian Genocide showed that Armenian-Turkish reconciliation is not a top-down exercise. The Turkish authorities opted for flagrant falsification of history.”
“We are strongly interested in Turkey’s peaceful and democratic development. It is our belief that fundamental democratization is the only way in which all the peoples living in Turkey will feel as fully-fledged citizens and will be able to lead a dignified life. Ethnic and religious minorities will not be taken as second- or third-class. Unfortunately, we are witnessing the opposite trends in public and political life in some of our neighboring countries, which is worrisome,” Serzh sargsyan said.
“Judging from everything, reduction in price in the territory of Armenia will be recorded. Generally prices for gas are formulated in an interesting way, as compared to prices for oil, stocks. Gas stocks don’t exist, they are formed locally, there is no global price for gas, and currently it’s intended to initiate a gas stock in St. Petersburg, it fails, although it’s also local. Prices for gas change quickly, including out of political perceptions, i.e. judging from this factor, prices may be “tricked,” but not for a long period. I consider, it’ll be announced during the forthcoming visit. “
It’s much more important to find out for which programs loans have been engaged, who decided priority of those programs and how involved means have been expended. Just from this very standpoint, it’s not surprising that one of the country’s political organizations proposes to launch public discussions on establishing a commission for implementation of independent audit.
“Nobody hurries to make investments into a small market in a country with closed borders and neighboring enemies. It’s difficult to convince, but we have to.”
