Naturally, it’ll undergo reconstruction, it’s inevitable, as after Saroyan’s death, throughout 35 years, the house has had different owners, and currently, mildly said, it doesn’t have a representative look. Presently we’re working exactly on the concept, and what will be the final result after reconstruction, whether it be restored like it was in the period of 1960-70s, when Saroyan was living, or will have a final appearance close to it, are still under discussion. Many issues will be clarified soon.
Touching upon Georgia-Turkey-Azerbaijan and Georgia-Armenia relations, Kapanadze said that Georgia is developing its ties both with Turkey and Azerbaijan, as well as with Armenia. I don’t think that close Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey relations may be an obstacle for further development of Armenia-Georgia ties. Georgia acts upon this principle, “Children, let’s live in peace,” like in the well-known cartoon,” Vaso Kapanadze assured.
Peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a priority for the European Union. High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of European Commission Federica Mogherini said about the aforementioned during the press conference in Armenian President’s Residence.
“Previous year was crucial from the perspective of Armenia-EU relations,” Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, told reporters today, concluding her visit to Yerevan.
A.Chobanyan hesitated to answer to which extent anticipations have been a reality, reasoning that it’s early, “the period from late 2013 to 2016 is rather short in the field of aviation, on account of the fact, that global political shift has been recorded, which requires phase-to-phase implementation, and some factors impact implementation of this. It too early to speak of any results and assessments.”
Like in 2015, growth in industry is totally conditioned by growth of mining. Thus, production of mining industry and exploitation of open-cast mines comprised AMD 19.2 billion in January of current year. It exceeds the indicator for 2015 by 75%.
The most ideal variant would be resolution of Syria’s destiny exactly in Syria and by Syrian citizens. As it’s resolved out of Syrian borders, that’s why it fails. Unfortunately, it turned out, that Syria’s future is in the hands of Er-Riad, Ankara, Qatar and others. Firstly, this is a big tragedy for Syrian people.
Profoundly acknowledging the universal importance of Saroyan’s heritage, on account of its poor condition, and aiming at saving it from destruction, Intellectual Renaissance Foundation founded by Arthur Janibekyan purchased it in 2015, which throughout last two years boosted development of Armenian Wikipedia and contributed to rising Armenian intellectual potential on international level.
Membership of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in itself is not an obstacle for Armenia’s cooperation with the EU. Let me recall that the EU and Armenia have completed a scoping exercise prior to the launching of negotiations to see how far our cooperation can go in this new context.
“Up to day we didn’t have complete applications. There were air companies, which submitted an application, however, they didn’t submit all necessary documentation enshrined by governmental order,” Chobanyan said.
