A number of issues related to the sector, in particular, the problems raised in foreign markets over the realization of Armenian products were discussed.
The SyrianArmenian businessmen focused on the activities of the Union of Syrian Armenians NGO, stressing the need to boost local production and exports, improve the terms for lending and the legislative field, as well as on other priority issues.
We urge the parties to remove all remaining obstacles to expanding the mission of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and to make progress on a proposal to establish an OSCE investigative mechanism. The proposals should be implemented together with the immediate resumption of negotiations on a settlement.
From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Assistant to the CiO Personal Representative Simon Tiller (Great Britain), Field Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-inOffice Irji Aberle (Czech Republic), and staff member of the Office Peter Svedberg (Sweden).
While on a working visit to the USA, Prime Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan on December 5 had a meeting with the leaderships of two Armenian organizations in Washington and took part in the reception organized in the Armenian Embassy.
The Ministry’s announcement reads: “Overnight December 6-7 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime over 35 times by firing more than 400 shots from various caliber small arms at the Armenian positions in the Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
President Sargsyan spoke also about the tasks before the AGBU and noted that he would love to see the Armenian General Benevolent Union much more Armenia-centered which will benefit the Union and all its beneficiaries alike.
According to Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan’s decisions, Boris Demirkhanyan and Arman Khachatryan were appointed Deputy Ministers of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies.
Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation and Jean-Christophe Belliard, Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service launched today the EU4Innovation initiative together with the Eastern Partnership countries, in Yerevan.
The 8th meeting of Eastern Partnership foreign ministers will be held in Yerevan on November 17. The meeting will also be attended by European Neighborhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Deputy SecretaryGeneral of European Union External Action Jean-Christophe Belliard and high ranking delegations from Eastern Partnership member states, the foreign ministry informed.
