By President Serzh Sargsyan’s decree on March 10 Ara Nranyan was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Control Chamber of Armenia. As informed by the Department of Public Relations and Mass Media of the Presidential Administration, the Presidential decree states:
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Federal Republic of Germany Ashot Smbatyan reported on the Armenian-German relations, focusing on trade component of the partnership, as well as on bilateral ongoing projects, achievements and existing problems to the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on March 9.
You embody the real hope, faith and love: completing all that with beauty and kindness in our families and around us. This holiday does not remind about you, but once again underlines you as a woman, mother, sister and daughter, underlines your presence and participation not only in the people’s personal life, but also in the life of state and society in general. It always records the history in its summaries, and the time in its unceasing continuity.
There are discriminatory fetal sex-selection issues in Armenia. This was stated at the launch of the Advisory Committee session on “Combating discrimination against fetal sex selection,” by head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador Piotr Świtalski.
Azerbaijan continues undertaking provocative measures on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh and on the border with Armenia, using heavy artillery and keeping civilian facilities under fire. Baku refuses to create mechanisms investigating border incidents and withdrawing snipers from the front line. It also refuses to maintain the tripartite agreement of ceasefire for indefinite duration signed in May, 1994 and the agreement of the ceasefire reinforcement signed in February, 1995. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian told about the aforesaid in an interview with “Kommersant”.
By Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan’s decree, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan has been appointed Deputy Minister of Economy.
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated that Armenia will continue its close cooperation with Russia in military and military-technical sphere. The Minister noted during an interview with the “Komersant” newspaper.
All parliamentary groups of Bundestag share the opinion that what happened in Ottoman Turkey a century ago was genocide and which must be condemned. Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov, who had attended the discussion of the bill condemning the Armenian Genocide at Bundestag, told the journalists about this on March 9. “I had a meeting with Cem Özdemir, chairman of the Green Party, who assured during that meeting that they will do everything in order the Armenian Genocide is condemned by the German Bundestag in 2016. After that I had a meeting with Mrs. Bulmahn, Vice-President of the Bundestag, who also clearly mentioned that the events of 1915 is genocide and must be condemned”, Sharmazanov saying.
Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be discussed in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. OSCE Mink Group American Co-chair James Warlick made a note in his Twitter micro blog reading “Just arrived in Tbilisi and look forward to discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and NK peace”.
During the meeting the sides will discuss many areas of cooperation, including trade, investment, energy, humanitarian, economic, as well as prospects of development of integration processes in the Eurasian area. Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin will exchange views on the current stage of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, the problems and the possibilities of advancing the peace process.
