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.
Joint press conference of the shareholders of “Armenia” Airlines Tamaz Gaiashvili, Robert Hovhannisyan and Ashot Torosyan will be held on March 9. They will present the company’s upcoming plans.
Today, women play an important role in our country than ever. Constitutional reforms by the time will enhance this role and the bases for the mentioned above have already been laid. This, in turn, will strengthen in Armenia the guarantees of peaceful coexistence, fair work and creativity, which we believe is really a priority.
The regular ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan and its measures to escalate the situation on the front line are not conditioned by any strategy. Spokesperson of the President of the Artsakh Republic David Babayan told “Armenpress” about this, adding that the Azerbaijani authorities try to divert the attention of its own people by these actions.
