Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Robert Dold (R-IL) have initiated a Congressional “Dear Colleague” letter, asking Members of the U.S. House to join them in supporting the inclusion of a series of pro-Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh assistance measures in the Fiscal Year 2017 foreign aid bill, reports the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The letter Congressional colleagues are encouraged to co-sign supports the following foreign aid priorities:
As basis for this adoption was noted that there have been many genocides throughout history or events that led up to the genocide in April, and many genocide research institutions commemorate April as the month of fight against and prevention of genocides.
President Serzh Sargsyan received the head of Yerevan Office of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Ambassador Andrey Sorokin on March 3, who completes his mission in Armenia. As informed from the Department of Public Relations and Mass Media of Republic of Armenia President’s Office, the President thanked Ambassador Sorokin for his active efforts during his tenure and mentioned with satisfaction that the OSCE Office in Yerevan headed by him carried out productive works and implemented numerous projects in different spheres.
Actor Vardan Petrosyan signed a reconciliation agreement with the Hakobyan family affected in the car accident on March 3. Vardan Petrosyan’s lawyer Nikolay Baghdasaryan informed in a conversation with “Armenpress”.
Opening the meeting of the EEC Board, Tigran Sargsyan stressed that the Commission needed to take a more active position on the fostering of Eurasian integration. “Incomplete integration between partner countries in the Eurasian Economic Union is a challenge to the stability of the Union”, Chairman of the EEC Board announced.
“During the siege of Aleppo the market was affected, but there is no lack of food. Necessary food was available, although expensive. Since the re-opening of the road, we expect the arrival of fuel to Aleppo today. In general, people do not have shortage of food; there is no shortage of bread, bakeries work. There are primarily household difficulties.
Michel Furier assessed the cooperation with the Armenian Government as efficient and noted that “Saur” is interested in the continuation and expansion of its activities in Armenia. The parties discussed issues of further cooperation in the field of water supply.
The Government of Armenia confirmed the new draft electoral code and will submit it to the National Assembly. Minister-Chief of Government Staff David Harutyunyan, presenting the draft, mentioned that the final version of the draft will be formed after active political debates. The deadline is June 1.
62 million and 481 thousand AMD from the Armenian government’s reserve fund is allocated for the remuneration of group leaders of robotics clubs and engineering laboratories within the framework of the project implemented by the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE).
At the beginning of the Cabinet meeting Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan congratulated the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Levon Yolyan on his appointment and wished him fruitful and productive work.
