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.
Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian will visit Geneva on February 29 to take part in the 31st session of UN Human Rights Council.
Tigran Sargsyan noted that the accession of Kyrgyzstan to the EAEU helped mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis on the economy of the Republic. “One of the priorities of the Eurasian Economic Commission is improving the living standards of the population of the countries of the Union,” Chairman of the Board of EEC said.
At the end of the meeting, President Serzh Sargsyan gave relevant instructions to those present at the consultation and the relevant authorities regarding the discussed issues, problems and programs.
Yerevan was included in the list of “Mercer 2016 Quality of Living”. As ”Armenpress” reports, among 230 cities Yerevan was ranked 182nd.
The police of Armavir region arrested 2 persons connected to the lootings of the Argishtikhinili monument. As “Armenpress” was informed by the “Historical-Cultural Reserve-Museums and Historical Environment Protection Service” SNCO that law enforcement agencies are preparing documents regarding the case. The accused, Eduard Vardanyan and MIsak Simonyan were temporarily released after returning the looted properties.
Head of the ARF parliamentary faction Armen Rustamyan touched upon ANC faction head Levon Zurabyan’s opinion whereas the RPA and ARF signed the cooperation agreement to alienate the second President Robert Kocharyan from the political arena. Rustamyan noted during the briefings that it is surprising that accusations are made towards those political forces,who have a very long history of association with the second president, and talking about this issue are those who labeled Kocharyan as traitor among many other things.
EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini will travel to Azerbaijan on Monday, 29 February and Armenia on Tuesday, 1 March, continuing her tour of the Eastern Partnership countries following visits to Ukraine and Georgia at the end of last year.
Although the issue of value-added tax (VAT) has been resolved, but automobile importers should be separated from people. We want this request to be reachable for all bodies, up to president, that a new status was given to automobile importers, and the money, which will be reduced from our state budget due to elimination of VAT, maybe we would compensate by working in legal field.
The “Sheep-shearing” festival will take place on June 6 in the village of Halidzor,Syunik, where participants will have the chance to witness the sheep shearing competition. The festival is organized by the IDEA Foundation. It promises to provide not only good mood, but also the opportunity to visit the centuries-old “Tatev” monastery via the world’s longest cable car.
