December 9 marks a new annual day of commemoration to remember victims of genocide and remind all nations of their responsibility to prevent and protect
We commend the Armenian people and the government on the peaceful conduct of the constitutional referendum on Sunday, December 6, which took place after an open debate. The change in the form of Armenia’s government that will result from the new constitution is significant.
My four priorities were not intended to be in rank order and are interdependent. And I think that is especially true with these two priorities. To attract business, a country must offer a stable, welcoming environment free of corruption. Foreign businesses large and small vote with their investment dollars; if they see a country with political uncertainty, they either don’t invest at all, or may decide to pull their money out.
Dr. Nelli Babayan is the guest expert at “168 Hours”. She is Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, DC, where she studies Russia’s relations with the United States and the European Union.
Coming together, we are stronger. That was the message during a One Health master class, organized by the U.S. government and held in Yerevan on December 1 and 2, 2015.
Napoléon Bonaparte said that “nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” This is the situation Europe is facing, especially France, as they must take difficult decisions after the new terrorist attacks in Paris Daesh. Should Europe close its boarders to refugees due to the real risk about the presence of jihadists between the crowds of refugees?
Starting November 9, 2015, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia will be changing its visa procedures to make it easier for approved visa applicants to pick up their visas and for certain current visa holders to renew their visas. There is no additional cost for this improved service.
On November 5, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the eastern direction of the Talish village of the NKR Martakert region.
As relations between Israel and Turkey have become increasingly strained in recent years, shifting from strategic alliance to outright hostility, many analysts began to wonder about the Israeli government’s uncharacteristically muted reaction to Turkish Pres. Erdogan’s anti-Semitic diatribes and anti-Israeli actions.
Yesterday evening, 85 Members of Congress joined in sending a letter to Ambassador James Warlick, U.S. Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group which is tasked with finding a resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The letter, spearheaded by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), urges Ambassador Warlick to “publicly condemn specific acts of aggression along the line of contact.
