Judge Lusine Abgaryan of the Court of Appeals denied former President Robert Kocharyan to be released on bail.
The session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council kicked off in St. Petersburg on December 20.
Robert Bazikyan and Samvel Hayrapetyan have been appointed as deputy heads of the National Security Service. Both are career officers from the system.
Former President Serzh Sargsyan’s assets have been frozen amid an ongoing investigation, authorities said.
Days after an approval from the House of Representatives, the Senate of the Netherlands too ratified the Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the Embassy of Armenia in the Netherlands said.
The opposition Bright Armenia (LHK) party is considering recalling its only representative at Yerevan City Council Davit Khajakian, LHK leader Edmon Marukyan said in a statement.
The justification of opening an Embassy of the Netherlands to Armenia has been published at the website of the Dutch foreign ministry, Armenia’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Tigran Balayan said on Facebook.
The adoption of the Resolution 150 by the US Senate raises the process of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide to a new level, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said at a consultation relating to the defense ministry’s 2020 budget allocations, commenting on yesterday’s passage of the Armenian Genocide recognition resolution by the US Senate.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan highlights the fact that in the past 1,5 years major changes have taken place in the Armenian Armed Forces.
The U.S. Senate struck a historic blow today against Turkey’s century-long obstruction of justice for the Armenian Genocide, unanimously adopting S.Res.150, an Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)-backed measure that locks in ongoing U.S. recognition of this crime.
