Armenia’s former permanent representative to the CSTO Davit Virabyan, who was recalled earlier today, will hold an “important and high” office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs central apparatus – by also coordinating the direction that he was earlier implementing during his tenure in the CSTO, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan said on Facebook.
Armenia is negotiating with Russian, Chinese and French investors having specific proposals in the atomic energy sector.
The energy market model in Armenia will be improved and the sector will shift from the single buyer-seller model to a more liberal model, according to caretaker minister of energy and natural resources Garegin Baghramyan.
Acting defense minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan visited the Camp Marmal military base in Afghanistan where he got acquainted with the service conditions of the Armenian peacekeepers.
The Armenian government wants to run a policy so that any investment project relating to the use of public resource is implemented in a competitive way in order to avoid all possible risks, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during the meeting with the community leaders of Aragatsotn province.
According to the decree of President Armen Sarkissian, Karen Grigoryan has been appointed Armenia’s Ambassador to Egypt.
At the moment talks are being held over the gas tariffs, there will be news about tariffs in February 2019, Armenia’s acting minister of energy infrastructures and natural resources Garegin Baghramyan told reporters, reports Armenpress.
The Armenian President’s Office will be re-located back to 26 Baghramyan– the building that was formerly housing the head of state.
Caretaker foreign minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held a meeting with Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni and Director of the Office of the Directorate General of Programmes of the Council of Europe Verena Taylor and ambassadors of donor countries within the framework of discussions of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Armenia in Strasbourg.
“The discussions focused on various issues related to the Artsakh foreign and domestic policy, the Artsakh-Diaspora cooperation and regional developments.
