Armenia’s humanitarian mission in Syria is being carried out in accordance with the law, Defense minister Davit Tonoyan said during a joint press conference with defense minister of Cyprus Savvas Angelides in Yerevan.
He said they also attache importance to raising the effectiveness of the public administration, the digitization, the optimization of the government structure, simplification of the tax system and tax mitigation in that strategy.
It is written very beautifully, full of will and desires. I won’t hide, there are a couple of provisions whose implementation will make the people feel positive changes in their lives.
Secretary of the Security Council of Artsakh Vitaly Balasanyan has announced commencing political consultations with the purpose of running for the Artsakh presidency in the 2020 election.
“Christian Science Monitor” international periodical has published an article about Nikol Pashinyan in the context of the domestic political developments in Armenia. ARMENPRESS reports the article headlined “From prison to Prime Minister” starts with the description of the developments of March 1, 2008. The article notes that back in 2008 Pashinyan was one of the key figures.
On November 28, 2018, AGBU Toronto hosted a presentation of a newly published book entitled “Grit and Grace in a World Gone Mad: Humanitarianism in Talas, Turkey 1908-1923” by Canadian writer Wendy Elliott. The book is based on the personal history of a dedicated group of American and Canadian missionaries and relief workers who saved thousands of orphans during the times of the Armenian Genocide.
Republican Party (HHK) Executive Body Member Arpine Hovhannisyan is quitting the HHK.
Well, that’s it — a troop of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia was deployed to Syria yesterday. After months of political discourse, the issue is now at the level of realpolitik, and this has only deepened the concerns of public and political circles in Armenia.
Yesterday marked the launch of the humanitarian mission that was initiated by the new government of the Republic of Armenia and was discussed and criticized for months. According to the press release issued by the Ministry of Defense, a group of 83 Armenian specialists comprising humanitarian deminers, doctors and security personnel has arrived in the Syrian city of Aleppo to provide humanitarian aid to the Syrian people.
Earlier Sargsyan’s attorney Amram Makinyan confirmed to RFE/RL’s Armenian service Azatutyun that Sargsyan has indeed been questioned by authorities, but as a witness.
