Armenia’s image is high in the world as dramatic changes took place in the country in a civilized way, President Armen Sarkissian told reporters on November 9, asked whether Armenia moves on the right direction.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan held a meeting in Stepanakert on November 9 with Armenia’s State Oversight Service director Davit Sanasaryan and his deputy Albert Abgaryan, Sahakyan’s office said.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in a meeting of the Collective Security Council (CSC) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which was attended the CSTO-member states’ leaders: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. The narrow-format meeting of heads of state was followed by an expanded meeting of country delegations. The CSC members discussed international and regional security agenda, issues of cooperation within the CSTO and in the international arena.
The USA supports the efforts aimed at establishment of trust between Armenia and Azerbaijan and expansion of dialogue, Acting Deputy Chief of U.S. Mission to OSCE Gregory Macris said during the session of the OSCE Permeant Council.
Armenia’s deputy defense minister Gabriel Balayan denies the Azerbaijani claims according to which Azerbaijan proposed Armenia to carry out exchange of prisoners of war (POW).
The Armenian government is recommending to shift the President’s Office back to Baghramyan 26 – the building formerly housing the Presidential office – and move the Prime Minister’s Office to the Government headquarters in the Republic Square, Yerevan.
Armenia is negotiating with Russia’s energy ministry and Gazprom over the decrease of gas tariff, acting minister of energy infrastructures and natural resources Garegin Baghramyan told reporters after today’s Cabinet meeting.
eaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) countries will debate the issue of appointing a new Secretary General of the organization during the upcoming November 8 summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Russian’s President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, according to TASS.
ժSpeaker of the Parliament of Armenia Ara Babloyan says he will not participate in the upcoming snap parliamentary elections, will carry out an activity in the healthcare sector.
Caretaker minister of healthcare Arsen Torosyan will run for parliament in the upcoming early polls from the Civil Contract Party as a district candidate.
