The rich experience of the 4th President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, wide recognition in both Armenia and the Diaspora must greatly contribute in fructifying his service as President, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II said in remarks at the inauguration ceremony of the 4th President after Sarkissian was sworn into office.
Armen Sarkissian took the Oath of Office of President of Armenia midday April 9 at a special session of the Armenian Parliament.
Russia considers the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to be one of its priorities in the post-Soviet territory, minister of foreign affairs Sergey Lavrov said in response to Armenian news media.
Armenia transitions to a parliamentary system from April 9. On this day, the term in office of President Serzh Sargsyan ends, and on the same day President-elect Armen Sarkissian will be sworn into office.
Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened gunfire at Armenian troops on April 7 and overnight April 7 – April 8 in the Nakhijevan section. The Armenian Armed Forces suppressed the attack with countermeasures.
During the period from April 1 to 7 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact by nearly 300 times firing more than 3000 shots at the Armenian positions.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin has appointed Sergei Kopyrkin to serve as next Ambassador of Russia to Armenia, as the term in office of Ivan Volynkin has ended.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan talked about the country’s economic narrative under his leadership in an interview for a special edition of Gulf News newspaper and Global FDI Reports about Armenia.
Armenia’s domestic market is no longer 3 million people – it’s a shared market of 170 million in the Eurasian Economic Union, President Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview for a special edition on Armenia of Gulf News and Global FDI Reports.
Investments in the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey, which is under development by Russia’s Rosatom, have reached nearly 3 billion dollars, Russia’s energy minister Alexander Novak said, TASS reported.
