President of Armenia, Chairman of the National Security Council Serzh Sargsyan on August 30 convened a session of the National Security Council during which the draft laws on ‘Defense’ and ‘Military Service and Status of Serviceman’ have been discussed.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged congratulations on the occasion of 20th anniversary of signing the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation.
American diplomat Andrew Schofer officially assumed the office of US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement.
The meeting is being organized under the mediation of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan didn’t discuss the issue of deploying peacekeeping forces in Artsakh during the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the President said during the meeting with the participants of Baze pan-Armenian youth camp.
Armenia will sign the Comprehensive and enhanced partnership agreement with the European Union in autumn, President Serzh Sargsyan said in response to questions of the participants of the Baze pan-Armenian youth camp.
As we could see, racists that marched in Virginia, most of them, were carrying guns. Violence is another inherent element of the far-right extremists: the Nazi and the Ku Klux Klan ideology cannot be understood without consideration to the violence proposals typical of their world vision.
After I exposed Americana’s scandalous and unwarranted behavior in a column, and complaints from the local Armenian community, Americana issued a half-hearted apology by describing the ugly incident as a “misunderstanding,” and allowed the young Armenians to sell their T-shirts.
Nakhchivan represents an “Achilles Heel” for both Armenia and Azerbaijan. And the dynamic security environment around this exclave turns the region into a potential “powder keg” where a new stage of fighting could erupt. Therefore, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Minsk Group—charged with resolving Armenia and Azerbaijan’s standoff over Karabakh—should not lose sight of the two countries’ mounting tensions over the frequently overlooked Nakhchivan.
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