On May 20 the regular session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will be held in Armenia with the participation of the heads of the Governments of the EAEU member states.
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officially named Transportation and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım as its candidate for the party chair position on May 19, reports Hurriyet.
On May 19 Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault during his working visit to France, citing the Azerbaijani media.
Deputy Parliament Speaker of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov says the NKR National Assembly will make a statement condemning and recognizing the Greek Genocide (Pontic Genocide) on May 19.
The Armenian Embassy of Egypt confirms no Armenian citizen were aboard the crashed MS804 EgyptAir plane en route from Paris to Cairo.
Much of the money for Azerbaijan has been targeted toward naval forces, to reduce the risk that it could be used against Armenia (which is landlocked) and because of the U.S.’s interest in protecting Caspian energy infrastructure.
“Don’t they want to perceive that this is no more a security zone? And that this is the constitutional territory of Artsakh, and Armenia, as a security guarantor of Artsakh, was obliged to raise that issue in Vienna as well.”
“Assessments may be found in some media outlets, that Russia is losing the South Caucasus and etc. I consider, what happens now tactically can’t be qualified as success for Russian diplomacy, however, I wouldn’t consider this a complete failure, as the response of the Armenian society on armaments selling was rather sharp.”
Such case was most recently witnessed in early April when Azerbaijan launched large-scale military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, resulting in many killed and wounded, along with gross violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
resident of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing Michael Minasyan as Ambassador of Armenia to Portugal (residence in Vatican).
