The announcement of the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan over discontent with the behavior of some CSTO member states has not remain without consequences and has had positive impact. Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov told the journalists about this on March 9.
Ambassadors of 28 EU member states decided to extend for six months the validity of the “black list” drawn up for Russia and Eastern Ukrainian breakaway republics on March 9 at a session in Brussels. As “TASS” was informed by a source in the EU Council.
There are discriminatory fetal sex-selection issues in Armenia. This was stated at the launch of the Advisory Committee session on “Combating discrimination against fetal sex selection,” by head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador Piotr Świtalski.
Azerbaijan continues undertaking provocative measures on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh and on the border with Armenia, using heavy artillery and keeping civilian facilities under fire. Baku refuses to create mechanisms investigating border incidents and withdrawing snipers from the front line. It also refuses to maintain the tripartite agreement of ceasefire for indefinite duration signed in May, 1994 and the agreement of the ceasefire reinforcement signed in February, 1995. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian told about the aforesaid in an interview with “Kommersant”.
By Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan’s decree, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan has been appointed Deputy Minister of Economy.
The Sun quotes anonymous sources, one of whom claims to have witnessed a “bust-up” between the Queen and pro-EU former Deputy PM Nick Clegg in 2011.
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated that Armenia will continue its close cooperation with Russia in military and military-technical sphere. The Minister noted during an interview with the “Komersant” newspaper.
The beach town airport’s Manager Shadhan Kumar Mohanto said that the Jessore-bound aircraft, used for carrying shrimp, crashed into the sea around 9:30am. Reports “Bdnews24”.
All parliamentary groups of Bundestag share the opinion that what happened in Ottoman Turkey a century ago was genocide and which must be condemned. Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov, who had attended the discussion of the bill condemning the Armenian Genocide at Bundestag, told the journalists about this on March 9. “I had a meeting with Cem Özdemir, chairman of the Green Party, who assured during that meeting that they will do everything in order the Armenian Genocide is condemned by the German Bundestag in 2016. After that I had a meeting with Mrs. Bulmahn, Vice-President of the Bundestag, who also clearly mentioned that the events of 1915 is genocide and must be condemned”, Sharmazanov saying.
Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be discussed in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. OSCE Mink Group American Co-chair James Warlick made a note in his Twitter micro blog reading “Just arrived in Tbilisi and look forward to discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and NK peace”.
