On March 3 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree appointing chief of his Control Service Hovhannes Hovsepyan head of the government-affiliated State Revenues Committee (SRC). As informed from the Department of Mass Media and Public Relations that the President also touched upon his decree on reorganizing Armenian Ministry of Finance, and the tasks of SRC, which is in the new status.
“First and foremost we’re satisfied with NATO-Armenia developments. Today we have history of 20-year relations. Armenia assumes long-term commitments to participate in NATO peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan. On account of Armenia’s security challenges, Armenia’ benefit is influential, we welcome long-term commitments assumed by you,” Elgersma said.
Two female militants were killed by police when they fired shots and threw a grenade at a Turkish police bus in Istanbul on March 3, local media and the Istanbul governor said.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited the Yerevan State University on March 3, where he attended the meeting of the Scientific Council of the University, during which he was awarded the honorary title of professor by Academic Council of Yerevan State University.
The latest racist announcement made by Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu has become subject for broad discussions. Garo Paylan, Armenian member of the Turkish parliament from Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) severely criticized the Prime Minister during the discussion of the budgets of the ministries of Interior, Health, Culture and Tourism, the Turkish Demokrathaber.net informed about this.
“We often think in NATO that this leads to a cold war, especially when we combine a few components: Russia’s defence budget grows, utmost importance is given to the military component on state level, we don’t know how to respond to them, but we’re working on it. In any case, we are for the concept of collective security, we want to cooperate in air, sea and land. We consider to further respect our fundamental relations with Russia, we keep the dialogue open with Russia.
The overwhelming majority of Russian citizens intend to vote for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential election.
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Robert Dold (R-IL) have initiated a Congressional “Dear Colleague” letter, asking Members of the U.S. House to join them in supporting the inclusion of a series of pro-Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh assistance measures in the Fiscal Year 2017 foreign aid bill, reports the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The letter Congressional colleagues are encouraged to co-sign supports the following foreign aid priorities:
As basis for this adoption was noted that there have been many genocides throughout history or events that led up to the genocide in April, and many genocide research institutions commemorate April as the month of fight against and prevention of genocides.
President Serzh Sargsyan received the head of Yerevan Office of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Ambassador Andrey Sorokin on March 3, who completes his mission in Armenia. As informed from the Department of Public Relations and Mass Media of Republic of Armenia President’s Office, the President thanked Ambassador Sorokin for his active efforts during his tenure and mentioned with satisfaction that the OSCE Office in Yerevan headed by him carried out productive works and implemented numerous projects in different spheres.
