The World Bank has published a report entitled “Republic of Armenia: Accumulation, Competition, and Connectivity.” The government of Armenia will not be happy about some definitions and interpretations in this report.
According to our source of information from the 102nd Russian military base of Armenia’s Gyumri, Colonel Andrey Ruzinsky is on leave.
The longer we page the history book of our country the more we realize that there are many blank and ripped pages in it. Time distances and the silence erases the old wounds. As a proof of this today we moved back in 1950s to recall a few noteworthy events from that era.
During the recent session of the RA committee on regulating public services it was agreed to sell Vorotan’s HPS’s complex to the American Contour Global company. The latter will pay approximately 180 million USD. The American company will own the HPS’s of Spandaryan (built in 1989), Shamb (built in 1979), Tatev (built in 1970) as well as premises belonging to the complex.
The Turkish foreign minister Ahmed Davutoglu is visiting Armenia. The visit is planned on December 12th. People make assumptions about Davotoglu’s visit because after his meeting with the Azeri foreign minister on December 5th in Ukraine’s Kiev he had a long private conversation with the Azeri foreign minister Elmar Mamediarov.
Yesterday the parliament discussed the announcement bill of the pension reform component, which was initiated by Prosperous Armenia party that declared itself an opposition party.
It was a routine day in 1945 when Frank McNamara, director of Hamilton Credit Corporation, after dining in a restaurant in New York found out that he had forgotten his wallet in the pocket of another jacket at home. The businessman had to call his wife to bring money. This became a reason for creating a universal payment tool for service centers.
The Iranian Ambassador in particular said, “First parties should negotiate in order to understand which gas supplier gives better conditions. Maybe a country wants to sell 1000 cubic meter gas to another country at $400, but to a third country – at $100. It is all about agreement between the two countries.”
The agreement reached in Geneva on Saturday on the nuclear program of Iran may create a completely new situation in our region and may directly relate to Armenia. Indeed, the November 24 agreement is only considered the first step for the resolution of the Iranian matter but it can even now be considered an unprecedented event between the international community and our neighboring country.
-I do not think it is correct to compare Armenia with Ukraine because even during the Soviet times there were groups in the Ukrainian society that wanted separation from the Soviet Union and independence. It is about every country’s society to decide which path they want for their country.
