The bill needs the support of at least 330 deputies in the 550-seat assembly to go to a referendum, expected in the spring. The AKP has 316 deputies eligible to vote and the MHP 39.
According to the decision of Ankara’s court, the coverage of the assassination will be banned until the investigation is completed. The decision was made due to “the necessity on ensuring the national security and keeping public order.”
“I consider, nothing has changed here, the sides should attempt to maintain former volumes of cooperation, although both of them are deepening military cooperation with different centers, in this case Armenia with Russia, and Georgia with NATO.”
“Georgia is one of the most interested sides in this issue , as regional instability means instability to Georgia. It made a proposal of becoming a platform for negotiations, of course, its implementation wasn’t realistic on account of OSCE MG functions, however, Georgia would implement such unbiased functions in case of desire by the two sides,” Irakli Menagarishvili said.
Reflecting to conditions, which Iran may establish for the Armenian businessmen, Shafei stated that Iran’s economy is getting used to the new situation. According to him, Iranian Government got used to the regime of self-sufficiency under the sanctions, attempting to foster capabilities of local producers. He considers for this very reason Iran has become self-sufficient in almost all the fields.
Visit of Iranian president to Armenia, bilateral statements made during those several hours, caused a big stir among political and expert circles, because as a result of the visit, basically, the circle of expectations related to Armenia-Iran relations was clearly shaped. And time will show what reflection those quite different expectations will have, in which volume and how they’ll be implemented.
Thousands of people celebrated liberation of Aleppo from militants in the center of the city. In its honor the orchestra of Syrian-Armenians, dressed in Santas, played the well-known “Zartnir, lao,” which is a symbol of Armenians’ fight against the Osman Empire.
“Azerbaijanis seem to make all possible proposals, however, considerable part of those proposals have been made, under the conditions of race with Armenia or contrary to Armenia, and their considerable part contains incomprehensible issues.”
“I’m very happy, that they told me that from now on people of Meghri and Agarak may use Iranian gas. This means that we edify the result of invested efforts, gas may contribute to Armenia’s development, and houses will be warm as are their hearts,” Rouhani said.
“We must have a route connecting the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea through a railway. By this we will create favorable conditions for our people, as well as those of other regions”, he said.
