“A group of militants used mortars to shell Russian contract soldiers, acting as musketry instructors in one of the Syrian military units, and a Russian military adviser,” the press service said.
An explosion in a police compound in Turkey’s southeastern city of Diyarbakir wounded several people and sent a large plume of grey smoke rising over surrounding buildings on Tuesday, but the cause of the blast was not immediately clear, reports Reuters.
At the invitation of Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Mikheil Janelidze will pay an official visit to Armenia on April 11-12, press service of the Armenian MFA informed.
Presenting the steps taken, the PM said Armenia-Georgia-Russia trilateral talks were held aimed at reducing the tariffs for the cargo transportation at abovementioned routes.
“We are here for justice in the Dink murder trials. Once again we say that we are here to follow the process of the trial and expect justice. This trial lasts for 10 years, we are waiting for 10 years for the real responsible of the murder to be punished, however there are still people who haven’t faced the trial,” the gathered demonstrators said.
“Beyond diplomatic rhetoric, we should take into account that this is a political message, “letter”, and undoubtedly it has its role in the Middle East policy, in Russia-USA relations. However, I consider, the most important platform of this step is US domestic policy. I believe, Trump needs to show that he is powerful, he is a leader, a decision-maker and an actor.”
“We support the Minsk Group and its efforts aimed at settling the Karabakh conict. EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Herbert Salber also deals with this conflict,” Malena Mård said.
“The European Union goes to unprecedented concessions in case of Armenia,” Kakha Gogolashvili, Director of EU Studies at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, Georgian political scientist, told 168.am, reflecting to signing of Armenia-EU agreement.
During the period from March 19 to April 4 last year, the airport hosted 5300 Iranian tourists. In 2017 the Iranian airlines carried out 80 regular and irregular flights from Iran to Armenia , whereas in 2016 the number of flights was 48.
From the positions of the Artsakh Defense Army, the monitoring will be conducted by Field Assistants to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Michael Olaru (Moldova) and Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova), as well as staff-member of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Farrelli (Ireland).
