The construction of Armenian-Iranian railway is still being discussed. Vahan Martirosyan, Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies, said there is a concession contract with a company within the framework of which discussions are being held with investors and that company.
Overall 4704 foreigners are imprisoned in Turkish penitentiaries. According to the ministry the number of foreign inmates has increased by 150% in 8 years.
“Maybe by this the Armenian side sends a message to its Eurasian partners, which violate CSTO provisions. Russia may interfere with these issues, however, Russia-Kazakhstan and Russia-Belarus relations currently aren’t in a condition that Russia attempted to urge decisions to these countries regarding Armenia,” Felgenhauer said.
The Istanbul republican prosecution issued arrest warrants for 8 people within the framework of the investigation on Istanbul-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s murder, Hurriyet reports. It is reported that the suspects have been remanded in custody for being “members of an armed terrorist group” and “attempting to violate constitutional order”.
Over 800 Georgian citizens departed for European countries on the first day the visafree regime came into force, Sputnik News reports. Nearly 300 people from Tbilisi departed for Athens, Warsaw and Munich, and about 500 people departed for Budapest, Thessaloniki and Larnaca from Kutaisi International Airport.
Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued on Monday issued a travel warning for Middle Eastern countries bordering Daesh conflict zones, urging its citizens to refrain from traveling to Turkey, Jordan and Egypt, Israel’s Ynetnews reported today.
Georgian citizens are able to travel to almost all EU countries without a visa for 90 days every half a year starting March 28. The countries excluded from the visa-free travel regime are Ireland and Great Britain. The Georgian foreign ministry issued the latest clarification for its citizens on March 27.
In Moscow, the Turkish FM will have a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. According to reports within the framework of the issues to be discussed the Turkish side urged Russia to stop cooperation with the PYD – Syria’s Kurdish Democratic Union.
“Right now we are holding a referendum on April 16 and after that we could choose to do a second one on the (EU) accession talks and we would abide by whatever our people would say there,” Erdogan saying as quoted by Deutsche Welle.
A protest against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government has been organized in Switzerland, Deutsche Welle reports.
