Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 226, Reuters reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan participated in US President Donald Trump’s reception in New York in honor of the delegations taking part in the 72nd UN General Assembly.
During the meeting President Sargsyan once again congratulated the UN chief and wished success in this high and responsible mission. Serzh Sargsyan and António Guterres remembered with warm Mr. Guterres’ visit to Armenia as a UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the productive dialogue held within the frames of the visit.
Noting that 2017 is a symbolic milestone for Armenia and Poland, as the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations is being marked this year along with the 650th anniversary of establishment of the Armenian community in Poland, Presidents Sargsyan and Duda expressed satisfaction with the dynamically developing interstate relations based on centuries-old friendship between the two peoples.
The epicenter of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake was 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers) east-northeast of San Juan Raboso and 34.1 miles (55 km) south-southwest of the city of Puebla, in Puebla state, according to the US Geological Survey
Over the years, Armenia has become a fully-fledged and responsible member of the international community. There had been numerous challenges in before of us, and we withstood them with dignity. The most important and intricate one was the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
He said in order to join NATO the consent of all member states is necessary.
Responding to strong Congressional pressure, the US Trump Administration has officially withdrawn its controversial proposal to allow the sale of U.S. semi-automatic handguns to Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s security detail, which, in May of this year, made international headlines by attacking peaceful American protesters in Washington, DC, Asbarez reported citing the Armenian National Committee of America.
The US Congressional delegation has arrived in Armenia on September 17 by the initiative of Armenian-American congresswoman Jackie Kanchelian Speier.
According to the German news magazine Der Spiegel the Ambassador was summoned over the Bundestag resolution adopted in 2016 on recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
