Georgia must strengthen relations both with the European Union (EU) and Russia, Sebastian Kurz, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austria’s Foreign Minister, said at a joint press conference with Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze, reports Sputnik News.
A bipartisan group of United States senators said on February 2 they support additional sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile tests, amid reports that the Trump administration will roll out financial penalties, The Hill reports. 22 senators sent a letter to US President Donald Trump, arguing that Iran “must feel sufficient pressure”.
Danielsson said the EU is facing economic challenges as well, as the worst recession was recorded in the period of 2008-2009, as a result of which several EU states suffered serious economic losses, unemployment has grown, however the EU still continues existing under those conditions.
Armenia-EU negotiations are developing intensively. In future the sides will finalize works around new framework agreement. According to diplomatic sources of 168.am, one of the last phases of Armenia-EU negotiations—the tenth phase—will be launched this month.
“The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs agreed to hold separate consultations with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan mid February within the framework of the Munich Security Conference. If the ministers bring forward interest, we will organize their meeting,” Popov said.
A senior State Department official confirmed the memorandum had been submitted to acting Secretary of State Tom Shannon through the department’s “dissent channel” a process in which officials can express unhappiness over the policy.
“Such state of affairs understandably satisfies Armenia, as either there should be a settlement, which supposes certain concession, or war, implications of which are unprecedented,” Rahr said.
“The 10th round of Armenia-EU negotiations will be held in February,” Armenia’s FM Edward Nalbandian told reporters today, touching upon Armenia-EU negotiations.
A negotiating group has been formed in accordance to Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan’s decision with the purpose of negotiating with the EU over the comprehensive air transport agreement. Sergey Avetisyan, head of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia is charged with leading the negotiations group.
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has issued a statement regarding the January 27, 2017, White House Executive Order on immigration, titled, “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States”.
