Armenia’s transitioning to a parliamentary system will enable to implement democratic transformations and to develop the country’s economy more rapidly, 3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the ruling Republican Party’s candidate for Prime Minister, told the Russian Izvestiya news agency in an interview.
The “Memory Lanterns” memorial dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims opened in the Trembley park in Geneva, Switzerland on April 13, which was also attended by renowned French-Armenian singer, Armenia’s Ambassador to Switzerland Charles Aznavour.
The United States, Great Britain and France launch a joint operation against Syria opening strikes on that country, TASS reports.
The representative of the Armenian emergency situations ministry’s Rescue Service in Russia informed that 5 Armenian citizens died while conducting works in the manhole in the Russian city of Ufa.
La Stampa Italian newspaper interviewed Serzh Sargsyan who paid an official visit to the Holy See and working visit to Italy as President of Armenia on April 4-6 (his tenure ended on April 9).
Armen Ashotyan, chairman of the foreign relations committee of the parliament, says it is important that between Armenia and the EU the terming about the NK conflict gets ratified under the same text by all EU member states.
The European Union will increase financial assistance for Armenia for ensuring the effective implementation of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), deputy foreign minister Karen Nazaryan said during parliamentary debates on ratifying CEPA.
The relations of Armenia and Russia are distinguished by allied and strategic character bearing on them a dynamic political dialogue at the highest level, productive cooperation in economic, military, military-technical and humanitarian spheres, new President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian said in an interview to the Russian TASS news agency.
Armenia hopes that the EU will soon provide the action program of launching the visa liberalization, deputy FM Karen Nazaryan said during parliamentary debates on ratifying the CEPA with the EU in response to a question from opposition Yelk faction.
Armenia has assurances that the EU will maintain the common stance over the NK conflict settlement issue in the framework agreement with Azerbaijan, which is under negotiations, Armenia’s deputy FM Karen Nazaryan said during parliamentary debates on ratifying the Armenia-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement in response to a question from the opposition Yelk bloc.
