As part of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council sitting in Sochi, Russia, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsyan.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan tasked his Chief of Staff Eduard Aghajanyan to submit a proposal within a month regarding providing an apartment to third President Serzh Sargsyan as part of the presidential retirement benefit law.
In the days before protesters overthrew Armenia’s veteran leader, Russian officials had high-level phone contacts with the protest leaders and the ruling elite that was clinging to power, according to three people briefed on the discussions.
The United States extended congratulations to Nikol Pashinyan as the new Prime Minister of Armenia.
The US Embassy is ready to work with the upcoming government of Armenia and continue partnership, US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills told reporters in Yerevan’s Victory Park today.
Armenia is interested in the preservation of the Russian military base in the country, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian said in an interview with Echo of Moscow radio station.
The Facebook page of Head of “Yelk” bloc parliamentary faction, candidate of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan informs that member of the world famous System of a Down rock group Serj Tankian will arrive in Yerevan on May 7.
The Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania unanimously approved the Armenia-EU Agreement at the first reading, Tigran Mkrtchyan – Armenia’s Ambassador to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said on Twitter.
The government of Japan has announced the 2018 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals on April 29. French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour is among the laureates, and the legendary singer was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun for contributions in the development of music in Japan and strengthening friendship between Japan and France.
The Delegation of the European Union and EU member states’ embassies in Armenia issued a statement on the political situation in Armenia.
