The current 1-2 year guarantee period will be changed to 5 years in road construction contracts in order to improve the quality of state-funded road reconstruction projects, Armenia’s minister of transportation, communication and information technologies Vahan Martirosyan told a press conference.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on September 26 received Russian healthcare minister Veronika Skvortsova who arrived in Armenia to take part in the 3rd Armenian-Russian healthcare forum.
The tender for the construction works of the 2nd part of Vanadzor-Alaverdi-Georgia border interstate highway is over, Vahan Martirosyan – minister of transport, communication and information technologies of Armenia, told at a press conference.
The Armenian government continues the discussions with Rasia FZE over the construction of Iran-Armenia railway, Vahan Martirosyan – minister of transport, communication and information technologies, told reporters on September 26, adding that the abovementioned company is committed to attract an investor for the project.
PM Karapetyan said the Armenian and Russian healthcare agencies have practical and constructive cooperation which is in accordance with the logic of mutual relations of the two countries. The PM welcomed holding the 3rd Armenian-Russian healthcare forum in Yerevan, as well as talked about the ongoing reforms in the healthcare field which aim at creating modern, qualified and targeted healthcare system and forming regional platform for healthcare business.
According to the trespasser, he is a 32-year-old Iranian citizen. The National Security Service of Armenia is currently clarifying the identity of the trespasser. This is the second border crossing attempt in a week.
In the evening hours of September 26 thunderstorm is predicted in Yerevan, there is a chance of short rain in separate places. In the evening hours of September 27-29 rain with thunderstorm is expected, during the thunderstorm wind speed may reach up to 15-20 m/s.
At the opening ceremony, the representatives of Yerevan – My Love charitable foundation thanked President Sargsyan and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, for support provided throughout the project.
Alan Whitehorn tried multiple times to go to both Soviet Armenia and the Republic of Armenia – the piece of Armenia that remained after the 1915 Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire that wiped out Western Armenia’s indigenous Armenian population. He wanted to see his relatives and ancestral homeland, however, every time something would happen and interrupt his plans.
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan signed an executive order on September 23 on suspending Galust Gharibyan’s powers as a judge of Armenia’s Administrative Court of Appeals.
