The head of the Public Council of Armenia Vazgen Manukyan considers unacceptable the attempts to solve any issues with illegal actions. In a conversation with “Armenpress” Manukyan commented on the hostage situation in Yerevan. “Solving problems with illegal actions is unacceptable, I’m not a supporter of these kind of actions. They only harm Armenia. There are other way to resolve issues,” Manukyan said.
Visit To The First Christian Nation. Pope Francis
“Some occurrences happened after the ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica, but the true relations between the Holy See and Turkey are good, there are no reasons to see big issues here. Yesterday evening, references to past tragedies were made not for inflaming the wounds, but rather to help find grounds for reconciliation”, Federico Lombardi said.
Pope Francis signed the Honorary Guest Book by writing – “Here I pray with pain in my heart, so that never more will there be tragedies like this, so that humanity does not forget and knows how to overcome the evil with good. May God grant the beloved Armenian people and the entire world peace and consolation. May God protect the memory of the Armenian people. Memory should not be diluted or forgotten. Memory is source of peace and the future”.
Results of representative survey conducted within “Civic Engagement in Local Governance (CELoG)” Program funded by USAID served as a ground for this brief report[1]. Survey has been conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Center—Armenia (CRRC) in July 2015 in randomly selected 1443 households (HH) through the territory of Armenia[2].
Today, representatives of the Government of the United States and of the Republic of Armenia conducted a scheduled review of the 2008 U.S.-Armenia Joint Action Plan on Combatting Smuggling of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials.
Deputy Finance Minister Pavel Safaryan says the Government will present a program on cutting state spending by the end of June. Currently ministries are engaged in discussions.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shavarsh Kocharyan does not agree with allegations, stating as if the joint Air Defense system with Russia will abolish the independence of Armenia’s airspace.
“The Czech President announced that he does not only support, but also will urge the Government and Parliament to start the recognition process. He talked about this issue last year, however, this time he said he will take additional steps for it. Time will show”, Deputy FM said during the briefing.
Inability to access fields, pastures and markets has reduced both income and employment opportunities, according to UNHCR, and further limited communication between families living on opposite sides of the boundary.
