The National Assembly of Armenia approved the gas agreement with Russia by 72 votes for, 0 votes against and 0 abstained.
I strongly believe that nobody, including Russia, has or will ever stop us from fighting our own corruption problem; bringing order inside our own house is our problem, thus we should not put the blame on anybody or try to look for reasons why it does not happen. It is us that are guilty in all this. If we are not satisfied with the current social and economic situation, it is the fault of the society, political elite and our decision makers.
I think we should speak about the results later but the overall situation has been quite clear since March by playing both with the EU and Russia. If we were to join the Custom Union why would we let Putin sell so much military hardware to Azerbaijan? If Serzh Sargsyan knew this was the right way he wouldn’t let this happen. Research shows that the President hasn’t known what he has been doing and on September 3 he realized that he had no way to refuse Russia.
The World Bank has published a report entitled “Republic of Armenia: Accumulation, Competition, and Connectivity.” The government of Armenia will not be happy about some definitions and interpretations in this report.
Yesterday the parliament discussed the announcement bill of the pension reform component, which was initiated by Prosperous Armenia party that declared itself an opposition party.
Three years ago an Armenian delegation led by PM Tigran Sargsyan participated in Shanghai Expo 2010. This participation of the Armenian delegation in the Chinese exhibition was widely broadcast in Armenian media.
Technology and Science Dynamics Inc., which has been operating in Armenia under the name Armtab Technologies, is represented in 17 countries. It mainly works with scientific and research labs and universities of the world. Technology and Science Dynamics Inc. started its activities about five years ago. It is known in the world with its brand Minno.
“It is good to be a part of a good thing. It is good to be a member of a good and civilized union. However, what’s the difference in being a regular member or founding member in a bad union?” said MP and former foreign minister Alexander Arzumanyan in answer to a question whether it is good for Armenia to become a founding member of the proposed Customs Union.
Armenian and Russian presidents have agreed to establish an intergovernmental presidential council as well as assigned their administrations to develop necessary documents regulating the functioning of the council and present those for signing during the next meeting.
The EU and Armenia enjoy close links and reconfirm their commitment to further develop and strengthen comprehensive cooperation in all areas of mutual interest within the Eastern Partnership framework.
