Tax authorities have called for the effective abolition of banking secrecy in Armenia, citing the need to further complicate tax evasion.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told Armenian government agencies on Thursday to closely cooperate with their Turkish counterparts for implementing “as soon as possible” an agreement to open the Turkish-Armenian border to citizens of third countries.
India and Armenia are exploring “long-term” military cooperation as part of their efforts to deepen bilateral relations, a senior Indian official said during a visit to Yerevan on Monday.
Armenian authorities will start enforcing next month serious restrictions on cash payments in the country as part of their fight against tax evasion.
Armenia’s leading textile company is planning to lay off some of its 3,000 workers or cut their wages because of a significant appreciation of the national currency, the dram, which began shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian border guards are expected to carry out border checks on Azerbaijani travellers and goods that will transit Armenia’s territory as part of Armenian-Azerbaijani transport links facilitated by Moscow.
Armenia on Friday expressed readiness to help strengthen the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) while again chiding other members of the Russian-led military alliance for not openly supporting Yerevan in its border dispute with Azerbaijan.
Armenia will control a road and a railway that will connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhichevan exclave through an Armenian region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Tuesday that the Armenian economy should expand by 7 percent this year contrary to far more modest growth forecasts made by Western lending institutions following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Following further progress made towards the opening of Armenian-Azerbaijani transport links, a senior Iranian diplomat reaffirmed on Friday his country’s opposition to any exterritorial corridors that would pass through Armenia.
A first-ever Armenian satellite has been launched into space, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Thursday.
Armenia plans to significantly increase the presently modest import of natural gas from neighboring Iran, a senior Armenian official said on Thursday.
Turkey has banned an Armenian airline from flying to and from Europe through its airspace.
The United States has called on Armenian opposition supporters to avoid violence and respect “Armenia’s democracy” in their continuing protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
A memorandum of understanding on “strategic nuclear cooperation” between Armenia and the United States could strengthen the South Caucasus country’s energy security, a senior Armenian diplomat said on Thursday.
Armenia has revived plans to build a new nuclear plant and is already cooperating with Russia for that purpose, a senior Armenian official said on Monday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Friday hit back at opposition leaders and other critics accusing him of planning to recognize Azerbaijani sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Former Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazian has shed more light on his resignation last year and signaled support for the Armenian opposition’s stated efforts to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
A group of Armenian civil society members on Tuesday expressed serious concern over Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest statements on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has indicated his continuing rejection of Azerbaijani demands for Armenia to open an exterritorial land corridor for Azerbaijan.
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