The United States does not object to Armenia’s plans to step up economic cooperation with neighboring Iran following the lifting of international sanctions against Tehran, the U.S. ambassador in Yerevan, Richard Mills, said on Friday.
The existence of business monopolies is inevitable in a country like Armenia and the authorities in Yerevan are therefore not seeking to eliminate them, Economy Minister Karen Chshmaritian said on Wednesday.
Membership in the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has not prevented Armenia from forging closer links with the United States and the European Union, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian insisted on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian does not plan to retire from active politics or abandon strong influence on government policy after serving out his second and final term in 2018, one of his two brothers said on Tuesday.
Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and his visiting Georgian counterpart Tinatin Khidasheli approved an annual plan of military cooperation between Armenia and Georgia when they met in Yerevan on Monday.
Armenia and Iran will strive to create a new transport corridor that would connect India to Europe via their territories, Armenian Transport and Communications Minister Gagik Beglarian revealed on Friday.
The Armenian government’s tax revenue fell short of the target set in the state budget for last year, despite continued economic growth in the country.
Armenia’s trade with neighboring Iran will increase following the lifting of international economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Deputy Prime Minister Vache Gabrielian said on Wednesday.
Armenia is continuing to acquire “long-range and precision-guided” weapons for its armed forces thanks to its close military ties with Russia, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said on Tuesday.
Armenia is discussing with Russia the possibility of cutting the price of Russian natural gas delivered to the South Caucasus country, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharian said on Thursday.
A further sharp deterioration of the economic situation in Russia could call into question the planned release of two Russian loans worth $475 million to Armenia, a senior Armenian official said on Wednesday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) is ready to cut a new power-sharing deal with President Serzh Sarkisian almost seven years after withdrawing from his governing coalition, a leader of the party said on Tuesday.
A criminal suspect in Armenia has died in suspicious circumstances after spending only several hours at a recently constructed prison that was billed by officials as the country’s first “European-style” penitentiary institution.
The Iranian and Georgian governments have reached a preliminary agreement to supply Iranian natural gas to Georgia via neighboring Armenia, according to a senior official in Tehran.
Nagorno-Karabakh must gain international recognition of its de facto secession from Azerbaijan as a result of the long-running Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talks, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian insisted on Wednesday.
Economic growth in Armenia in 2015 has fallen short of a 4.1 percent target that was set by the government a year ago, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian acknowledged on Tuesday.
Effectively increasing Armenia’s public debt, the Armenian government has committed itself to compensating the Central Bank for 81 billion drams ($170 million) in net financial losses that have been incurred by it over the past decade.
The United States has added the Armenian subsidiary of a leading Russian commercial bank to a list of companies and businesspeople subjected to U.S. sanctions in retaliation for Russia’s role in the conflict in Ukraine.
A veteran politician who had held senior positions in Armenia’s government in the 1990s was detained at the weekend in an ongoing investigation into political assassinations that were allegedly plotted by dozens of other arrested Armenians.
Armenia’s and Greece’s defense ministers accused Turkey of aiding Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Syria and condemned it for shooting down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border after holding talks in Yerevan on Wednesday.
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