France’s President Francois Hollande has instructed his government to draft a new law that would make it a crime to deny the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey, a senior French diplomat said on Wednesday.
In a fresh escalation of tensions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan’s military shot down on Wednesday an Armenian combat helicopter near Karabakh, killing its three crew members.
Armenia hopes to deepen economic ties with the European Union through a new agreement despite joining a Russian-led trade alliance of ex-Soviet states, Economy Minister Karen Chshmaritian said on Tuesday.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian has advocated further structural changes in his Cabinet, saying that the Ministry of the Interior that was reorganized into the National Police Force in 2002 will be reestablished.
The Armenian government has approved changes proposed in its structure, with two ministries expected to be merged and a new one to be created.
Armenian exports to Russia declined by 7 percent in the first nine months of this year, according to the data released by the country’s Ministry of Finance.
The European Union wants its relations with post-Soviet countries to grow stronger despite the current tensions with Russia, a visiting British official said in Yerevan on Monday.
A senior member of the Russian Federal Assembly believes Nagorno-Karabakh will be entitled to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) only if its status is finally determined. Meanwhile, according to him, Crimea will be part of the emerging trade bloc as “primordially Russian land”.
Private remittances from Russia to Armenia continued to fall in September, according to the latest statistical data posted by the Central Bank.
Permission from the government in Kyiv will be necessary for direct air communication between Armenia and Crimea, Ukrainian Ambassador Ivan Kukhta warned on Wednesday, reacting to media reports about an imminent launch of regular commercial flights between Yerevan and Simferopol.
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian has expressed his concerns about the negative effect of the Russia-West standoff on the Armenian economy, assuming that if sanctions against Moscow continue, the negative impact will be even greater.
The Armenian government said on Friday that it has not allowed a Russian regional airline to launch controversial flights from Crimea to Armenia that could prompt criticism from Ukraine and even the European Union.
Armenia can forge closer links with the European Union even after joining a Russian-led alliance of former Soviet republics, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during a visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
France’s President Francois Hollande will try to revive the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process when he hosts fresh talks between his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts in Paris early next week, the French ambassador in Yerevan said on Wednesday.
Armenia and Georgia will hold trade negotiations next month to iron out possible contradictions between their new commitments to a Russian-led bloc and the European Union respectively, a senior Georgian diplomat said on Monday.
Western economic sanctions imposed on Russia could have growing spillover effects on the Armenian economy unless they are lifted soon, Economy Minister Karen Chshmaritian warned on Wednesday.
Armenia is not alarmed by Russia’s growing military cooperation with Azerbaijan, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian claimed on Tuesday, commenting on his Russian counterpart Sergey Shogyu’s latest visit to Baku.
Armenia’s three leading opposition parties said on Monday that they will again rally supporters in Yerevan on October 24 to push their demands for regime change and present a plan of actions for that purpose.
Membership in the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will accelerate Armenia’s economic development and not hinder closer cooperation with the European Union, President Serzh Sarkisian claimed on Sunday.
Reducing the informal sector of the Armenian economy is now the only realistic way of increasing tax revenue and thereby boosting government spending, Deputy Finance Minister Armen Alaverdian said on Thursday.
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