Новости за 25.10.2016

АрмИнфо. Глава МИД Армении Эдвард Налбандян 25 октября принял сопредседателей Минской группы ОБСЕ  - Игоря Попова, Пьера Андриё и Джеймса Уорлика,  а также личного представителя действующего председателя ОБСЕ Анджея Каспршика, находящихся с визитом в регионе. Как сообщили АрмИнфо в пресс-службе МИД Армении, в ходе встречи стороны коснулись ряда вопросов по мирному урегулированию нагорно-карабахского конфликта.  В этой связи глава МИД  Армении отметил, что Азербайджан уже несколько месяцев отказывается выполнять договоренности... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. The City Council of Malaga, Spain, has recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.    The press office of the Armenian Foreign Ministry has told ArmInfo  that the statement adopted by the City Council qualifies the events  in the early XX century as a crime against humanity that resulted in  creation of a large Armenian Diaspora.  The City Council of Malaga also expresses its support to Armenians  worldwide, and notes that the Municipality will shortly erect an... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Chairman of Board of Directors of Multi Group Concern Sedrak Arustamyan says that Multi Group Concern owner, MP Gagik Tsarukyan is not planning to return to mainstream politics.    "If Gagik Tsarukyan wishes to do so, he will announce it himself. I  know for certain that at the moment Tsarukyan has no such  intentions," Arustamyan told reporters.  Meanwhile, ArmInfo's sources close to the authorities say that during  the Prosperous Armenia Party's (PAP) congress in November 2016  Tsarukyan... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. By Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's decree, Assistant to President Sevak Lalayan has been dismissed.  The press office of the President reports that Lalayan has been  dismissed according to his letter of resignation.  Meanwhile, according to ArmInfo's sources close to the authorities,  over the recent time the President was displeased with Lalayan's  work. Before the dismissal, Lalayan's powers considerably shrank -  over the past few months he did not deal with PR issues of the  President and his team. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Over the past few years US Secretary of State John Kerry has been concerned over the Karabakh peace process, Ambassador James Warlick, US Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, said in Yerevan on October 25, when commenting on Kerry's statement about impossibility to settle the Karabakh conflict today.  He recalled that it was John Kerry that initiated a meeting of the  Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents on the sidelines of the NATO  Summit in 2014. He also initiated last year's meeting in Vienna. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Russia has launched a process, in which it is trying to pass by the issue of the status when settling the Karabakh conflict, Stepan Safaryan, Head of  Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs (AIISA), has told ArmInfo.    Safaryan notes that through diplomatic channels Russia says that as  the problem of the status cannot be solved today, the issue should be  put aside for now, while Karabakh should be given an interim status  and the territories should be returned to Azerbaijan. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin thinks that sanctions cannot frighten Russia. "On the one hand, sanctions imply certain restrictions, but on the other hand they encourage the Russian manufacturers to develop  directions that the Russian economy currently lacks and borrows from  Western countries," Volynkin said at a press conference on October  25, when commenting on the information about the upcoming sanctions  against Russia. The Russian ambassador said that the process of import substitution... Читать дальше...

АрмИнфо. В нынешней сложной политической обстановке перспективы вступления Азербайджана в ЕАЭС выглядят крайне маловероятно. Подобное мнение выразил АрмИнфо директор центра стратегических исследований "Ашхар" (Степанакерт) эксперт по проблемам военной и национальной безопасности Рачья Арзуманян. "Пока что Баку в целом успешно удается реализовать собственную политику неприсоединения, проводя сбалансированную политику в отношениях с Россией, Турцией, Ираном и Западом. И в этом свете, последние заявления... Читать дальше...

АрмИнфо.Убежден, что в ходе регионального визита сопредседатели МГ ОБСЕ в очередной раз оставят агрессивные действия Баку без соответствующих оценок. Подобное мнение выразил АрмИнфо директор центра стратегических исследований "Ашхар" (Степанакерт) эксперт по проблемам военной и национальной безопасности Рачья Арзуманян. "В этом свете, армянские стороны конфликта должны быть полностью готовы к ответным действиям. В частности, к проявлению полной свободы в этих действиях, исходя исключительно из собственных национальных интересов. Читать дальше...

ArmInfo.Armenian Parliament Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov advises the Armenian National Congress (ANC) to overcome the discrepancies inside the party and only after that to come out with calls for consolidation of the opposition field on the threshold of elections 2017 to shift the power.  He told reporters on October 25 that he doubts any possible  consolidation of the opposition due to the lack of ideological basis  for cooperation. Zharmazanov noted that the local administration  demonstrated... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. Ex-president of  Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, was willing to make compromises in the  Karabakh conflict settlement, Vyacheslav Trubnikov, former head of  the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia and currently a senior  expert at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International  Relations, says in an interview with Baltnews. He says that he was a participant in the OSCE Minsk Group for 4 years  and the Group was tackling the issues of Transnistria and  Nagorno-Karabakh. Trubnikov... Читать дальше...

ArmInfo. By the decision of  Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, Arthur Afrikyan has been  dismissed as deputy head of the State Revenue Committee under the  Armenian Government. The official press release of the Government  says that he has been dismissed according to his letter of  resignation.       In the meantime, by ArmInfo's data, the reason of Afrikyan's  dismissal is the discrepancies between Afrikyan and the  newly-appointed Head of the State Revenue Committee Vardan  Harutyunyan... Читать дальше...