‘Politics’

  • President Sargsyan received the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Azubalis
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Audronius Azubalis and his delegation. First, the President of Armenia congratulated Lithuania on the assumption of chairmanship at the OSCE and underscored that Armenia attaches great importance to the cooperation in the framework of the OSCE. “I am hopeful...
    March 18, 2011 18:28
  • Prime Minister meets with Georgian Minister for Territorial Development and Infrastructures
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Minister for Territorial Development and Infrastructures of Georgia Ramaz Nikolaishvili. Welcoming the guest, the Prime Minister stressed the need for activating economic relations between Armenia and Georgia. “I think it is in the best interest of our two peoples as the providing of wider economic space to economic entities may...
    March 18, 2011 12:26
  • OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
    OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued a statement on Thursday summing up their visit to the region. Armenian News-NEWS.am posts the full text. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation) traveled to Baku, Yerevan, and Nagorno-Karabakh March 15-17. In Baku, they...
    March 18, 2011 9:10
  • Prime Minister sums up outcome of his visit to Brussels
    “To succeed in multilateral relations, including in Europe, it is important to have precedents of successful bilateral relations,” President of Belgian Parliament Andre Flao said after the meeting with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in Brussels. In this context, he made a point of Armenian Prime Minister’s visit to the Kingdom of Belgium during which a broad range...
    March 17, 2011 22:12
  • President Sargsyan received the PACE Monitoring Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer
    President Serzh Sargsyan received today the PACE Monitoring Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and Axel Fischer. The President of Armenia welcomed the guests and since this is Mr. Fisher’s first visit to our country, wished him success in his tenure as the PACE Co-Rapporteur for Armenia. “We have had a number of occasions with Mr. Prescott to speak about the benefits...
    March 17, 2011 19:43
  • Tigran Sargsyan: “International community should send a clear indication that there is no alternative to peaceful settlement.”
    On the sidelines of his visit to the Kingdom of Belgium, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan delivered a statement at the External Relations Committee of the European Parliament after which he answered the journalists’ questions. Below you will find the Prime Minister’s answers and the questions which may be grouped in 3 main areas: “The first group of the questions relate...
    March 17, 2011 14:50
  • The President of the RoA Serzh Sargsyan Reacted to the Appeal by the Vice Speaker of the Azeri Parliament Bahar Muradova and Stated
    “Dear Ms. Muradova, I have been sincerely upset by your appeal to me and my spouse made at the session of the Milli Mejlis. I have been upset for two reasons. First, I think that you were really sincere and convinced in what you said. Second, the newly invented legends about my people grow into beliefs day by day in your country, which would be very difficult to dispel...
    March 17, 2011 14:44
  • Azerbaijan Threatens To Shoot Down Karabakh Planes
    According to Arif Mammadov, the director of Azerbaijan’s Civil Aviation Administration, the Azerbaijani government warned the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) last October that it does not authorize any flights to Karabakh. “We notified that the airspace over Karabakh is closed,” Mammadov said, according to the APA news agency. “The law on aviation...
    March 17, 2011 14:14
  • President Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of Ireland Mary McAleese
    Today, President Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of Ireland Mary McAleese on the occasion of national holiday – Saint Patrick’s Day.
    March 17, 2011 10:07
  • Armenian, Belgian Prime Ministers meet in Brussels
    On the sidelines of his 3-day working visit to Brussels, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with his Belgian counterpart Yves Leterme. Discussed were issues concerning bilateral relations and cooperation in EU frameworks. The parties highlighted the scheduled signing of an agreement on avoidance of double taxation which is supposed to provide better conditions for the...
    March 16, 2011 20:40
  • The newly appointed Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation presented his credentials to President Sargsyan
    Today, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation Konstantin Obolensy presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. The President of Armenia congratulated the first resident Swiss Ambassador in our country and wished him all the best. He welcomed the decision of the Swiss authorities to establish full diplomatic...
    March 16, 2011 19:45
  • Tigran Sargsyan: Reforms to be reinvigorated with EU support
    On the second day of his trip to the Kingdom of Belgium, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with President of Belgian Parliament Peters Dani. During the meeting, possibilities for the furtherance of Armenian-Belgian ties and partnership prospects were discussed. Note that as early as on March 16, 1998, the Belgian Senate adopted a resolution which evoking the multitude...
    March 16, 2011 18:38
  • Tigran Sargsyan: “We are convinced to succeed in all spheres in 2011”
    During the joint press conference following his meeting with Jose Manuel Barroso, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia described as very warm the talks held with the head of the European Commission. “First of all, I wish to extend my appreciation of the warm welcome offered to the Armenian delegation. We had substantial talks on all the items of the EU-Armenia...
    March 16, 2011 12:09
  • M. Barroso: “We welcome Armenia’s efforts”
    “We welcome Armenia’s efforts aimed at boosting trade, as well as strengthening institutional capacity in the country.” This is what President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso stated on March 15 at the joint conference with Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Mr. Barroso further noted that the EU is strengthening its relations with Armenia in the framework...
    March 16, 2011 9:59
  • Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s meetings with the heads of EC directorates-general kicked off at the European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels
    Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s meetings with the heads of EC directorates-general kicked off at the European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels. The first meeting was held with European Commission vice president Joaquín Almunia. Tigran Sargsyan briefed the vice president with Armenia’s economic position and the current status of reforms with a special emphasis...
    March 16, 2011 7:58
  • Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan-led delegation arrives in Brussels
    The Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan-led government delegation arrived in capital of the Kingdom of Belgium Brussels on a 3-day working visit. In the first half of the day, a dinner was hosted on behalf of the Armenian Prime Minister to honor Mr. Wilfried Martins, chairman of the European People’s Party. Today the head of government will meet with EC Vice president Joaquin...
    March 16, 2011 7:56
  • In London RA NA Speaker Has Meetings with the Speakers of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
    The working visit of Hovik Abrahamyan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland continues. On March 15 in London the delegation led by the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament had a number of meetings in the British Parliament. The first meeting was with the Speaker of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament John Bercow. The Baroness Caroline Cox also...
    March 15, 2011 17:51
  • The newly appointed Ambassador of Paraguay presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan
    Today, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Paraguay Marcial Bobadilla Guillen (residence in Moscow) presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. The President of Armenia congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment and expressed hope that the first Ambassador of Paraguay to Armenia, Mr. Marcial Bobadilla Guillen during this...
    March 15, 2011 16:18