  Japan Foreign Minister to arrive in Yerevan on September 2 August 31, 2018 - 12:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno will arrive in Yerevan on September 2-4 at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan. When in Yerevan, Kōno will also meet President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. In February, former Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Japan’s ambassador to Yerevan Eiji Taguchi signed an agreement on investment liberalization, encouragement and protection between the two countries. 2017 marked 25th years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Japan. It was announced by the Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Motome Takisawa in June 2017 that visa requirements for Armenian nationals will be relaxed starting from September 2017, while Armenia lifted visa requirements for Japanese citizens in August 2017.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
