Sargsyan: Gas Price Has Nothing in Common with Russian Military BaseJanuary 26, 2006 - 21:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "During today's talks we came to a conclusion that the military cooperation between Armenia and Russia is rapidly developing," Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan stated at today's joint press conference with Russian MOD head Sergey Ivanov. When asked whether Armenia can demand rental fee for the Russian military base in view of the raising tariffs for the Russian gas Serge Sargsyan said the issue has not been raised yet. "One should not hurry with conclusions since the talks are still underway and the price for gas has nothing in common with the Russian military base," the Minister stated adding that the base is the guarantor of Armenia's security. "I can assure you the base gives more benefit than harm," Serge Sargsyan noted. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. |