Armenia PM wants visa facilitation with “several countries”March 22, 2018 - 12:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan on Thursday, March 22 instructed the foreign ministry and the State Tourism Committee to work towards facilitating visa regimes with several countries but gave no details. Deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan revealed that a notification from the European Union said some of the CEPA provisions can come into effect. The CEPA (Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement) between the EU and Armenia was signed by Mogherini and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Brussels on November 24. The Armenian government approved the 350-page deal in December and sent it to the parliament for final ratification on Thursday. In this context, the premier asked both Kocharyan and tourism committee chief Zarmine Zeytuntsyan whether the two agencies have been collaborating on the issue. Zeytuntsyan and Kocharyan said they are constantly working together and identifying the countries with which Armenia can facilitate or ease the visa regime on a monthly or yearly basis. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |