Relations with Russia of special importance for Armenia: PashinyanSeptember 7, 2018 - 14:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Relations with Russia are of special importance for Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in an interview with the Defense Ministry’s Zinuzh (Armed Forces) program. The Prime Minister’s spokesman, Arman Yeghoyan, on Friday, September 7 published a teaser from the interview, according to which Pashinyan has said that relations between Armenia and Russia should become “more strategic and more friendly.” In the interview, the Prime Minister has also weighed in on the fighting capacity and the build-up of the Armenian Armed Forces, the mechanisms of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, as well as issues concerning Armenia-Russia cooperation and the activity of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The program will air on Saturday evening. Pashinyan is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday. Related links: Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | 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. 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |