Armenia's Government tries to offset risks of opening the Armenian-Turkish borderOctober 7, 2009 - 20:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 7, RA prime minister Tigran Sargsyan , responding during a "government hour" at the National Assembly of Armenia, to a question of the chairman of the Heritage Party, MP Armen Martirosyan whether the government of Armenia analyze possible economic consequences of the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, mentioned that the works are carried out. "Each ministry has been directed by the RA President Serzh Sargsyan to conduct such a study, and most of these materials are kept secret," the Prime Minister said. Tigran Sargsyan added that the government use the analytical materials provided by the Armenian political parties, in particular, by the ARF, which, contained very important ideas. The Prime Minister also stressed that these works are to be continued and still much has to be done, in order to minimize possible risks may occur after opening of the border. 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 | Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. 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. |