Section: Public Radio of Armenia (Armenia)
Kerry: We’re working on Nagorno-Karabakh
“We’re working on Nagorno-Karabakh,” US Secretary Of State John Kerry said in an interview with the Meet the Press on NBC. “We’re still working on the issue of Ukraine and we still haven’t resolved the issue of Ukraine. And frankly, we’ve spent a good deal of time in the conversation with President Putin laying down the...
Visa liberalization with Armenia on the agenda of the next Eastern Partnership summit
The action plan for beginning the visa liberalization with Armenia will be on the agenda of the next Eastern Partnership summit in 2017, Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski said at the “Civil Society Perspectives on EU-Armenia Relations” conference in Yerevan. “There is an increasing interest in Armenia concerning the...
Kerry, Lavrov to discuss Karabakh in Moscow
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will pay a working visit to Moscow on July 14-15. “Secretary Kerry will travel to Moscow where he will begin a series of meetings with senior Russian officials to discuss Syria, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, among other issues,” Spokesperson for the US Department of State John Kirby told the daily briefing....
Meeting of Black See Economic Cooperation FMs begins in Sochi
Photo: Alexandr Semyonov/TASS The meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) kicked off in Sochi on Friday to discuss the issues of trade and economic, energy and transport cooperation, TASS reports. The ministerial meeting is the final event of Russia’s presidency in the...
Putin, Hollande discuss Karabakh conflict settlement
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Thursday discussed by phone the settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine, the Kremlin reported. “Vladimir Putin informed Francois Hollande of the June 20 three-party meeting with Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan in St....
Noubar Afeyan among 42 immigrants honored by Carnegie Corporation
Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for 100 LIVES Asbarez – On June 30, 100 LIVES and Aurora Prize Co-Founder Dr. Noubar Afeyan was named one of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s “Great Immigrants: Pride of America” honorees. Afeyan’s distinction identifies him as one of the most prominent and influential naturalized citizens in the...
Russia Expects Turkey, Ukraine Foreign Ministers at BSEC
Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Vilf Russia expects Turkey’s and Ukraine’s foreign ministers to take part in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) meeting on July 1 in Sochi and is open to bilateral talks with the Turkish diplomat, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Nebenzya said Thursday, Sputnik News reports. “We have...
EU to extend sanctions against Russia
The European Union’s Brussels envoys agreed on Tuesday to extend until the end of January the energy, financial and defence sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, diplomatic sources said, Reuters reports. The bloc’s ministers have yet to formally approve the six-month roll-over but diplomats said there was no doubt they...
Ukraine International Airlines doubles flights to Yerevan
Starting from July 15, 2016 Ukraine International Airlines will be operating 14 flights a week instead of current 7 on the direction Kyiv-Yerevan-Kyiv, Press Service of the Armenia International Airports CJSC reports. This destination has recently started to become more popular especially for passengers, who have chosen Europe as their final...
All conflicts in CIS should be solved in a peaceful way: Lavrov
“All conflicts on CIS territory and in any other region should be solved exceptionally in a peaceful way through political-diplomatic means,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, addressing the State Duma. “This refers to the crisis in Ukraine, the issues of Transnistria and Nagorno Karabakh,” he said. “The most important is to respect...
