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President of Armenia participates in the meeting of Collective Security Council of Collective Security Treaty Organization
On December 21, after the conclusion of the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow, President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the restricted and later at the enlarged sessions of the Supreme Council of the Eurasian Economic Union. According to the press-service of the Armenian...
EAEU Elects Kazakhstan 2016 Chair During Moscow Heads of State Meeting
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in Moscow Dec. 21. From left, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko,...
Putin says Russia ‘to continue efforts’ to settle trade ties with Ukraine, EU
Russia will continue making efforts to iron out existing disputes in its trade relations with the European Union and Ukraine, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin says Russia 'to continue efforts' to settle trade ties with Ukraine, EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will continue making efforts to iron out existing disputes in its trade relations with the European Union and Ukraine, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
European Union to Extend Russia Sanctions
Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, arrives at the press conference . . BRUSSELS – The European Union is set to agree a six-month extension of its economic sanctions on Russia on Friday, once Italy’s prime minister has discussed the issue with his fellow leaders at a summit in Brussels, diplomats said on Tuesday....
EU extends sanctions against defiant Russia
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The EU extended damaging economic sanctions against Russia on Monday amid sharp differences over relations with Moscow which struck back with a furious tirade and its own import ban against Ukraine. …read more Source: The China...
Ukrainian diplomat calls on Tajiks to resist propaganda of ‘certain TV channels’
DUSHANBE, December 22, 2015, Asia-Plus – Ukraine is reportedly concerned over the fact that student quotas allotted to Tajikistan are not used in full. Ukrainian Ambassador to Tajikistan Victor Nikityuk gave a press conference at the Republican Press Center in Dushanbe on December 22. “Ukraine has allotted Tajikistan a student quota of 20 seats...
Ukraine offers resumption of direct air communication between Kyiv and Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, December 22, 2015, Asia-Plus – “It would be very important to solve the issue of resumption of the direct air communication between Tajikistan and Ukraine in 2016,” Ukrainian Ambassador to Tajikistan Victor Nikityuk told reporters in Dushanbe on December 22, noting that the Ukrainian side is ready to consider the issue. The air...
Calls like “give us time to work” makes no sense
Recently, the Minister of Education and Science, Armen Ashotyan, called on the mass media not to criticize him for two years to be able to carry out the necessary reforms and demand the results only two years later. I hope that the Minister just joked, but we cannot say that it is not a mentality typical to the authorities, “give me a “carte...
Minister denies Israelis to enjoy visa waiver
Foreign visitors wait at a visa-on-arrival payment counter at an airport. Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Rizal Ramli announced on Monday that the government would waive visa requirements for another 84 more countries starting this week. (Antara/Nyoman Budhiana) Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Rizal Ramli has stated that the...
