  No serious grounds for moving EEU summit to Moscow: Armenian PM April 7, 2016 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There are no serious grounds for moving the EEU summit from Yerevan to Moscow, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said Wednesday, April 6, according to Novosti Armenia. In a phone conversation with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Massimov, Abrahamyan said that if all the other heads of governments decided to hold the meeting in Moscow, he would further inform on his participation. Several days ago, Russian media outlets reported that the summit, slated for April 8, was cancelled on the Kazakh side’s initiative. Later, it turned out that the meeting was delayed to April 13.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
