Armenia seeks to ensure fulfillment of commitments under Russia arms dealApril 13, 2016 - 17:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian government will on Thursday, April 14, discuss the issue of controlling fulfillment of commitments under the agreement on state export credit between Armenia and Russia. The draft bill to be discussed envisages assigning: 1. the Finance Minister to control the Armenian side's fulfillment of commitments under the agreement; 2. the Defense Minister to clarify the list of modern arms and military equipment to be delivered to Armenia, as well as to discuss and sign with relevant Russian agencies the contracts for the supply of modern military products; 3. the chief of the Central Bank to work with Russia's Vnesheconombank towards sealing an agreement on the technical side of loan accounting and management of accounts by April 29, as well as inform Armenia's Finance and Defense Ministries on the signing of the agreement within five days. Read also:Russian arms delivery to Armenia late “for unknown reasons” – MP Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |